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First results of breach investigation: large-scale attack on Sept. 14-27 accessed info of ~29M people; other Facebook apps or third-party apps not affected — We have been working around the clock to investigate the security issue we discovered and fixed two weeks ago so we can help people understand …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
How to find out if you are one of the 30M Facebook users whose account was affected by the security breach, what data was stolen, and what to do next — Are you one of the 30 million users hit by Facebook's access token breach announced two weeks ago? Here's how to find out.
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| Anand Giridharadas / New York Times: |
If Silicon Valley is sincere about “changing the world”, it should return Saudi billions until alleged murder of Jamal Khashoggi has been suitably investigated — Technology companies can no longer turn a blind eye to the human rights abuses of one of their largest investors.
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| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
Consultants advise law enforcement officers not to look at iPhone screens because it may trigger Face ID too many times and iPhones may revert to passcodes — After five failed attempts with the ‘wrong’ face, Apple's Face ID system will fall back to asking a passcode; a tricky situation for investigators.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Screenshots in Messenger's Android code suggest Facebook is testing an “unsend” feature it promised after getting caught removing Zuckerberg's sent messages — In April, TechCrunch broke the news that some of Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook messages were deleted from recipients' inboxes …
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| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Court denies Lime's request for a temporary restraining order to block Skip and Scoot from deploying their electric scooters in San Francisco on Monday — A judge today denied Lime's request for a temporary restraining order that would block Skip and Scoot from deploying their electric scooters in San Francisco on Monday.| Bloomberg: |
In an Aug. 31 response to six US senators, Sundar Pichai says that while Google was always interested in expanding in China, it is too early to provide details — - Google CEO says too early to give detailed response to Senate — Sundar Pichai is slated to speak at Congress later this year| Stephen Hall / 9to5Google: |
Google did not mention Android once during its Made by Google 2018 keynote, a first for a public-facing hardware event by the company — Android is the world's most ubiquitous OS and one of the most important parts of Google's business. But it's becoming clearer that the company no longer wants the word associated with its phones.
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| Sankalp Phartiyal / Reuters: |
A look at an effort by WhatsApp to fight fake news in India in partnership with Jio, using actors who perform skits in the streets — JAIPUR, India (Reuters) - On a hot morning in India's tourist mecca of Jaipur, an open truck painted in the signature lime-green colors of Facebook's WhatsApp …
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| Recorded Future: |
A deep dive into Russian and Chinese hacker forums analyzing ads, posts, and communication between hackers to look at their capabilities, cultures, and motives — Click here to download the complete analysis as a PDF. — Scope Note: Recorded Future's Insikt Group analyzed advertisements …
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| David Meyer / Fortune: |
After researcher complains that Twitter refused to provide info about how it tracks him when he clicks on links in tweets, EU initiates GDPR compliance inquiry — Twitter is being investigated by Irish privacy authorities over its refusal to give a user information about how it tracks him when he clicks on links in tweets.| Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat: |
Dow Jones VentureSource: VC funding raised by European startups in Q3 was $5.22B, down 21% YoY, through 684 deals, 9% fewer YoY; UK fell 11% from Q2 to $2.3B — As Silicon Valley and China see VC funding accelerate, Europe seems to be slipping into a lower gear.
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