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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google says it will update the Pixel 4 “in the coming months” with an option that requires open eyes for the phone's face unlock to be successful — In the meanwhile, learn how to use the lockdown feature — One of the headline features for the Google Pixel 4 is that it adds a new …
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Tweets: @glytchtech, @raywongy, @_am1t, and @1obefiend
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google Pixel 4 and 4 XL review: fast face unlock, smooth display, and great still camera, but average video recording and battery life, and no ultrawide camera — There's a baseline for “fast enough” on Android phones, and the Pixel 4 more than hits it. It might not be the fastest Android phone …
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| Andrea Shalal / Reuters: |
Amid growing skepticism about Libra, David Marcus says the group may consider stablecoins pegged to national currencies, instead of the coin it has proposed — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O), facing growing skepticism about its digital currency project Libra … | Financial Times: |
Joint UK and US probe finds that a Russian cyber espionage unit hacked the tools of a hacker group linked to Iran's government to lead attacks in 35+ countries — A Russian cyber espionage unit has hacked Iranian hackers to lead attacks in more than 35 countries, a joint UK and US investigation has revealed.
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| Bloomberg: |
Mark Zuckerberg and his wife have privately recommended several potential hires to Pete Buttigieg's presidential campaign, two of whom were hired — - Facebook CEO, wife privately recommended hires to Democrat — Zuckerberg facing barrage of criticism in DC for bias, privacy
Tweets: @pkafka, @juddlegum, @pfpicardi, @marlownyc, and @kurtbardella
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Researchers show how malicious voice apps for Alexa or Google Home eavesdrop on users, as Amazon and Google take a lax approach to vetting the platforms — Exclusive: Amazon, Google fail to address security loopholes in Alexa and Home devices more than a year after first reports.
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Ars Technica, Inquirer, CNET, 9to5Mac, Threatpost, Engadget, AppleInsider, Voicebot.ai, Boing Boing, and Slashdot
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
As Amazon regularly fails to prevent expired food from being sold by merchants, concerned brands are often compelled to police marketplace listings on their own — - Amazon's marketplace has grown to millions of sellers, making it hard for the company to adequately police the platform.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft Surface Pro 7 review: great performance, is cool and quiet, resumes quickly, and has USB-C, but no Thunderbolt 3, design is dated, and lacks LTE — Minor improvements in a familiar package — Something weird has happened over the past year: I've kind of fallen in love with the Surface Pro.| Rita El Khoury / Android Police: |
Google says it's aware iPhones can back up original quality HEIC photos to Google Photos for free, says it's a bug, after users wanted Pixel 4 to offer the same — After the Pixel 4's announcement, we were surprised to discover it didn't offer free original quality backups on Google Photos like its predecessors.
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Android Authority, Android Authority, 9to5Google, 9to5Mac, iMore, MacRumors, BetaNews, Softpedia News, The Mac Observer, Engadget, MSPoweruser, Firstpost Tech, and Memeburn. Tweets: @helvetiica
| Fanny Potkin / Reuters: |
Gojek CEO and co-founder Nadiem Makarim resigns to join Indonesia's new cabinet, the other co-founder Kevin Aluwi and president Andre Soelistyo to be joint CEOs — JAKARTA (Reuters) - Gojek CEO and co-founder Nadiem Makarim said on Monday he had resigned to join Indonesia's new cabinet …
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TechCrunch, Bloomberg, CNN, DealStreetAsia, Financial Times, CNBC, The Next Web, Fortune, South China Morning Post, and KrASIA. Tweets: @jonrussell
| Laurie Clarke / WIRED UK: |
A look at the Tsunami Democràtic Android app, which uses geolocation and friend-to-friend technologies to organize protests and avoid the police in Barcelona — A pro-independence group is leveraging social media and peer-to-peer technology to orchestrate massive protests. The catch?| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Commercetools, which offers an e-commerce platform for enterprises to sell to consumers, raises $145M led by Insight Partners, source says at a ~$300M valuation — Global retail e-commerce is expected to be a $25 trillion business this year, and today one of the companies that has built … | Bijan Stephen / The Verge: |
Twitch CEO Emmett Shear talks about company's approach to content moderation and changes announced at TwitchCon, including new tools for moderators, and more — At this year's TwitchCon in San Diego — a celebratory, over-the-top affair that brought in streamers and fans from all over the world …
Tweets: @carnage4life, @charlesrandall, @anildash, @docdre, @luckiesharms, @harpersaraha, and @arcticpenguin
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