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| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
NY AG's office says fake comments, including 8.5M funded by largest US ISPs, accounted for ~18M of the 22M+ net neutrality comments received by the FCC in 2017 — The New York attorney general's office released a new report detailing the effort — The New York attorney general's office issued …
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
Google says it will start verifying users with 2FA enabled using a prompt on their phones, and will soon start automatically enabling 2FA for all users — The company is making some changes to encourage more people to adopt a key digital security mechanism. — Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
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| Patrick Howell O'Neill / MIT Technology Review: |
Sources: US quietly informed Apple that a Qihoo 360 researcher's iPhone 0-day, which won China's 2018 top hacking contest, was used by China to spy on Uyghurs — An attack that targeted Apple devices was used to spy on China's Muslim minority—and US officials claim it was developed at the country's top hacking competition.
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| Liam Tung / ZDNet: |
Microsoft announces a new pledge for EU commercial users of Azure, Microsoft 365, and Dynamics 365, allowing them to store most of their data in the EU by 2022 — EU business data stored in Microsoft cloud can almost stop flowing to the US by 2022, but customers might need to pay more for the capability.
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| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
Q&A: Facebook Oversight Board director Thomas Hughes on upholding Trump's ban, why the Board isn't a PR stunt, Facebook refusing to answer its questions, more — Following months of speculation, Facebook's Oversight Board issued a quasi-decision Wednesday in the case of former President Donald Trump's account.
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| Esther Crawford / Twitter: |
Twitter introduces Tip Jar, allowing everyone using Twitter in English to send tips, and a limited group, including journalists and experts, to accept tips — We $ee you - sharing your PayPal link after your Tweet goes viral, adding your $Cashtag to your profile so people can support your work …
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| Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE: |
Drivers say Amazon's US delivery companies are ordering them to turn off an app called Mentor that is designed to prevent accidents by monitoring speed — Drivers say they're being asked to quietly disable a driver safety system partway through their shifts. — Lauren Kaori Gurley
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Google Play will add an App Store-like safety section starting next year, requiring apps to show details about the data they collect and other privacy info — In a new safety section — Starting next year, apps on Google Play will show details about what data they collect … | Dr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
IBM says it has created the first 2nm chip, which can improve performance by 45% at the same power, or same performance at 75% power, compared to 7nm chips — Every decade is the decade that tests the limits of Moore's Law, and this decade is no different.
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Manufacturers are rolling out a patch for a vulnerability in Qualcomm chips that affects high-end Android devices from Google, Samsung, LG, Xiaomi, and OnePlus — Higher-end devices made by Google, Samsung, LG, Xiaomi, and OnePlus are affected. — Makers of high-end Android devices …
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| Abram Brown / Forbes: |
Interviews with 17 current and former TikTok employees detail a dysfunctional workplace, beset by secrecy and poor management, as tensions with Trump mounted — One of the world's hottest startups, the social media app has faced plenty of corporate drama both inside and outside the company … | Dave Lee / Financial Times: |
Uber and Lyft have lost a combined market value of $20B+ in the week since the US labor secretary signaled intent to examine the classification of gig workers — Ride-share group's employment model faces scrutiny from labour secretary Marty Walsh — Shares in Uber continued a weeklong tumble …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Court docs show Apple offered Hulu and some other “whitelisted developers” special access to App Store APIs, like the cancel/refund API — Today is the fourth day of the Epic Games v. Apple legal battle, and documents shared in the trial continue to give us insight into the App Store and Apple's business practices.
Tweets: @nickstatt, @iansherr, @drbarnard, and @tzeejay
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
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| Protocol: |
Netflix is surveying users about their interest in features such as podcasts and user-generated playlists of shows and music, for a project called N-Plus — In a survey, Netflix is asking users how they would feel about a “future online space” called N-Plus. — Custom TV show playlists?
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| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Lightmatter, which is developing AI chips that use light signals rather than electrical signals, raises $80M Series B, bringing its total raised to about $113M — AI is fundamental to many products and services today, but its hunger for data and computing cycles is bottomless.| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Singapore-based Rainforest, which wants to consolidate Asia-Pacific Amazon Marketplace brands, raises $36M in seed funding led by Nordstar — Singapore-based Rainforest is one of the newest entrants in the wave of startups that “roll-up” small e-commerce brands.| Cayce Clifford / American Banker: |
California regulators say neobank Chime has agreed to stop using the words “bank” and “banking” in ads — The fintech Chime is nearing a deadline to stop implying that it operates as a bank, according to a settlement agreement with California regulators.| The Information: |
Inside Zuckerberg's plan to repair Facebook's image, including whimsical jokes on his Page, more media appearances, and discussing product more than policy — During a companywide Q&A with Facebook employees last Thursday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg turned to a question about a recent uptick …
Tweets: @mvpeers, @lauramandaro, @thekenyeung, @amir, @amir, and @alexeheath
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter says it is rolling out improved prompts that discourage “harmful” language, first to iOS and then Android, after studies showed prompts were effective — A year ago, Twitter began testing a feature that would prompt users to pause and reconsider before they replied to a tweet using …
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