Zuckerberg gives a full-throated defense of Facebook as a champion of free expression and defends Facebook policy to opt out of fact-checking political ads
In an address at Georgetown University, the Facebook chief executive called for more free speech — not less …
Mark Hurd, co-CEO of Oracle and former CEO of HP, dies at 62; Hurd took a health-related leave of absence from Oracle in September
Mark Hurd, CEO of Oracle, in an interview on January 20, 2016. — Co-CEO of Oracle Mark Hurd died on Friday, CNBC confirmed.
Samsung says fingerprint bug on Galaxy devices is due to the sensor reading 3D patterns in screen protectors as fingerprints, will patch it as soon as next week
And advises removing silicone screen protecting cases for now — Samsung says that it plans to release a patch for its phones …
Seven US lawmakers, including Wyden, Cruz, Ocasio-Cortez, and Rubio accuse Apple of “censorship of apps” at the “behest of the Chinese government”, in a letter
- Cruz, AOC, others ask Apple to reinstate HK map app it pulled — Apple CEO discussed consumer rights with Chinese regulator
Wing starts first commercial drone delivery service in the US, delivering orders from FedEx Express, Walgreens, and Sugar Magnolia in Christiansburg, Virginia
This afternoon, in a first for drone delivery in the U.S., Wing is delivering packages, over-the-counter medication …
MediaLab, a holding company that owns the Whisper app, buys Kik messenger from Kik Interactive, which now focuses on development of Kin cryptocurrency
The Kik messaging platform has been bought by MediaLab, a holding company which operates Whisper and a number of other apps, the company announced Friday.
After buying Poloniex in 2018 for $400M, Circle spins it out into Polo Digital Assets, backed by an unnamed Asian firm, says it won't serve US customers anymore
Crypto exchange Poloniex is spinning out from its parent firm Circle, the companies announced Friday.
The second beta of macOS Catalina 10.15.1 contains icons possibly depicting the widely rumored 16-inch MacBook Pro with slightly thinner bezels
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Researchers find malware operators are now using steganography techniques to hide malicious code in WAV audio files
Steganography malware trend moving from PNG and JPG to WAV files. — Two reports published in the last few months show that malware operators are experimenting with using WAV audio files to hide mali...
Massive protests erupt in Lebanon after a now-withdrawn government proposal to levy ~$6/mo tax on calls via WhatsApp and similar apps, amid an economic crisis
A behind-the-scenes account of a cyberattack that disrupted the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics, which was tied to a specific unit of Russia's GRU
How digital detectives unraveled the mystery of Olympic Destroyer—and why the next big attack will be even harder to crack. Tweets: @a_greenberg , @securitybeard , @matonis , @a_greenberg , @nxthompso...
Inside Intuit's 20-year fight to make it harder to file taxes for free, including a pact with the IRS that kept a US-run service from competing with TurboTax
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A game made with a real world dataset of defendants shows the shortcomings of COMPAS, an AI-powered risk assessment tool used in the US criminal legal system
The US criminal legal system uses predictive algorithms to try to make the judicial process less biased. But there's a deeper problem. Tweets: @_karenhao , @marylgray , @ledataminer , @varoonmathur ,...
A nonprofit is fighting illegal logging via a treetop monitoring unit that uses AI to detect sounds of chainsaws recorded and uploaded by used cellphones
PAKAN RABAA, Indonesia — This village in West Sumatra, a lush province of volcanoes and hilly rain forests, had a problem with illegal loggers. Tweets: @tfadell , @natcapcoalition , @kickstarter , @ju...
Quibi partners with T-Mobile, which will make the platform part of its offering, giving Quibi a broad distribution platform ahead of its April launch
Wendy Lee / Los Angeles Times :
Facebook reaches licensing deal with News Corp to feature headlines from WSJ, NY Post, and others in a coming news tab; sources: WaPo, BuzzFeed News, BI also in
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal :
Paris-based Lemon Way, which offers an API for payment processing, wallet management, and third-party payments, raises €25M, bringing its total raised to €35M
Only a few months … PYMNTS.com : French FinTech Lemon Way Gets $28M For API Expansion Private Equity Wire : Toscafund invests EUR25m in Lemon Way JD Alois / Crowdfund Insider : Payment Fintech Lemon W...
Data analytics startup Sisu emerges from stealth with $52.5M Series B led by NEA, with a16z and Green Bay participating, bringing its total raised to $66.7M
Jillian D'Onfro / Forbes :
Cybersecurity startup Corelight, which is building a network traffic analysis platform for enterprises, raises $50M Series C, bringing its total raised to $84M
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Imgur says it will no longer support communities associated with NSFW Reddit subreddits because they've put Imgur's “user growth, mission, and business at risk”
Bijan Stephen / The Verge : Tweets: @jmktvshow Tweets: Jmktv / @jmktvshow : Season 1 Kendall Roy after he got kicked out of the company would've invested in this risky business. https://twitter.com/....
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