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Apple accuses Google's Project Zero of stoking fear by creating a “false impression of mass exploitation”, says the sophisticated attack was narrowly focused — Last week, Google published a blog about vulnerabilities that Apple fixed for iOS users in February.
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Internal documents reveal Apple's guidelines for rewriting Siri's responses to “sensitive topics” such as feminism and the #MeToo movement — Exclusive: voice assistant's responses were rewritten so it never says word ‘feminism’ — An internal project to rewrite …
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New York attorney general is leading a multi-state investigation into Facebook for possible antitrust violations — New York Attorney General Letitia James — This is breaking news. Please check back for updates. — TRENDING NOW — Subscribe to CNBC PRO Licensing & Reprints Join …
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| Daniel Cooper / Engadget: |
Hands-on with LG's 6.4-inch G8X ThinQ, an upgraded G8 with a secondary display case that transforms LG's flagship into a dual-screen handset — The rumors both are, and aren't true. LG has built a dual-screen smartphone that drops around the same time as Samsung's Galaxy Fold and Huawei's Mate X …
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Qualcomm says its mid-range Snapdragon 600 and 700 series chipsets in 2020 will feature an integrated 5G modem, lowering the barrier for 5G adoption — Qualcomm is putting a 5G modem in Snapdragon 600 and 700 series chipsets. — What you need to know — Qualcomm plans to integrate … | Washington Post: |
Google says it will no longer accept ads for “unproven or experimental medical techniques,” including most stem cell therapy, cellular therapy, and gene therapy — “Untested, deceptive treatments” can endanger consumers, Internet giant says. — Responding to ubiquitous online marketing …
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Facebook Dating, though separate from a user's main profile, is integrated with Facebook and designed to encourage the use of its properties that harvest info — This morning, Facebook finally launched its long-awaited (or, just as likely, long-dreaded) dating feature.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Metasploit framework, an open source tool used by white hat and black hat hackers, releases an exploit for wormable BlueKeep Windows vulnerability on Github — The Metasploit module isn't as polished as the EternalBlue exploit. Still, it's powerful. — For months, security practitioners … | Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
Huawei unveils Kirin 990 5G, its flagship 7nm octa-core chipset with integrated 5G, says it can achieve up to 2.3Gbps downlink and up to 1.25 Gbps uplink speeds — Let's play a game of technicalities. A few days ago, Samsung announced the Exynos 980, the company's first processor with an integrated 5G modem.
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Report: per RIAA, revenues from streaming up 26% YoY to $4.3B in H1 2019, accounting for ~80% of music industry's overall revenue; paid subscriptions grew 31% — Although physical sales are also on the up-and-up — More people are streaming music through services like Apple Music and Spotify … | Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
Court filing: ICE seeks a warrant to compel Apple and Google to provide info on users of Obsidian 4 gun scope app, which has been downloaded 10K+ times — Own a rifle? Got a scope to go with it? The government might soon know who you are, where you live and how to reach you.| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Alibaba buys import ecommerce platform Kaola from NetEase for ~$2B, will integrate it into Tmall, creating the largest cross-border ecommerce platform in China — Alibaba Group said today it has acquired NetEase Kaola for $2 billion and will integrate it into Tmall, creating the largest cross-border e-commerce platform in China.
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Facebook, Microsoft, the Partnership on AI, and seven universities launch the “Deepfake Detection Challenge” to encourage better ways of detecting deepfakes — Deepfakes are improving. The contest, which will include deepfakes created by Facebook, is designed to help researchers keep up.
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