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An internal Huawei document, found on its website, says Huawei tested facial recognition with an “Uighur alarm” to alert Chinese police when it detected Uighurs — An internal report claims the face-scanning system could trigger a “Uighur alarm,” sparking concerns that the software …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Apple announces AirPods Max, over-ear headphones with noise cancellation, adaptive EQ, spatial audio, and audio sharing, available from December 15 for $549 — The first over-ear headphones with an Apple logo on them — It turns out Apple has one more major hardware announcement …
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Cloudflare and Apple say they have developed a new protocol called Oblivious DNS-over-HTTPS, which decouples DNS queries from internet users for more privacy — Engineers at Cloudflare and Apple say they've developed a new internet protocol that will shore up one of the biggest holes …
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The Cloudflare Blog, 9to5Mac, The Cloudflare Blog, iPhone in Canada Blog, iPhone Hacks, MacRumors, Apple Terminal, Computerworld, Apple Must, CyberScoop, AppleInsider, iMore, iDownloadBlog.com, and The Mac Observer
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| BBC: |
China bans TripAdvisor from its app store along with 104 apps it said were violating cyber-laws aimed at fighting pornography, gambling, and violence — China has removed 105 apps from its app stores as part of a campaign to get rid of content related to pornography, prostitution, gambling and violence.| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
Uber's self-driving unit, Advanced Technologies Group, to be acquired by rival Aurora Innovation in a deal valuing ATG at $4B; source: Aurora now valued at $10B — - Self-driving vehicle start-up Aurora is acquiring Uber's Advanced Technologies Group, which works on self-driving technology.
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| Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: |
Google says it is opening up its open source Fuchsia OS to outside developers, the first formal announcement about the project — For the past four years, Google has been developing a new operating system, Fuchsia, from the ground up. Starting today, Google's Fuchsia OS is now being developed more openly …
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Google says Stadia users will be able to live stream directly to YouTube starting December 8 — Finally fulfilling its biggest original promise — From the very beginning, Google Stadia and YouTube were supposed to work together — thanks to the magic of cloud computing …
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9to5Google, Android Police, XDA Developers, Engadget, Thurrott, New blog articles in Community, AndroidGuys, KnowTechie, Android Central, Input, iPhone in Canada Blog, Neowin, MakeUseOf, and SlashGear
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Samsung's SmartThings will support Google Nest devices starting in January 2021 — Support for Nest products through the SmartThings app arrives next month — Google and Samsung are bringing their smart home platforms together for the first time. Samsung's SmartThings …
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The Keyword, Samsung Global Newsroom, Thurrott, ZDNet, Wccftech, SlashGear, Neowin, CNET, Android Central, XDA Developers, 9to5Google, MSPoweruser, Tom's Guide, and SamMobile
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
In a private 2018 meeting between UK's digital chief and Zuckerberg, minutes show Zuckerberg said the UK was “anti-tech” and threatened to end UK investment — Round of applause for the Bureau of Investigative Journalism — which fought for two years to obtain details …
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| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Florida police raid home of former state employee and COVID whistleblower, claiming she breached a messaging system despite all its users sharing one password — This is insane. Earlier this year, we wrote about Rebekah Jones, the data scientist working for Florida, who put together …
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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Researchers detail vulnerabilities found in four open source TCP/IP stacks used in millions of embedded IoT devices, collectively called Amnesia:33 — Amnesia:33 is the latest in a long line of vulnerabilities that affect countless embedded devices. — YES, AT THIS point it's a cliche that cheap …
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| Gillian Tan / Bloomberg: |
Calm, maker of a meditation, sleep, and relaxation app, raises $75M at a $2B valuation, bringing its total raised to $217M — - Insight, Marc Benioff also participated in $75 million round — San Francisco-based firm's app has 4 million paying users| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Facebook adds carts to WhatsApp, allowing users to add multiple items from a business to the cart then send the order request as a message to the business — WhatsApp said on Tuesday it is adding a new shopping feature to its business app as the Facebook -owned instant messaging service looks …
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WhatsApp.com, Android Police, The Verge, PYMNTS.com, and Neowin
Tweets: @chrismessina, @shiraovide, @ohmdee, and @brianroemmele
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Beyond Identity, which uses certificates to provide passwordless identity management, raises $75M Series B, bringing its total raised to $105M — Beyond Identity, a New York-based startup developing passwordless identity management solutions, raised $75 million in venture capital.
