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| Kashmir Hill / New York Times: |
In January, a faulty facial recognition match led to a Michigan man's arrest for a crime he did not commit, in what may be the first known case of its kind — In what may be the first known case of its kind, a faulty facial recognition match led to a Michigan man's arrest for a crime he did not commit.
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Google says it will auto-delete location and search data by default for new users after 18 months, as part of a broader expansion of its privacy options — A compromise between privacy and ad-targeting data — On Wednesday, Google announced broad changes in its default data practices for new users …
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The Keyword, New York Times, CNET, Android Police, XDA Developers, BGR, Trusted Reviews, MSPoweruser, Bloomberg, Neowin, Android Central, The Irish Times, TechCrunch, CNBC, BBC, VentureBeat, Tom's Guide, Silicon Republic, Engadget, Social Media Today, 9to5Google, Protocol, Axios, Android Headlines, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @sundarpichai, @lutherlowe, @sensherrodbrown, @pierce, @googleuk, @chrismaddern, @caseynewton, @backlon, and @pierce
| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
Slack launches Connect, letting up to 20 organizations communicate in a single Slack channel, currently available to paying customers — Slack today announced the launch of Connect, a way for up to 20 organizations to communicate in a single Slack channel.
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Slack, The Verge, TechCrunch, Engadget, Wired, GeekWire, TheStreet, MSPoweruser, Neowin, ZDNet, and OnMSFT.com
Tweets: @dcseifert, @tomwarren, @ericlimer, @slackhq, @epro, and @mikeelgan
| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
Sources: Facebook's head of trust and safety policy admits to a “trust deficit” on a call with 200+ advertisers, as the company tries to stem an ad boycott — Social media group hit by mass boycotts over political content moderation — Facebook has admitted to having a … | Tiffany Hsu / New York Times: |
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Digital Trends, Newser, and Social Media Today
Tweets: @stevepasquale, @sachabaroncohen, @andrewrking_eu, @wajahatali, @colorofchange, @rstoddard, and @megancgraham
| Kosaku Narioka / Wall Street Journal: |
Olympus exits the camera business after 84 years to focus on medical devices, selling its camera unit to private equity firm Japan Industrial Partners — Under pressure from U.S. shareholder ValueAct Capital, Tokyo company to sell unit to private-equity firm Japan Industrial Partners
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The Verge, Daring Fireball, The Next Web, Bloomberg, and Engadget
Tweets: @wsj, @paulpage, and @dcseifert
| Kate Irby / The Fresno Bee: |
Judge rules that Rep. Devin Nunes cannot sue Twitter for defamation over @DevinCow account, agrees with Twitter that it is protected by Section 230 in this case — A judge has ruled that Rep. Devin Nunes has no right to sue Twitter over statements made by a fake Internet cow, someone parodying his mother and a Republican strategist.
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The Daily Dot. Tweets: @kylegriffin1, @adamsteinbaugh, @kateirby, @kateirby, @kateirby, and @kateirby
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
AWS announces Honeycode, a cloud-based tool that it hopes will help non-coders build apps — - Amazon already leads the cloud infrastructure market, and now it's expanding its cloud product lineup with a tool for people who don't code. — The Honeycode service will compete with offerings …
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TechCrunch, ZDNet, AWS News Blog, and BusinessWire
Tweets: @0xdabbad00, @alexbdebrie, and @quinnypig
| John Koetsier / Forbes: |
Apple's Identifier for Advertisers, critical to tracking mobile ad spend, will become opt-in with iOS 14, a privacy boon for users and a big loss for marketers — That tremor in the Force you felt yesterday probably wasn't shock at being able to text your car keys in Apple's new iOS 14 or do real-time offline translation with Siri.
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The Next Web, iMore, Wired, Adweek, CNET, Inc.com, VoIPWatch, Decrypt, The Next Web, The Mac Observer, and AdExchanger
Tweets: @kickstand, @zouinedounia, @thezedwards, @chrismessina, @benedictevans, @drbarnard, @counternotions, @antoniogm, and @carnage4life
| Bradley Chambers / 9to5Mac: |
Fleetsmith, which makes enterprise management and security products for Apple devices, says it has been acquired by Apple — Mobile Device Management is at the heart of every Apple enterprise customer's network stack. Up until now, Apple has generally relied on third party companies …
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Fleetsmith Blog, TechCrunch, ZDNet, CNBC, VentureBeat, Apple Must, TechSpot, PYMNTS.com, iPhone Hacks, MacRumors, The Mac Observer, Bloomberg, and MacDailyNews
Tweets: @fleetsmithhq, @reneritchie, @benbajarin, and @caro_milanesi
| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Review of email app Superhuman: elegant, detailed interface but you have to live with its fixed hotkeys, inconsistent filtering, and the steep $30/month price — $30 per month is too much for a Gmail app — Superhuman is one of the most in-demand startups right now …
Tweets: @caseynewton, @joshuabaer, @mg, @harrymccracken, @tonyromm, @oliversmitheu, @dcseifert, @jmalcoun, @aaronklein, and @frank_thelen
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Trump's campaign has discussed moving away from Facebook and Twitter, potentially to platforms like Parler, following disputes with both platforms — Amid disputes with Facebook and Twitter, the president's team mulls whether to push supporters toward a different platform or put more emphasis on its own campaign app
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Input. Tweets: @joshuabrustein, @thestefansmith, @kevinroose, @mikeisaac, @can, @jesselehrich, @wexler, @yamiche, and @keachhagey
| Los Angeles Times: |
An in-depth look at the systemic diversity issues that plague Silicon Valley giants and VCs, effectively shutting Black and Latino people out of the industry — It seemed like tech was turning a corner. — For years, the industry's giants had resisted calls to disclose workforce diversity data …
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CNN. Tweets: @jmbooyah, @jmbooyah, @jeffbercovici, @jeffbercovici, @jeffbercovici, @jmbooyah, @lenny_mendonca, @jmbooyah, @jmbooyah, @latimes, @jeffbercovici, @latimes, and @latimes
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Sony launches a bug bounty program for the PS4, the PlayStation Network, and other Sony properties, paying up to $50k for reported PS4 vulnerabilities — Sony will pay security researchers for bugs in the PlayStation 4 gaming console, its operating system, official PS4 accessories …
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Jumbo, which lets users easily manage their online privacy and mass-delete old posts, raises $8M Series A and releases a major app update — A year after its initial release, Jumbo has two important pieces of news to announce. First, the company has released a major update of its app that protects your privacy on online services.| Alfred Ng / CNET: |
Senate Republicans introduce a bill to end “warrant-proof” encryption, citing apps like WhatsApp; bill would force tech companies to work with law enforcement — The proposed legislation is Congress' latest attempt to weaken encryption from tech giants.
