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Tech leaders should stop glib comments on media and acting like underdogs, and tech media should stop “Red Teaming” tech, overusing anonymity, and passing blame — Lots of mutual bad faith. Reporters I respect indulging themselves in screenshotting and quote dunking tech folks, performative for their tribe.
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| Liam Tung / ZDNet: |
Google's Project Zero explains how the practice of altering the Android kernel by phone vendors like Samsung lessens security by adding attack surface — Google Project Zero scolds Samsung and other vendors for adding features that undermine Android security.| Reuters: |
At the Munich Security Conference, Zuckerberg says harmful content should be regulated with a system somewhere between existing frameworks for telcos and media — MUNICH (Reuters) - Online content should be regulated with a system somewhere between the existing rules used for the telecoms …
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| Michelle Cheng / Quartz: |
Judge rules that DoorDash must arbitrate 5,000+ workers' labor disputes, which may cost the company millions, denying its attempt to move to a class-action suit — How to Manage People — Advice, observations, and real-life examples. — A federal judge in San Francisco … | Chris Stokel-Walker / WIRED UK: |
Former BBC execs and sources detail Project Kangaroo, BBC's 2007 attempt to create a Netflix-like service which was blocked by UK's Competition Commission — Insiders reveal just how close the BBC came to launching a credible Netflix competitor - only to have the door slammed in its face
Tweets: @benedictevans, @tvgrimreaper, @alecstapp, @kentonallen, @willpsaunders, and @ashleyhi
| FinSMEs: |
Upland Software, a cloud-based enterprise work management platform, acquired mobile app personalization and analytics provider Localytics for ~$68M in cash — Upland Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: UPLD), a provider of cloud-based enterprise work management software, acquired Localytics …
Tweets: @mobilemktrdaily
| Cyrus Farivar / NBC News: |
Interviews with 40 police departments in eight states that partnered with Ring for at least three months show there is little evidence that Ring reduces crime — Hundreds of police departments have signed agreements with Ring to gain access to footage filmed on home surveillance cameras
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| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
Innovaccer, which pulls data from health records datasets, insurance firms, and pharmacies, to provide a single source of info on patients, raises $70M Series C — The holy grail for technology companies working in the healthcare industry is becoming the gateway for all healthcare data.
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| Annie Musgrove / Tech.eu: |
Oxford VR, a spinout from Oxford University's Department of Psychiatry that wants to use VR simulations to treat mental health problems, raises £10M Series A — Oxford VR, the UK developer of virtual reality therapy, has secured a £10 million Series A round led by Optum Ventures with support from Luminous Ventures.
Tweets: @yoda
| Monica M. Ruiz / Wired: |
Estonia, which created a volunteer Cyber Defence Unit after cyberattacks in 2007, offers key lessons to the US in attracting tech talent and educating citizens — The tiny European nation has come a long way after crippling cyberattacks in 2007. Now, it offers key lessons in attracting tech talent and educating citizens.
Tweets: @ilvestoomas
| Mike Godwin / Slate: |
EFF's first staff lawyer reflects on how the debate around online speech has evolved and where he thinks the early internet activists got things right and wrong — I've fought for a free internet for 30 years. Here's where I think we went wrong, and right.
Tweets: @jangles, @lanceulanoff, @ahmed, @codinghorror, @mpawlo, @sfmnemonic, @blakereid, @harrisonstephen, and @paulmbaker
| Jeff Stone / CyberScoop: |
Court filing sheds light on how US was able to attribute the Equifax hack to China and the techniques alleged state sponsored hackers used — Even for U.S. law enforcement, the Equifax hack was different. — Unlike in previous examples of apparent Chinese government-backed cyber-operations …
Tweets: @shanvav, @decaturand, @profcarroll, @sinopsiscz, and @jeffstone500
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