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FinLedger, FinSMEs, hackernoon.com, and SecurityWeek
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Salt Security, which develops tools that discover APIs and detect vulnerabilities, raises $30M Series B led by Sequoia Capital — Salt Security, which is developing a threat protection solution that discovers APIs and detects vulnerabilities, today raised $30 million.
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FinSMEs and Security Boulevard
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Israeli startup Orca Security, which provides security for multi-cloud deployments on AWS, Azure, and GCP, raises $55M Series B led by ICONIQ Growth — Israeli cloud security firm Orca Security today announced a $55 million Series B funding round led by ICONIQ Growth.| Alan Boyle / GeekWire: |
SpaceX's Starlink satellite network wins $885M in federal aid for rural broadband, as part of a $9.2B allocation by FCC to be paid across 180 auction bidders — SpaceX's Starlink satellite network — which relies on hundreds of spacecraft built in Redmond, Wash. — has been awarded $885.5 million …
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Ars Technica, Wall Street Journal, Federal Communications …, Digital Trends, Engadget, CNBC, Reuters, ZDNet, Mashable, Forbes, SlashGear, TechCrunch, CNET, and The Verge
Tweets: @rossataca, @fcc, @ajitpaifcc, and @carolynporco
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
GoHenry, which offers a pre-paid card and finance app for 6-18 year olds, raises $40M led by Edison Partners — Young people have long been a prime, if especially careful, target for financial services companies: find the right and responsible way to connect with them, and you could have a good customer for many years.| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
Nvidia researchers have created an augmentation method for training generative adversarial networks that they say enables results with 10 to 20 times less data — Nvidia researchers have created an augmentation method for training generative adversarial networks (GANs) that requires less data.| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Paris-based NextMind says its wearable $399 Dev Kit, offering a claimed real-time brain computer interface, will begin shipping — NextMind has started shipping its real-time brain-computer interface Dev Kit for $399. The device translates brain signals into digital commands … | Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
Apple says Fitness+, its workout class subscription service, will launch on December 14 in the US, UK, Australia, Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand — Apple has today announced that its fitness subcription service, Apple Fitness+, is set to launch on Monday, December 14.
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Apple, Thurrott, Forbes, Appleosophy, Gizmodo, Macworld, AppleInsider, Wall Street Journal, TidBITS, TechCrunch, The Verge, Engadget, 9to5Mac, Wareable, Redmond Pie, and Six Colors. Tweets: @lamonicabuzz
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube launches HDR support for live streams and says that it's the first major platform to do so — YouTube in 2016 added support for HDR (high-dynamic range) videos on its platform, allowing cretators to upload videos offering higher contrast, more accurate shadows and highlights …
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blog.youtube, Engadget, The Verge, Variety, Mashable, Tubefilter, and Droid Life
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Thumbtack, a marketplace for hiring local professionals, is acquiring Setter, which offers video checkups by experts and raised $12M since its founding in 2015 — Thumbtack, a marketplace where you can hire local professionals for home improvement and other services, is announcing that it has acquired Setter.
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| New York Times: |
Driven by the shift to e-commerce during the pandemic, Etsy shares are up over 250% this year, following a rocky few years as a public company — Shares of Etsy, the online marketplace, are up 250 percent this year, a rise fueled by skyrocketing pandemic mask sales and a push by investors to run its business better.
Tweets: @hollykmichels and @flotisserie
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
A look at Berlin-based Xayn, privacy-focused web search for iOS and Android that uses on-device AI to rank and personalize results — As TC readers know, the tricky trade-off of the modern web is privacy for convenience. Online tracking is how this ‘great intimacy robbery’ is pulled off.
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App Store, Forbes, Android Police, and Engadget
| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
Airbnb launches Airbnb.org, letting hosts provide free and discounted stays to refugees, essential workers, and people affected by natural disasters — Hosts on the platform can provide free and discounted stays as in-kind donations — Airbnb is launching a nonprofit to allow the hosts …
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Airbnb Newsroom, Engadget, PhocusWire, PYMNTS.com, CNET, and CNBC
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