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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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| 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: |
Ben & Jerry's, Eddie Bauer, and Magnolia Pictures join Patagonia, REI, and others suspending Facebook ads in July to protest amplification of hate speech — Eddie Bauer, Magnolia Pictures, Ben & Jerry's and others have suspended campaigns over the platform's content moderation practices.
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| 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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The Verge, Slack, TechCrunch, Engadget, GeekWire, ZDNet, TheStreet, Neowin, MSPoweruser, and OnMSFT.com. Tweets: @epro
| 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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Wired, The Next Web, Wired, CNET, Decrypt, Adweek, The Mac Observer, AdExchanger, VoIPWatch, and The Next Web
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| 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
| Alfred Ng / CNET: |
Senate Republicans introduce a bill to end “warrant-proof” encryption, forcing tech companies to work with law enforcement, citing apps like WhatsApp — The proposed legislation is Congress' latest attempt to weaken encryption from tech giants.
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ZDNet, Techdirt, SiliconANGLE, Ars Technica, Engadget, Cult of Mac, CNBC, IT Management, Threatpost, The Daily Dot, SecurityWeek, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, 9to5Mac, KnowTechie, Android Central, and Daring Fireball
Tweets: @wcathcart, @patrickbeuth, @foxcahn, @alex, @ow, and @mikeisaac
| 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
| 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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| 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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| 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
Tweets: @kevinroose, @mikeisaac, @jesselehrich, @wexler, @yamiche, and @keachhagey
| Kyle Daly / Axios: |
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| 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| 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.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook's NPE Team tests Forecast, an app fostering a community around making crowdsourced predictions about world events using in-app points, now invite-only — Forecast, a new project from Facebook's internal R&D group, NPE Team, is launching today to build a community around predictions.
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| 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.
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E&E News. 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
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
After WWDC, the performance of Apple's silicon chips for Mac remains a mystery, with speed and efficiency claims not yet substantiated through benchmarks — There were canned demos but no benchmarks or comparisons — For years, Apple has steadily revealed how the ARM-based chips …
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Input, PCWorld, AppleInsider, Liliputing, Mashable, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, The Mac Security Blog, and iMore
Tweets: @stevesi, @cordingly, @ridiculous_fish, @alexisgallagher, @dcseifert, @terhechte, @jmfd, @oluseyisonaiya, @siracusa, and @stroughtonsmith
| 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
| 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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CNET, iMore, 9to5Mac, iPhone Hacks, MacDailyNews, iDownloadBlog.com, Business Insider, Pocket-lint, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @lisaabramowicz1, @politico, @politico, and @politico
| Aaron Gordon / VICE: |
Former JUMP employees blame the bikeshare company's downfall on Uber applying a software business mentality to a transportation business after acquiring it — One morning at the end of May, Mark Miretsky awoke in his San Francisco apartment and groggily browsed his phone. There was no rush to get up.
Tweets: @a_w_gordon, @luke_metro, @moorepants, @carnage4life, @counternotions, and @vice
| 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
Tweets: @harrymccracken, @arawnsley, @harrymccracken, @danprimack, @teddyschleifer, and @shiraovide
| 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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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Twitter permanently suspends @DDoSecrets account for violating distribution of hacked data policy after it shared links to data stolen from US law enforcement — Twitter said DDoSecrets account leaked and promoted BlueLeaks, a huge collection of files stolen from more than 200 US police departments and fusion training centers.
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Gizmodo, The Verge, SecurityWeek, and CyberScoop
Tweets: @dangoodin001, @dangoodin001, @dellcam, @dangillmor, @samred, @gregghoush, and @dellcam
| 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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| Pranshu Verma / New York Times: |
A lawsuit, filed on behalf of the Open Technology Fund, argues dismissal of heads of OTF and four outlets by Global Media's new CEO Michael Pack was unlawful — The suit is the first legal action taken against Michael Pack after he fired the heads of the technology organization and four journalism outlets under his purview last week.| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
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EDRi. Tweets: @lrozen, @lrozen, @jstrauss, @garrytan, @campuscodi, @russellbrandom, @adellelin, and @internetff
| 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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