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Samsung says it will issue a patch for a fingerprint recognition bug on its Galaxy S10 phone that allowed any fingerprint to unlock the phone — SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Thursday it will soon roll out a software patch to fix problems with fingerprint recognition on its flagship Galaxy S10 smartphone.
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US, UK, and South Korea dismantle one of the largest child exploitation dark web sites, with 200K unique videos; over three dozen people have been arrested — The Justice Department says it's dismantled one of the largest child exploitation sites on the dark web.
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DOJ officials say they tracked the owner and users of the dark web child-porn site Welcome to Video by working with Chainalysis to trace bitcoin transactions — Federal investigators focused not on offensive hacking efforts or surveilling communications, but on the transactions using cryptocurrency.
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Netflix reports Q3 revenue of $5.25B, up 31% YoY, 158M paid subs globally, up 21% YoY, as net adds increase to 6.8M, up 12% YoY but below 7M company forecast — Shares of Netflix surged 8% in premarket trading after the company late Wednesday released its earnings report for the third quarter.
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Microsoft announces two new open-source projects, Open Application Model and Dapr, to make it easier for developers to build cloud, edge, and Kubernetes apps — Microsoft is introducing two new specs, the Open Application Model and Dapr, with the aim of making building cloud, edge and Kubernetes apps easier.
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Report: Airbnb doubled Q1 losses YoY to $306M, with revenue growing 31% YoY to $839M, as the company prepares for its planned IPO in 2020 — - Airbnb's losses doubled in the first quarter, largely as a result of increased marketing spend, The Information reported.| Wall Street Journal: |
Analysis of 168,907 tweets at Daryl Morey following his Oct. 4 pro-HK tweet: ~50% came from accounts with 0-13 followers, 4,855 users had never tweeted — 'This wasn't primarily a bot swarm. It was a troll mob.' After his tweet supporting Hong Kong's protesters, the Houston Rockets' general manager … | Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: |
Graphic design app Canva raises $85M led by Mary Meeker's VC firm Bond Capital at a valuation of $3.2B, five months after raising $70M at a $2.5B valuation — - Sydney-based Canva plans to double workforce in coming year — Focus on scaling up through expanded enterprise offering| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes to launch a $10M “anti-monopoly fund” to explore antitrust actions, support research and advocacy projects across industries — The fund will explore antitrust actions in a number of industries, not just tech — For months, Facebook co-founder … | Chris Fox / BBC: |
Google confirms the Pixel 4's Face Unlock can allow access to users' devices even if their eyes are closed — Google has confirmed the Pixel 4 smartphone's Face Unlock system can allow access to a person's device even if they have their eyes closed. — One security expert …
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iPhone 11, 11 Pro, and 11 Pro Max review: the Pro and Pro Max models are worthwhile generational upgrades, but the regular iPhone 11 is not very impressive — It's been a little over a year since our review of the iPhone XS and XS Max, and it's that time of the year to investigate Apple's latest and greatest: the iPhone 11 family.
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Inside Facebook's attempt to launch its cryptocurrency, as major partners and most payments providers withdraw from Libra Association amid regulatory pressure — Major partners bolted after Washington challenged the social-media giant's foray into finance — David Marcus gathered …
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Yahoo says it is shutting down its long-running Yahoo Groups platform on October 21 and will permanently delete all posted content on December 14 — Users won't be able to upload new content to the site after October 21 and have until December 14 to archive their content, Yahoo said in an announcement.
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Pendo, which helps businesses improve their services by providing behavioral analytics, raises $100M Series E led by Sapphire Ventures at a $1B valuation — Pendo, one of the Triangle's most successful startups in recent years, has brought in another $100 million in funding, the company said Thursday.
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Lyft launches Jobs Access Program to provide free and subsidized rides to the unemployed and those seeking job training in 35+ markets in the US and Canada — In March, hot on the heels of its initial public offering, Lyft announced City Works, a $50 million program seeking to strengthen … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Invoca, which provides AI-powered call tracking and conversational analytics, raises $56M, bringing its total raised to $116M — It's predicted that the annual number of mobile phone calls to businesses will reach 169 billion by 2020, and that click-to-call — web integrations enabling real-time calls … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
PayPal's Venmo says it plans to launch its first credit card in 2020 in partnership with Synchrony, which also issues PayPal-branded credit cards — Venmo announced today its plans to launch its first-ever credit card. The card is being issued partnership with Synchrony … | Joe Otterson / Variety: |
Mike Isaac's book, Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber, will be the basis for a Showtime series by Billions creators Brian Koppelman and David Levien — Brian Koppelman and David Levien are developing a limited series about ridesharing company Uber for Showtime.
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