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Facebook simplifies Groups' privacy settings, to public and private; “secret” Groups are now private and hidden, and “closed” Groups are now private and visible — As Mark Zuckerberg laid out earlier this year, social networks can serve as the digital equivalent of a town square or a living room.
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| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
Sega's Genesis Mini, launching September 19 for $79.99, is 55% smaller than the original Genesis, comes with two USB controllers, and has 42 built-in games — It's been three years since the breakout success of Nintendo's tiny NES Classic, but the miniature console wars are finally heating up.
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About 200 Google employees sign a petition, saying they “refuse to be complicit” in potential cloud computing work for the US Customs & Border Protection agency — Workers are circulating a petition — Google employees are demanding that the company not bid … | Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Court documents allege that the Capital One hacker took “terabytes of data” from over 30 companies, educational institutions, and other entities — New court documents reveal the government is investigating the Capital One hacker for 30+ other breaches.
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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
How Bluetana, an app that detects hidden Bluetooth-based card skimmers at gas pumps, is helping police; study: a skimmer can steal an estimated $4K to $60K/day — “Bluetana,” a new mobile app that looks for Bluetooth-based payment card skimmers hidden inside gas pumps … | Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
OnePlus CEO talks about a second 5G phone coming in Q4, international expansion, and plans to launch a TV set — OnePlus, China's upstart smartphone maker, is preparing a global rollout of its new 5G device this year, as it looks to expand in the US and win more customers from Huawei, Apple and Samsung.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: technicians from Huawei have, in at least two cases, personally helped African governments spy on their political opponents — Employees embedded with cybersecurity forces in Uganda and Zambia intercepted encrypted communications and used cell data to track opponents, according to a Wall Street Journal investigation
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| The Verge: |
Caviar employees want DoorDash and Square to renegotiate transition packages; they have complained about issues with compensation, insurance, visa status, more — As the two companies work to close the deal, Caviar employees are caught in the middle — A group of Caviar employees … | New York Times: |
As the 10+ day internet shutdown in Kashmir continues, pharmacists run out of drugs, people can't get cash, and online related businesses close — Pharmacists can't restock medicines; workers aren't being paid. But the government still loves to block the internet for “peace and tranquillity.”
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| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Leaked documents show that Microsoft pays $12 to $14 per hour to the contractors who transcribe up to 200 audio clips per hour to train Cortana — Leaked documents show that Microsoft's contractors are paid between $12 and $14 an hour and are asked to transcribe as many as 200 audio clips per hour …
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Interview with Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg on how the Tumblr acquisition came about, what's next for Tumblr, adult content in apps, and more — Blogging is back, hopefully — It's been a long and winding road for Tumblr, the blogging site that launched a thousand writing careers.
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Some Credit Karma users say they were served other users' account information when they logged in; Credit Karma says it is a technical malfunction, not a breach — Users of credit monitoring site Credit Karmas have complained that they were served other people's account information when they logged in.| Dan Primack / Axios: |
WeWork files to raise $1B in an IPO, reports a $904M net loss on around $1.5B in revenue for first half of 2019 — WeWork on Wednesday filed to raise $1 billion in an initial public offering, although the ultimate offering amount is expected to be at least three times larger.
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| Jeran Wittenstein / Bloomberg: |
Overstock.com shares fall ~36% over three days, after its CEO Patrick Byrne said he was part of “Deep State” federal investigations related to the 2016 election — Overstock.com Inc. shares fell for a third day Wednesday as investors reacted to statements by Chief Executive Officer Patrick Byrne …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Google says Course Kit, its toolkit for teachers launched last year, will now be called Assignments and be able to detect plagiarism — Google is introducing a handful of updates to its Google for Education program today — including a new tool that helps teachers check students' work for possible plagiarism.
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| CNBC: |
VMware says it is in talks to acquire Pivotal Software for $15 per share in cash, an 80% premium on Pivotal's $8.30 closing price on Wednesday — This is breaking news. Please check back for updates. — TRENDING NOW — Subscribe to CNBC PRO Licensing & Reprints Join …
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Rimeto raises $10M Series A for its corporate directory that integrates with systems like HR, CRM, and others for richer, easier-to-search employee profiles — The notion of the corporate directory has been around for many years, but in a time of more frequent turnover and shifting responsibilities …
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| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
Flatfair, a London-based startup that lets landlords offer deposit-free rent to tenants, has raised $11M Series A led by Index Ventures — Flatfair, a London-based fintech that lets landlords offer “deposit-free” renting to tenants, has raised $11 million in funding.| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
AT&T and T-Mobile have started rolling out cross-network call authentication services to protect against spam and spoofed robocalls — AT&T and T-Mobile have started rolling out cross-network call authentication services for their subscribers. That means the companies will now be able notify …
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| Laura Parker / GameSpot: |
Profile of Microsoft's Executive VP of Gaming Phil Spencer, who has steadfastly advocated for cross-platform play since taking over as head of Xbox in 2014 — On a warm Saturday in early June, Phil Spencer, the Microsoft executive in charge of Xbox, was helping Keanu Reeves, the movie star …
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Tweets: @dmarcusbaus, @dereknolan, @adolfoaguirrec, and @fxshaw
| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
Facebook AI Research, DeepMind, NYU, and University of Washington debut SuperGLUE, a series of AI benchmarks to measure natural language processing performance — Facebook AI Research, together with Google's DeepMind, University of Washington, and New York University, today introduced SuperGLUE … Sponsor Posts
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