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| Ernesto / TorrentFreak: |
After the news went viral about Starz getting Twitter to remove TorrentFreak's tweet, Starz successfully applied DMCA takedowns to many others' tweets about it — American entertainment giant Starz is continuing to remove tweets that link to a TorrentFreak news report about leaked TV-shows.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation, Motherboard, Boing Boing, and TorrentFreak
Tweets: @eff, @eff, @whvholst, @brokep, @jilliancyork, @dsilverman, @mathewi, @pt, @rakeshlobster, @crankycatcoder, @pt, @manan, @dangillmor, @justin_ling, and @torrentfreak
| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Starz apologizes for “inadvertently” issuing DMCA takedown notices for tweets to stories merely reporting about TV show leak, says it suffered a security breach — Facing a backlash over overzealous copyright enforcement, Starz issued an apology for inadvertently taking down tweets to articles about TV show piracy Monday.
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Techdirt, Techdirt, Gizmodo, IndieWire, The Verge, and The Guardian
Tweets: @mathewi, @mathewi, @annemariebridy, @bjorn, @jimmy_wales, @cathygellis, @mathewi, @mathewi, @karlbode, @rsingel, @mmasnick, @mathewi, @samthielman, @evacide, @jeremylittau, @hundsnus, @kylepope, @dangillmor, @annemariebridy, @malwarejake, @robpegoraro, @davjolly, and @dangillmor. Thanks:@jank0
| Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat: |
EU gives final approval to the new Copyright Directive, with its controversial Article 11 and 13 provisions, after 19 of the 28 member countries voted in favor — The European Union has officially approved a controversial and sweeping reform of its copyright rules to protect content creators …
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EU Press Room, The Register, PYMNTS.com, Engadget, TorrentFreak, Thurrott, Reuters, AppleInsider, Mashable, The Next Web, and Inquirer
Tweets: @junckereu, @newbeanon, @senficon, @glynmoody, @eu_commission, and @dangillmor
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Samsung Galaxy Fold hands-on: feels much more stable and polished than expected and while you can see and feel the crease, it's perhaps worth the trade-off — The folding screen is good, as long as you don't stare at the crease — Two months after an announcement where Samsung talked …
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CNET, TechCrunch, ZDNet, 9to5Google, Telegraph, Fast Company, CNET, USA Today, Wired, AT&T, Mercury News, PCWorld, TechSpot, TechnoBuffalo, and Mashable
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Sources: nearly half of HQ Trivia's staff signed a petition seeking to depose CEO Rus Yusupov; the startup had ~$6M in the bank but is spending $1M per month — This week's banishment of host Scott Rogowsky was merely a symptom of the ongoing struggle to decide who will lead HQ Trivia.
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Tweets: @mekosoff, @riklomas, @joshconstine, @bendhalpern, @joshconstine, @pkafka, @kerrymflynn, and @pkafka
| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Binance says it will delist bitcoin SV (BSV) from the exchange, after CEO Changpeng Zhao said BSV's creator Craig Wright, who claims he's Satoshi, is a “fraud” — Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange by reported volume, will delist bitcoin SV (BSV) after a week …
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Binance, Bitcoin Magazine, The Next Web, CryptoSlate, NewsBTC, CoinGeek, Coinspeaker, Trustnodes, Crypto Briefing, Ethereum World News, Bitcoinist.com, BREAKERMAG, and Bitsonline. Tweets: @jaredctate
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
YouTube showed a link and description of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, as part of its fact checking, underneath live streams of the Notre Dame Cathedral fire — A fire has broken out at the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral today, and as you'd expect, many news networks are offering live coverage of the breaking situation.
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BuzzFeed News, 9to5Google, YouTube, and Nieman Lab
| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
Source: Outlook, MSN, and Hotmail were affected in breach; Microsoft now says email content was also exposed for ~6% of users whose email accounts were hacked — Hackers abused a Microsoft customer support portal that allowed them to read the emails of any non-corporate account.
