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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google Pixel 4 and 4 XL review: fast face unlock, smooth display, and great still camera, but average video recording and battery life, and no ultrawide camera — There's a baseline for “fast enough” on Android phones, and the Pixel 4 more than hits it. It might not be the fastest Android phone …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google says it will update the Pixel 4 “in the coming months” with an option that requires open eyes for the phone's face unlock to be successful — In the meanwhile, learn how to use the lockdown feature — One of the headline features for the Google Pixel 4 is that it adds a new …
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| Bloomberg: |
Mark Zuckerberg and his wife have privately recommended several potential hires to Pete Buttigieg's presidential campaign, two of whom were hired — - Facebook CEO, wife privately recommended hires to Democrat — Zuckerberg facing barrage of criticism in DC for bias, privacy
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
NordVPN confirms it found out a few months ago that one of its datacenters was hacked in March 2018, which could've potentially led to man-in-the-middle attacks — NordVPN, a virtual private network provider that promises to “protect your privacy online,” has confirmed it was hacked.| Financial Times: |
Joint UK and US probe finds that a Russian cyber espionage unit hacked the tools of a hacker group linked to Iran's government to lead attacks in 35+ countries — A Russian cyber espionage unit has hacked Iranian hackers to lead attacks in more than 35 countries, a joint UK and US investigation has revealed.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Researchers show how malicious voice apps for Alexa or Google Home eavesdrop on users, as Amazon and Google take a lax approach to vetting the platforms — Exclusive: Amazon, Google fail to address security loopholes in Alexa and Home devices more than a year after first reports.
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| Andrea Shalal / Reuters: |
Amid growing skepticism about Libra, David Marcus says the group may consider stablecoins pegged to national currencies, instead of the coin it has proposed — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O), facing growing skepticism about its digital currency project Libra …
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
As Amazon regularly fails to prevent expired food from being sold by merchants, concerned brands are often compelled to police marketplace listings on their own — - Amazon's marketplace has grown to millions of sellers, making it hard for the company to adequately police the platform.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft Surface Pro 7 review: great performance, is cool and quiet, resumes quickly, and has USB-C, but no Thunderbolt 3, design is dated, and lacks LTE — Minor improvements in a familiar package — Something weird has happened over the past year: I've kind of fallen in love with the Surface Pro.| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Upstream Security, which provides a centralized security and analytics platform for connected vehicles, raises $30M Series B led by Alliance Ventures — Upstream Security, a cloud-based cybersecurity platform for connected cars, has raised $30 million in a series B round of funding led by Alliance Ventures …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Commercetools, which offers an e-commerce platform for enterprises to sell to consumers, raises $145M led by Insight Partners, source says at a ~$300M valuation — Global retail e-commerce is expected to be a $25 trillion business this year, and today one of the companies that has built … | Wall Street Journal: |
The Indian government is trying to tempt cellphone manufacturers with lower taxes, incentives, and less red tape, to make the country a major source of exports — Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government is trying to tempt cellphone makers, manufacturers with lower taxes and less red tape as economy slows down
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| Rita El Khoury / Android Police: |
Facebook is rolling out a new web interface, which it announced at F8 2019, with a new dark mode option, to some users — Back at F8 2019, Facebook promised a redesign for its mobile apps and website. The Android app started receiving the new interface almost immediately …
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| Owen S. Good / Polygon: |
Twitch is testing Watch Parties, a feature that allows streamers to screen Prime Video content that their viewers can watch along if they have Amazon Prime — This is fargin' awesome! — Twitch is now testing out a long-requested “watch parties” feature, which means that streamers …
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