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Telegram says it faced a massive DDoS attack originating from China coinciding with protests in Hong Kong, where organizers used the app to evade surveillance — The popular encrypted messaging service Telegram is once again being hit with a distributed denial of service (DDoS) …
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Engadget, Financial Times, Washington Post, CNET, Bloomberg, South China Morning Post, CNET, MIT Technology Review, The Verge, Telegraph, Gizmodo, CNN, Business Insider, 9to5Mac, Fortune, BBC, Hong Kong Free Press HKFP, TechSpot, Yahoo News, The Hacker News, Silicon Republic, Security Affairs, Quartz, Forbes, RT, ZDNet, New York Times, The Next Web, BleepingComputer, Mashable, and downdetector.com
Tweets: @durov, @telegram, @tomwarren, @scmpnews, and @ariahychen
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Google says it is raising the maximum filter rules limit to 150K from the current 30K in the new Chrome extensions API, giving ad blocker devs more control — Google relaxes control on new Chrome extensions API that would have crippled ad blockers. — After being ripped to shreds by angry users …
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| New York Times: |
Sources: in a letter to Verizon in March, Huawei accused Verizon of violating 238 of its patents; the claims would exceed $1B in licensing fees — President Trump's dispute with China has landed on the doorstep of Verizon, with Huawei demanding that the American wireless giant pay licensing fees …
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| Jennings Brown / Gizmodo: |
The official app of La Liga, Spain's soccer league, spied on fans through phone microphones to catch bars pirating game streams; league now facing €250K fine — Spain's data protection agency has fined La Liga, the nation's top professional soccer league, 250,000 euros ($283,000 USD) …
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TechCrunch, Inquirer, The Verge, New York Magazine, Reuters, The Guardian, EL PAÍS, NPR, ESPN, Telegraph, The Register, The Daily Dot, Slashdot, Ars Technica, Engadget, and Silicon Republic
Tweets: @sports_emmad, @joshconstine, @mikko, and @martinsfp
| Nandita Bose / Reuters: |
Walmart to integrate Jet.com's retail, technology, marketing, analytics, and product teams with its own e-commerce business; Jet.com president to leave in Aug. — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Walmart Inc on Wednesday announced a sweeping overhaul at Jet.com, an e-commerce retailer it acquired …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
After leaked images were published, Google tweets a teaser picture of the Pixel 4, expected in October, confirming at least two rear cameras — Google responds to leaks by posting an official image — Google just tweeted an image of the Pixel 4, a smartphone that the company isn't expected to ship until October.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
With iOS 13, iPhones will be able to read NFC-enabled passports and other government IDs as well as write to NFC tags — NFC — the technology that helps to power Apple Pay as well other clever features for iOS apps like Launch Center Pro's tappable stickers - is getting a big upgrade with the launch of iOS 13, due out this fall.
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The Next Web, The Verge, Ata Distance, PYMNTS.com, Appleosophy, and 9to5Mac. Tweets: @publicservlab
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: as part of its response to FTC inquiries, Facebook unearths emails that appear to show Mark Zuckerberg knew of problematic privacy practices — Internal exchanges uncovered in response to FTC probe could cast doubt on founder's commitment to user privacy, people familiar with the matter say
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| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Bird confirms it is acquiring electric scooter and moped startup Scoot, which was valued at ~$71M, meaning Bird can now operate shared scooters in San Francisco — Bird is acquiring electric scooter and moped startup Scoot, confirming TechCrunch's previous report that the two companies were in acquisition talks.
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Scoot, PR Newswire, PYMNTS.com, Engadget, Bloomberg, CNET, Crunchbase News, The Verge, and Axios. Tweets: @mbkeating
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Google says it will now let iPhone and iPad owners use its Android security key tech to verify sign-ins for Google accounts — Google will now allow iPhone and iPad owners to use their Android security key to verify sign-ins, the company said Wednesday. — Last month, the search … | Kevin Litman-Navarro / New York Times: |
Analysis plots 150 privacy policies by reading time and complexity, with Craigslist and DuckDuckGo among the best while Airbnb and Indeed are among the worst — In the background here are several privacy policies from major tech and media platforms. Like most privacy policies …
Tweets: @oliviasolon, @realavivahr, @sarahjeong, @legalwritingpro, @drewharwell, @robinberjon, @privacyproject, @privacyproject, and @rmc031
| Cameron Faulkner / The Verge: |
AT&T is launching the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G, its first true 5G phone, on June 17, but it will only be available to developers or AT&T Business customers — But only for business users and developers — AT&T is launching its first true 5G phone, the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G, on June 17th.| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
A look at Cloudflare's Project Galileo, which supports ~600 orgs, including human rights groups and journalists, with free DDoS protection and other defenses — IN MAY 2018, the Middle East-focused free speech and information access group Majal suffered a major cyberattack.| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Spotify launches a new US playlist, Your Daily Drive, updating throughout the day with music and news clips from the WSJ, NPR, and Public Radio International — All it's missing is weather and traffic — Spotify's launching a new playlist called Your Daily Drive that will incorporate news podcasts.| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Helium debuts $495 cryptocurrency-mining Helium Hotspots that offer free p2p networking, promising greater coverage than WiFi, as 100 could cover an entire city — Cellphone plans are expensive. The average person spends about $80 per month on their phone plan, according to price comparison engine Flipsy …
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TechCrunch, AVC, CoinGeek, CoinDesk, Coinspeaker, The Helium Blog, Multicoin Capital, PYMNTS.com, Tehrani.com, Cointelegraph, BitcoinExchangeGuide, PE Hub Blog, and Forbes. Tweets: @joshconstine. Thanks:@ryanthegentry
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Ford expands on-road testing of 3rd-gen Argo AI self-driving cars with upgraded sensors to Detroit, following Pittsburgh, Palo Alto, Miami, DC, and Dearborn, MI — Now with upgraded sensors and more computing power — Ford is expanding on-road testing of its third-generation self-driving Fusion Hybrid to Detroit.
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Argo AI, SiliconANGLE, Detroit News, CNBC, Detroit Free Press, and Engadget
| James F. Peltz / Los Angeles Times: |
California says it filed a court action demanding Riot Games provide it employee pay data as part of a probe into gender-discrimination claims at the studio — The scrutiny of Riot Games Inc. over allegations of gender discrimination and sexual harassment at the “League of Legends” …
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Kotaku, The Verge, PC Games Insider, GamesIndustry.biz, and USgamer.net
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
In a letter to lawmakers, Facebook says it obtained data on ~187,000 users via its now-defunct Research app, including ~31,000 US users and ~4,300 US teenagers — Facebook obtained personal and sensitive device data on about 187,000 users of its now-defunct Research app …
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9to5Mac, Slashdot, Firstpost Tech, AppleInsider, Digital Trends, Lifehacker, Gizmodo, Adweek, Seeking Alpha, and Coinspeaker
Tweets: @zackwhittaker, @joshconstine, @karlbode, @zackwhittaker, and @troelsoerting
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Evernote has fixed a security flaw in its Web Clipper Chrome extension that could have allowed hackers access to users' sensitive info from third-party sites — A critical flaw in the Evernote Web Clipper Chrome extension could allow potential attackers to access users' sensitive information from third party online services.
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