Sources: analysis shows a message from Saudi Crown Prince MbS' WhatsApp account to Jeff Bezos in 2018 included file “highly” likely to have hacked Bezos' phone
Exclusive: investigation suggests Washington Post owner was targeted five months before murder of Jamal Khashoggi
UN special rapporteurs say they are “gravely concerned” about the alleged hacking of Jeff Bezos' phone by Saudi's MbS, calling for further investigations
Special rapporteurs ‘gravely concerned’ about possible involvement of crown prince in surveillance of Amazon boss
GM's Cruise unveils Origin, its first driverless vehicle with no steering wheel or pedals, says it will share more info about its production plans in the future
The Origin is the GM subsidiary's first attempt to build an fully autonomous car from the ground up
Netflix Q4 revenue grew 31% YoY to $5.467B and net income rose to $587M, surpassing 100M paid memberships outside the US; global paid net additions totaled 8.8M
Fellow shareholders, We had a strong finish to 2019, with Q4 revenue growing 31% year over year, bringing full year 2019 revenue …
Source: the new low-cost iPhone, which looks like iPhone 8 and has a 4.7" screen, will enter production in February and may be announced as early as March
- New model will look similar to 2017's iPhone 8 with Touch ID — Apple expected to launch the 4.7-inch phone as early as March
UN experts say Saudis likely used NSO Group's Pegasus mobile spyware to hack Jeff Bezos' phone in May 2018, six months after the Saudis obtained the spyware
United Nations experts are calling for an investigation after a forensic report said Saudi officials “most likely” …
British government proposes sweeping changes to privacy protections for under-18s, requiring platforms turn on heightened privacy settings by default and more
New rules will require online services to overhaul how they treat the personal details of children in the country.
FOIA docs: law enforcement in over 11 states, including CA, FL, and NY, spent $4M+ over the past decade on software and devices that can break into smartphones
While the FBI requests ‘backdoor’ iPhone access, documents indicate law enforcement already has easy access to encrypted devices
Amazon says Amazon Music has 55M users across six different price tiers, including a free tier, “nearly all” of which are paying subscribers
Amazon's music streaming service has eclipsed 55m users, making the ecommerce group a serious contender in the market that has been historically dominated by Spotify and Apple.
Motorola says its foldable Razr will be available for pre-order on January 26, one month after originally planned, arriving on February 6
Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge :
Sources: Apple dropped plan to encrypt backups of devices in iCloud about two years ago, after the FBI complained that the move would harm investigations
whose data is now stored in-country, along with their encryption keys. Amazing scoop by @josephmenn https://www.reuters.com/... Walt Mossberg / @waltmossberg : While I like @Apple's policy of encryp...
Leaked FTI Consulting report: investigators found a suspicious encrypted file on Jeff Bezos' iPhone, causing data transfers to jump by ~29,000%, but no malware
A report investigating the potential hack of Jeff Bezos' iPhone indicates that forensic investigators found a suspicious file but no evidence of any malware on the phone.
Behind the scenes at Rotten Tomatoes, whose Tomatometer is run by 12 “curators” who read just about every review from a pool of about 4,500 approved critics
Humans, not algorithms, determine those ubiquitous scores. Good ingredients, imperfect recipe. Tweets: @heilemann and @wiredculture Tweets: Michael Heilemann / @heilemann : I'd take a Ripe Tomatoes s...
Analysis: Netflix now boasts 1,211 originals and has been adding one show a day on average over the past eight months
Joshua Fruhlinger / Thinknum : Tweets: @michaelmacleod1 and @gvidon See also Mediagazer Tweets: Michael MacLeod / @michaelmacleod1 : How many @netflix Originals can you name? There are ONE THOUSAND T...
French SaaS startup LumApps, which provides a cloud-based enterprise communication platform, raises €63.1M Series C led by Goldman Sachs
French SaaS startup LumApps, a provider of cloud-based enterprise communication solutions, has today announced a €63.1 million Series C funding round …
Email collaboration startup Front raises $59M Series C led by a group of CEOs from Atlassian, Okta, Qualtrics, and Zoom, following its $66M Series B in 2018
Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News :
IBM's Q4 revenue grew slightly, to $21.77B, beating expectations after five quarters of declines, with Red Hat revenue up 24% YoY
Jordan Novet / CNBC :
Google debuts experimental wellbeing apps including Activity Bubbles, which slowly fill the screen after unlocking, and wallpaper showing phone usage time
including one that uses a paper envelope Jordan Minor / Geek.com : Google's Phone Envelope Is a ‘Digital Detox’ Mauro Huc / Pureinfotech : Google releases three apps for its Digital Wellbeing Experime...
Placer.ai, which offers location and foot traffic analytics for the retail industry, raises $12M Series A led by JBV Capital
Catherine Shu / TechCrunch :
Sysdig, which offers tools to secure container environments, raises $70M Series E led by Insight Venture Partners, bringing its total raised to $206M
Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE :
Uncertainty grows for Chinese workers in Silicon Valley after trade war tensions, the Huawei controversy, and cases of Chinese accused of stealing trade secrets
Yuan Yang / Financial Times : Tweets: @jorge_guajardo , @marahvistendahl , and @yuanfenyang Tweets: Jorge Guajardo / @jorge_guajardo : “'The long-term impact of the trade war will make it easier for ...
Sources: Quibi's CEO Meg Whitman, in an internal meeting, compared reporters' friendly rapport with their sources to how sexual predators groom their targets
you know who else has to build a rapport with people and get them to trust them? Sales people! Pretty much all executives! https://www.theinformation.com/ ... @zoesaintbernard : Quibi CEO Meg Whitman ...
SCOTUS declines to review Facebook facial recognition case, meaning FB will likely face a class-action suit alleging its photo-tagging feature violated IL law
Emily Birnbaum / The Hill :
Judge dismisses Sidecar's 2018 lawsuit against Uber; Sidecar, a ride-hailing company that closed in 2015, had accused Uber of using anti-competitive practices
Kanishka Singh / Reuters :
How social networks cite the Stored Communications Act, a privacy law from the '80s, to withhold information that might exonerate defendants in criminal cases
even if it could safe a defendant's life. Fascinating story from @meganrcassidy, whose in-depth stories are must-reads. https://www.sfchronicle.com/ ... @sfchronicle : Facebook, Twitter and other soci...
Analysis of 11,430 Play Store apps in 2019 found that 14.2% used a privacy policy with contradicting statements about user data collection practices
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet :
Stillfront Group, a Sweden-based group of gaming studios, is acquiring mobile gaming studio Storm8 for $300M, of which $75M will be in Stillfront shares
Mike Minotti / VentureBeat :
Facebook says it plans to hire 1,000 workers in the UK this year, with over half in technology, bringing its total in the UK to over 4,000
Reuters : Tweets: @nickymorgan01 , @snigskitchen , and @reutersbiz Tweets: @nickymorgan01 : Productive discussions with @Facebook's COO, Sheryl Sandberg, following today's announcement of 1000 new UK...
Corporate moving services startup Shyft, which claims its tech is 95% accurate at identifying volume and weight of the move via video call, raises $15M Series A
Anthony Ha / TechCrunch :
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
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