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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Samsung says fingerprint bug on Galaxy devices is due to the sensor reading 3D patterns in screen protectors as fingerprints, will patch it as soon as next week — And advises removing silicone screen protecting cases for now — Samsung says that it plans to release a patch for its phones …
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Mark Hurd, co-CEO of Oracle and former CEO of HP, dies at 62; Hurd took a health-related leave of absence from Oracle in September — Mark Hurd, CEO of Oracle, in an interview on January 20, 2016. — Co-CEO of Oracle Mark Hurd died on Friday, CNBC confirmed.
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
The second beta of macOS Catalina 10.15.1 contains icons possibly depicting the widely rumored 16-inch MacBook Pro with slightly thinner bezels — Icons possibly depicting the widely rumored 16-inch MacBook Pro have been uncovered by French blog MacGeneration in the first two betas …
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| New York Times: |
Zuckerberg gives a full-throated defense of Facebook as a champion of free expression and defends Facebook policy to opt out of fact-checking political ads — In an address at Georgetown University, the Facebook chief executive called for more free speech — not less …
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| Heather Kelly / Washington Post: |
Facebook claims viewers saw mostly positive comments during Zuckerberg's live-streamed speech due to “ranking signals” that filter out low-quality comments — Viewers saw nearly entirely positive comments and emoji because of how the algorithms behind a live stream with tens of thousands of viewers work| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
After buying Poloniex in 2018 for $400M, Circle spins it out into Polo Digital Assets, backed by an unnamed Asian firm, says it won't serve US customers anymore — Crypto exchange Poloniex is spinning out from its parent firm Circle, the companies announced Friday.
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The Poloniex blog, Circle blog, Decrypt, Crowdfund Insider, The Merkle Hash, Bitcoinist.com, The Block, Cointelegraph, The Block, Crypto Briefing, CryptoGlobe, and NewsBTC
Tweets: @poloniex, @theblock__, @poloniex, @jasonklau, @fintechfrank, @fintechfrank, @jamestodaromd, @mdudas, @theblock__, and @icodrops
| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
MediaLab, a holding company that owns the Whisper app, buys Kik messenger from Kik Interactive, which now focuses on development of Kin cryptocurrency — The Kik messaging platform has been bought by MediaLab, a holding company which operates Whisper and a number of other apps, the company announced Friday.
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Tweets: @kik, @octogoddess, @satisfysarah, @ted_livingston, @kik, and @kin_foundation
| Wendy Lee / Los Angeles Times: |
Quibi partners with T-Mobile, which will make the platform part of its offering, giving Quibi a broad distribution platform ahead of its April launch — Telecommunications giant T-Mobile has agreed to partner with Quibi, a Hollywood start-up that plans to distribute bite-size entertainment designed for millennials.
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Variety, Light Reading, TmoNews, Telecompetitor, TechCrunch, Tubefilter, and Seeking Alpha. Tweets: @johnlegere
| An-Nahar: |
Massive protests erupt in Lebanon after a now-withdrawn government proposal to levy ~$6/mo tax on calls via WhatsApp and similar apps, amid an economic crisis — Lebanese have been reeling under the burden of austerity measures as the small Mediterranean country battles to stay afloat
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| Otillia Steadman / BuzzFeed News: |
Sex workers say Instagram keeps taking down accounts, giving confusing guidelines and explanations; Facebook blames moderators' interpretation of guidelines — Sex workers and Instagram tried to make peace over takedowns in a meeting this summer. Then porn star Jessica Jaymes' account was incorrectly removed — after she died.
Tweets: @fancentrotribe, @o_tilli_a, @o_tilli_a, @buzzfeednews, @o_tilli_a, @o_tilli_a, @adam22, @buzzfeednews, and @katienotopoulos
| Jillian D'Onfro / Forbes: |
Data analytics startup Sisu emerges from stealth with $52.5M Series B led by NEA, with a16z and Green Bay participating, bringing its total raised to $66.7M — Peter Bailis can't resist dropping more than a dozen f-bombs as he explains how his startup Sisu aims to upend traditional business intelligence …
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GlobeNewswire News Room and Business Insider
Tweets: @itunpredictable, @komichiewa, @sachinrekhi, @davidnotdave, and @bryce
| Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
Facebook says it is working on ways to prevent child exploitation on its platforms once it introduces end-to-end encryption across its messaging apps — Facebook has revealed a two-year project to work out how to prevent minors from being groomed and exploited on its platforms … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Cybersecurity startup Corelight, which is building a network traffic analysis platform for enterprises, raises $50M Series C, bringing its total raised to $84M — Corelight, a San Francisco-based startup developing a network traffic analysis platform for cybersecurity …
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FinSMEs, GlobeNewswire News Room, and PitchBook
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Verizon and T-Mobile say Pixel 4 won't support RCS messaging on their networks at launch — The rollout of RCS messaging has been an absolute mess - to the point where Google is actually taking things over from carriers. Now, there's more bad news. Google's Pixel 4 won't support RCS … | Bijan Stephen / The Verge: |
Imgur says it will no longer support communities associated with NSFW Reddit subreddits because they've put Imgur's “user growth, mission, and business at risk” — No existing images will be deleted, however — In a blog post published earlier this week …
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