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Public records show school districts across the US are purchasing phone hacking tools from companies like Cellebrite to search students' personal devices — In May 2016, a student enrolled in a high-school in Shelbyville, Texas, consented to having his phone searched by one of the district's school resource officers.
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Four key Facebook staffers who dealt with hateful or violent speech have left in recent weeks, calling out leadership for lack of action in their farewell posts — On Wednesday, a Facebook data scientist departed the social networking company after a two-year stint, leaving a farewell note for their colleagues to ponder.
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Oracle says it is moving its corporate headquarters from Redwood City, CA to Austin, TX and will implement “a more flexible employee work location policy” — - Oracle is the latest tech company to relocate from California to Austin, Texas. — HPE announced its move to Houston earlier this month.
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Twitter says it has acquired screen-sharing social app Squad whose team will join Twitter, and it will shut down the app tomorrow — Today, Twitter announced that it is acquiring Squad and that the team from the screen-sharing social app will be joining Twitter's ranks.
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Microsoft: “Adrozek” malware campaign is distributing an ad-injecting browser modifier which changes security settings; Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Yandex at risk — Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Yandex are all affected in widespread ad-injection campaign.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Some iPhone users say iOS 14 is not showing notifications when receiving SMS texts and iMessages — An iOS 14 bug doesn't show notifications when some new messages arrive — If you've noticed that you're receiving SMS texts and iMessages from people but aren't getting any notifications about them, you're not alone.
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| Kyunghee Park / Bloomberg: |
Hyundai buys an 80% stake in Boston Dynamics in a deal that values the robot company at $1.1B — - SoftBank, affiliates to retain 20% interest in U.S. company — South Korean group develops robots for practical use — Hyundai Motor Group agreed to buy a controlling stake …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Text inside Twitter's app code suggests that live broadcasting app Periscope may get shut down — Twitter has been doubling down on video services within its app, building out Twitter Live and recently launching Fleets so that users can share more moving media alongside their pithy 180-word observations, links and still photos.
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Filing: California is seeking to join the DOJ's antitrust lawsuit against Google, making it the first Democratic state to request to join 11 GOP AGs in the suit — - California is seeking to join the Justice Department in its antitrust lawsuit against Google, according to a court filing the state submitted on Friday.
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Some restaurants listed as Black-owned on Uber Eats appear to not be owned by Black people, as Uber lets restaurants self-identify through a form — Several restaurants listed as being Black-owned on Uber Eats appear to not be owned by Black people. — Uber and other delivery apps … | Edward Ongweso Jr / VICE: |
Members of Spotify unions at Gimlet, The Ringer, and Parcast stopped working for two hours on Friday, demanding fairer contracts and better working conditions — Spotify has only recognized one union, but they've all been fighting for a better contract this past year. — EO| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Facebook identifies individuals behind APT32 and suspends their accounts, linking one of the most active state-sponsored hacking groups to an IT firm in Vietnam — Facebook suspends accounts linked to APT32, says the group used its platform to spread malware.
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| Geoffrey Fowler / Washington Post: |
Senator Klobuchar, alarmed by the “intrusive” nature of Amazon's Halo health tracker, writes letter to HHS asking it to safeguard users' private health data — The $65 wearable contains an always-on microphone and asks users to strip down for 3-D body scans| New York Times: |
Legal experts say FTC and state AGs will find it challenging to prove their allegations against Facebook because the standards of proof are formidable — The U.S. and states cases against the social network are far from a slam dunk because the standards of proof are formidable.
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