London police announce it'll start using live facial recognition cameras within a month for five to six hours at a time with bespoke lists of suspects each time
The Metropolitan Police has announced it will use live facial recognition cameras operationally for the first time on London streets.
Source: Samsung is working on Quick Share, an AirDrop-like feature to allow sharing of files between enabled Galaxy phones, likely launching with Galaxy S20+
Competition is huge in the phone industry, as we all know. Previously, the competition used to be restricted to hardware …
Sources: US withdrew proposed rules which would have made it harder for US firms to sell to Huawei from overseas facilities, following DOD, Treasury objections
Proposed rules making it harder for American firms to sell to Chinese company are withdrawn — WASHINGTON—The Commerce …
Broadcom signs 2 new multi-year agreements with Apple, says it expects to generate $15B by supplying wireless chips for Apple devices released through mid-2023
- Broadcom put its RF chip business up for sale last year — Chipmaker to supply components for Apple devices into 2023
Profile of Tony Blevins, the VP of procurement at Apple, known as the Blevinator for his ability to stare down suppliers and slash prices to the bone
Apple procurement executive Tony Blevins's job is to stare down suppliers and slash prices to the bone, an increasingly vital role
Kaspersky Lab: in 2019, ~30% of all macOS malware detections derived from the Shlayer trojan, an unsophisticated malware that spreads via fake app installs
The malvertising-focused trojan known as Shlayer has burbled to the top of the malware heap when it comes to targeting Mac users.
Study: since the rollout of iOS 13, which warns users of apps tracking their location, marketers have collected 68% less background and 24% less foreground data
Spare a thought, if you will, for the digital advertisers who have grown dependent on knowing your exact whereabouts at any instant.
Dataset Search, Google's search engine for datasets, is now out of beta, with a mobile version, new tools to better filter searches, and access to ~25M datasets
Dataset Search is now out of beta with improved search tools — Google's search engine for datasets, the cunningly named Dataset Search …
Sources: Accenture is making its YouTube content moderators sign a document acknowledging that performing the job can cause PTSD
Accenture comes clean with its workforce — as part of an apparent legal defense — Content moderators for YouTube are being ordered to sign a document acknowledging … Tweets: @russellbrandom , @casey...
Amazon claims Prime Video has ~65K titles, but 66% of those are user uploaded, including thousands of short instructional clips and conspiracy theory videos
such as “Manchester By the Sea” — the site also carries thousands of conspiracy-theory videos, amateur productions and short instructional clips. https://www.wsj.com/... See also Mediagazer
Google's new look for desktop search results blurs the lines between ads and search results, leading many critics to identify it as a dark pattern
is it a problem? [Poll] Deanna Ting / Digiday : Google's latest search results change further blurs what's an ad Doug Turnbull / OpenSource Connections : Opening up search is an ethical imperative Nat...
Inside the Pwn2Own Miami 2020 hacking contest, where hackers targeted industrial control systems software for the first time
At Pwn2Own, hackers had no trouble dismantling systems that help run everything from car washes to nuclear plants—with the prize of taking home the very computers they “pwn.” Tweets: @wired , @wired ,...
NYPD disputes facial recognition firm Clearview AI's claim that it identified a terrorism suspect; company's founders have previous connections to the far right
both important digital rights. https://twitter.com/... Eli Valley / @elivalley : Cool update on the maker of a fascist surveillance app used by law enforcement and pitched to Nazis! https://twitter.co...
Match Group invests in safety app Noonlight to add features like a panic button, check-in, and photo verification to its dating apps, starting with Tinder
blue checkmark included Catie Keck / Gizmodo : Tinder Is Getting a Panic Button Specifically Tailored to Dating Rachel England / Engadget : Tinder is working on a panic button for dangerous situations...
Intel beats with Q4 revenue of $20.2B, up 8% YoY, vs. $19.2B est., and Data Center Group revenue of $7.2B, up 19% YoY; stock up 5%+
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat :
Inside the IRS's probe into Facebook, including emails from 2008 where Sandberg and Ted Price, Facebook's head of tax, discuss tax havens for parking profits
The social media behemoth is about to face off with the tax agency in a rare trial to capture billions that the IRS thinks Facebook owes. Tweets: @mccarthyryanj , @stevecimino , @katielpaul , @thetnho...
Microsoft starts rolling out developer kits and emulators for its dual-screen Surface Duo Android phone and Windows 10X-based Surface Neo
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet :
Experts say FTI's report on the hack of Bezos' phone does not explain why FTI wasn't able to decrypt the malicious file or perform actions like jailbreaking
@billmarczak @ErrataRob @matthew_d_green + more in @CyberScoopNews https://www.cyberscoop.com/... Alex Gantman / @againsthimself : Ok, this report is pretty bad and only serves to lower (if not wholly...
In the aftermath of StockX's 2019 data breach, customers continue to face challenges including fraudulent purchases and lack of customer service responses
Some buyers continue to deal with fraudulent purchases, and the company's response (or lack thereof) is cause for concern. Tweets: @zackwhittaker , @abcdedgar , and @joshuatopolsky Tweets: Zack Whitta...
DHS issues an alert about six flaws in popular health care devices from GE Healthcare that could affect device functionality and expose patients' health info
Jeff Stone / CyberScoop :
Google confirms that I/O 2020 will take place from May 12 to May 14 at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View
Jay Peters / The Verge :
Security startup Privafy launches with $22M in funding, claims its products protect data in motion across networks, mobile and remote devices, and cloud apps
Jessica Lyons Hardcastle / SDxCentral :
Niantic says it helped drive more than $249M in tourism revenue for the cities on its events list in 2019 through its walking games like Pokémon Go and Ingress
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat :
Tech CEOs at Davos dodge issues such as privacy, misinformation, extremist content, and antitrust violations by focusing on the need for global AI regulation
- Two years ago tech executives went on Davos repentance tour — Google, IBM, Microsoft all called for regulation on AI Tweets: @business , @sam_l_shead , and @sarahmsyed Tweets: @business : Technol...
LA-based esports training platform ProGuides, which offers online classes from popular professional gamers for $7.99 a month, raises $5M seed funding led by M13
Matt Perez / Forbes :
Software Motor Company, which develops software to make electric motors in HVAC systems more efficient, raises $25M from BMW to apply its tech to electric cars
Eric Walz / Futurecar.com :
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.
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Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
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