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Trump meets with tech execs, says US gov't must “catch up” with private sector; Cook calls for coding in schools; Bezos favors more adoption of commercial tech — The leaders of Apple, Amazon, Google and Microsoft, who met with Trump on Monday, have a few asks of their own.
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| Gizmodo: |
GOP data firm Deep Root Analytics accidentally exposed personal info of 198M+ US voters, including addresses, birthdates, and issue-by-issue sentiment analysis — Political data gathered on more than 198 million US citizens was exposed this month after a marketing firm contracted …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google launches AI-powered jobs search engine that taps into listings from LinkedIn, Monster, WayUp, DirectEmployers, CareerBuilder, Facebook, and others — Looking for a new job is getting easier. Google today launched a new jobs search feature right on its search result pages that lets … | Nathaniel Popper / New York Times: |
Ether, which has risen 4,500% since the beginning of the year, is likely to pass Bitcoin's total value soon, in a milestone being called “the flippening” — The price of Bitcoin has hit record highs in recent months, more than doubling in price since the start of the year.| New York Times: |
How Mexican activists, journalists, lawyers have been targeted with NSO Group's Pegasus spyware, likely by their own gov't, which spent ~$80M on the tools — MEXICO CITY — Mexico's most prominent human rights lawyers, journalists and anti-corruption activists have been targeted …
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| Gizmodo: |
Analysis of NaviStone code on Acurian medical sites shows use of keystroke logging-like tech that captures data as soon as users type into forms for targeting — In the summer of 2015, Alexandra Franco got a letter in the mail from a company she had never heard of called AcurianHealth.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Spotify tests letting labels pay to put singles on free tier users' playlists; while an opt-out option is available, the scheme is reminiscent of radio payola — A mysterious “Sponsored Content” opt-out setting recently appeared in Spotify, and now the streaming giant has confirmed to TechCrunch what it's about.
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
By buying Whole Foods, Amazon is acquiring a customer that will bring its nascent grocery logistics service to scale — Back in 2006, when the iPhone was a mere rumor, Palm CEO Ed Colligan was asked if he was worried: … I was reminded of this quote after Amazon announced an agreement …
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| Fitz Tepper / TechCrunch: |
FTC plus DC and California AGs attempt to block DraftKings-FanDuel merger, saying combined firm would control 90%+ of paid daily fantasy sports contests market — The Federal Trade Commission just announced it will authorize legal action to block the merger of DraftKings and FanDuel …
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| Christina Farr / CNBC: |
Sources: Apple working with Health Gorilla to add personal health data to iPhone including blood work, by integrating with hospitals and lab testing companies — - Apple is working with a start-up called Health Gorilla in its secretive personal health record initiative, sources have said.
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9to5Mac, iPhone Hacks, Ubergizmo, AppleInsider, Patently Apple, iDownloadBlog.com, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog, and MacDailyNews. Thanks:@mattrosoff
| Emin Gün Sirer / Hacking Distributed: |
Bancor, which raised ~$150M in its ICO, has poor code quality, issues with its fundamental value proposition, and can be gamed by miners — Bancor just did their Initial Coin Offering (ICO) last week and raised a record $144M within a few hours. They now hold the record for the biggest crowd-funding, ever, in the history of mankind.
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| Anne Dujmovic / CNET: |
IDC: VR and AR headset shipments to reach 100M units by 2021, up 10X the 10M shipped in 2016 — Virtual reality and augmented reality are expected to become more mainstream in the next five years, says a new forecast by IDC. — As more people warm up to virtual reality and augmented reality …
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