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US Department of Housing and Urban Development files charges against Facebook, saying the company's ad targeting tools enable violations of Fair Housing Act — 'Facebook is discriminating against people based upon who they are and where they live,' says HUD secretary
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UK's review of Huawei's telecommunications equipment finds “significant” security problems but does not call for an outright ban — LONDON — A British review of Huawei found “significant” security problems with the Chinese company's telecommunications equipment …
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Spotify is testing Premium Duo, a discounted subscription for two for €12.49 a month, that includes a playlist based on both users' listening habits — Includes a new playlist based on both your listening habits — Spotify is testing a new subscription called Premium Duo that offers …
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft granted US court order to take control of 99 websites the company says are linked to Iranian hacking group Phosphorus and host them on its own servers — Microsoft has won a restraining order in a U.S. court in order to take control of domains used by an Iranian hacker group.
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| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
Twitter expands dark mode options for iOS users with a pure black Lights Out mode and an Automatic Dark Mode — Twitter has announced today that it is expanding its dark mode options for iOS users. Adding to the blue/gray dark mode theme that the platform has offered for a while …
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Office Depot and tech support vendor Support.com to pay the FTC $35M for allegedly persuading customers to buy computer repair services using fake malware scans — Office Depot and Support.com, Inc, a tech support software provided from California, will pay $35 million and $10 million respectively …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Kong, the open source API management platform company previously known as Mashape, raises $43M Series C led by Index Ventures — Kong, the open core API management and lifecycle management company previously known as Mashape, today announced that it has raised a $43 million Series C round led by Index Ventures.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple releases watchOS 5.2 with support for the second-generation AirPods, extends ECG functionality to Hong Kong, the UK, and 18 other countries in Europe — Apple today released watchOS 5.2, the fifth update to the watchOS operating system that runs on modern Apple Watch models. watchOS 5.2 comes …
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| Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post: |
Twitter's policy head Vijaya Gadde says it is experimenting with adding a “label” to notable tweets that break its standards explaining why they weren't removed — Vijaya Gadde, Twitter's head of legal, policy and trust & safety, made the revelation on stage at a Washington Post-sponsored event in San Francisco.
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| Sarah Krouse / Fox News: |
Records obtained via FOIA requests show the FCC has fined robocallers $208.4M since 2015, but has collected only $6,790 of that amount — America's telecommunications watchdogs have levied hefty financial penalties against illegal robocallers and demanded that bad actors repay millions to their victims.
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Google CEO Sundar Pichai met with President Trump to discuss contracts and other ongoing partnerships with the US government — ‘Meeting ended very well,’ Trump tweeted — On Wednesday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai met with President Trump to discuss contracts and other ongoing partnerships with the US government.
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| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
As market for facial recognition software heats up, concerns about how and when facial data is collected remain largely unaddressed due to lack of regulations — While you weren't looking, tech companies helped themselves to your photos to power a facial recognition boom. Here's how.| Bloomberg: |
A profile of Wang Xing, CEO of Meituan, which has 600K delivery people serving 400M customers a year in 2,800 Chinese cities and a market value of $36B — In China, Meituan has reshaped city life—and heightened a rivalry with a certain competitor. — In Beijing, it's often cheaper to have food delivered than to get it yourself.| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Twitch launches Squad Stream, a new feature that will let up to four Twitch streamers go live simultaneously in one window, available for Partners first — A feature perfect for battle royale games — Twitch today announced a new feature designed to help creators boost the profile …
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Rela, a popular Chinese lesbian dating app, exposed data on 5M users, including dates of birth, height and weight, and sexual preferences, since June 2018 — Rela (.), a popular dating app for gay and queer women, has exposed millions of user profiles and private data because a server wasn't protected with a password.
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| M.G. Siegler / 500ish Words: |
Apple's “It's show time” event was weird, with very little tech, a focus on content and star power, and Oprah basically pitching others to sign up with Apple — Some thoughts on Apple's truly bizarre “It's Showtime” event — Note: this preamble was adapted from my newsletter published yesterday.
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Analysis of GPS data finds 9,800+ GPS spoofing instances since 2016, likely to protect sensitive military and VIP travel areas in the Russian Federation — EXECUTIVE SUMMARY GPS and other Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) are used in everything from cellular communication networks …
| Nick Summers / Engadget: |
Xiaomi Mi 9 review: great alternative to OnePlus 6T in terms of hardware performance but has an average battery life and unreliable in-screen fingerprint sensor — I can't spend $1,000 on a smartphone. I just can't. I've walked into countless phone stores, credit card in hand, with every intention of buying the latest flagship.
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Microsoft expands its Azure IP Advantage program to include IoT companies and donates 500 patents to the LOT Network, to protect against patent trolls — Microsoft today announced a major expansion of its Azure IP Advantage program, which provides its Azure users with protection against patent trolls.| Ryan Gallagher / The Intercept: |
Sources: Google is secretly assessing work completed on Dragonfly, its censored search engine for China, leaving some staff concerned work on it continues — Google executives are carrying out a secret internal assessment of work on a censored search engine for China, The Intercept has learned.
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