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Facebook accidentally printed messages like “Big Brother is Watching” inside tens of thousands of Oculus Touch controllers, already shipped some to developers — - Facebook said it accidentally included cryptic hidden messages in “tens of thousands” of its Oculus Touch virtual-reality controllers.
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| Todd Shields / Bloomberg: |
FCC will begin 37GHz, 39GHz, and 47GHz spectrum auctions for 5G use on Dec. 10, announces the $20.4B Rural Digital Opportunity Fund to connect up to 4M homes — - Sale to begin in December to advance fast network for new uses — White House announcement includes $20 billion for rural areas
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Tweets: @cnetnews, @ebkania, and @trengriffin
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
HQ Trivia confirms Scott Rogowsky, its primetime host who had become the de facto face of the company, has left and will be replaced by Matt Richards — Quiz Khalifa aka Host Malone aka Trap Trebek aka HQ Trivia's Scott Rogowsky has been pushed out of the live mobile gaming startup.
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
DHS warns about a bug in VPN apps from Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, Pulse Secure, and F5 Networks, which can give attackers remote access to enterprise networks — Several enterprise virtual private networking apps are vulnerable to a security bug that can allow an attacker to remotely break …
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| Jessica Guynn / USA Today: |
Facebook nominates PayPal exec Peggy Alford to its board, the first African-American woman, and won't nominate Reed Hastings and Erskine Bowles for re-election — SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook has nominated prominent technology executive Peggy Alford for election to its board.
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Disney chief Bob Iger says Apple TV will probably get Disney+ and suggests he plans to stay on Apple's board despite the companies becoming streaming rivals — - Disney CEO Iger suggests has plans to stay on Apple's board — New streaming service will take on Netflix, Hulu and Amazon| Richard Lawler / Engadget: |
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Uber files for an IPO, says it had $11.27B in revenue, up 42% YoY, and an EBITDA loss of $1.85B in 2018 — - Uber will list on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “UBER,” the company said in a filing released publicly on Thursday. — The company posted net income of $997 million in 2018 …
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Researcher finds Facebook is testing bringing Messenger back into its main app, possibly as a first step toward integrating all of its messaging services — Facebook might be putting Messenger back into its main social media app. The feature is currently in testing and was spotted …
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Tweets: @wongmjane, @wongmjane, and @film_girl
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Gmail launches support for two new IETF-approved security standards, MTA-STS and TLS Reporting, in beta, to help thwart STMP man-in-the-middle attacks — Google rolled out MTA-STS and TLS Reporting support for Gmail servers today, April 10, 2019. — Google announced today that Gmail …
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Tweets: @awakesecurity, @meliho, @grittygrease, @stshank, and @mrisher
| Maggie Fitzgerald / CNBC: |
Pan-African e-commerce company Jumia closes up 75.6% on its first day of trading, after raising $196M in its IPO, and is now valued at ~$3.9B — - The largest e-commerce operator in Africa, Jumia Technologies, surged more than 75% on its first day of trading at the New York Stock Exchange on Friday.
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| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
UK court sentences Thomas White, who ran Silk Road 2 as Dread Pirate Roberts 2 and became a privacy activist after his arrest in 2014, to 5+ years in prison — For years, the arrest and case has been kept under-wraps. Friday, a court sentenced Thomas White to 5 years and 4 months for his role …
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The Register and Engadget
Tweets: @josephfcox, @breakermag, @josephfcox, @josephfcox, @josephfcox, @josephfcox, and @josephfcox
| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Bird says it will launch scooters in more than 50 additional cities throughout Europe this spring, increasing its fleet size in the region more than ten-fold — Bird is gearing up to launch in more than 50 additional cities throughout Europe this spring. — Bird began its expansion into Europe less than one year ago.
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| Joann Muller / Axios: |
US Army demos the first 10 driverless trucks it is developing for convoys, plans 60 more trucks over the next year — The Army unveiled new automated vehicle technology this week that could be deployed before self-driving cars hit city streets. — Why it matters: More than half … | Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
In his annual shareholder letter, Jeff Bezos challenges retail rivals to match or raise their minimum wage above Amazon's $15 per hour — Target plans to move to $15 per hour by end of 2020 while Walmart lags behind at $11 an hour — In his annual letter to shareholders …
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