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A district court rules the government's “suspicionless” searches of international travelers' phones and laptops at airports and US border violate 4th Amendment — In a major victory for privacy rights, a federal court in Boston today ruled that the government's suspicionless searches …
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Sources: Apple to debut its 16-inch MacBook Pro with a redesigned keyboard as soon as Wednesday; expected to go on sale this week, starting at ~$2,400 — Apple Inc. plans to debut a new MacBook Pro laptop with a larger screen and revamped keyboard as soon as Wednesday, according to people familiar with the situation.
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Facebook's iOS app accesses the camera as users scroll their feeds; a workaround is to revoke the app's camera permissions; a patch is “already rolling out” — Some people have complained their cameras got turned on while they were looking through Facebook's app.
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Facebook unveils Facebook Pay, which will work on Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp, to let users shop, donate to causes, send money to friends, more — Facebook Pay arrives just weeks after payment companies dropped out of Libra — Facebook is launching a new payments system today, appropriately named Facebook Pay.
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Mozilla, Intel, Red Hat, and Fastly announce the launch of Bytecode Alliance, which aims to take WebAssembly and other related open standards beyond the browser — Mozilla, Intel, Red Hat and Fast today announced the launch of the Bytecode Alliance, a new open-source group that focuses on …
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Intel has been slow to address information-leaking chip bugs, issuing an incomplete fix for “ZombieLoad” in May and another series of microcode patches today — Speculative execution attacks still haunt Intel, long after researchers told the company what to fix.| Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg: |
Amid labor tensions Google says it fired a staffer for leaking employee info to media, put two on leave for sharing internal docs and tracking staffer calendars — - Employee terminated for leaking names, details to media — Rifts with management roiling company known for openness| Matthew Boyle / Bloomberg: |
A look at Walmart's attempt to unify its legacy and online store units, causing an internal culture clash, as e-commerce investments pinch the company's margins — Not long ago, a Walmart Inc. store manager asked the company's e-commerce department if it could send over the details … | Technology Startups News: |
GuRu raises $15M Series A for developing products that can safely deliver electric power through the air for powering devices using millimeter-wave technology — GuRu, a wireless power startup formerly known as Auspion, Inc., has raised $15 million in Series A funding to deliver electric power through … | Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed News: |
A look at Facebook's past views on China and how they changed as TikTok became popular; sources: Facebook held serious acquisition talks with Musical.ly in 2016 — Three years ago, Mark Zuckerberg tried to buy the Chinese company that became the basis of TikTok.
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| Enoch Yiu / South China Morning Post: |
Sources: Alibaba's IPO application approved by the Hong Kong stock exchange; shares to be priced on Nov. 20 with expected trading in the week of Nov. 25 — The nod clears the way for Hangzhou-based Alibaba to start a weeklong roadshow from November 13 to garner interest from global investors Shares … | Frank Pallotta / CNN: |
Disney+ spokesperson acknowledges service issues on launch day, saying consumer demand exceeded “high expectations”, as users complain that they can't connect — New York (CNN Business)Disney+ launched to much fanfare on Tuesday, and then immediately hit some bumps.
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