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Google rolls out Chrome 79 adding security features like notifications for data breaches affecting users' passwords, new phishing prevention tools, tab freezing — Chrome 79 also ships with support for predictive phishing, for real-time Safe Browsing detections, and a built-in Password Checkup tool.
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| Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News: |
Facebook has fired a contractor who was bribed to reactivate banned ad accounts; messages show he agreed to a $5K upfront payment and a monthly retainer — A Facebook contractor was paid thousands of dollars in bribes by a shady affiliate marketer to reactivate ad accounts that had been banned due … | Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases watchOS 6.1.1 and version 13.3 for iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS, with updates to Screen Time, Apple News, support for physical security keys, and more — As expected, Apple today has released iOS 13.3, iPadOS 13.3, tvOS 13.3, and watchOS 6.1.1 to the public.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple releases more pricing details for Mac Pro, now available to order: maxed-out 4TB model costs $50K+ and wheels are $400, delivering between December 19-27 — Apple's new Mac Pro became available for purchase today, giving us our first look at all of the available upgrade options and pricing tiers.
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| Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed News: |
Facebook says it will not weaken end-to-end encryption, build backdoors into its messaging apps, in response to a letter from US AG and UK, Australian officials — Facebook said it would not weaken end-to-end encryption across its messaging apps, despite pressure from world governments …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple Card's interest-free iPhone installment plan goes live, now with 6% back on Apple purchases through December 31 — Apple is today launching a new feature for Apple Card which allows cardholders to purchase a new iPhone then pay it back over 24 months with no interest.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft is bringing its first Office app to Linux with Microsoft Teams, now in public preview — Microsoft today launched Microsoft Teams for Linux in public preview. No, that's not a typo — Microsoft Teams is indeed the first Office app that the company has ported to Linux.
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| Reuters: |
How White House veterans helped the UAE build a surveillance unit in 9/11's wake that would go on to target activists and journalists as well as terrorists — In the years after 9/11, former U.S. counterterrorism czar Richard Clarke warned Congress that the country needed more expansive spying powers to prevent another catastrophe.| Shaun Nichols / The Register: |
Apple sues former chief architect of the iPhone and iPad microprocessors, who quit in February to start data center chip startup Nuvia, for breach of contract — CEO accused of breaching contract with Cupertino, fires back in court — Apple is suing the former chief architect of its iPhone …
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Google brings Android 10 to Android TV, with performance and security improvements, and unveils the ADT-3, a tiny full-fledged Android TV device for developers — Android 10 is also coming to Android TV today, but don't expect much — Today, Google is announcing that Android 10 is arriving on Android TV … | Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post: |
Researchers find Facebook's ad targeting tools, which charge less for ads to users already interested in the content, have worsened polarization in US politics — For the first time, researchers have demonstrated a skew in the delivery of political ads based on the content of those ads alone.
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
The differences between “platforms” and “aggregators” show that lawmakers must take different and opposing approaches when attempting to regulate the two — A prompt for writing this piece is a conference I will be participating in tomorrow entitled Antitrust in Times of Upheaval … | Kate Clark / TechCrunch: |
VSCO acquires video editing startup Rylo, which had raised ~$38M, reached a valuation of ~$120.25M, and was backed by Sequoia Capital, among others — The photo-sharing app behind the 2019 meme craze “VSCO girls” has acquired Rylo, a video editing startup founded by the original developer of Instagram's Hyperlapse.
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The UK general election provides new insights into how disinformation spreads online, showing many in the ruling Conservative Party have joined in the practice — Foreign meddling was once the most feared source of online deception before critical elections. Now, some candidates themselves are turning to such manipulative tactics.
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Magic Leap is renaming its AR headset from the Magic Leap One Creator Edition to the Magic Leap 1, as it pivots from consumers to business customers — The same headset, aimed at a different market — Magic Leap is pitching its headset to businesses with a new name.
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| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
Passport, a permitting, parking, ticketing management, and mobile payments platform for cities, office parks, and campuses raises $65M Series D — The big new round of funding for Passport's ticketing and parking management tech proves that software can even disrupt something as mundane and seemingly low-tech as the parking lot.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
North stops selling its Focals smart AR glasses 14 months after debuting them, says it plans to launch a sleeker version with 10x higher resolution in 2020 — North, an augmented reality (AR) wearables company backed by Amazon and Intel, has announced that it's pulling its current Focals smart glasses off …
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Tom's Hardware, In Focus - North, The Verge, 9to5Mac, The Next Web, BetaKit, 9to5Google, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @focalsbynorth and @paulg
| Dr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
Intel's partner shares chip giant's manufacturing process technology roadmap: 7nm EUV in 2021, then 5nm in 2023, 3nm in 2025, 2nm in 2027, and 1.4 nm in 2029 — One of the interesting disclosures here at the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) has been around new and upcoming process node technologies.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Iterable, which offers SMS, email, and app notification growth marketing services, raises $60M Series D led by Viking Global Investors — A startup that's built cross-channel growth marketing platform — used by businesses to capture customers across whatever digital media they happen to be using …
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Business Insider, San Francisco Business Journal, and Iterable. Tweets: @crv. Thanks:@ingridlunden
| Joanna Glasner / Crunchbase News: |
Analysis find that at least 14 known startups working on AI-driven healthcare chatbots have collectively raised $800M+, with Babylon Health accounting for $635M — We all want to get healthier. However, most of us would prefer if it didn't have to involve things like vigorous exercise …
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| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
Report: since Apple debuted Intelligent Tracking Prevention, the cost for advertisers to reach Safari users has dropped 60%+, as such ads are less desirable — In the two years since Apple released Safari's Intelligent Tracking Prevention feature that keeps websites from tracking users around the web …
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The Information, AppleInsider, iMore, The Overspill, Seeking Alpha, Daring Fireball, Cult of Mac, iPhone Hacks, and The Mac Observer
Tweets: @carnage4life and @jbenton
| Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Oracle to move its annual OpenWorld conference from SF to Las Vegas for at least three years, citing SF's high hotel rates; move estimated to cost SF $64M/year — - Oracle is moving its annual OpenWorld conference from San Francisco to Las Vegas and it signed a three-year agreement with the Caesars Forum for the move.
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Tweets: @campuscodi, @arungupta, @mjduigou, @sfist, @krmarko, @omniprof, @gtbundy, @coolgrey, @jowens510, and @mattrosoff
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