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Leaked Gmail redesign screenshots also show Confidential Mode that lets Gmail users stop recipients from forwarding, copying, downloading, or printing emails — New feature gives you control over how emails are used — Gmail on the web is getting a big update in the coming weeks …
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| Manish Singh / The Outline: |
Sources: secure messaging app Telegram is being used to distribute pirated movies, TV, music, apps, and even stolen credentials for online services like Netflix — Law-abiding citizens: Please do NOT download. Thank you. — Since its launch in 2013, the instant messaging platform Telegram …
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Facebook marketing exec says users generally haven't changed settings amid the recent privacy scandals and that it doesn't expect any revenue impact — Company marketing executive says users generally haven't changed privacy settings amid recent concerns — LONDON— Facebook Inc. FB -1.47% …
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| Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
AMD unveils 4 new 2nd gen Ryzen CPUs with Wraith coolers available on April 19; 8-core CPUs cost $329 and $299 while the 6-core CPUs cost $229 and $199 — Today marks the initial start of AMD's pre-sale of 2nd Generation Ryzen processors. The full launch is set for April 19th …
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Comcast plans to include Netflix with its TV bundles starting this month and gives no details about pricing; it will handle Netflix billing for customers — PHILADELPHIA, PA AND LOS GATOS, CA — Comcast and Netflix today announced an expansion of their partnership that will provide Comcast …
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Backpage.com CEO pleads guilty to federal and state charges of conspiracy and money laundering; Texas AG says the company pleaded guilty to human trafficking — SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The chief executive of a website that authorities have dubbed a lucrative nationwide “online brothel” … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter has replaced its gun emoji with a water gun, thus removing one of the means with which online abusers troll their victims — Twitter has now followed Apple's lead in changing its pistol emoji to a harmless, bright green water gun. And in doing so, the company that has struggled … | John Biggs / TechCrunch: |
Vietnamese cryptocurrency company Modern Tech disappears with $660M raised in an ICO for its Pincoin token, pulling off one of the biggest exit scams — A Vietnamese cryptocurrency company Modern Tech launched an ICO for its Pincoin token, raising $660 million from approximately 32,000 people.
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| Paul Miller / The Verge: |
A look at upcoming technologies like Progressive Web Apps, WebAssembly, and Houdini that have the potential to dramatically improve web apps — Slack is a web app. Trello is a web app. Google Docs. Gmail. Even Twitter. — The web started out as a collection of hyperlinked documents.
Tweets: @scottdavis99
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Report: Chinese police say they have arrested a fugitive after facial recognition technology helped identify him out of ~60K people attending a concert — Police nabbed a crime suspect at a concert in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, thanks to a facial recognition system.
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BBC, South China Morning Post, Fast Company, Private Internet Access Blog, TechSpot, Firstpost, Mashable, Telegraph, The Verge, Gizmodo, Mic, and The Next Web
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| Catalin Cimpanu / BleepingComputer.com: |
Bitcoins worth $3.3M stolen from Indian cryptocurrency exchange Coinsecure, in what is said to be India's first big crypto theft; CEO accuses its CSO — The CEO of Coinsecure, an India-based cryptocurrency exchange, has accused his CSO of stealing 438 Bitcoin —around $3.3 million at today's exchange rate … | The Guardian: |
UK court on right to be forgotten: Google has to remove links about one man who “showed remorse” for past conviction, can keep links for another, who didn't — Businessman wins legal action to force removal of search results about past conviction| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
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