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| Liz Moyer / CNBC: |
SEC settles with Floyd Mayweather and DJ Khaled on charges of promoting ICOs without disclosing payments; Mayweather to pay $600K+ in fees, Khaled to pay $150K+ — Pro boxer Floyd Mayweather and music producer DJ Khaled pumped up initial coin offerings without telling investors …
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Tweets: @nikhileshde, @kadhimshubber, @zguz, @readdanwrite, @nathanielpopper, and @rebeccajarvis
| Ryan Gallagher / The Intercept: |
Sources detail the measures Google took to keep Dragonfly under wraps, including shutting out some members of the security and privacy teams from key meetings — The secrecy surrounding the work was unheard of at Google. It was not unusual for planned new products to be closely guarded ahead of launch.
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| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
YouTube begins rolling out Stories, which last for seven days on its mobile app and can be viewed by everyone, to accounts with over 10,000 subscribers — Amid some concern from the community — YouTube is expanding its Instagram-like Stories capability to more creators today … | Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Coinbase Pro says it is adding Zcash to its professional trading platform in the US, UK, European Union, Canada, Singapore, and Australia — Crypto exchange Coinbase Pro is adding privacy coin zcash to its listings. — The platform announced Thursday that customers can transfer zcash …
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The Coinbase Blog, NullTX, Bitcoin Magazine, Crypto Briefing, Cointelegraph.com News, CryptoGlobe, and The Block. Tweets: @bullyesq
| Gabe Rivera / Techmeme News: |
Techmeme now publishing paid and free “Leaderboards” showing the most influential reporters around a specific news topic — Today Techmeme has begun publishing Topic Leaderboards, which list the top authors and publications covering 24 topic areas such as cloud computing, autonomous vehicles …
Tweets: @the_spinmd, @gamoid, @dtunkelang, @yoda, @rsingel, @ashleymayer, @ianchaffee, @gaberivera, @steverubel, @mkakav, @mgsiegler, and @kingkool68
| Dan Thorp-Lancaster / Windows Central: |
Intel to start distributing drivers for its graphics chips as Universal Windows Drivers, a single driver package that can run on different device types — Intel this week announced that, starting this month, it will begin distributing drivers for its products as “modern” Universal Windows Drivers (via Neowin).| The Verge: |
Alt-right commentator Laura Loomer handcuffed herself to a front door of Twitter's NYC HQ to protest her ban and the alleged shadow banning of conservatives — 'They may have banned me from Twitter but now I'm handcuffed to Twitter' — Earlier this afternoon, alt-right Jewish commentator …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft rolls out a search function, powered by Bing, for SwiftKey on Android in the US, UK, India, France, Canada, and elsewhere — Microsoft-owned mobile keyboard company SwiftKey is today rolling out a search feature for Android users that lets them browse the internet for content directly from within the keyboard.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft debuts redesigned icons for its Office suite, alongside other cosmetic changes, and says Outlook Mobile is getting a redesign soon — A new modern look — Microsoft is modernizing its Office icons as part of a broader focus on design for its various Office apps.
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Tweets: @tomwarren and @alexmuench
| Nat Levy / GeekWire: |
New book outlines Microsoft's product roadmap: new Surface Pro and Laptop, “ambient devices”, and cheaper Xbox One S in 2019; new Surface Book and Hub in 2020 — Next year will be a busy one for Microsoft's Surface division, if a new book about the organization is any indication.
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Tweets: @toddbishop, @zacbowden, and @tomwarren
| Alex Hern / The Guardian: |
Facebook will exempt ads from eligible news outlets from its political ad archive in the UK, a policy it plans to extend to the US and Brazil pending UK tests — Social network to act against ‘dark adverts’ with compulsory disclaimers saying who paid — Every political advert on Facebook …
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| Sam Kim / Bloomberg: |
South Korea charges nine people and two companies with illegally selling Samsung's bendable OLED screen technology to Chinese rivals — - Suspects accused of stealing tech used to bend Galaxy screens — Samsung spent 150 billion won on technology, prosecution says
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| Kate Clark / TechCrunch: |
Lyft closes its acquisition of bike-rental startup Motivate, says it will invest $100M in NY's Citi Bike, tripling the number of bikes available to 40K by 2023 — Lyft has finally given us a glimpse of its forthcoming line of shareable bikes, which the ridesharing company says will be available … | Katie Roof / Wall Street Journal: |
Vista Equity Partners takes majority stake in Wrike, a work management platform that says it has nearly a $100M run rate, source says at a valuation of ~$800M — Software company is said to be valued at nearly $800 million — Vista Equity Partners has taken a majority stake in Wrike Inc., a workplace management software startup.
