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US CBP says photos of travelers into and out of the country were accessed in breach of subcontractor, first learned of on May 31, fails to say how many affected — U.S. Customs and Border Protection has confirmed a data breach has exposed the photos of travelers and vehicles traveling in and out of the United States.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Salesforce to buy data visualization company Tableau for $15.7B in all-stock deal, a big premium to the company's market cap of $10.8B at Friday's trading close — On the heels of Google buying analytics startup Looker last week for $2.6 billion, Salesforce today announced a huge piece …
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Google seems to be testing a new feature for Maps in India that alerts users every time their taxi or ride goes off route by 500 meters — Getting driving directions from Google Maps is one of its most vital and useful features. To make navigation more effective for the drivers … | The Keyword: |
Google is rolling out Assistant in Waze on Android phones in English in the US — Think about the last time you were stuck in traffic—the minutes you spent staring at a long line of red taillights probably didn't feel productive. The Assistant can already help with navigation in Google Maps …
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Digital imaging company Shutterfly says it has agreed to be acquired by private equity firm Apollo Global Management, in a deal that values the company at $2.7B — This is breaking news. Please check back for updates. — TRENDING NOW — Subscribe to CNBC PRO Licensing & Reprints Join … | Jacob Passy / MarketWatch: |
Amazon Credit Builder debuts as a secured retail credit card aimed at Prime members with poor credit; a refundable security deposit will represent card's limit — Amazon's newest credit card is designed to appeal to consumers who are looking to improve their credit score.
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Facebook has quietly made changes to limit Graph Search over the weekend, following privacy scandals, says it will work with researchers affected by the changes — Facebook's Graph Search allowed anyone to search a wealth of public data on Facebook in very specific ways …
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| Richard Nieva / CNET: |
Larry Page and Sergey Brin made an appearance at Google's “Thank God It's Friday” event on May 30 after a six month absence from the weekly meetings — Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have long been the stars of the search giant's weekly “TGIF” town hall meetings.Thanks:@akwired
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Sources: Uber opens a new fintech outpost in New York, hiring several dozen engineers and product managers; future financial products may include a bank account — KEY POINTS — Uber is expanding its financial services efforts by hiring several dozen engineers and product managers in New York, sources say.
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Mozilla CEO says a premium version of Firefox is being developed with features like VPN and “secure storage”, may come this fall with monthly subscription plan — Browser maker working on premium version of Firefox with extra features like VPN access and secure storage.
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Vuzix and NNTC debut “fully autonomous” facial recognition software for camera-equipped smart glasses, including Vuzix's Blades, meant to be used by police — This is one of those “I'm not surprised but I am slightly terrified” moments in tech development: Enterprise smart glasses … | BBC: |
UK man sentenced to four years for involvement in hacks including the breach of TalkTalk that affected 150,000 users, was alleged to have blackmailed victims — A man who was involved in a major hack attack of telecoms firm TalkTalk has been sentenced to four years' detention.
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Vectra, which uses AI to analyze network traffic and help companies detect cyberattacks, raises $100M Series E led by TCV, bringing the total raised to $220M+ — Alongside the wave of acquisitions that took place in the past few weeks, the cybersecurity industry has seen a number of startups raise substantial funding rounds.
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Microsoft says its next high-end Xbox console, codenamed Project Scarlett, is coming fall 2020 and will support 8K gaming, be 4X as powerful as the Xbox One X — Project Scarlett arrives in fall 2020 — Microsoft is revealing the first details about its next-generation Xbox hardware today.
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