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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Facebook admits it inadvertently stored some user passwords in plain text, searchable by employees; source says it may have been between 200M and 600M passwords — Hundreds of millions of Facebook users had their account passwords stored in plain text and searchable by thousands of Facebook employees …
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| Pedro Canahuati / Facebook: |
Facebook says it will notify hundreds of millions of Facebook users and thousands of Instagram users after it found passwords were stored in a readable format — As part of a routine security review in January, we found that some user passwords were being stored in a readable format within our internal data storage systems.
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| Peter Kafka / Recode: |
Sources: Apple's new TV service to be unveiled Monday will be a storefront for other streaming services, with Apple hosting and serving the streams — Apple's TV plans, explained. (Spoiler: Apple isn't taking on Netflix yet.) — After years of circling the TV business …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Source: Apple has signed up Vox for its upcoming news subscription service; other Vox Media properties will not participate initially — Apple Inc. signed Vox to be part of an upcoming subscription service for newspaper and magazine readers, according to a person familiar with the matter …
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9to5Mac, Cult of Mac, AppleInsider, MacRumors, iPhone Hacks, and 9to5Mac
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| Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian: |
Court filing by DC AG: Facebook knew about Cambridge Analytica data misuse months before it was first reported; Facebook says it did not mislead about timeline — Company confirms suspicions of separate incident following Washington DC attorney general court filing
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Tweets: @profcarroll, @carolecadwalla, @carolecadwalla, @damiancollins, @juliacarriew, and @profcarroll
| Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic: |
Instagram, which has largely escaped scrutiny, is teeming with conspiracy theories, misinformation, and extremist memes, boosted by its recommendation algorithm — When Alex, now a high-school senior, saw an Instagram account he followed post about something called QAnon back in 2017 …
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Report: Apple acquires Italian startup Stamplay, which specializes in backend automation, for about €5M — Apple has acquired Italian startup Stamplay, which offered an API-based back-end development platform, according to Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore. The report claims Apple paid around five million euros for the company.
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| Ali Breland / Mother Jones: |
Since the Christchurch shootings, Reddit's r/CringeAnarchy and r/The_Donald continue to host anti-Muslim hate speech justifying it and violence against Muslims — And the platform doesn't seem to care. — Days after the tragic shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand …
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Tweets: @motherjones, @rmac18, @alibreland, @karolcummins, and @raju
| Kate Clark / TechCrunch: |
A look at some of Y Combinator's Winter 2019 cohort who secured funding before Demo Day due to early interest from those connected to the YC network — Meet the startups that raised venture capital, or got acquired, before Demo Day — Hundreds gathered this week at San Francisco's Pier 48 …
Tweets: @kateclarktweets, @joshconstine, @kateclarktweets, and @kateclarktweets
| Joe Carlson / Star Tribune: |
DHS warns of two vulnerabilities affecting about 750,000 Medtronic implantable defibrillators worldwide, which could allow hackers to take control of devices — Alert from Medtronic, Homeland Security says 750K defibrillators are at risk. — As many as 750,000 heart devices …
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ICS-CERT Critical …, Ars Technica, Engadget, The Register, Gizmodo, and Slashdot
Tweets: @geeknik and @pkedrosky
| Richard Lawler / Engadget: |
Comcast's Xfinity Flex, a $5/month service for its broadband customers, comes with a 4K set-top box and access to paid and free, ad-supported streaming services — Comcast's latest bundle isn't a cable TV service, exactly, since it's aimed at its subscribers who only have internet service.
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| Maureen Farrell / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Pinterest has sped up the timing of its IPO, plans to make its filing public as early as Friday and list its shares on the NYSE in mid-April — Pinterest Inc. has sped up the timing of its initial public offering as the image-search company looks to tap into a red-hot market for new issues … | Anand Murali / FactorDaily: |
With the global market for AI data preparation expected to reach $1.2B by the end of 2023, India is emerging as a hub for data labelling and annotation work — Kumaramputhur is a tiny village some 45 km northwest of Palakkad in Kerala, home to some 3,500 families and probably not much bigger than an average Bengaluru suburb.
Tweets: @kris_sg and @pankajontech
| Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg: |
Source: Uber picks the NYSE for its upcoming IPO; Lyft will start trading next week on Nasdaq — - Listing is likely to be the biggest public offering this year — Company expected to officially file for its IPO in April — Uber Technologies Inc. has selected the New York Stock Exchange … | Max Chafkin / Bloomberg: |
Trump to nominate Michael Kratsios to be his first US CTO; Kratsios is currently US deputy CTO and was formerly chief of staff at Thiel Capital — For the first time in two years—and for the first time under President Trump—the U.S. is set to have a chief technology officer.
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Axios, Washington Examiner, The Hill, TechCrunch, and CNET
Tweets: @josheidelson, @chafkin, @digiphile, @garyshapiro, and @mattdrange
| Dami Lee / The Verge: |
Hands-on with Nintendo's fourth Labo kit, which allows users to build their own VR games with six Toy-Con creations and will be available April 12 for $79.99 — Nintendo's latest Labo kit lets you code your own VR games — Nearly one year after the launch of Labo, Nintendo's DIY cardboard accessory line …
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TechCrunch, Engadget, GameSpot, Kotaku, Mashable, Gizmodo, Digital Trends, and GoNintendo
| Nicholas Fandos / New York Times: |
Jared Kushner's lawyer told the House Oversight Committee late last year that Kushner uses WhatsApp for official WH business, including with foreign contacts — WASHINGTON — Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law and senior adviser, uses an unofficial online messaging service …
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Politico and Washington Post
Tweets: @nycsouthpaw, @tomgara, @bartongellman, @mattyglesias, @hshaban, @therickwilson, @refsrc, and @courtneyknorris
| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Houseparty promotes co-founder and COO Sima Sistani to CEO; co-founder and CEO Ben Rubin will move to the company's board and continue to advise product teams — Sima Sistani becomes one of very few women to run a venture-backed social networking company — Houseparty, the video chat app …
Tweets: @briannekimmel, @joshconstine, @caseynewton, @simasistani, and @rrhoover
| Kate Clark / TechCrunch: |
Sources: UiPath, a process automation platform targeting IT businesses, is raising $400M+ at a $7B+ valuation; it closed a $265M Series C in November — UiPath, a robotics process automation platform targeting IT businesses, is raising more than $400 million in Series D funding …
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| Monojoy Bhattacharjee / What's New in Publishing: |
Report: YouTube is now responsible for 37% of all mobile internet traffic, ahead of Facebook's 8.4%, while mobile time-spent in the US rose from 21% to 24% YoY — Smartphones are the big gainers in media consumption year-over-year, according to the just-released Nielsen's Q3 2018 Total Audience Report.| Michael McWhertor / Polygon: |
Valve announces a Steam game library redesign and Steam Events, which developers can use to communicate in-game events, entering open beta in the coming months — Valve breaks down what's changing on Steam at GDC 2019 — Valve is making some big changes to Steam in the coming months …
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