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United States Senate Committee …, ZDNet, Cointelegraph, Techdirt, Engadget, Cult of Mac, SiliconANGLE, CNBC, Ars Technica, IT Management, The Daily Dot, SecurityWeek, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Threatpost, 9to5Mac, KnowTechie, and Android Central
Tweets: @wcathcart, @patrickbeuth, @alex, @ow, @foxcahn, and @mikeisaac
| Judd Legum / Popular Information: |
Despite teaming with Science Feedback last year, Facebook has made climate disinformation ineligible for fact-checking by deeming it “opinion” — This is a special joint edition of Popular Information and HEATED, a climate newsletter by journalist Emily Atkin.
Tweets: @samesmail, @juddlegum, @emorwee, @pitchaya, @jayrosen_nyu, @aaron_strauss, @emorwee, @rockominn, @juddlegum, @juddlegum, @cwarzel, @jason_kint, @juddlegum, @juddlegum, @bergopolis, @laurendw, @tvietor08, @juddlegum, @monteiro, @emorwee, @juddlegum, @hbadventure, @juddlegum, and @robpegoraro
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources and documents detail a months-long cyberstalking and harassment campaign by members of eBay's security team against those behind the ECommerceBytes blog — Security employees allegedly orchestrated deliveries of live cockroaches, pornographic videos and a mask of a bloody pig's head| Leah Nylen / Politico: |
Sources say DOJ and a coalition of state attorneys general are considering an antitrust investigation into Apple's App Store, following a similar EU probe — The Justice Department and a coalition of state attorneys general are taking the first steps toward launching an antitrust probe of Apple …
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The Mac Observer, Michael Tsai, iPhone Hacks, MacDailyNews, iDownloadBlog.com, 9to5Mac, Business Insider, CNET, Pocket-lint, AppleInsider, and iMore
Tweets: @lisaabramowicz1, @politico, @politico, and @politico
| Bloomberg: |
Central Bank of Brazil tells Mastercard and Visa to stop payments via WhatsApp in the country to evaluate risks and regulations — - Central bank wants to assess risks to country's payment system — Lawyer says suspension is an unusual move by the bank
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The Verge, TechCrunch, CNET, CoinDesk, The Next Web, Decrypt, Wccftech, Crowdfund Insider, ZDNet, PYMNTS.com, Fortune, Android Police, InsideBitcoins.com, NewsBTC, Engadget, and Android Central
| Karen Weise / New York Times: |
Black Amazon employees, many working in warehouses, urge Jeff Bezos to match his rhetoric on racial justice with actions to address “systemic” racial bias — From racist graffiti to missed promotions, employees say a “systemic pattern of racial bias” permeates the company.
Tweets: @kyweise, @kyweise, @teamcoworker, @kyweise, @staceynycdc, @kyweise, and @kyweise
| Christine Hall / Crunchbase News: |
Austin-based OJO Labs, which uses machine and human intelligence to personalize property recommendations, raises $62.5M led by Wafra — Austin-based OJO Labs closed on a $62.5 million round of funding led by Wafra, the company said Wednesday in a release. — OJO Labs, founded in 2015 …
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| Carolyn Said / San Francisco Chronicle: |
Sources: California AG plans to seek an injunction as soon as today to force Uber and Lyft to reclassify drivers as employees under AB5 before the case is heard — California plans to file court documents on Wednesday seeking to compel Uber and Lyft to reclassify their drivers as employees within … | Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
ClickUp, which offers subscription tools for task management and more, raises $35M Series A led by Craft Ventures — The productivity software space is filled with niche startups designing premium tools with very particular customers in mind. On the flip side a growing class of startups …
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| gvnshtn: |
An inside account of the security practices at Maersk leading up to and after the notPetya malware attack in 2017 and lessons learned from the recovery efforts — Maersk is the world's largest integrated shipping and container logistics company. I was massively privileged (no pun intended) …
Tweets: @briankrebs and @divinetechygirl
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