Jeff Bezos publishes letters from National Enquirer owner AMI that he says show threats to publish his nude photos unless he stops probing AMI's reporting
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Sprint sues AT&T over its “5G Evolution” branding, claims it is false and deceptive advertising that is damaging the reputation of actual 5G
After AT&T decided to start rolling out “5G Evolution” branding on phones and networks that use 4G LTE Advanced technology …
Apple releases iOS 12.1.4 with a fix for the Group FaceTime bug, says a security audit of FaceTime revealed a bug in Live Photos on FaceTime, which it has fixed
Apple has turned its Group FaceTime feature back on following the release of iOS 12.1.4 for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
Google warns about two iOS zero-day vulnerabilities that hackers have been actively exploiting; the vulnerabilities have been fixed in iOS 12.1.4 update
iOS users are advised to update to iOS 12.1.4; release which also fixes infamous FaceTime bug. — A Google top security engineer …
Report: Google pulls government-banned sites from Russian search results, blocking ~70% of sites blacklisted by Russia's communications regulator Roskomnadzor
Google has started to remove certain entries from its search results in Russia in compliance with long-standing demands from the authorities …
Apple says it has notified app developers to remove code that lets them record how a user interacts with their apps without explicit user consent
Apple is telling app developers to remove code that allows them to effectively record how a user interacts with their iPhone apps …
Investigation finds that Amazon at times uses tips earned by contracted drivers of its Flex program to cover their promised base pay
Amazon at times dips into the tips earned by contracted delivery drivers to cover their promised pay, a Times review of emails and receipts reveals.
Sources: after a wave of opposition in New York, Amazon execs have had internal discussions recently to reassess the situation and explore alternatives for HQ2
Amazon.com is reconsidering its plan to bring 25,000 jobs to a new campus in New York City following a wave of opposition from local politicians …
Google Fiber to shut down in Louisville on April 15 after an experimental “nanotrenching” technique to deploy fiber in trenches only two inches deep, failed
Google's trick to more rapidly and cheaply deploy its super-speedy Google Fiber project has hit a wall …
Spotify's new Terms of Service, which go into effect on March 1, will give Spotify the authority to immediately terminate accounts that use ad blockers
Cracking down on ad blockers — Spotify is now explicitly banning ad blockers, as stated in an updated Terms of Service policy sent out today.
Google unveils Adiantum, a new form of encryption for data on lower-end smartphones and other devices with insufficient processing power
Google officially unveiled a new form of encryption today, designed to secure data stored on lower-end smartphones and other devices with insufficient processing power.
Amazon joins Microsoft in expressing support for regulating facial recognition tech, offers guidelines for the “responsible use” of the technology
Amazon supports the creation of a “legislative framework” covering facial recognition technology.
Data backup and storage company Carbonite to buy Webroot, provider of AI-powered cloud security software for networks and endpoint devices, for $618M
Data backup and storage company Carbonite has bought endpoint cybersecurity provider Webroot in a $618 million deal designed to stitch …
Germany orders Facebook to stop combining data from WhatsApp, Instagram, and third-party sites with data in a user's main Facebook account without their consent
Germany's competition authority has told Facebook it can only continue gathering so much data about users from beyond its app and website if it gets individuals' consent.
Facebook says it has restructured its “youth team” of 100+, will increase its investment in Messenger Kids, and that the meme app LOL will be shuttered
Facebook is restructuring its “youth team,” shutting down its new teen meme app LOL, and doubling down on Messenger Kids.
Research comparing 2016 and 2018 suggests Facebook's efforts to limit the reach of fake news are working, but the platform's scale remains an alluring target
After the shock of the 2016 presidential election, many Americans found psychological refuge in a simple explanation for why Donald Trump won: “fake news.”
Android vulnerability, affecting versions 7.0 to 9.0 and fixed in February update, lets attackers compromise devices if user clicks on an infected .PNG image
Be careful if you are sent an image from a suspicious source. — Opening a cute cat meme or innocent landscape photo may seem harmless enough …
Twitter reports Q4 revenue of $909M, up 24% YoY, ad revenue of $791M, up 23% YoY, net income of $244M, and MAUs of 321M, down by 9M YoY; stock closes down 9%+
and it's a lot smaller than Snapchat's Lauren Feiner / CNBC : Twitter crashes 10% after it says expenses will rise sharply Twitter : Q4 and Fiscal Year 2018 Letter to Shareholders Andrew Hutchinson / ...
After Twitter lost monthly active users for the past three quarters, the company will stop disclosing the number from Q2, will report daily active users instead
Twitter's monthly user count has fallen for three quarters in a row, so to address the issue, Twitter has decided to stop announcing how many users it keeps losing.
