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First results of breach investigation: large-scale attack on Sept. 14-27 accessed info of ~29M people; other Facebook apps or third-party apps not affected — We have been working around the clock to investigate the security issue we discovered and fixed two weeks ago so we can help people understand …
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Consultants advise law enforcement officers not to look at iPhone screens because it may trigger Face ID too many times and iPhones may revert to passcodes — After five failed attempts with the ‘wrong’ face, Apple's Face ID system will fall back to asking a passcode; a tricky situation for investigators.| Anand Giridharadas / New York Times: |
If Silicon Valley is sincere about “changing the world”, it should return Saudi billions until alleged murder of Jamal Khashoggi has been suitably investigated — Technology companies can no longer turn a blind eye to the human rights abuses of one of their largest investors.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Thalmic Labs discontinues its Myo armband that allowed users to control devices like drones and smartphones via hand gestures, teases new product — Canadian wearables company Thalmic Labs has announced that its ceasing sales of its gesture- and motion-guided Myo armband …
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| Stephen Hall / 9to5Google: |
Google did not mention Android once during its Made by Google 2018 keynote, a first for a public-facing hardware event by the company — Android is the world's most ubiquitous OS and one of the most important parts of Google's business. But it's becoming clearer that the company no longer wants the word associated with its phones.
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| Kellen / Droid Life: |
Google's real-time translations now available on Android phones and all Assistant-optimized headphones, not just Google Pixel Buds — Google's Pixel Buds may not be the smash success that Apple's AirPods have become in the wireless earbuds space, but there's no denying that their ability …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Screenshots in Messenger's Android code suggest Facebook is testing an “unsend” feature it promised after getting caught removing Zuckerberg's sent messages — In April, TechCrunch broke the news that some of Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook messages were deleted from recipients' inboxes …
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| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Court denies Lime's request for a temporary restraining order to block Skip and Scoot from deploying their electric scooters in San Francisco on Monday — A judge today denied Lime's request for a temporary restraining order that would block Skip and Scoot from deploying their electric scooters in San Francisco on Monday.
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| Garrett M. Graff / Wired: |
How US got China to scale back cyber espionage in 2015 by publicly charging Chinese hackers, arresting a spy in Canada, and taking a firm stance in negotiations — For years, China has systematically looted American trade secrets. Here's the messy inside story of how DC got Beijing to clean up its act for a while.| Bloomberg: |
In an Aug. 31 response to six US senators, Sundar Pichai says that while Google was always interested in expanding in China, it is too early to provide details — - Google CEO says too early to give detailed response to Senate — Sundar Pichai is slated to speak at Congress later this year| Noah Kulwin / New York Magazine: |
Ex-Reddit product head Dan McComas talks about how site's focus on a growth at all costs hurt the health of the community and why Reddit won't be able to change — Reddit started a couple of years after Facebook, and it's super giant, and the kind of thing that you were present for was the challenge … | Michael Joseph Gross / The Atlantic: |
Inside DARPA's neurotechnology research program for healing and enhancement of the human body and mind through neural implants and brain-machine interfaces — I. Who Could Object? — “Tonight I would like to share with you an idea that I am extremely passionate about,” the young man said.
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