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Tom Warren / The Verge: Facebook unveils Facebook Pay, which will work on Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp, to let users shop, donate to causes, send money to friends, more -
Alfred Ng / CNET: Facebook's iOS app accesses the camera as users scroll their feeds; a workaround is to revoke the app's camera permissions; a patch is “already rolling out” -
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple to debut its 16-inch MacBook Pro with a redesigned keyboard as soon as Wednesday; expected to go on sale this week, starting at ~$2,400 -
ACLU: A district court rules the government's “suspicionless” searches of international travelers' phones and laptops at airports and US border violate 4th Amendment -
Josh Constine / TechCrunch: Instagram debuts Reels, a TikTok-style video remix feature, which lets you make 15-second video clips set to music and share them as Stories, in Brazil -
Frank Pallotta / CNN: Disney+ spokesperson acknowledges service issues on launch day, saying consumer demand exceeded “high expectations”, as users complain that they can't connect -
Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg: Amid labor tensions Google says it fired a staffer for leaking employee info to media, put two on leave for sharing internal docs and tracking staffer calendars -
Cherlynn Low / Engadget: Snap Spectacles 3 review: stylish, sturdy, comfortable, with clever and fun filters, but not water resistant and expensive at $380, ~3x the first-gen's price -
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Researchers find 5G flaws that would let an attacker track phone locations, spoof emergency alerts, more via a malicious radio base station; some affect 4G too -
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Automattic partners with Stripe to debut Recurring Payments for WordPress.com and Jetpack-powered sites, to let content creators collect repeat contributions -
Taylor Lorenz / New York Times: A look at @BallerBusters, an Instagram account that calls out people who pretend to be wealthier than they are to hawk dubious mentorship or online classes -
Aamir Siddiqui / XDA Developers: Chrome OS now shows a Chromebook's end-of-life date in the device's settings — Chromebooks, or laptops that run ChromeOS as the operating system … -
Michael Hayes / OneZero: How some police departments in the US conduct facial recognition searches on behalf of other jurisdictions, boosting access to the tech and evading local laws -
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Juli Clover / MacRumors: In the iOS 13.3 beta, Safari gains support for NFC, USB, and Lightning FIDO2-compliant security keys — The iOS 13.3 update that is currently available to developers … -
Andy Greenberg / Wired: Intel has been slow to address information-leaking chip bugs, issuing an incomplete fix for “ZombieLoad” in May and another series of microcode patches today -
30 minutes ago Jake Bright / TechCrunch: Interswitch, a Nigeria-based digital payments startup, says Visa has acquired a minority stake, reportedly for $200M, at a $1B valuation, plans IPO in H1 2020