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In an Apple memo shown in Apple v. Qualcomm, Apple execs described Qualcomm tech as “the best”, raising questions about Apple's belief in its legal arguments — Sealed documents, obtained as part of a trial between the two tech giants, offer a rare window into the decision-making process …
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| Rachel Becker / The Verge: |
Researchers: 33 of 36 apps for depression or smoking cessation shared data with third-parties and 2 apps shared very sensitive info, like health diary entries — ‘Do I trust the person who made the app, and do I understand where this data is going?’ — Free apps marketed to people … | Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
A profile of Zoom and its founder Eric Yuan, who led Webex's engineering group at Cisco before leaving to build the video conferencing company — Zoom CEO Eric Yuan cut an unlikely figure as he addressed the cheering throng in the moments before ringing the opening bell at Nasdaq …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Google says it will block any user login attempts from embedded browser frameworks starting in June to better prevent man-in-the-middle attacks — Google previously banned logins initiated from browsers where JavaScript had been disabled. — Google announced today a security update …
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| Karl Bode / Motherboard: |
Report finds that 26 states now either restrict or outright prohibit towns and cities from building their own broadband networks, up from 20 in 2018 — Many of the laws restricting local voters' rights were directly written by a telecom sector terrified of real broadband competition.| Dave Gershgorn / Quartz: |
A look at a heated discussion about diversity, reminiscent of Google's Damore incident, on an internal Microsoft board for communications with CEO Satya Nadella — Some Microsoft employees are openly questioning whether diversity is important, in a lengthy discussion on an internal online …
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| Karsten Schmehl / BuzzFeed News: |
Research: some WhatsApp group users are spreading Nazi propaganda through stickers and chain letters in Germany, where local laws forbid the use of Nazi imagery — BERLIN — German WhatsApp users are spreading far-right propaganda through the use of stickers and chain letters but the company … | Jen / Niko: |
China releases new rules for game approvals and will start taking submissions under the new application process from April 22 — China's State Administration of Press and Publication (SAPP) held a conference on April 10th to communicate new rules and regulations regarding game publication in China.| Reuters: |
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| Hayley Peterson / Business Insider: |
Amazon says it now requires Amazon Flex delivery drivers to snap selfies on the road to verify their identities — - Amazon is requiring delivery drivers to snap selfies to verify their identities. — The selfies are meant to protect drivers from unauthorized usage of their Amazon Flex accounts, an Amazon spokeswoman said.| Colin Lecher / The Verge: |
Report: the FBI is investigating a ransomware attack that took The Weather Channel off the air for 90 minutes amid severe weather in the southeastern US — Down for more than an hour — The Weather Channel was hit by a ransomware attack on Thursday, briefly taking a live TV program off the air …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Marcus “MalwareTech” Hutchins pleads guilty to entering a conspiracy to distribute the Kronos malware, aiding and abetting its distribution — WannaCry hero faces up to ten years in a US prison. — Marcus “MalwareTech” Hutchins, the British security researcher known for stopping …
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NBC News, Motherboard, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Krebs on Security, The Register, Engadget, The Verge, Axios, Ars Technica, and Telegraph
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| Alex Wilhelm / Crunchbase News: |
CDN provider Fastly files for an IPO, says it had $144M in revenue, up 38% YoY, and a net loss of $31M in 2018; Fastly raised a total of $219M in VC funding — Morning Markets: A dorky edition of this column focused on the Fastly S-1 filing. — Subscribe to the Crunchbase DailySponsor Posts
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