Tweets: @jordannovet and @katie_roof
| David Barnard: |
How iOS developers game the App Store: naming apps with popular keywords, tricking users to sign up for subscriptions, buying fake ratings and reviews, and more — I've been pestering Apple for years publicly and privately about the manipulation and outright scams going on in the App Store.
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iPhone Hacks, 9to5Mac, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @drbarnard, @jamesthomson, and @steipete
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
A Nielsen report says US viewers spend nearly 8B hours per month streaming content via connected devices like Roku, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire TV — With the rise of streaming services and the trend toward cord cutting, the way U.S. consumers are watching video is also changing.| Wall Street Journal: |
Memo: the White House plans to host a roundtable on December 6 to discuss innovation with tech executives, including Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, and others — Guest list includes heads of Microsoft, Google, Qualcomm, Oracle — The Trump administration will hold a roundtable discussion …
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Tweets: @felixsalmon, @kifleswing, @shiraovide, @kennethn, and @stevekopack
| Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
GM's President Dan Ammann to become CEO of self-driving car unit Cruise; current Cruise CEO and co-founder Kyle Vogt will stay on as unit president and CTO — General Motors on Thursday announced that company president Dan Ammann will take a new job as CEO of its self-driving unit, Cruise.
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| Mark Wilson / Fast Company: |
Airbnb's innovation lab Samara announces Backyard, an initiative to design and prototype new ways of building homes, with the first test units public in 2019 — After launching a home-sharing revolution, Airbnb's founders started asking themselves, “What's next?”| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google Assistant adds Broadcast Replies, notes and lists integration, visual lyrics, and Pretty Please on Smart Displays and Google Home — With the holiday season underway, Google is announcing a slew of new features for Assistant speakers and Smart Displays.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Indonesian ride-hailing company Go-Jek launches in Singapore, initially available to the customers of DBS bank, and plans a wider rollout by early 2019 — Less than a year after Uber's exit, a new challenger is taking on Grab — SINGAPORE—Indonesian technology firm PT Go-Jek Indonesia launched …
Tweets: @wsj
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
DOJ indicts two Iranian nationals for creating and deploying the SamSam ransomware, which crippled Atlanta, caused $30M in losses, and had 200+ victims — U.S. federal prosectors have indicted two Iranian nationals for creating and deploying the notorious SamSam ransomware.
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U.S. Department …, U.S. Department of Justice, ETHNews, Security Boulevard, CoinDesk, MIT Technology Review, Virtual Mining Bitcoin News, Bitsonline, Trustnodes, Wired, WeLiveSecurity, CryptoGlobe, Coingeek, SecurityWeek, SiliconANGLE, ZDNet, PYMNTS.com, Bitcoinist.com, CryptoSlate, and Naked Security
Tweets: @zackwhittaker, @kevincollier, @ustreasury, @campuscodi, @campuscodi, @x0rz, @lookner, and @bluestein
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Sennheiser's HeadSetup software makes PCs and Macs vulnerable to MITM attacks due to flawed self-signed TLS certificate, which users should now manually remove — Poorly secured certificate lets hackers impersonate any website on the Internet. — Audio device maker Sennheiser has issued …
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Sennheiser, Business Insider, TechCrunch, The Mac Observer, Gizmodo, TechSpot, BleepingComputer, ZDNet, Engadget, Boing Boing, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, and Threatpost
Tweets: @__agwa, @spazef0rze, @dakami, @gayleyoungs, @alshakarti, and @patrickmoorhead
| Thomas Ricker / The Verge: |
Tidal is now available on Plex for $9.99/month, the first streaming music service to be fully integrated into Plex — A milestone moment for the XBMC fork — Plex users can now stream Tidal music directly from the Plex app. Moreover, subscribers can save up to $60 a year on the price of both Tidal and Plex Pass subscriptions.
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