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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Facebook says ~100 app developers might have had improper access to Groups member data even after the company announced restrictions to Groups API last year — At least 11 accessed data in the last two months — Facebook says that even after it locked down its Groups system last year …
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| Pavel Alpeyev / Bloomberg: |
SoftBank reports a loss of $6.5B, its first quarterly operating loss in 14 years, and a loss of $8.9B in the Vision Fund, including a charge of $4.6B for WeWork — SoftBank Group Corp. reported its first quarterly operating loss in 14 years after writing down the value of some of its marquee investments …
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| Ben Dooley / New York Times: |
Following SoftBank's first loss in 14 years, CEO Masayoshi Son says his WeWork bet was a mistake, describing it as a “harsh lesson”, and vows to move forward — Masayoshi Son defended the Japanese company's investment, while admitting he misjudged the American firm's founder, Adam Neumann.| Cara Lombardo / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Xerox is considering making a cash-and-stock offer for HP, which has a market value of ~$27B and is more than three times the size of Xerox — Bid for HP would be at a premium to company's market value of $27 billion — Xerox Holdings Corp. XRX 2.05% has set its sights on a takeover … | Christina Farr / CNBC: |
Apple and the US Department of Veterans announce that veterans can now access their health records on their iPhone via Apple's Health app — - The goal is to make it a lot easier for vets to access their medical information, even if they seek care from multiple providers.
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| Reuters: |
Court docs: Facebook execs discussed a plan in 2012 to cut off access to user data for developers seen as future rivals while pushing a user privacy narrative — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O) began cutting off access to user data for app developers from 2012 to squash potential rivals …
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Apple has updated its privacy pages for the fourth year in a row, now includes several technical whitepapers detailing some of its technologies — For the fourth year in a row, Apple has updated its privacy pages. — Every year the tech giant's refreshes the privacy portion of its website …
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| Parker Hall / Wired: |
Amazon Echo Buds review: great sound, comfortable fit, and excellent hands-free controls with Alexa, but touch controls are annoying and battery life is short — The company's first wirefree earbuds let you take Alexa anywhere. — Excellent hands-free voice controls and Alexa access.
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| Bloomberg: |
NTSB: the Uber self-driving test car that killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona last year wasn't programmed to recognize and react to jaywalkers — - U.S. safety board releases documents on fatal 2018 accident — Pedestrian hit, killed by experimental self-driving Uber car
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| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
FTC says AT&T has agreed to pay $60M to settle the agency's 2014 lawsuit that alleged it lied to customers about “unlimited” data plans that it throttled — Unlimited should mean unlimited! — On Tuesday, the Federal Trade Commission announced that AT&T will pay $60 million to settle a case with the agency.
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| Mat Honan / BuzzFeed News: |
A profile of Jeremy Stoppelman, CEO of Yelp, which launched 15 years ago in October, and has been in an epic, years-long battle with Google — Yelp launched 15 years ago in October, and for most of its existence it's been in an epic battle with Google. Here's why its CEO keeps fighting and keeps focusing on trust.
Tweets: @lutherlowe, @vincesollitto, and @amysez
| Joshua Brustein / Bloomberg: |
Walmart and other companies are testing a monitoring device for workplace safety made by StrongArm in warehouses, raising concerns about workplace surveillance — Every morning when he goes to work in the freezer room of a warehouse in eastern Pennsylvania, Jack Westley throws on a hooded sweatshirt …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Uber will sell ads to restaurants in its Uber Eats app, where it takes 10.7% of gross bookings as adjusted net revenue, to try to lure more food delivery orders — A new revenue stream it won't split with drivers — Uber will become an ad platform, selling space inside its Eats app … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Coveo, which builds AI-powered enterprise search and personalization services, raises $172M led by Omers Capital Private Growth Equity Group at a $1B+ valuation — Search and personalization services continue to be a major area of investment among enterprises, both to make their products …
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| Jeanine Poggi / Ad Age: |
YouTube announces “Shopping” ads, a scrollable catalog of static images, which will appear on the home feed and in search results — Puma among first brands to utilize new ad format — YouTube is introducing “Shopping” ads in time for the holiday season.| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Immersive Labs, which helps corporate employees learn security skills in a gamified way, raises $40M Series B led by Summit Partners — Immersive Labs, a cybersecurity skills platform, has raised $40 million in its Series B, the company's second round of funding this year following an $8 million Series A in January.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
How Arweave, which has raised $5M led by a16z, uses blockchain to host sites and apps perpetually, hedging upfront user payments with declining storage costs — Andreessen Horowitz + USV invest — What if you could pay now to store something online permanently?| Mark Seal / Vanity Fair: |
Inside the Big Bitcoin Heist, in which thieves stole 550 Bitcoin mining computers, worth $500K for hardware alone, from a cryptocurrency data center in Iceland — With its cheap geothermal energy and low crime rate, Iceland has become the world's leading miner of digital currency.| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Google promises one more update coming in December for the original Google Pixel, which will then be past its three-year security update support window — Pour one out for Pixel — The Google Pixel and Pixel XL will get “one final software update” in December, the company confirms to The Verge.
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| Nicholas Quah / Hot Pod News: |
Members of the podcasting industry anonymously discuss common issues in the field: inexperienced leadership, poorly managed ad sales, accessibility, more — Over the past month, we've been running a call for opinions built around a fairly straightforward question: “What are you most frustrated by?”
| Aaron Wood / Cointelegraph: |
Stellar Development Foundation has burned 55B XLM tokens, worth ~$4.7B, shrinking the supply from 105B to 50B; XLM's price jumped as much as ~25% on news — The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) announced a new mandate today for its network's development, stating that it has burned over 55 billion Stellar Lumens (XLM) tokens.
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Tweets: @stellarorg and @scottmelker
| New York Times: |
A warrant granted in Florida this July let a detective override GEDmatch's privacy rules to search a database of 1.2M users; experts say it may set a precedent — Privacy experts say it could set a precedent, opening up all consumer DNA sites to law enforcement agencies across the country.
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Tweets: @kashhill, @midmagic, @costaggini, @xoamelia, @tsdower, @privacyproject, @michaelroston, @richfelker, @ericajoy, and @kashhill
| Washington Post: |
Apple and TikTok drew criticism from lawmakers, especially Sen. Josh Hawley, for skipping a congressional hearing meant to explore tech industry's ties to China — Apple and TikTok took a lashing Tuesday for skipping a congressional hearing meant to explore the tech industry and its ties to China …
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Wired, iMore, Silicon Republic, The Verge, Politico, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Patently Apple, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, NBC News, Business Insider, Kansas City Star, and The Interface
Tweets: @wired, @reedalbergotti, and @hawleymo
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Productiv, which offers tools for application engagement analytics, raises $20M Series B led by Norwest Venture Partners, bringing its total raised to $28M — Enterprise software-as-a-service (SaaS) adoption has never been higher. Companies use 16 SaaS apps on average …
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FinSMEs and Business Wire
| Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: |
Broadcom completes acquisition of Symantec's enterprise business for $10.7B and Symantec rebrands as NortonLifeLock after transferring Symantec name to Broadcom — Symantec Corp. is no longer Symantec, as the company changed its name following the completion today of Broadcom Inc.'s acquisition …
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