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Ars Technica, The Verge, MacRumors, CyberScoop, Softpedia News, Neowin, ExtremeTech, CNET, WeLiveSecurity, Threatpost, Forbes, BGR, TechRepublic, IT PRO, Engadget, TechSpot, Security Boulevard, BetaNews, Pocket-lint, KnowTechie, Silicon Republic, WinBuzzer, OnMSFT.com, MSPoweruser, iPhone in Canada Blog, OODA Loop, PYMNTS.com, SlashGear, SiliconANGLE, Slashdot, Geek News Central, Firstpost Tech, DataBreaches.net, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @josephfcox, @josephfcox, @georgebevis, @tomwarren, @evan_greer, @rvawonk, @rmogull, @schestowitz, @zackwhittaker, @zackwhittaker, and @zackwhittaker
| Bloomberg: |
Foxconn will mass produce iPhones in India this year, including newer models, according to Foxconn's chairman Terry Gou, who will step away from day-to-day role — - Apple's main production partner is prepping an output shift — Foxconn's Terry Gou says he'll step back from the day-to-day| Bloomberg: |
Governments across Southeast Asia, including Vietnam and Thailand, are adopting Chinese-style internet and data controls, raising alarms in the US — - Increasingly autocractic regimes find China's model alluring — The spread of Beijing's vision is starting to alarm the U.S.
Tweets: @bbgvisualdata, @mdudas, @dtbyler, @scs_disputes, @mhbergen, @lindsaypgorman, and @triviumchina
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Motivate, the bike share startup owned by Lyft, is pulling its electric bikes in NYC, SFO, and Washington DC after reports of injuries due to faulty brakes — The move comes after dozens of injuries were reported — Lyft, which operates bike-share systems across the US … | Guilherme Rambo / 9to5Mac: |
Sources: iOS 13 to include a system-wide Dark Mode, the ability for apps to have multiple windows and a new standard undo gesture for text input on iPad, more — Apple is expected to unveil iOS 13, the next major version of the iPhone and iPad operating system, at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference …
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SiliconANGLE, BetaNews, Macworld, TechCrunch, Engadget, MacRumors, Neowin, AppleInsider, Thurrott, The Verge, TechSpot, VentureBeat, MSPoweruser, iPhone Hacks, iDownloadBlog.com, BGR, SlashGear, iPhone in Canada Blog, and Apple Must
Tweets: @dancounsell and @stroughtonsmith
| BBC: |
UK data watchdog proposes a 16-rule code of practice for online services to protect children's privacy that includes ending “nudge techniques” and more — Facebook and Instagram face a ban on letting under-18s “like” posts on their platforms while Snapchat could be prevented …
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Financial Times, ico.org.uk, Gizmodo, Press Association, Engadget, Fast Company, The Guardian, and The Daily Caller
Tweets: @iconews, @lgfldigisafe, @mattr3, and @hare_brain
| Paul Mozur / New York Times: |
Sources: how China uses AI to specifically track Uighurs, an ethnic minority, in the first known racist application of facial recognition to be widely deployed — In a major ethical leap for the tech world, Chinese start-ups have built algorithms that the government uses to track members of a largely Muslim minority group.
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Axios, Gizmodo, Vanity Fair, and The Hill
Tweets: @paulmozur, @wang_maya, @martintisne, @sparkleops, @dataethicseu, @gerryshih, @nytimes, @atulacharya, @graham_euan, @p_g_anderson, @anneapplebaum, @kamal_hothi, @anneapplebaum, @elliotcwilliams, @dtbyler, @mohomran, @micsolana, @jameyharvey, @ebkania, @shannonvallor, @jbohnslav, @emilyrauhala, @noahpinion, and @puiwingtam
| Dami Lee / The Verge: |
Facebook rolls out dark mode for Messenger globally, after previously hiding it behind an Easter egg that required users to send a moon emoji to get the feature — It's official now — Facebook Messenger's dark mode is rolling out to globally today, as announced on Facebook's product blog.
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Messenger News, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, BetaNews, The Next Web, VentureBeat, and MSPoweruser
| Keith J. Kelly / New York Post: |
Sources: Apple paid Conde Nast, Hearst, Meredith, Rogers Media, and KKR a total of $100M for Texture, with $385M more to be paid out over the next 3 years — After paying at least $485 million, Apple said it will shut down Texture, its online magazine subscription service … | Parmy Olson / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Google is quietly disbanding a UK panel to review use of AI in health care after panel members chafed at lack of info, authority, and independence — Panel members in U.K. chafed at lack of information access, authority and independence from GoogleThanks:@parmy
| Globes Online: |
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