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Spammers are emailing businesses, schools, and other locations in the US, Canada, and New Zealand, demanding bitcoin as ransom to not detonate a supposed bomb — Spammers are sending a wave of threats to businesses, schools, and other locations in English-speaking countries across the world …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook says that between Sept. 13 and Sept. 25 a bug in a photo API gave app developers access to photos that were uploaded but never shared by ~6.8M users — Reset the “days since the last Facebook privacy scandal” counter, as a Facebook has just revealed a Photo API bug gave app developers …
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| Bloomberg: |
In a court filing, Apple argues that China's ban on the sale of some iPhones, which it is appealing, would force it to settle its licensing battle with Qualcomm — Apple Inc. said a Chinese ban on the sale of some models of the iPhone will force it to settle a long and bitter licensing battle …
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| Rani Molla / Recode: |
A visual look at the biggest tech trends of 2018: sentiment toward Amazon's HQ2 search, the plateau of social media use, Facebook's trust betrayals, more — Here's a visual look back at the year. — There's been a lot to keep track of this year. We've endured disasters both natural and manmade … | Eduard Kovacs / SecurityWeek: |
Italian energy company Saipem was hit by a new variant of the notorious Shamoon disk-wiping malware, which attacked Saudi Arabian oil giant Aramco in 2012 — Italian oil and gas services company Saipem has confirmed that its systems were hit recently by a new variant of the notorious Shamoon malware.
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Saipem, ZDNet, CyberScoop, Forbes, Palo Alto Networks Blog, Security Boulevard, SiliconANGLE, Reuters, BleepingComputer, Axios, and BleepingComputer. Tweets: @eduardkovacs
| Sam Levin / The Guardian: |
Some current and former fact-checkers say Facebook has ignored their concerns, that they have been used for PR, and that they have lost trust in the company — Journalists paid to help fix Facebook's fake news problem say they have lost trust in the platform
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Facebook adds a custom-built browser and support for its Instant Games platform to its Portal devices — Making its dedicated video chat screen more interactive — A new update out today for Facebook's Portal devices adds some much-needed features to the dedicated video chat screens.
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| Kate Clark / TechCrunch: |
Amsterdam-based e-scooter startup Dott, founded by former Ofo exec Maxim Romain, raises €20M led by EQT Ventures and Naspers — The funding extravaganza may be approaching its end for scooter “unicorns” Lime and Bird, but smaller startups in the micro-mobility space have continued …
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple is notifying artists that it is removing their ability to post to Apple Music Connect and is removing previously posted content from Artist Pages — Apple Music Connect appears to slowly be going the way of iTunes Ping. Apple has started notifying Apple Music artists that it is removing …
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| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
SEC filing: IMAX will close its remaining three virtual reality centers and write off “certain VR investments”; the three sites are expected to close in Q1 2019 — Imax is making its exit from virtual reality (VR) official: The company notified shareholders with a SEC filing Thursday …
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Twitter says global government demands for data about users or takedowns of posts increased by 80% in the first half of 2018, with ~87% from Turkey and Russia — Twitter says the number of government demands for data on its users has shot up in the past year.| Scott Scrivens / Android Police: |
Xiaomi Mi 8 and Mi 8 Pro review: great camera, performance, and value for money but MIUI has many quirks and the in-display fingerprint scanner is inconsistent — Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi is a jack of all trades. It makes a variety of connected gadgets, including TVs, toothbrushes, scooters, and even kettles.
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| Kent Walker / Google: |
Google says it won't sell general-purpose facial recognition APIs before working through “important technology and policy questions” — More than 400 million people in the world have diabetes. A third of them have diabetic retinopathy, a complication that can cause permanent blindness.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
US officials and experts say Chinese hackers are breaching US Navy contractors to steal sensitive information about advanced military technology — Intruders gain access to sensitive information about advanced military technology through vulnerable contractors, subcontractors| Peter Kafka / Recode: |
Sources: Facebook is in talks with pay TV channels, including HBO, Showtime, and Starz, about selling their streaming TV services on its platform — The world's biggest social network wants to get into the pay TV business — by taking a page from Amazon. — Facebook is readying …
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| Katie Roof / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Niantic, publisher of Pokémon Go, is in the process of raising a $200M funding round that would value the company at $3.9B — The $200 million funding round is expected to be led by IVP, with participation from strategic investors Samsung Electronics Co. and aXiomatic Gaming LLC.
Tweets: @serkantoto
| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Apple announces a $1B Austin campus initially for 5,000 workers, new offices in Seattle, San Diego, and Culver City, and expansions in several other US cities — Apple plans to build a new $1 billion campus in Austin, Texas, adding thousands of jobs, while also setting up new large offices in Seattle …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Medium CEO Ev Williams had preliminary talks about buying New York Media, parent of New York Magazine; source said talks are “unlikely to progress” — - The Twitter co-founder says he wants to invest in media in '19 — Magazine publisher has been exploring its options this year| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Adobe reports mixed Q4 results, with revenue of $2.46B, up 23% YoY, vs. $2.43B analyst est., but misses on profit of $678M — This is Adobe's first financial report since acquiring marketing automation firm Marketo for $4.75 billion back in October. — Adobe released fourth quarter …
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| Cecilia D'Anastasio / Kotaku: |
Wiki site Fandom says it will acquire Curse Media, which runs gaming wiki site Gamepedia, from Twitch, which bought Curse Media parent Curse in Aug. 2016 — Wiki site Fandom announced yesterday that they will acquire Curse Media, which runs gaming wiki site Gamepedia, from Twitch.| Nivedita Balu / Reuters: |
Starbucks partners with UberEats to deliver food and coffee from a quarter of its US stores starting in 2019, following a pilot program in Miami in September — (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp (SBUX.O) said on Thursday it is partnering with UberEats to deliver food and coffee from nearly a quarter …
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| Jason Del Rey / Recode: |
Instacart says it will end its partnership with Whole Foods starting in February; source: move is expected to reduce Instacart's revenue by less than 5 percent — Instacart will begin pulling the first group of workers out of Whole Foods locations in February.
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