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Five Eyes governments, India, and Japan make new call for encryption backdoors — Another Five Eyes meeting, another call for encryption backdoors in modern tech. — Members of the intelligence-sharing alliance Five Eyes, along with government representatives for Japan and India …
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| Kevin McAllister / Protocol: |
Interview with Amazon Halo's principal medical officer Maulik Majmudar on the fitness band, its controversial body fat and emotional tone features, and more — Amazon Halo's Principal Medical Officer Dr. Maulik Majmudar says he hears your concerns about the company's newly unveiled Halo device — but not in a creepy way.
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| Sarah Jacob / Bloomberg: |
Google halts plans to launch News Showcase in Australia, says it isn't clear if the product will be viable under the country's draft News Media Bargaining code — Google has halted plans to launch its ‘News Showcase’ product in Australia as the tech company isn't clear if it will be viable under … | Lee Phillips / Ars Technica: |
A look at the key characteristics of the Julia programming language, as scientists increasingly adopt the language for tackling large-scale numerical problems — Fortran has ruled scientific computing, but Julia emerged for large-scale numerical work. — I've been running into a lot of happy and excited scientists lately.
Tweets: @tradediversion, @kdpsinghlab, @arstechnica, @swmckay, @rickasaurus, @juliacomputing, @_lazappi_, @dff, @gvwilson, @j_perkel, and @matvil
| Karen Hao / MIT Technology Review: |
As deepfakes make their way into broadcast-quality productions, filmmakers and artists are facing new questions like how to cast the right actors for a deepfake — In 2019, two multimedia artists, Francesca Panetta and Halsey Burgund, set about to pursue a provocative idea.
Tweets: @dylanhuw and @_karenhao
| Canalys: |
Global PC shipments grew 12.7% YoY in Q3 2020 to 79.2M units, breaking a 10-year record; Acer grew 15% while Apple grew 13.2% — Shanghai (China), Bengaluru (India), Singapore, Reading (UK) and Portland (US) - Friday, 22 February 2020 — Recently released Canalys data shows … | Igor Bosilkovski / Forbes: |
Airkit, a low-code customer engagement service for DTC businesses, comes out of stealth with $28M in funding from Accel, Emergence, and Salesforce Ventures — Low-code platform Airkit designed to improve customer engagement announced today that it is coming out of stealth … | Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
HomeWAV, a video visitation provider used by prisons across the US, exposed private calls of inmates with their families and attorneys, on an unprotected server — Thousands of calls were spilling from an unprotected server. — Fearing the spread of coronavirus, jails and prisons remain on lockdown.
Tweets: @zackwhittaker, @somilbtrivedi, @lorakolodny, @zackwhittaker, @campuscodi, and @zackwhittaker
| Priscila Bellini / Rest of World: |
A look at Havana's SNET, the “street network” of Cuba's capital which at its peak had ~100K IP addresses, and its demise as state-run WiFi and 3G networks arise — As Cuba sluggishly got its population online, the shadow internet developed by volunteers provided a lifeline for thousands of people.
Tweets: @crecenteb, @peterguest, @ghoshworld, and @anupkaphle
| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Amazon has canceled Crucible, its free-to-play multiplayer shooter game, after putting it back in closed beta in July amid negative reviews — The game was put back into closed beta in July — Amazon has officially canceled Crucible, its free-to-play multiplayer shooter.| Laura Lovett / MobiHealthNews: |
Digital mental health subscription service Cerebral raises $35M Series A led by Oak HC/FT — The startup said that the new funding will go towards expanding into all 50 states. — Digital mental health company Cerebral announced that it closed its Series A funding round with $35 million.| Times of India: |
Apple will offer free AirPods to iPhone 11 buyers who shop from its new online store in India, as part of a promotion for the Diwali festival — If you are planning to buy an iPhone 11 during this festive season then you may get into a dilemma regarding which offer to opt for.
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