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Apple confirms that some iPhone X screens don't respond or respond intermittently when touched, offers free screen replacements for those affected — Apple Inc. disclosed a pair of issues affecting two of its more popular products: the iPhone X and the 13-inch MacBook Pro.
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| Peter Holley / Washington Post: |
Lime launches a global recall of scooters from one of its manufacturers after determining that the scooters could break apart while in use — The fast-growing electronic scooter company Lime has decided to immediately remove one of the company's brands from every city across the globe … | Nellie Bowles / New York Times: |
Profile of philosopher Yuval Noah Harari, who worries that Silicon Valley is undermining democracy and whose book tour was well-received by its tech elite — The futurist philosopher Yuval Noah Harari thinks Silicon Valley is an engine of dystopian ruin. So why do the digital elite adore him so?
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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
A detailed look at SIM swapping, a complex form of mobile phone fraud often used to steal cryptocurrency and other items of value — KrebsOnSecurity recently had a chance to interview members of the REACT Task Force, a team of law enforcement officers and prosecutors based in Santa Clara … | CoinDesk: |
SEC fines the owner of decentralized cryptocurrency exchange EtherDelta $388K, prompting fears of further enforcement action against crypto trading platforms — The Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) settlement with the founder of EtherDelta is likely the first of many enforcement actions …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
US Cyber Command launches its new initiative to publicly share unclassified malware samples it has discovered by uploading multiple files to VirusTotal — USCYBERCOM said it plans to regularly upload “unclassified malware samples” to VirusTotal. — On Monday, the Cyber National Mission Force … | Shannon Liao / The Verge: |
Facebook has quietly released an app for iOS and Android called Lasso, designed to compete with TikTok, that lets users create short videos — The aging social media platform wishes to win teens over — Facebook has quietly released an app called Lasso that lets users create fun short videos designed …
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| Katia Moskvitch / WIRED UK: |
Profile of Ivy Ross, Google's VP of design, who is working to make Google's hardware design aesthetic “human, optimistic and bold” — Google's hardware is only a small part of its business, but it's one that's growing. Vice president of design, Ivy Ross, is trying to help it compete with Apple and Samsung
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| CNN: |
As the Trump administration reinstates economic sanctions, major US banks are bracing themselves against cyberattacks from Iran — New York (CNN)As the United States reinstated economic sanctions on Iran on Monday, American banks were gearing up for retaliatory Iranian cyberattacks.| Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
Facebook to end forced arbitration for sexual-harassment claims, require execs at director level or above to disclose if they are dating someone in the company — Social-networking giant also revises policy for senior executives dating employees — Facebook Inc. FB -1.97% is ending …
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| Jason Koebler / Motherboard: |
As part of its deal with Apple, Amazon will only allow authorized resellers on its site, kicking independent Apple device refurbishers off its platform — Amazon told independent refurbishers that it will now only allow “authorized resellers” to sell Apple products on Amazon Marketplace.
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CNBC, The Verge, Patently Apple, MacRumors, Business Insider, Boing Boing, Neowin, USA Today, Mashable, Gizmodo, Slate, SlashGear, Engadget, Fortune, Digiday, PYMNTS.com, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, Macworld, Mercury News, iLounge, The Mac Observer, Cult of Mac, TechSpot, iPhone Hacks, MSPoweruser, 9to5Toys, Thurrott.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, iMore, and reddit
Tweets: @genebsperling, @jason_koebler, @jason_koebler, @jason_koebler, @marcoarment, @jason_koebler, @ohmdee, and @jason_koebler
| Sidney Fussell / The Atlantic: |
Louisville, KY to hold four-year test of self-guided drones that, given GPS coordinates of shootings, take pictures and videos ahead of first responders — Keith Allen Bledsoe, the sixth teenage homicide victim in Lexington, Kentucky, this year, died as the other five had: by gunshot.
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