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Google will pay a $136M fine to the FTC and $34M to the New York Attorney General to settle claims that it violated child privacy laws on YouTube — - Google marketed itself as the “leader” for content for children ages 6 through 11, the allegations claim.
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Unsecured database with 419M+ phone numbers linked to Facebook accounts found; FB says data was obtained before it disabled searching for users via phone number — Hundreds of millions of phone numbers linked to Facebook accounts have been found online. — The exposed server contained …
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Twitter says it has “temporarily” turned off the SMS-to-tweet feature, after Jack Dorsey's account was compromised — Twitter has “temporarily” turned off the ability to tweet via text message just days after the feature was misused by hackers to tweet a racial slur, bomb threat …
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| Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
Brave browser exec hands evidence to Irish data regulator alleging Google uses hidden webpages to pass personal data of users to advertisers — Google is secretly using hidden web pages that feed the personal data of its users to advertisers, undermining its own policies …
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Slack reports Q2 revenue of $145M, up 58% YoY, says it had over 100,000 paid customers, up 37% YoY; stock is down ~15%+ after hours — KEY POINTS — Stewart Butterfield, co-founder and CEO of Slack, at the 2018 WEF in Davos, Switzerland. — Shares of Slack, maker of the popular workplace chat app …
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| Michael Zelenko / The Verge: |
A look at the newly announced Light Phone 2, a $350 stripped back feature phone with an E Ink display, and how the company learned from the first generation — The Light Phone returns with many aspirations and not too many features — Released in the spring of 2017 …
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| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
Allen Institute for AI unveils Aristo, a system that scored 90% on an eighth-grade science test and 80% on a 12th-grade exam, a breakthrough for AI research — SAN FRANCISCO — Four years ago, more than 700 computer scientists competed in a contest to build artificial intelligence that could pass an eighth-grade science test.| New York Times: |
Source: Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Microsoft held a daylong meeting with US government officials over 2020 election security — SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook, Google, Twitter and Microsoft met with government officials in Silicon Valley on Wednesday to discuss and coordinate on how best … | Zachary Fryer-Biggs / The Atlantic: |
How the Pentagon is laying the groundwork for AI-powered weapons systems capable of taking lethal action without direct human input — Wallops Island—a remote, marshy spit of land along the eastern shore of Virginia, near a famed national refuge for horses—is mostly known as a launch site for government and private rockets.
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: |
Canada-based Clio, which offers cloud-based legal practice management, client intake, and legal CRM software, raises $250M Series D — A software company that helps law practices run more efficiently may not be the flashiest business in town, but that's not stopping some VCs from backing them with pretty high dollars.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Asus announces ROG Phone II Ultimate Edition with 1TB storage, Snapdragon 855 Plus, 6.59-inch 1080p OLED display, and 6,000mAh battery, for €1,199 — Just think of all the Android games you could take everywhere — Asus' ROG Phone II is already a flagship Android phone worth getting excited …
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Acer unveils Pro versions of its ConceptD laptops for creative professionals with Nvidia Quadro RTX graphics cards, available in November starting at $1,700 — Gallery: Acer ConceptD 3 hands-on | 7 Photos … Gallery: Acer Swift 5 hands-on IFA 2019 | 13 Photos
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Amazon announces over 20 Fire TV-branded devices, including a new Fire TV Cube and an Anker-made soundbar, as the company seeks to compete with Roku and others — The posts have been deleted, but the info is out — Amazon looks set to release a new Fire TV Cube and a host of new …
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| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
Razer updates Blade Stealth ultrabook gaming line with Intel 10th-gen CPUs, Nvidia GTX 1650, 16GB DDR4 RAM, starting at $1,500, available end of September — For years, Razer has been chasing the specter of a truly ultraportable gaming laptop with its Blade Stealth line …
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| Natasha Singer / New York Times: |
Medical groups say the new federal data-sharing rules, allowing patients to access health records through apps, lack strong data protections to preserve privacy — Americans may soon be able to get their medical records through smartphone apps as easily as they order takeout food from Seamless or catch a ride from Lyft.
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| Megan Graham / CNBC: |
Basecamp CEO: Google's practice of letting rivals pay for ads that appear ahead of their brand in organic results is a shakedown and like paying ransom — - The CEO of web-based project management tool company Basecamp sounds off on Google's search ad practices in a now-viral tweet.
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