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WhatsApp sues NSO Group after investigating an attack from last year that sent malware to 1,400 devices and targeted 100+ human rights defenders and journalists — Will Cathcart is head of WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook. — In May, WhatsApp announced that we had detected and blocked …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Samsung says SmartThings has over 45M monthly active users and works with more than 5,000 devices, as it announces new developer and partner programs — Today at the 2019 Samsung Developer Conference in San Jose, Samsung announced that SmartThings, the Seoul company's internet of things … | Donie O'Sullivan / CNN: |
Activist registers as a candidate in California's 2022 gubernatorial election merely to run false Facebook ads, in a challenge to its controversial policy — New York (CNN Business)A San Francisco man is going to extreme lengths to call out Facebook's controversial policy of allowing politicians to run false ads on its platform.
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| Jason Gurwin / The Streamable: |
Sony says it will shut down its PlayStation Vue live TV subscription service on January 30 — The Streamable is reader-supported and may earn an affiliate commission when you sign up with our links. — After much reports about trying to find a buyer, it seems that PlayStation Vue has decided to shut down the service instead.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Amazon makes grocery delivery free in ~2,000 US cities for all Prime members by removing the $14.99 per month Amazon Fresh fee — Amazon is turning up the heat once again in the world of groceries, and specifically grocery delivery, to make its service more enticing in face of competition from Walmart … | Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple releases macOS Catalina 10.15.1 update with new emoji, Siri privacy settings, and support for AirPods Pro and more HomeKit devices — Apple today released macOS Catalina 10.15.1, the first update to the macOS Catalina operating system that was released in October.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple pulls HomePod 13.2 software update because some users have reported bricked HomePod devices after the update — Apple today released new 13.2 software for the HomePod with long-awaited features like Handoff and voice detection for different family members, but unfortunately, some users are running into problems with the update.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Amazon Echo Buds review: excellent sound quality, comfortable fit, and good Bose noise reduction, but no wireless charging and outdated micro-USB charging port — Amazon's first truly wireless earbuds exceed expectations — Amazon's new Echo Buds are the company's first wireless earbuds.
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| Brendan Sinclair / GamesIndustry.biz: |
EA partners with Valve to bring its EA Access subscription service to Steam next spring and launch games on Steam starting with Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order — SVP Mike Blank talks about the need to reduce fragmentation as EA pledges to bring Jedi Fallen Order, EA Access to Valve's storefront
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Surface Laptop 3 (13.5") review: outstanding keyboard and trackpad, familiar yet sturdy look, great for everyday tasks, but battery could have been better — Microsoft's latest Surface Laptop isn't without faults, but it is a very good computer — Microsoft has given us more choices than ever with its Surface products this year.
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| Josh Taylor / The Guardian: |
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission sues Google for allegedly misleading customers over location data settings and collection on Android devices — Australian Competition and Consumer Commission alleges Google breached law when users set up Android accounts
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Samsung debuts Galaxy Book Flex and Ion laptops, to replace Notebook 9 models, with QLED screens, 10th-gen Intel, and touchpads that wirelessly charge devices — More premium designs for Samsung's premium laptops — Samsung has a pair of new laptops — the Galaxy Book Flex and Galaxy Book Ion …
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| Renee Dudley / ProPublica: |
Profile of Michael Gillespie, who has cracked the encryption of 100+ types of ransomware and helped thousands of ransomware victims recover their files for free — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica's Big Story newsletter … | Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Lyft unveils Lyft Pink, a membership plan for $19.99 per month with a 15% discount on all car rides, ditches earlier $299-per-month All-Access Plan — It's much cheaper than Lyft's year-old, $299-a-month ‘All-Access Pass’ — Lyft is rolling out a new membership plan for riders …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Microsoft says hackers from Strontium, also known as Fancy Bear/APT28, are targeting 16 global sporting and anti-doping organizations ahead of 2020 Olympics — Microsoft said APT28 targeted “at least 16 national and international sporting and anti-doping organizations.”
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Tweets: @rodrosenstein, @florencebonnet, @jeffstone500, @reuters, @campuscodi, @olivia_gazis, and @kevincollier
| Mathew Ingram / CJR: |
Q&A with Alex Stamos about Mark Zuckerberg's recent comments on free speech and where he went wrong, Facebook's News tab, fact-checking political ads, and more — Facebook relationship to speech is complicated: It takes down some forms of hate speech, provided it meets certain criteria …
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| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
Samsung unveils Bixby Templates for easier creation of voice apps and Bixby Views for voice apps to work on screens, similar to the Alexa Presentation Language — Samsung's Bixby is getting a range of upgrades today including Bixby Templates for easier creation of voice apps and Bixby Views …
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
AMD reports Q3 revenues of $1.8B, up 9% YoY and net income of $120M, compared to $102M a year ago, meeting analyst expectations — In the third quarter ended September 30, Advanced Micro Devices reported earnings that roughly matched Wall Street's expectations for the maker of processors and graphics chips.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google now lets any company or organization register .new domains, a year after rolling out .new links as shortcuts to create new Google documents — A year ago, Google rolled out “.new” links that worked like shortcuts to instantly create new Google documents.| Ryan Vlastelica / Bloomberg: |
GrubHub closes down 43% after giving a Q4 outlook well below expectations, citing increasing competition from other platforms and declining customer loyalty — - Competition a major risk in ‘increasingly irrational’ sector — Stock sheds 35% in biggest one-day percentage drop in history| Cameron Faulkner / The Verge: |
Razer announces $100 Hammerhead True Wireless earbuds, which it claims can offer low audio latency of 60ms on iOS and Android when enabled via its app — The Hammerhead True Wireless earbuds have a low 60ms latency mode — One of the worst things about using wireless headphones while gaming on an Android phone is the latency.
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Mobile game publisher Scopely raises $200M led by NewView Capital at a $1.7B valuation, more than double a year ago, as it focuses on M&A — Mobile game publisher Scopely has raised $200 million in a fourth round of funding so that it can have a war chest for acquisitions and investments.
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Datameer announces $40M investment, bringing total raised to almost $140M, as it pivots away from its Hadoop focus and debuts Neebo, a tool for data scientists — Datameer, the company that was born as a data prep startup on top of the open source Hadoop project, announced a $40 million investment …
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