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Unsecured database with 419M+ phone numbers linked to Facebook accounts found; FB says data was obtained before it disabled searching for users via phone number — Hundreds of millions of phone numbers linked to Facebook accounts have been found online. — The exposed server contained …
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Sources: Apple is developing in-screen fingerprint ID for its iPhones and working on its first low-cost iPhone since iPhone SE, both for as early as 2020 — - Company previously replaced fingerprint sensing with Face ID — New low-cost iPhone in the works for first half of next year
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| Richard Lawler / Engadget: |
Samsung says the 512GB 5G model of Galaxy Fold will be available in Europe starting September 18 for ~$2,000, US launch to happen “in the coming weeks” — After its first attempt at a launch fizzled out in the spring, the Samsung Galaxy Fold is ready to try again at making a first impression.
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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Microsoft acquires Seattle-based cloud migration company Movere for an undisclosed amount; Movere is Microsoft's third Azure-related acquisition since July — Microsoft didn't have to go far for its latest acquisition. The Redmond, Wash.-based tech giant today announced that it acquired Movere …
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Google is open sourcing its differential privacy library, which it uses to securely draw insights from data sets containing sensitive user information — Google is making differential privacy available to anyone — Google today announced that it is open-sourcing its so-called differential privacy library …
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Prudential Financial to buy Assurance IQ, which uses data science and AI to sell insurance policies from 20+ providers online, for $2.35B — (Reuters) - U.S. insurer Prudential Financial Inc has agreed to acquire online insurance startup Assurance IQ Inc for $2.35 billion …
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Android 10 review: notifications and privacy permissions easier to manage, but Digital Wellbeing features confusing, and most phones won't get this update soon — ANDROID 10 REVIEW: WORKS NICE, IF YOU CAN GET IT More mile marker than milestone By Dieter Bohn@backlon Sep 4, 2019 … | CNBC: |
Google will pay a $136M fine to the FTC and $34M to the New York Attorney General to settle claims that it violated child privacy laws on YouTube — - Google marketed itself as the “leader” for content for children ages 6 through 11, the allegations claim.
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Twitter says it has “temporarily” turned off the SMS-to-tweet feature, after Jack Dorsey's account was compromised — Twitter has “temporarily” turned off the ability to tweet via text message just days after the feature was misused by hackers to tweet a racial slur, bomb threat …
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Slack reports Q2 revenue of $145M, up 58% YoY, says it had over 100,000 paid customers, up 37% YoY; stock is down ~15%+ after hours — KEY POINTS — Stewart Butterfield, co-founder and CEO of Slack, at the 2018 WEF in Davos, Switzerland. — Shares of Slack, maker of the popular workplace chat app … | Charlie Savage / New York Times: |
A federal judge has ruled that a federal government database of people deemed to be “known or suspected terrorists” violates US citizens' constitutional rights — WASHINGTON — A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that a federal government database that compiles people deemed to be … | New York Times: |
Source: Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Microsoft held a daylong meeting with US government officials over 2020 election security — SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook, Google, Twitter and Microsoft met with government officials in Silicon Valley on Wednesday to discuss and coordinate on how best …
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| Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
Brave browser exec hands evidence to Irish data regulator alleging Google uses hidden webpages to pass personal data of users to advertisers — Google is secretly using hidden web pages that feed the personal data of its users to advertisers, undermining its own policies …
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| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
Allen Institute for AI unveils Aristo, a system that scored 90% on an eighth-grade science test and 80% on a 12th-grade exam, a breakthrough for AI research — SAN FRANCISCO — Four years ago, more than 700 computer scientists competed in a contest to build artificial intelligence that could pass an eighth-grade science test.
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