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Sources reveal sleep tracking features coming to Apple Watch: sleep quality monitoring, option to auto-disable alarms if user wakes up before they sound, more — There's been a lot of speculation about Apple Watch sleep tracking, especially after Apple acquired Beddit …
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Tweets: @apollozac, @stevesi, and @markgurman
| Jake Newby / RADII: |
Viral Chinese deepfake app Zao, which lets users put themselves in pre-selected scenes from popular movies and soap operas, sparks privacy concerns — The launch of deepfake-style face swap app ZAO has seen it leap up the download charts in China, but it's also raising a host of privacy concerns
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Tweets: @allanxia, @mykecole, @zakiscorner, @jason, @fabiochiusi, @esyudkowsky, @halagorani, @tom_bcgh, @evilsocket, @rationalmale, @carnage4life, and @rao2z
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook confirms it is considering testing removal of Like counts — Facebook could soon start hiding the Like counter on News Feed posts to protect users' from envy and dissuade them from self-censorship. Instagram is already testing this in 7 countries including Canada and Brazil …
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| Sohee Kim / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Samsung plans to unveil a 6.7-inch phone, which will shrink to a pocketable square when folded inward like a clamshell, early next year — - Coming in 2020, it will close inward like a classic flip phone — Collaboration with designer Thom Browne to push luxury appeal
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| Seema Jayachandran / New York Times: |
A study of the fastest-growing startups established from 2007 to 2014 finds middle age is a typical starting point for the founders of successful tech companies — It took an entrepreneur to reimagine the mundane home thermostat as an object of beauty — and then to make a fortune based on that vision.
Tweets: @seema_econ, @joyclee, @mdudas, @carnage4life, @michaelperry, @seema_econ, and @jonsteinberg
| Rachel Cericola / Wirecutter: |
Review of Neighbors, Ring's neighborhood watch feature: great for locals concerned about crime but its privacy policy is lacking and it is not really “opt-in” — Security cameras and doorbell cameras can make people feel safer, but they also raise privacy concerns.| Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: |
Interview with Hewlett Packard Enterprise CEO Antonio Neri about the company's strategy to transform all of its products to “as-a-service” offerings — Exclusive: Neri tells Ars about the leap HPE is making—and why not everyone will make it. — It's been just over two years … | Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
How MuleSoft disclosed a critical security flaw, proactively contacting customers to verify patches were installed and openly responding to reporter questions — MuleSoft deals with a sensitive security issue and sets up an example for the whole industry to follow. — John is a software engineer and a pretty good one.Thanks:@campuscodi
| Mish Mashkautsan / LocalGlobe Notes: |
An analysis of 257 European Series A rounds from 2014-2018, led by the 20 most active lead VCs in Europe — 9 months ago we published, together with Dealroom and Atomico, actionable benchmarks on Seed funding in Europe — round sizes, conversion rates and time to Series A.| Gregory Barber / Wired: |
Profile of Lambda School, an online coding program that is free in exchange for a share of post-graduation income, has 2,700 students, and is growing 10%/month — Early this summer, the tech entrepreneur Austen Allred was on Reddit, as he often is, when he noticed something suspicious.
Tweets: @nathanmart, @gregoryjbarber, and @austen
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
OpenGov, a cloud platform for public sector budgeting and citizen engagement, raises $51M Series D, bringing its total raised to $140M — OpenGov, the firm co-founded by Panaltir's Joe Lonsdale that helps government and other civic organizations organise, analyse and present financial … | Brian Barrett / Wired: |
A grand jury indicts eight people for allegedly running two of the largest US illegal streaming sites, Jetflicks and iStreamItAll, that touted 37,000+ paid subs — In a sweeping indictment, the feds came down hard on Jetflicks and iStreamItAll, which allegedly crossed a very important line.
Tweets: @wired and @neilturkewitz
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