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December 26, 2019, 8:05 AM

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Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Uber says Travis Kalanick, its former CEO, will step down from the company's board of directors effective Dec. 31; Kalanick has sold all of his stock in Uber  —  - Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick is leaving the board effective Dec. 31.  — Kalanick was ousted as CEO in 2017 but remained a director.
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
Researcher says he was able to match 17M phone numbers to Twitter user accounts by exploiting a flaw in Twitter's Android app, before Twitter blocked his effort  —  A security researcher said he has matched 17 million phone numbers to Twitter user accounts by exploiting a flaw in Twitter's Android app.
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Many schools in the US, including Syracuse U., track students' phones to monitor class attendance, as some worry it desensitizes students to 24/7 surveillance  —  When Syracuse University freshmen walk into professor Jeff Rubin's Introduction to Information Technologies class …
Cade Metz / New York Times:
Chuck Peddle, a key designer of the cheap MOS 6502 CPU that powered the first big wave of personal computers, like Commodore PET and Apple II, has died at 82  —  His invention brought digital technology to a new breed of consumer devices and powered early Apple and Commodore computers.
Natalie Wexler / MIT Technology Review:
Educators and school administrators love digital devices that studies show mostly have a negative impact on learning, harming lower performing students the most  —  Educators love digital devices, but there's little evidence they help children—especially those who most need help.
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Sources: building on tactics deployed during 2018 midterms, US Cyber Command is exploring additional strategies to counter Russian 2020 election interference  —  Military cyber officials are developing information warfare tactics that could be deployed against senior Russian officials …
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet:
Report: APT20, a Chinese government-linked hacking group, has bypassed key fob-enabled 2FA in recent attacks on government orgs and managed service providers  —  Chinese state-sponsored group APT20 has been busy hacking government entities and managed service providers.
Paddy Baker / CoinDesk:
Hedera Hashgraph, which has raised $100M+ in 2018 ICO, asks investors to wait longer for purchased tokens, to help stabilize their cratering price  —  Hedera Hashgraph, the company behind the blockchain-like Hedera network, is asking investors to wait longer for tokens they paid for, in order to stabilize their cratering price.
Adam Yosilewitz / Legendary Live Streaming:
State of Live Streaming in 2019: Fortnite player Tfue was the most popular with 87M viewership hours, League of Legends retook the top title from Fortnite, more  —  It's the holiday season, so our gift to you is our State of the Stream report created in partnership with Arsenal.gg.
Bloomberg:
Sources: earlier this year, YouTube considered screening all videos for kids under 8 in YouTube Kids but dropped the idea to avoid looking like a media company  —  YouTube spent 2019 answering critics with some of the most drastic changes in its 15-year history.

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