Google says it is open sourcing ClusterFuzz, a tool it developed to automate bug detection in software via fuzzing, which has found 16K+ bugs in Chrome
Fuzzing is an automated method for detecting bugs in software that works by feeding unexpected inputs to a target program.
T-Mobile President says the company won't develop its own streaming TV bundle, will instead help with discovery and billing for existing subscriptions
T-Mobile doesn't want to compete with other carriers or teleco's by developing its own “skinny bundle” of streaming TV channels …
Kaspersky Lab's DDoS trends report: number of DDoS attacks dropped 13% YoY in 2018, but the average duration of attacks grew from 95 min in Q1 to 218 min in Q4
News overview — In Q4 2018, security researchers detected a number of new botnets, which included not only Mirai clones for a change.
Dixa, which helps companies provide better customer service across multiple channels with smart technology, raises $14M Series A led by Project A Ventures
Dixa, a Copenhagen-based startup that offers a platform to help companies provide better and more consistent customer service across multiple channels …
Sources: SoftBank's Vision Fund to invest $440M in UK online banking startup OakNorth, valuing it at ~$2.8B
Nicholas Megaw / Financial Times :
Utah-based Health Catalyst, which offers AI-driven health care data storage and analytics, raises $100M in equity and debt financing at a $1B valuation
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Foot Locker has invested $100M in GOAT Group, which operates online sneaker marketplace GOAT; sources say the investment brings GOAT Group's valuation to $550M+
and athletic footwear retailer Foot Locker is getting into the resale game with a major strategic investment in GOAT Group http://www.forbes.com/... by @kbadenhausen http://twitter.com/... Iheanyi Eke...
Sources: over the past week, Square, Chase, PayPal have pulled their services from 1776.shop, an online store affiliated with far-right organization Proud Boys
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Self-driving car startup Aurora raises $530M, led by Sequoia, with Amazon, T. Rowe Price, and others participating, valuing the company at more than $2.5B
Dana Hull / Bloomberg :
TikTok hires Vanessa Pappas, who was YouTube's Global Head of Creative Insights, as its first-ever General Manager for the US
Alex Heath / Cheddar :
Facebook says it has 7M+ advertisers and 90M+ small businesses using its products, will soon allow businesses to respond to Instagram messages from Facebook
Anna Hensel / VentureBeat :
Montreal-based Lightspeed POS, a provider of point-of-sale payments software, has filed for an IPO on the Toronto Stock Exchange, seeks ~$151.4M, per sources
Scott Deveau / Bloomberg :
Opera says it has started testing a free, unlimited VPN feature in its Android browser, available now for beta users worldwide
Ryan Whitwam / Android Police :
Tim Armstrong is launching a new firm, the dtx company, to invest in and showcase direct-to-consumer startups via large scale real world pop-up events around US
As Seen On TV products but for Millennials where the innovation is ditching 1800 numbers in crap commercials on junk tv profiting on bs shipping & handling fees thanks to Facebook/Insta microtargeting...
IAC's Dotdash, which owns Investopedia and remnants of About.com, posts $131M revenue in 2018, up 44% YoY, and expects 21% revenue growth YoY for 2019
Max Willens / Digiday : Tweets: @rafat and @pkafka See also Mediagazer Tweets: Rafat Ali / @rafat : Also congrats to @neilvogel & team for crossing $100mn revenue mark and great profit margins for co...
Sources: on-demand delivery startup Postmates has confidentially filed for an IPO and could be valued at more than $1.85B
Olivia Zaleski / Bloomberg :
Jack'd, a gay dating app with 1M+ downloads from the Play store, stored users' images, posted and marked as private in chat sessions, on an unsecured AWS server
Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica : Tweets: @hexadecim8 Tweets: H E X A / @hexadecim8 : If you're building dating apps, you have to get the security right. There's no excuse for getting the security so w...
Sources: Apple has moved its modem engineering unit to its in-house hardware technology group led by Johny Srouji, Apple's SVP of hardware technologies
Stephen Nellis / Reuters :
Toyota details plans to add Android Auto compatibility to certain 2018, 2019, and 2020 models of vehicles
Abner Li / 9to5Google : Tweets: @backlon Tweets: Dieter Bohn / @backlon : This explains why the ground has been so cold lately. Hell froze over https://twitter.com/...
News aggregator Nuzzel sold to Scroll, which is building a news subscription service; Nuzzel founder Jonathan Abrams and COO Kent Lindstrom to leave the company
Manish Singh / VentureBeat :
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