Facebook says ~100 app developers might have had improper access to Groups member data even after the company announced restrictions to Groups API last year
At least 11 accessed data in the last two months — Facebook says that even after it locked down its Groups system last year …
SoftBank reports a loss of $6.5B, its first quarterly operating loss in 14 years, and a loss of $8.9B in the Vision Fund, including a charge of $4.6B for WeWork
SoftBank Group Corp. reported its first quarterly operating loss in 14 years after writing down the value of some of its marquee investments …
Following SoftBank's first loss in 14 years, CEO Masayoshi Son says his WeWork bet was a mistake, describing it as a “harsh lesson”, and vows to move forward
Masayoshi Son defended the Japanese company's investment, while admitting he misjudged the American firm's founder, Adam Neumann.
Sources: Xerox is considering making a cash-and-stock offer for HP, which has a market value of ~$27B and is more than three times the size of Xerox
Bid for HP would be at a premium to company's market value of $27 billion — Xerox Holdings Corp. XRX 2.05% has set its sights on a takeover …
NTSB: the Uber self-driving test car that killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona last year wasn't programmed to recognize and react to jaywalkers
- U.S. safety board releases documents on fatal 2018 accident — Pedestrian hit, killed by experimental self-driving Uber car
Court docs: Facebook execs discussed a plan in 2012 to cut off access to user data for developers seen as future rivals while pushing a user privacy narrative
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O) began cutting off access to user data for app developers from 2012 to squash potential rivals …
Apple and the US Department of Veterans announce that veterans can now access their health records on their iPhone via Apple's Health app
- The goal is to make it a lot easier for vets to access their medical information, even if they seek care from multiple providers.
Amazon Echo Buds review: great sound, comfortable fit, and excellent hands-free controls with Alexa, but touch controls are annoying and battery life is short
The company's first wirefree earbuds let you take Alexa anywhere. — Excellent hands-free voice controls and Alexa access.
Stellar Development Foundation has burned 55B XLM tokens, worth ~$4.7B, shrinking the supply from 105B to 50B; XLM's price jumped as much as ~25% on news
The Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) announced a new mandate today for its network's development, stating that it has burned over 55 billion Stellar Lumens (XLM) tokens.
Apple has updated its privacy pages for the fourth year in a row, now includes several technical whitepapers detailing some of its technologies
For the fourth year in a row, Apple has updated its privacy pages. — Every year the tech giant's refreshes the privacy portion of its website …
Twitter announces Topics, which lets users follow 300+ subjects in their timeline, rolling out from Thursday; topics include sports and gaming but not politics
Starting with more than 300 subjects across sports, gaming, and entertainment — Recently, a friend told me he wanted to spend …
Google promises one more update coming in December for the original Google Pixel, which will then be past its three-year security update support window
Pour one out for Pixel — The Google Pixel and Pixel XL will get “one final software update” in December, the company confirms to The Verge.
YouTube announces “Shopping” ads, a scrollable catalog of static images, which will appear on the home feed and in search results
Puma among first brands to utilize new ad format — YouTube is introducing “Shopping” ads in time for the holiday season.
Coveo, which builds AI-powered enterprise search and personalization services, raises $172M led by Omers Capital Private Growth Equity Group at a $1B+ valuation
Search and personalization services continue to be a major area of investment among enterprises, both to make their products …
How Arweave, which has raised $5M led by a16z, uses blockchain to host sites and apps perpetually, hedging upfront user payments with declining storage costs
Andreessen Horowitz + USV invest — What if you could pay now to store something online permanently?
In an attempt to curb gaming addiction, China releases new rules for gamers under 18, including a 90 minute daily limit and no gaming between 10PM and 8AM
Officials say regulations are meant to curb video game addiction, which they blame for a rise in nearsightedness and poor academic performance.
Members of the podcasting industry anonymously discuss common issues in the field: inexperienced leadership, poorly managed ad sales, accessibility, more
Over the past month, we've been running a call for opinions built around a fairly straightforward question: “What are you most frustrated by?”
A profile of Jeremy Stoppelman, CEO of Yelp, which launched 15 years ago in October, and has been in an epic, years-long battle with Google
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Uber will sell ads to restaurants in its Uber Eats app, where it takes 10.7% of gross bookings as adjusted net revenue, to try to lure more food delivery orders
A new revenue stream it won't split with drivers — Uber will become an ad platform, selling space inside its Eats app …
Survey of Tesla Model 3 owners: 90%+ say Autopilot makes them safer, 13% say Autopilot has put them in a dangerous situation and 28% say it saved them from one
We asked 5,000 Model 3 owners about Tesla's software for automated driving on highways and parking lots. More than 90% said the feature makes them safer.
