Kuo: Apple to introduce a new scissor switch keyboard that supposedly offers durability and longer key travel, in the 2019 MacBook Air and the 2020 MacBook Pro
Apple is apparently set to ditch the butterfly mechanism used in MacBooks since 2015, which has been the root of reliability issues …
Facebook says it has resolved outages that began at ~8am ET across News Feed, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger that caused issues loading images and more
The issue caused some images and features to break across all of Facebook's apps — Facebook had problems loading images, videos …
Superhuman says it is removing location tracking, deleting location data, turning read statuses off by default, and building an option to disable remote images
I'm Rahul Vohra, founder and CEO of Superhuman. Over the last 24 hours, we have seen vigorous debate on pixel tracking within email …
Australian consumer watchdog sues Samsung for allegedly misleading consumers by promoting water-resistant Galaxy phones as suitable for use in non-fresh water
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's consumer watchdog has sued Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's (005930.KS) Australian unit …
Federal appeals court rules Amazon can be held liable for defective third-party seller products, says it enables vendors to conceal themselves from the customer
(Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled against Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) in a case that could expose the online retailer …
Waymo granted permit to take part in California's autonomous vehicle passenger service pilot program; it can't charge riders and must have human safety drivers
Only Waymo employees and guests will get to ride at first — Waymo was awarded a permit by the California Public Utilities Commission …
Sources: Walmart is projecting losses of $1B+ for its US e-commerce division this year; e-commerce CEO Marc Lore is exhausted by internal politics
Walmart bought Jet.com to compete with Amazon, but Jet founder Marc Lore is feeling the heat as e-commerce losses surpass $1 billion.
Unknown attackers are spamming OpenPGP certificates, breaking a core component of encryption software PGP and showing a fundamental weakness known for a decade
A new wave of spamming attacks on a core component of PGP's ecosystem has highlighted a fundamental weakness in the whole ecosystem.
European e-scooter startup Dott, currently live in Brussels, Paris, Lyon, and Milan, raises $34M led by EQT Ventures and Naspers
European micro-mobility startup Dott is about to raise a $34 million Series A round (€30 million). Compared to many scooter companies out there …
Coinsquare, a Canadian crypto exchange, buys a controlling stake in payments software startup Just Cash to bring crypto transactions to non-bank ATMs in the US
Coinsquare, a Canadian cryptocurrency trading platform, announced it has bought an eight figure controlling stake in fintech software producer, Just Cash.
iOS 13 beta includes an ARKit-based FaceTime feature that makes it look as if users are looking into the camera even when looking at the image on the screen
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Until the US Biometric Exit Program prioritizes privacy and resolves technical and legal shortcomings, airport travelers should opt out of facial recognition
Last month, I was at Detroit's Metro Airport for a connecting flight to Southeast Asia. I listened as a Delta Air Lines staff … Tweets: @getdatacy , @wired , @laurenmurrow , @nxthompson , @tajhalanie...
Legal chatbot service DoNotPay raises a £3.7M seed round led by Felicis Ventures, with a16z, Founders Fund, and others participating
Joshua Browder secures big financial boost — A British lawtech entrepreneur has received a hefty cash injection from a string of high-profile Silicon Valley investors.
UK competition agency launches investigation into how Google and Facebook collect and use user data and if they've abused their power to dominate the ad market
Mark Sweney / The Guardian :
House subcommittee sends letter requesting Facebook halt Libra's development until Congress and regulators can investigate potential risks to the global economy
It's been two weeks since we introduced Libra … Daniel Palmer / CoinDesk : Twitter Study Finds US Posts Most on Bitcoin and Facebook's Libra ComputerWeekly.com : Why Facebook's Libra digital currency ...
Contradicting Trump's surprise Huawei announcement, an internal memo says Commerce Department staff should still treat the company as blacklisted
Sources: Broadcom is in advanced talks to acquire Symantec in a deal that could be reached in weeks; Symantec shares rise 13%+
Bloomberg :
Netlab researchers discover the first-ever malware strain abusing the DNS over HTTPS (DoH) protocol, named Godlua, designed to attack Linux servers
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet :
Researchers: a version of 4Shared, a file-sharing Android app with 100M+ installs, has 3rd-party code letting it automate clicks and make fraudulent purchases
secretly displays invisible ads and subscribes users to paid services, racking up charges without the user's knowledge or consent.https://techcrunch.com/ ... Zack Whittaker / @zackwhittaker : Plot twi...
Sensor Tower: worldwide iOS and Android app revenue was $39.7B in the first half of 2019, up 15.4% from $34.4B in the first half of 2018
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Amazon says it plans to hire 2,000 more workers in UK, including engineers, software developers, and data scientists, bringing its total headcount there to 30K
Ellen Milligan / Bloomberg :
D-Link agrees to implement a new security program to settle a 2017 FTC complaint that alleged D-Link left thousands open to well-known attacks
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica :
Following two deadly passenger incidents in 2018, Didi Chuxing says it has removed over 300K drivers that failed to meet its standards
Rita Liao / TechCrunch :
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