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Cloudflare fixes bug active since September 2016 that leaked private user info, says search engine caches have now been cleared of sensitive information — Service used by 5.5 million websites may have leaked passwords and authentication tokens. — Cloudflare, a service that helps optimize …
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What to expect at MWC 2017: LG G6, Huawei P10, Huawei Watch 2, Blackberry “Mercury”, Moto G5 & G5 Plus, Nokia phones, Samsung Galaxy Tab S3, and a Sony flagship — So many new phones — It's time for the annual trip to Barcelona for Mobile World Congress 2017.| Ryan Whitwam / Android Police: |
Google is shutting down Spaces, its experimental group messaging app, on April 17, will make app read-only on March 3 — After nine months of existence, Google is throwing in the towel on group messaging app Spaces. It's going read-only on March 3rd and will be completely offline on April 17th.| David Pierce / Wired: |
Google announces more carrier support for its implementation of RCS, rebrands Messenger to Android Messages, makes app default on phones from LG, ZTE, others — When text messaging was simple, SMS worked beautifully. You could send 160 characters to anyone with a cellphone, and they'd receive it the same way they would a phone call.
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Uber women confront CEO Travis Kalanick in leaked audio from Thursday meeting with 100+ female engineers — Uber CEO Travis Kalanick joined a group of more than 100 female engineers on Thursday to discuss the explosive allegations of sexual harassment and sexism recently leveled against the ride-hailing company.
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Sources: autonomous Uber was driving itself when it ran a red light in San Francisco, though Uber claimed “human error” — The suit, brought by the autonomous car business Waymo, accuses Uber and a star engineer, Anthony Levandowski, of planning to steal trade secrets. — April 21, 2064
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Apple says iOS 10.2.1 reduced unexpected shutdowns of iPhone 6, 6s devices by more than 70% — Over the past couple of iPhone versions users have complained of “unexpected” shutdowns of their devices. Some iPhone 6, 6s, 6 Plus and 6s Plus devices could basically go dark unexpectedly …
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Source: Amazon considers bundling upgraded WorkMail, WorkDocs, and Chime apps in a new AWS productivity suite to compete with G Suite and Office 365 — Amazon Web Services dominates the market for cloud server and storage services and has made inroads in other enterprise technologies like databases.| Ryan Smith / AnandTech: |
Samsung announces Exynos 9 8895, a 10nm octa-core SoC with dual-camera system support; integrated Samsung LTE modem supports 1 Gbps downloads, 150 Mbps uploads — Even though Mobile World Congress doesn't kick off for another few days, Samsung isn't wasting any time in getting started.| Sebastian Anthony / Ars Technica UK: |
International Telecommunication Union announces 5G specs: 20Gbps download, 1ms latency, support for up to 1M devices per square kilometer — The total download capacity for a single 5G cell must be at least 20Gbps, the International Telcommunication Union (ITU) has decided.
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Sources: Apple, eBay, IBM, Microsoft, PayPal, Salesforce, and others preparing to file brief in favor of transgender rights in SCOTUS case due next month — A number of leading tech firms plan to file a brief in favor of transgender rights in a case due to be heard next month in the Supreme Court, Axios has learned.| Katie Benner / New York Times: |
Sources: early Snap investor Lightspeed added terms effectively giving it veto power over later investments; Snap founders tightened grip on company in response — When Snap goes public next month, one of the biggest winners will be Lightspeed Venture Partners.
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