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Documents and sources detail how the NSA taps into the data between AT&T, its partners, and customers, making the telco essential to US surveillance efforts — The secrets are hidden behind fortified walls in cities across the United States, inside towering, windowless skyscrapers …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple releases first public beta of iOS 12 with Group FaceTime, Siri Shortcuts, new Do Not Disturb features, Memoji, multiplayer shared AR experiences, and more — Apple this afternoon released the first public beta of iOS 12 to its public beta testing group, giving non-developers a chance …
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| Kate Rooney / CNBC: |
a16z has raised $300M for its first crypto-focused fund, bringing on former US DoJ prosecutor Katie Haun as a general partner to lead the effort — - Andreessen Horowitz is “investing aggressively” in crypto, even as bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have dropped by more than 50 percent this year.
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| Brian Brackeen / TechCrunch: |
Brian Brackeen, CEO of facial recognition firm Kairos, on why the tech, given its abuse potential and bias against people of color, shouldn't be used by police — Recent news of Amazon's engagement with law enforcement to provide facial recognition surveillance (branded “Rekognition") … | Julie Creswell / New York Times: |
Amid growing outcry from civil liberties groups, Orlando has ended its pilot project for police to use Amazon's Rekognition facial recognition software for now — Amid a growing outcry about privacy concerns by civil liberties groups, officials in Orlando, Fla., said Monday …
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Intel's integrated model served it well for 35 years, but in the mobile era, is a straitjacket hemming in the chip maker — Last week Brian Krzanich resigned as the CEO of Intel after violating the company's non-fraternization policy. The details of Krzanich's departure, though …
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| Emily McCormick / Bloomberg: |
Analysis: Instagram is estimated to be worth more than $100B if it were a stand-alone company and is on track to cross 2B users within the next five years — - Boost in estimated valuation signifies a 100-fold return — App is predicted to exceed 2 billion users within five years| Troy Hunt: |
Have I Been Pwned breach data search now integrated in 1Password via Watchtower, will be trialed in Firefox via a new Firefox Monitor tool starting next week — Pretty much every day, I get a reminder from someone about how little people know about their exposure in data breaches.
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| Lara O'Reilly / Wall Street Journal: |
AT&T confirms it will buy AppNexus, which operates one of the largest independent ad exchanges; sources last week said the price was expected to be around $1.6B — Following acquisitions of AppNexus and Time Warner, telecom giant wants to do more than capitalize on its own content
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft is integrating Adblock Plus into its Edge browser on iOS and Android, letting users enable it in settings, rolling out to beta testers now — Available in beta right now — Microsoft is building Adblock Plus directly into its Edge browser for iOS and Android.
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| Seb Joseph / Digiday: |
Sources: programmatic ad spending, which saw steep declines after GDPR, has started to recover, with some publishers' audience opt-in consent rates hitting 75% — Programmatic ad spending has started to recover a month after the arrival of the General Data Protection Regulation caused it to nosedive.
| Caroline O'Donovan / BuzzFeed: |
More than 650 Salesforce employees have signed a petition to CEO Marc Benioff asking him to reexamine a contract with US Customs and Border Protection — Employees at Salesforce follow those at Microsoft, Amazon, and Google in pushing back against their companies' contracts with military and government agencies.| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
T-Mobile unveils FamilyMode, a $10/month subscription plan and HomeBase, a $100 base station, to let parents monitor and manage their kids' internet usage — Even on a home Wi-Fi network — T-Mobile is launching a new subscription plan today as an add-on for subscribers to its T-Mobile … | Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
The Oculus TV app, which displays content in a virtual home theater, debuts for Oculus Go but seems half-baked, with no universal search and clunky navigation — Facebook released a new app for its Oculus Go virtual reality (VR) headset Monday: Oculus TV is meant to be a one-stop-shop for watching streaming video content in VR.
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TechCrunch, Oculus Blog, Neowin, VentureBeat, SlashGear, CNET, iMore, The Verge, and Engadget. Tweets: @jank0
| Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
Sources detail Amazon's hearing process for workers facing firing, where they can choose to appeal to a jury of co-workers, seen by some as a “kangaroo court” — The hearing process has raised questions about fairness, according to workers and their attorneys.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple to unveil high-end water resistant AirPods with noise-cancellation, studio-quality over-ear headphones, and a new HomePod as early as next year — - High-end AirPods and over-ear headphones coming next year — Foxconn to build AirPods; Inventec may lose some HomePod work
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Fast Company, International Business Times, 9to5Mac, Computerworld, Digital Trends, ValueWalk, Gizmodo, InvestorPlace, Neowin, TWICE, Macworld, CNET, Mercury News, The Next Web, 9to5Mac, Philip Elmer-DeWitt, TechSpot, Tom's Guide, KnowTechie, Business Insider, Ubergizmo, Inquirer, Engadget, iPhone in Canada Blog, AppleInsider, iLounge, SlashGear, VentureBeat, MSPoweruser, Ars Technica, Patently Apple, Fortune, TechCrunch, The Verge, MacRumors, Cult of Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, BGR, Mashable, iPhone Hacks, MAC blog, MacDailyNews, and Thurrott.com
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
PayPal's Venmo follows Square by officially launching its own MasterCard-branded debit card in the US, following beta tests of a now-discontinued Visa card — Venmo today is officially introducing its own debit card in partnership with MasterCard, following beta tests of a Visa-branded debit card last year.
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SlashGear, The Verge, Engadget, Bank Innovation, GeekWire, TechSpot, SludgeFeed, Pocket-lint, Ubergizmo, KnowTechie, Mashable, Digital Trends, ZDNet, CNET, Axios, and Reuters
| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Tencent joins The Linux Foundation as a Platinum member, will take a seat on its board of directors, and will contribute open source software to the Foundation — Tencent, the $500-billion Chinese internet giant, is increasing its focus on open source after it became a platinum member of the Linux Foundation.
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