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Pixel 4 will come with face unlock and radar-powered Motion Sense features to let you skip songs, snooze alarms, and more by waving your hand over the device — As we shared last month, Pixel 4 is in the works1. Today we're giving you an early look at the technology behind two new features coming …
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Google says it used field research that offered people $5 to scan their faces, to improve accuracy of face unlock; research data will be kept for 18 months — It's ensuring that the Pixel 4 will work on a wide range of faces — Google just announced a face unlock feature for the upcoming Pixel 4 …
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Capital One announces breach affecting ~106M US and Canadian customers, with most info accessed from credit card applications; FBI has arrested suspected hacker — Capital One, the Virginia-based bank with a popular credit card business, announced Monday that a hacker had accessed …
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Facebook: Good Day Sacramento. Tweets: @zackwhittaker, @yoda, @briankrebs, @theregister, @mmasnick, @iankar_, @plasticdreams94, @repkatieporter, and @briankrebs
| Jack Nicas / New York Times: |
As identity fraud schemes plague Facebook, the company seems unable or unwilling to address accounts that use others' photos as their own profile pictures — Renee Holland sent her Facebook friend thousands of dollars. She became entwined in a global fraud that the social network …
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| Kate Conger / New York Times: |
Uber says it laid off ~400 people across 75 offices from its 1,200-person marketing team, as the ride-hailing company tries to streamline its operations — SAN FRANCISCO — Uber said it laid off around 400 people from its marketing team on Monday, as the ride-hailing company tries to cut costs …
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Microsoft acquires BlueTalon, a data privacy and governance startup; BlueTalon had raised about $27.4M, per Crunchbase — Microsoft today announced that it has acquired BlueTalon, a data privacy and governance service that helps enterprises set policies for how their employees can access their data.
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| Juro Osawa / The Information: |
Sources: Huawei and Google were working together on a Huawei-branded smart speaker slated for September release, but that work ended after Trump's ban in May — China's Huawei and Google were working together on a new Huawei-branded smart speaker right before President Donald Trump restricted Huawei's access … | Reuters: |
ByteDance confirms it is working on its own smartphone after acquiring some patents and employees from Chinese smartphone maker Smartisan earlier this year — Chinese social media firm ByteDance Ltd said on Monday it is developing a smartphone, following a deal it made with device maker Smartisan Technology.
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Tweets: @mkbhd, @alexjamesfitz, @pranavdixit, @shiraovide, and @joannastern
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EU's top court rules that sites with embedded Facebook Like buttons are responsible for data collected, must obtain user consent before data is sent to Facebook — Europe's top court has made a ruling that could affect scores of websites that embed the Facebook ‘Like’ button and receive visitors from the region.
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GitHub confirms it is blocking developers in Iran, Syria, North Korea, Cuba, and Crimea from accessing private repositories and paid accounts due to sanctions — The impact of U.S. trade restrictions is trickling down to the developer community. GitHub, the world's largest host of source code … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Maryland-based Trinity Cyber raises $23M from Intel and others for its real-time threat mitigation services and hires ex-DHS Advisor Tom Bossert as CSO — Bowie, Maryland-based Trinity Cyber, a cybersecurity startup developing a platform that combines detection with “adversary inference” …
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Google announces expanded partnership with VMware, will support VMware Cloud Foundation, which helps enterprises deploy and run hybrid clouds, on Google Cloud — Google today announced a new partnership with VMware that will make it easier for enterprises to run their VMware workloads on Google Cloud.
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Sources: Amazon is exploring an ambitious new grocery chain, probably separate from Whole Foods, built for pickup and delivery as well as in-store shopping — SEATTLE — In early 2017, a memo circulated inside Amazon that imagined an ambitious new grocery chain.
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AT&T wins $984M DOJ contract to move DOJ employees to a new communications platform that includes cybersecurity, cloud services, and access to AT&T's FirstNet — AT&T has won a $984 million, 15-year contract to help upgrade the US Department of Justice's technology systems.
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AT&T, Washington Technology, FedScoop, Nextgov, FierceTelecom, and ExecutiveBiz. Tweets: @stevekopack
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Swedish startup Minut, which makes a camera-less security device that relies on sensors including infrared motion detection and a mic, raises $8M Series A — Minut, a Swedish startup that has developed a camera-less home security device that it claims protects privacy better than competitors, has raised $8 million in Series A funding.
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According to notes from an Amazon webinar, Ring has partnered with 200+ local police departments in US, which can directly ask Ring owners for camera footage — Ring's partnerships with law enforcement could be far more more widespread than previously reported.
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Source: Lyft COO Jon McNeill, who joined in February 2018, is leaving the company — KEY POINTS — Lyft Chief Operating Officer Jon McNeill is leaving the company, a source familiar with the situation told CNBC. — Lyft COO Jon McNeill said to leave| James Thorne / GeekWire: |
AppViewX, which offers a “low-code” platform that helps manage and automate application delivery, certificate lifecycles, and more, raises $30M Series A — Seattle-based company AppViewX just raised $30 million to help expand its networking automation technology, GeekWire has learned.| Meg Shen / Reuters: |
Grindr owner Beijing Kunlun Tech to relaunch the app's IPO process, saying that CFIUS had dropped its opposition; filing: Grindr to be listed outside of China — HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese gaming company Beijing Kunlun Tech Co Ltd (300418.SZ) is relaunching the process …
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