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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Equifax blames Apache Struts vulnerability that was patched on March 6 for the massive data breach that it says happened in mid-May — Critical Apache Struts bug was fixed in March. In May, it bit ~143 million US consumers. — The Equifax breach that exposed sensitive data …
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| Reuters: |
In a rare public disclosure, Federal Trade Commission says it's investigating the Equifax hack — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Trade Commission said on Thursday it has opened an investigation into the massive data breach at Equifax Inc (EFX.N), in a rare public disclosure …
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| Scott Scrivens / Android Police: |
Google video and billboard suggest launch of next Pixel phone on October 4, the same day it unveiled the first Pixel phone last year — Rumors up to now have led us to believe the event to announce this year's Pixels phones would be on October 5th. It made sense, being just a day after last year's keynote on October 4th.
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| Sam Levin / The Guardian: |
Lawsuit filed against Google in San Francisco court with three named plaintiffs alleges women are “segregated” into lower-paid jobs, denied promotions, more — Exclusive: Women say Google denied them promotions, telling the Guardian they were forced into less prestigious jobs despite qualifications
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
BTC China, one of the country's top three bitcoin exchanges, announces it will suspend all trading for China-based customers from September 30 — A number of China's top bitcoin exchanges are preparing to suspend their services following instructions from the government.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
iPhone X's notch, used to house Face ID hardware, leads to UI quirks and design compromises, especially when viewing photos and videos or playing games — Hot or notch? — Apple's new iPhone X has a spectacular edge-to-edge display that dominates the entire front of the device.
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Snapchat debuts new 3D Bitmoji World Lenses, which project Bitmoji avatars on real-world scenes, rolling out globally on iOS and Android — Snapchat's World Lens feature applies filters intelligently to the world around you using augmented reality and your smartphone's camera …
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Digital Trends, Engadget, The Verge, iMore, 9to5Mac, Recode, The Next Web, MacRumors, Tubefilter, iPhone Hacks, and Business Insider. Tweets: @joshconstine
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers find 50+ apps, now-removed but downloaded 1M-4.2M times, on Google Play that secretly charged users by sending text messages to premium numbers — Malware scanners fail to detect 50 apps that charged for fake services. — Researchers recently found at least 50 apps …
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Apple's Face ID will support only one registered face per iPhone at launch — Apple's forthcoming FaceID technology will support just one face registered per device, at least initially. This has been reported by multiple people who spoke to Apple at this week's iPhone event …
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AppleInsider, BGR, iPhone in Canada Blog, Ubergizmo, iPhone Hacks, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @reneritchie and @thomasfuchs
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Magic Leap seeks $500M+ at ~$6B valuation with Singapore-based Temasek mulling investment; company hopes to ship headset within 6 months for $1.5K-$2K — Wearable computing startup closes in on $6 billion valuation — Device set to ship in six months, be priced more than $1,500
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| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Chinese regulator: iPhone 8 has 1,821mAh battery, 139mAh less than 7, and 8+ has 2,675mAh battery, 225mAh less than 7+; Apple says battery life is similar — Apple's new iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus have smaller batteries than the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, respectively … | Dan Primack / Axios: |
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