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Sources: Chinese spies inserted tiny chips onto products from US-based motherboard giant Supermicro to infiltrate ~30 US companies including Amazon and Apple — In 2015, Amazon.com Inc. began quietly evaluating a startup called Elemental Technologies, a potential acquisition to help …
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Apple says it has never found malicious chips in its servers, calls Bloomberg reporters' claims unsubstantiated and untrue, says it is not under a gag order — The October 8, 2018 issue of Bloomberg Businessweek incorrectly reports that Apple found “malicious chips” in servers on its network in 2015.
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Amazon, Apple, Supermicro, and the Chinese government issue statements disputing the allegations of Bloomberg Businessweek's hacking story — Complete text. — In emailed statements, Amazon, Apple, and Supermicro disputed summaries of Bloomberg Businessweek's reporting.| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Sources describe the internal turmoil at Facebook following Joel Kaplan's appearance in support of Brett Kavanaugh during his testimony to Congress last week — SAN FRANCISCO — “I want to apologize,” the Facebook executive wrote last Friday in a note to staff.
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Instagram begins rolling out Nametag, which displays usernames in a format that can easily be scanned by others — It's also testing School Community bios at some US universities — Instagram is rolling out a new way to quickly follow people you've met in real life.
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US DOJ indicts seven GRU officers with charges relating to cyberattacks on the global chemical weapons watchdog, anti-doping agencies, and a US nuclear company — Russian spies have been accused of involvement in a series of cyber-plots across the globe, leading the US to level charges against seven agents.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Google says Assistant users can now compare ride-hailing prices and book a ride from Uber, Lyft, Ola, Grab, Go-Jek, and more — But you still need your phone to complete the request — After announcing some updates to the Google Assistant user experience yesterday, today Google is rolling … | Takashi Mochizuki / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Nintendo plans to release a new version of Switch in the latter half of 2019, perhaps as soon as summer — Updated console isn't expected to adopt the OLED panels used in Apple's iPhone X series — TOKYO— Nintendo Co. NTDOY -1.78% plans to release a new version …
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| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Uber says it is partnering with nonprofits to help riders and drivers register to vote and find their polling places on November 6 via a poll locator button — And maybe even drive you there for free — Every election season, Uber and Lyft jockey for the position of the most civic-minded … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Yahoo launches Together, formerly Squirrel in beta, a group messaging app that lets groups organize chats by topics — Farewell, Yahoo Messenger. Hello, Yahoo Together? Yep, Yahoo is returning to the messaging space today after closing its older app due to lack of use.| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Amazon launches in preview Alexa skill connections, a new tool enabling devs to use features from other Alexa apps, limited to printing and reservations for now — Amazon's Alexa assistant can do lots of things, like play your favorite song when you walk into a room and follow up on questions it can't answer right away.| Jimmy Westenberg / Android Authority: |
HMD unveils Nokia 7.1, a $350 Android One phone with 5.8" display, Snapdragon 636, 3GB of RAM, and dual cameras; preorder starting Friday, ships Oct. 28 — After weeks of leaked specs and images, HMD Global has finally made the Nokia 7.1 official. This Android One-powered affordable handset … | Alex Heath / Cheddar: |
In a 15-page internal memo sent in late September, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel sets a goal of reaching full-year profitability in 2019, admits redesign was rushed — CEO Evan Spiegel has given Snap Inc. the directive of achieving full-year profitability in 2019 and has refocused the company around … | Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Bird announces Bird Delivery, which brings scooters to users' homes or offices in six cities, and unveils Bird Zero, a rugged scooter with a digital screen — Bird, the electric scooter sharing startup worth $2 billion, is further differentiating itself from the rest of the pack with the launch of custom, rugged electric scooters.
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Dell unveils the 15.6-inch Alienware m15, its thinnest and lightest gaming laptop, with Nvidia Max-Q GPUs, available October 25 starting at $1,099 — Dell hopped on the ultra-portable gaming-PC bandwagon with a revamped Alienware laptop designed to appeal to serious and wannabe gamers alike.
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Spotify says it is beta testing Spotify for Podcasters, a program to give any podcaster the ability to syndicate their show via the music service — Spotify is beta testing a new program to get more podcasts onto its service. Spotify for Podcasters gives any podcaster the ability to syndicate … | Kate Rooney / CNBC: |
Square announces Square Installments to let small businesses offer monthly payment plans to their customers — - The move allows Square users to charge for big purchase by splitting them up into smaller, fixed monthly payments. — “It's a seamless and transparent way to offer installment payments …
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Amazon has quietly launched Amazon Accelerator, a program to let manufacturers make their products part of Amazon's private brands collection — - Amazon has said it's taking applications for the Amazon Accelerator Program, which is designed to help create more brands sold exclusively on its website.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Job platform ZipRecruiter raises $156M Series B led by Wellington Management and IVP, bringing total raised to $219M, sources say at a valuation of about $1B — Recruitment websites are some of the oldest and most established residents of the internet, but if you've ever used them to find jobs … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Screenshots suggest Instagram is testing a Location History feature that would share users' location with Facebook for targeted ads and content recommendations — This is sure to exacerbate fears that Facebook will further exploit Instagram now that its founders have resigned.| Tom Krazit / GeekWire: |
D-Wave Systems launches D-Wave Leap, a new free cloud service for developers to run their open-source applications on its 2000Q quantum computers — After years of hype about the potential of quantum computing, D-Wave is about to let mainstream developers finally take its quantum machines for a test drive.
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The upcoming Android app mirroring feature in Windows 10 is just the latest step Microsoft has taken to help align Android as the mobile equivalent of Windows — Android is the obvious choice for Windows users now — Microsoft unveiled a bunch of Surface hardware during a press event in New York City last night.
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EU parliament approves guidelines whereby 30% of content on streaming services must be European and requiring quick action when content is flagged as harmful — Under the new guidelines, 30 percent of all content carried on streaming services in Europe will have to come from the region.Sponsor Posts
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