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Two former Twitter employees say more than 1,000 staff and contractors had access to internal tools to change account settings and ownership as of early 2020 — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - More than a thousand Twitter employees and contractors as of earlier this year had access to internal tools …
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
A companion app confirms Samsung's new bean-shaped earbuds will be called Galaxy Buds Live with support for active noise cancellation and other features — More details on Samsung's new headphones straight from its own app — We've seen plenty of pictures of Samsung's new bean-shaped earbuds …
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| Reed Albergotti / Washington Post: |
Leaked doc: while Apple will let third-party devices connect to Find My app, customers will be barred from using other competing services simultaneously — Opening the “Find My” feature to other companies was seen as an olive branch to developers. But Apple threatened legal action if developers talked about the software.
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| Writankar Mukherjee / The Economic Times: |
Apple has started making its flagship iPhone 11 at the Foxconn plant near Chennai, the first time its manufactured a top-of-the-line model in India — The company hasn't cut prices as it also sells iPhone 11 handsets made in China in India but industry executives said that could be an option later on.| Emily Birnbaum / Protocol: |
Sources: House's antitrust hearing with big tech CEOs on Monday is likely to be postponed in order to allow lawmakers to attend Rep. John Lewis' funeral — Monday's blockbuster congressional hearing with Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai is likely to be postponed …
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Tweets: @alexsalvinews, @fmanjoo, and @caseynewton
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Following a possible ransomware attack, Garmin starts shutting down its website, Garmin Connect, and some production lines in Asia, plans for multi-day recovery — Smartwatch and wearable maker Garmin planning multi-day maintenance window to deal with ransomware incident.
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Tweets: @garmin, @northmantrader, @selenalarson, @donie, @jonathanhaynes, @jp_koning, and @gigigraciette
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers say the Android version of DJI Go 4, installed 1M+ times, covertly collected a range of sensitive user data and sent it to servers in mainland China — DJI Go 4, installed more than 1 million times, can execute arbitrary code. — The Android version of DJI Go 4 …
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
From December 2018 to May of this year, Russia's GRU hacker group known as APT 28 or Fancy Bear has carried out a broad campaign against a range of US targets — A previously unreported Fancy Bear campaign persisted for well over a year—and indicates that the notorious group has broadened its focus.
Tweets: @fireeye, @issielapowsky, @anthomsec, @wired, @a_greenberg, @robertmlee, @780thc, and @dragosinc
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Intel reports Q2 revenue of $19.7B, up 20% YoY, and Data Center Group revenue of $7.1B, up 43% YoY, but offers disappointing Q3 guidance; stock down 15%+ — - Intel beat on the top and bottom lines, but earnings guidance for the current quarter was lighter than expected.
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| Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware: |
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Tweets: @protocol, @libertyrpf, @hkanji, @pcpro, @steipete, @counternotions, @automaticzen, @sharatibken, @neilcybart, @mgsiegler, and @benbajarin
| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
References to the TrueDepth camera found in macOS Big Sur beta 3 suggest Apple is working on bringing Face ID to Macs — Some iPhone and iPad models features Face ID, which allows users to unlock the device through advanced facial recognition. While Face ID is not yet available on any Mac …
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Tweets: @whatthebit, @parkerortolani, and @hallstephenj
| Paddy Baker / CoinDesk: |
Bitcoin Suisse, a Switzerland-based crypto lending and staking services startup, raises $48M Series A at a valuation of around $327M — Bitcoin Suisse has raised more than CHF 45 million (~$48 million) in its first-ever funding round. — The Series A was for 16.4% of total equity …
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Sources: Google's internal Android Lockbox project collects usage data from non-Google apps to inform product strategy; Google says data obtained via public API — When YouTube was planning the rollout of its rival to TikTok in India earlier this month, employees turned to a valuable source …
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| Cary Spivak / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: |
Headphone maker Koss sues Apple, Bose, and three other companies for patent infringement — Koss Corp. is charging five competitors, including Apple Inc. and Bose Corp, with patent infringement, saying the firms took its patented technology for use in their own products.
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Patently Apple, AppleInsider, World IP Review, MSN, Bloomberg Law, 9to5Mac, Digital Trends, Law360, and iMore
| Jeanne Whalen / Washington Post: |
US officials unveil a plan to build a quantum Internet, existing alongside our current one, which uses the laws of quantum mechanics to share info more securely — The new network would sit alongside the existing Web, offering a more secure way to send and process information
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Protocol. Tweets: @hshaban, @sethdavishoops, @jonmasters, @natasharothwell, and @michaelsbrett
| Javier Espinosa / Ars Technica: |
Sources: EU asks Google in its Fitbit acquisition to not use Fitbit data to “further enhance its search advantage” and to grant 3rd parties equal access to data — Pledge required that health data will not be used to improve search engine. — The EU has demanded that Google … | Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide: |
TikTok and the National Music Publishers' Association sign licensing agreement that suggests TikTok has agreed to pay for unlicensed past use of members' works — TikTok and the US-based National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) have inked a multi-year licensing agreement.| Olivia Solon / NBC News: |
Sources: Facebook ceased research into racial bias in Instagram's moderation tools after finding problematic results; Facebook says the methodology was flawed — In mid-2019, researchers at Facebook began studying a new set of rules proposed for the automated system that Instagram uses …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Selina Finance, a London-based online lender for SMBs that leverages business owners' home equity, raises $53M Series A in equity and debt financing — When you need a loan, the cost and speed of getting it can be as critical to get right as the financing itself, a principle that might … Sponsor Posts
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