Inside the Big Bitcoin Heist, in which thieves stole 550 Bitcoin mining computers, worth $500K for hardware alone, from a cryptocurrency data center in Iceland
With its cheap geothermal energy and low crime rate, Iceland has become the world's leading miner of digital currency.
Walmart and other companies are testing a monitoring device for workplace safety made by StrongArm in warehouses, raising concerns about workplace surveillance
Every morning when he goes to work in the freezer room of a warehouse in eastern Pennsylvania, Jack Westley throws on a hooded sweatshirt … Tweets: @datasociety , @srussellkraft , and @iotprivacyforum...
FTC says AT&T has agreed to pay $60M to settle the agency's 2014 lawsuit that alleged it lied to customers about “unlimited” data plans that it throttled
Makena Kelly / The Verge :
Didi announces a trial relaunch of its peer-to-peer ride sharing service Hitch, over a year after it suspended the service following two passenger deaths
Miguel Cordon / Tech in Asia :
WhatsApp begins rolling out an update that lets users block specific individuals from adding them to Groups
WhatsApp, the popular messaging app owned by Facebook, has faced a lot of controversy over the role that Groups plays on the platform — both for Groups' role in spreading spam …
Productiv, which offers tools for application engagement analytics, raises $20M Series B led by Norwest Venture Partners, bringing its total raised to $28M
Enterprise software-as-a-service (SaaS) adoption has never been higher. Companies use 16 SaaS apps on average …
Immersive Labs, which helps corporate employees learn security skills in a gamified way, raises $40M Series B led by Summit Partners
Immersive Labs, a cybersecurity skills platform, has raised $40 million in its Series B, the company's second round of funding this year following an $8 million Series A in January.
Documents shed light on the US Army's Automated Biometric Information System, a database with 7.4M identities that underpins US military intelligence operations
ver the last 15 years, the United States military has developed a new addition to its arsenal. Tweets: @carolineha_ , @mvzelenks , @davegershgorn , @willoremus , @davegershgorn , @davegershgorn , @dav...
Apple and TikTok drew criticism from lawmakers, especially Sen. Josh Hawley, for skipping a congressional hearing meant to explore tech industry's ties to China
Washington Post :
A warrant granted in Florida this July let a detective override GEDmatch's privacy rules to search a database of 1.2M users; experts say it may set a precedent
New York Times :
Kaspersky identifies DarkUniverse, an APT that had been active from 2009 but went silent after a mention in Shadow Brokers' 2017 leak, and details 20 victims
aka the DarkUniverse APT https://www.zdnet.com/... https://twitter.com/...
FirstVet, which offers on-demand video consultations with qualified veterinarians to pet owners, raises €18.5M Series B led by Omers Ventures
Annie Musgrove / Tech.eu :
Xiaomi unveils the CC9 Pro, featuring a 108MP camera with 5x optical zoom, 6.47" AMOLED display, 5,260mAh battery, and Android 9, available in China for ~$400
Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge :
Broadcom completes acquisition of Symantec's enterprise business for $10.7B and Symantec rebrands as NortonLifeLock after transferring Symantec name to Broadcom
Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE :
USPS announces it will use Nvidia GPU servers from HPE from spring 2020, aims to use the AI tech to accelerate package data processing by up to 10x
Dylan Martin / CRN :
Google, non-profit lowRISC, and others debut OpenTitan, a project for open sourced “root of trust” chip designs, aiming for more secure, auditable datacenters
Patrick Howell O'Neill / MIT Technology Review :
Freedom House report concludes global internet freedom declined for the ninth year in 2019; surveillance and disinformation have increased, including in the US
and social media is to blame Cara Curtis / The Next Web : Study: Social media to blame for declining internet freedom this decade — it's down to US to fix Tweets: @bpolitics : The internet is less fre...
CIRP: over the last 12 months, 35% of iPhone buyers in the US owned a smartwatch, compared to just 16% of Android buyers
Mitchel Broussard / MacRumors :
Israel-based Papaya Global, a payroll platform to manage international workforces, with clients like Microsoft, Intel, and Robinhood, raises $45M Series A
all while having two children. Now she's raised $45 million. https://www.forbes.com/... by @catherineperlo1
Xerox to sell 25% stake in joint venture to Fujifilm for ~$2.3B; Fujifilm's lawsuit against Xerox for walking away from a merger last year will be dismissed
Cara Lombardo / Wall Street Journal :
Neural Magic, which aims to boost AI interfacing speeds on off-the-shelf processors, raises $15M seed investment led by Comcast Ventures
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Ex-military and intelligence pros have started using AI from computer vision startup XIX, which analyzes sex ads to spot signs of human trafficking
by leveraging the power of #AI and providing reliable, actionable, and verifiable intelligence to the #LawEnforcement officers who come face-to-face with the criminals who prey on women and children. ...
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