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Sources: the FTC has finalized a multimillion dollar settlement with Google in an investigation into YouTube for violating federal data privacy laws for kids — The Federal Trade Commission has finalized a settlement with Google in its investigation into YouTube for violating federal kids …
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Chrome and Firefox extensions with up to 4M installs leaked sensitive data, including names and passwords, to marketing intelligence service Nacho Analytics — Have your tax returns, Nest videos, and medical info been made public? — When we use browsers to make medical appointments … | Wang Zichen / Xinhua News Agency: |
Huawei says its homegrown Hongmeng operating system is not for smartphones or an alternative to Android, but is for industrial use instead — Huawei board member and senior Vice President Catherine Chen said here on Thursday that the company's Hongmeng operating system is not for smartphones …
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Sources: NSO Group claims it can read authentication tokens on phones infected with its spyware to access victims' data on iCloud and other cloud services — The Israeli company whose spyware hacked WhatsApp has told buyers its technology can surreptitiously scrape all of an individual's data …
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The panic over FaceApp highlighted how public attitudes about the internet have changed amid a widespread reckoning over data privacy and election interference — Shortly after the playful photo-transforming FaceApp went viral Wednesday as the most downloaded smartphone app in America …
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| Will Oremus / OneZero: |
Twitter's redesign, which rebuilt the desktop website as a progressive web app, solves none of its problems, but will help the famously slow company move faster — It's about making a notoriously slow-footed company faster on its feet — which could eventually pay off for its users
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Former NSA contractor Harold Martin sentenced to nine years in prison for the theft of 50TB+ of classified government files — Former NSA contractor Harold T. Martin was sentenced Friday to 9 years in prison for his role in a massive theft of classified documents.| Kate Clark / TechCrunch: |
Medallia, a customer experience management platform, closes up 76% on its first day trading, after raising $326M at a valuation of $2.5B in its IPO — Customer experience management platform Medallia (NYSE: MDLA) rose up more than 70% in its New York Stock Exchange debut Friday.
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A look at the growing use of connected home fitness devices, as some users say convenience outweighs qualms about constantly looking at screens — The future of fitness is together but alone — Nikolas and Brittany Loecher spent their anniversary in Napa Valley, where they drank wine … | Olivia Carville / Bloomberg: |
Tinder is testing letting users pay it directly in its Android app, bypassing the Play Store and avoiding Google's 30% cut — - Match Group, Netflix and Spotify side-stepping to avoid costs — More tech companies are likely to follow suit, analyst says
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French drone maker Parrot continues to shift away from consumer sales, dominated by DJI, says it will only make business focused Anafi drone line — The French dronemaker continues to shift away from consumer sales, which are dominated by DJI — France's Parrot has left the toy drone market … | Kim Zetter / VICE: |
Researchers say they were able to trick cybersecurity firm Cylance's AI-based antivirus engine into thinking programs like WannaCry and other malware are benign — By taking strings from an online gaming program and appending them to malicious files, researchers were able … | Tim Ingham / Rolling Stone: |
A look at 5 initiatives Spotify has abandoned: original video content, its hateful conduct policy, Spotify apps, direct music distribution, and Spotify Running — While it's common for tech companies to test out new ideas in public, the streaming giant has done so more than most| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
US Department of Education: hackers breached an ERP system of 62 colleges, created student accounts, and used them “almost immediately for criminal activity” — Hackers are breaching college networks and creating fake accounts that are used “almost immediately for criminal activity.”Sponsor Posts
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