Apple confirms that some iPhone X screens don't respond or respond intermittently when touched, offers free screen replacements for those affected
Apple Inc. disclosed a pair of issues affecting two of its more popular products: the iPhone X and the 13-inch MacBook Pro.
SEC fines the owner of decentralized cryptocurrency exchange EtherDelta $388K, prompting fears of further enforcement action against crypto trading platforms
The Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) settlement with the founder of EtherDelta is likely the first of many enforcement actions …
Facebook has quietly released an app for iOS and Android called Lasso, designed to compete with TikTok, that lets users create short videos
The aging social media platform wishes to win teens over — Facebook has quietly released an app called Lasso that lets users create fun short videos designed …
US Cyber Command launches its new initiative to publicly share unclassified malware samples it has discovered by uploading multiple files to VirusTotal
USCYBERCOM said it plans to regularly upload “unclassified malware samples” to VirusTotal. — On Monday, the Cyber National Mission Force …
Amazon signs a deal with Apple, will start selling its latest devices, except the HomePod, in the US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, and India
Except for the One It Wants to Beat Eric Abent / SlashGear : Apple devices are about to invade Amazon AJ Dellinger / Engadget : Apple plans to sell more of its products on Amazon Lisa Marie Segarra / ...
Facebook to end forced arbitration for sexual-harassment claims, require execs at director level or above to disclose if they are dating someone in the company
Social-networking giant also revises policy for senior executives dating employees — Facebook Inc. FB -1.97% is ending …
As part of its deal with Apple, Amazon will only allow authorized resellers on its site, kicking independent Apple device refurbishers off its platform
Amazon told independent refurbishers that it will now only allow “authorized resellers” to sell Apple products on Amazon Marketplace.
A detailed look at SIM swapping, a complex form of mobile phone fraud that is often used to steal large amounts of cryptocurrencies and other valuable items
KrebsOnSecurity recently had a chance to interview members of the REACT Task Force, a team of law enforcement officers and prosecutors based …
Profile of philosopher Yuval Noah Harari, who worries that Silicon Valley is undermining democracy and whose book tour was well-received by its tech elite
The futurist philosopher Yuval Noah Harari thinks Silicon Valley is an engine of dystopian ruin. So why do the digital elite adore him so?
A US agency said hackers may have accessed partial SSNs, immigration status, tax information, and more in an October breach of healthcare.gov
Hackers siphoned off thousands of Healthcare.gov applications by breaking into the accounts of brokers and agents tasked with helping customers sign up for healthcare plans.
As Trump administration reinstates economic sanctions, major US banks are bracing themselves against cyberattacks from Iran
New York (CNN)As the United States reinstated economic sanctions on Iran on Monday, American banks were gearing up for retaliatory Iranian cyberattacks.
Google walkout organizers say Google made progress toward addressing their demands but it must still address systemic racism and discrimination at the company
like elevating the diversity officer and employee representation on the board—and troublingly erased those focused on racism, discrimination, and structural inequity [...]” http://medium.com/... Kara ...
Disney says its new streaming service will be called Disney+ and will launch in the US in late 2019
that matches the branding of ESPN+ which recently hit 1m paying subscribers. more on ESPN+ from me here: https://yhoo.it/2noDVNO @YahooFinance See also Mediagazer
Apple supplier Finisar, a laser chip maker that received $390M from Apple's Advanced Manufacturing Fund, acquired by optical product company II-VI in $3.2B deal
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CoStar buys Cozy, a startup helping landlords screen tenants, market properties, and collect rent, for $68M to improve its rental listings site Apartments.com
Cozy, a Portland startup that helps more than 50,000 landlords screen potential tenants, market properties and easily collect rent …
Twitter has quietly locked millions of suspicious followers that the company had purged in July and which had reappeared, according to Twitter, due to a bug
made another attempt to make users' tallies of followers more accurate on Friday, subtracting millions of suspicious followers …
Giphy unveils its short-form video platform and showcases the 118 finalist videos from the first Giphy Film Fest, held earlier this week
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PayPal says it will cancel accounts of Proud Boys, Gavin McInnes, Tommy Robinson and a number of anti-fascist groups like Atlanta Antifa and Antifa Sacramento
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Louisville, KY to hold four-year test of self-guided drones that, given GPS coordinates of shootings, take pictures and videos ahead of first responders
Sidney Fussell / The Atlantic : Tweets: @galsworthycjr Tweets: @galsworthycjr : Using tech to monitor crime-riddled neighborhoods is a two-edged sword. Yes, it could provide essential information to ...
Harris poll: 22% of Americans say they trust Facebook with their personal information, 48% view Facebook more negatively than they did six months ago
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Report: BlackBerry is in talks to buy cybersecurity company Cylance for as much as $1.5B
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Romania threatens to fine investigative non-profit RISE Project €650/day and up to €20M unless it reveals corruption investigation sources, citing GDPR
Jelter Meers / OCCRP : See also Mediagazer
LinkedIn says it is testing a new events tool with a select group of users in SF and NYC with plans to roll out the feature globally in the next few months
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Turin-based Deltatre acquires IP video software maker Massive Interactive for $127M to challenge Disney and Endeavor in online sports streaming services
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2025 marked 11 years of building a customer experience platform designed to support organizations as customer expectations, channels …
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