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London police warn students about using Sci-Hub, calling the self-described “pirate” site for research papers “a threat to their personal information and data” — Police have warned students in the UK against using a website that they say lets users “illegally access” millions of scientific research papers.
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Coinbase will pay a $6.5M fine to settle with the CFTC, over allegations that it self-traded cryptocurrencies between 2015 and 2018 — Coinbase will pay a $6.5 million fine to settle allegations it self-traded cryptocurrencies between 2015 and 2018. — Crypto exchange Coinbase …
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| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
Facebook's decision to crack down on NYU's Ad Observer highlights the increasingly fraught dynamic between tech companies and academics — Laura Edelson was in a state of panic, and I knew I was a little bit to blame for her freakout. — “If this is true,” Edelson told me this week during …
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Facebook says it has resolved a major outage affecting Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and other Facebook services — The Facebook-owned social networks were down for many — Facebook has resolved a major outage affecting Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and other Facebook services on Friday …
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GroupM: Google, Facebook, and Amazon “triopoly” grew its share of US digital ad market from 80% in 2019 to 90% in 2020, and now collects 50%+ of all US ad spend — The three tech giants now collect more than half of all ad dollars spent in the U.S. The pandemic economy got them there.
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| Nilesh Christopher / Rest of World: |
Lenders in India are using coercive loan apps that block features and shut down smartphones of customers who fall behind on payments — Lenders are turning to coercive loan apps that shut down smartphones if customers fall behind on payments. — • BANGALORE, INDIA
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Sources: China is restricting use of Tesla cars by military and state employees, citing concerns that the data they collect could be sent back to the US — People familiar with the effort cite concerns Tesla cars could be source of national security leaks — SINGAPORE—China's government …
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| Sean Keane / CNET: |
Twitter confirms it's testing an “Undo Tweet” feature, first discovered by Jane Manchun Wong, who suggests it could be part of Twitter's planned subscriptions — An app researcher's screenshot shows that among the options for subscribers of an unrevealed service.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
REvil ransomware gang says it had breached Acer, sharing leaked images of internal docs on the dark web, and is demanding $50M; Acer says it is investigating — Taiwanese computer maker Acer has suffered a ransomware attack over the past weekend at the hands of the REvil ransomware gang …
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| Bobby Allyn / NPR: |
Interview with CEO of SkySilk, the hosting company that helped bring Parler online, who says he did it to spite tech giants like Amazon who abuse their might — On Jan. 10, just days after pro-Trump rioters blitzed the U.S. Capitol, Amazon Web Services pulled the plug on the conservative social media site Parler.
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| Cat Ferguson / MIT Technology Review: |
Experts discuss challenges of building government tech, including legacy systems, regulatory complexity, lack of data sharing between departments, and more — The pandemic has shown how difficult it can be for the US to succeed with major technology projects. We asked leading thinkers what they would do to change that.| Gita Jackson / VICE: |
As videos from court hearings on Zoom go viral, a look at the debate over the privacy of citizens in those videos and judicial transparency on the internet — 'People's worst day, which is often why they're in court, shouldn't be monetized for a global audience's benefit.'| Ann-Marie Alcántara / Wall Street Journal: |
After Citigroup erroneously sent $900M to lenders using Oracle's Flexcube, some are calling for simplified business software UX to match consumer-facing design — Citi's accidental payment makes a strong case for upgrading back-end technology to match consumer-facing design| Josh Constine / Josh Constine's PressClub: |
Transcript of a Clubhouse chat with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek, and Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke about creator economy, Apple, and more — The Facebook, Spotify, and Shopify CEOs discuss the creator economy and Apple's policies| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
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| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
Tencent, Alibaba, Xiaomi, and other Chinese companies are testing audio-only chats in their platforms, looking to emulate Clubhouse, which is banned in China — - Beijing's ban on Clubhouse is an opportunity for startups — Several VC firms are considering investments in the sector| Wall Street Journal: |
Coalition of Microsoft, Salesforce, and healthcare providers to release a global “tamper-proof” standard for COVID-19 proof of vaccination apps in April — Microsoft, Salesforce contribute to software framework for apps that provide digital proof of vaccination to be used for travel, returning to work
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