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China's border guards close to Xinjiang install Android malware on tourists' devices that scans for 70K+ files and downloads texts, calendar entries, phone logs — The malware downloads a tourist's text messages, calendar entries, and phone logs, as well as scans the device for over 70,000 different files.| Mike Davidson / Mike Industries: |
Superhuman, an email app that raised $33M in June, adds read receipt tracking pixels to outgoing mail and doesn't let users stop image loading on incoming mail — Over the past 25 years, email has weaved itself into the daily fabric of life. Our inboxes contain everything from very personal letters …
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Facebook updates News Feed ranking algorithm to reduce the distribution of sensational health claims or promotion of products with health-related claims — People come together on Facebook to talk about, advocate for, and connect around things like nutrition, fitness and health issues.
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House subcommittee sends letter requesting Facebook halt Libra's development until Congress and regulators can investigate potential risks to the global economy — ‘These vulnerabilities could be exploited and obscured by bad actors’ — House Democrats are requesting Facebook halt development …
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
Behind Google's Jigsaw unit, where current and former employees describe a toxic workplace environment, mismanagement, high turnover, and ignored HR complaints — Google's internet freedom moonshot has gotten glowing attention for its ambitious projects. But current and former employees …
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| Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica: |
Nvidia unveils new RTX Super series of graphics cards with more power for the same price as RTX; 2060 Super, 2070 Super launch July 9; 2080 Super on July 23 — 2060 Super, 2070 Super launch July 9; 2080 Super launches July 23. — The rumors are true: nine months after the launch …
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| Thomas Franck / CNBC: |
Sources: Dish Network and T-Mobile have agreed to a divestiture deal, pending resolution of DOJ concerns regarding proposed Sprint/T-Mobile merger — KEY POINTS — T-Mobile CEO John Legere (L) speaks as Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure looks on at the New York Stock Exchange, April 30, 2018.
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Uber Eats launches Dine-In, which lets users order food before going to a restaurant and then eat it there, in Austin, Dallas, Phoenix, San Diego, and more — Tired of cleaning up after take-out or getting hangry waiting at your table in restaurants? Well Uber Eats is barging into the dine-in business.
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| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
Twitch streamers are struggling to understand the precedent set by a mere two-week ban of popular streamer Dr Disrespect for streaming in a public bathroom — 'Twitch is saying there's no real consequences' — There was no question that Dr Disrespect's ban from Twitch would be temporary …
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UK says it began an investigation into TikTok's data privacy practices for young users shortly after the FTC fined the app $5.7M for child privacy violations — TikTok is under investigation in the UK for how it handles the safety and privacy of young users.
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Instagram's new Stories sticker lets users ask followers to join a new group chat, giving the initiator the ability to select who can join — Followers must submit a request to join — Instagram's newest Stories sticker lets people ask their followers to join a new group chat and then gives …
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Xiaomi announces Mimoji as part of its CC9 phone series launch, a feature that appears very similar to Apple's Memoji — Apple's Memoji may have become the more popular 3D avatar feature for smartphones, but Xiaomi wants people to know that its similarly-named version — Mimoji — came first …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Google Lens launches the ability to identify select local art in San Francisco, in partnership with art-cataloging startup Wescover — Ever ponder the meaning of a portrait or painting hanging on the wall of your favorite coffee shop? Thanks to Google Lens, Google's AI-powered search …
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Group representing Walmart, Target, Best Buy, others writes to FTC about tech giant dominance, offering help with antitrust probes, and calls out Amazon, Google — A leading U.S. retail group, whose members include Walmart, Target, Best Buy and others, has penned a letter to the Federal Trade Commission …
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CBP suspends a border-surveillance subcontractor from federal contracting after it was hacked and had data, including images of travelers' faces, posted online — The longtime maker of license-plate scanners and other surveillance equipment used along the U.S. border was suspended Tuesday …
Tweets: @drewharwell and @drewharwell
| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Samsung announces its next Unpacked event will be held on August 7 in New York, likely detailing the Galaxy Note 10 — It's official. Samsung said Monday it'll hold its next big product launch on Aug. 7 in New York, confirming CNET's scoop from last month about the launch plans.
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MobiTV, which lets pay-TV companies provide streaming video services without a set-top box, raises $50M, bringing its total raised to $213.8M, per Crunchbase — After raising $21 million in 2017 for a late-stage pivot from mobile TV to set-top-box-free IPTV services for the home, MobiTV is announcing another large growth round.Sponsor Posts
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