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Hackers exploited SS7, a protocol used by cellphone providers, to intercept two-factor codes sent to online banking customers, letting them empty bank accounts — O2 in Germany confirms online thefts from sour krauts — Experts have been warning for years about security blunders …
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Imagination Technologies starts formal dispute process with Apple, plans to sell core MIPS and Ensigma business units to focus on graphics chip division — British chip design firm to sell-off MIPS group to shore up beleaguered business. — Imagination Technologies has placed its patents row … | Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
SpaceX details plans to launch first of 4,425 high-speed internet satellites in 2019, following two years of tests starting in 2017 — Elon Musk's SpaceX plans to start launching satellites into orbit in 2019 to provide high-speed internet to Earth. — In November, the company outlined plans … | Ken Schwencke / ProPublica: |
Cloudflare shares personal information of those who complain about hosted sites like Daily Stormer; Cloudflare GC says policy lets users “face their accusers” — Since its launch in 2013, the neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer has quickly become the go-to spot for racists on the internet.
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| Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal: |
In its effort to create TV-like content, Snap has signed original show deals with NBCUniversal, Turner, others, and is in talks with CBS and Fox, sources say — Snap Inc.'s ambitious effort to create television-like content has old and new media companies alike clamoring to learn …
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| Elizabeth Gurdus / CNBC: |
Tim Cook says Apple will start $1B fund to promote advanced manufacturing jobs in US, with the first investment coming later this month — Apple CEO Tim Cook said that his company will start a $1 billion fund to promote advanced manufacturing jobs in the United States. — “We're announcing it today.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Whirlpool Corporation acquires recipe search engine and aggregator Yummly, which was valued at $100M in 2015 having raised $23M — Some consolidation in the world of subject-specific search and social networks, as a legacy player from the world of white goods makes a play for a wider audience.
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PR Newswire, CNET, Yahoo! Finance, Seeking Alpha, The Spoon, silicontap.com, and TWICE. Tweets: @whirlpoolcorp
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Google rolling out new anti-phishing security check in Gmail for Android with pop-up warnings when users click on suspicious links — Google today has announced a new security feature for Gmail on Android that makes it easier for users to protect themselves against phishing attempts.| Miguel Helft / Forbes: |
Crew, a Slack-like service for restaurant and retail workers that launches today, raised $25M in previously unannounced rounds led by Sequoia and Greylock — The story of Crew, a mobile communications platform for truly mobile workers that officially launches on Thursday … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple updates its analytics service with new metrics showing how apps get discovered — Apple yesterday updated its App Analytics service for mobile app developers on iTunes Connect, which will now offer more detail on how users found an app - whether through browsing or searching the App Store …
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| Mat Smith / Engadget: |
EU accepts Amazon's commitments to withdraw strong-arm clauses in e-book contracts with publishers to settle antitrust case — The European Commission has accepted Amazon's changes to how it sells its e-books. Following a 2015 investigation over the retailer's anti-competitive behaviour …
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EU Press Room, TechCrunch, GeekWire, NPR, The Verge, The Register, and Financial Times. Tweets: @eu_commission
| Alex Webb / Bloomberg: |
DeepMap, founded by Google veterans for building maps for autonomous vehicles, has raised a $25M round led by Accel — DeepMind is creating maps for autonomous vehicles, with backing from top venture capitalists. — A mile away from where Google builds the maps used by people around the world …
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