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| Karen Hao / MIT Technology Review: |
Interviews with current and former employees reveal how OpenAI has become more secretive as it tries to juggle its ideals with the need to finance its research — The AI moonshot was founded in the spirit of transparency. This is the inside story of how competitive pressure eroded that idealism.
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Ring makes two-factor authentication mandatory and pauses use of most third-party analytics services as it devises ways to limit data sharing with third parties — Ring is continuing its bid to improve privacy and security after facing criticism. As of today, the Amazon brand will start requiring …
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| Nicholas Quah / Hot Pod News: |
Patreon has launched Patreon Capital, which provides creators with cash advances they pay back with slight interest using income earned on the platform — I was tempted to kick this story off with a platitude along the lines of: “Starting something is the hardest part.”
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Sources: iPhone SE 2 is on track to launch in March despite coronavirus crisis, and updated iPad Pro models with a new camera system are expected in H1 2020 — - Coronavirus has hurt both supply and demand for iPhone maker — Low-cost iPhone plans said to remain on track for March launch
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| Alfred Ng / CNET: |
ElectionGuard, the open-source voting machine software Microsoft announced in May 2019, gets its first real-world test today in a local vote in Fulton, WI — ElectionGuard isn't designed to make voting machines safe from hackers. It's meant to make hacking them pointless.
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| Robert Hof / SiliconANGLE: |
Dell announces it is selling its RSA cybersecurity firm to a consortium led by private equity firm Symphony Technology Group for $2.075B — Updated: — Dell Technologies Inc. announced Tuesday it's selling its venerable RSA Security LLC business to a consortium led by Palo Alto … | Nilesh Christopher / VICE: |
An Indian election candidate created multiple deepfakes of his own video with him speaking different languages to access voters, reaching ~15M WhatsApp users — On February 7, a day ahead of the Legislative Assembly elections in Delhi, two videos of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) …
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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Twitter acquires Chroma Labs, which makes tools for video and photo creation, will split team across product, design, and engineering, shut down Chroma Stories — - Company builds photo, video-editing features for social media — Chroma will join Twitter to work on ‘conversations’ products
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| Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE: |
Kickstarter employees vote 46-37 to unionize with the Office and Professional Employees International Union — Kickstarter employees voted to form a union with the Office and Professional Employees International Union, which represents more than 100,000 white collar workers.
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
ISPs seek an injunction against a Maine law requiring opt-in consent before sharing customer info like browsing histories, saying it violates free-speech rights — Law says ISPs need opt-in consent before using or sharing Web-browsing history. — The broadband industry is suing Maine … | Dr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon X60 5G modem built on a 5nm process, offering up to 7.5 Gbps download and 3 Gbps upload speeds — To date Qualcomm has promoted two key standalone 5G modems for widespread adoption: the Snapdragon X50 and the Snapdragon X55. Today the company is disclosing details …
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| Corbin Davenport / Android Police: |
Mozilla releases its VPN service Firefox Private Network on Android in a closed beta for $4.99/month — Mozilla, the organization behind the much-loved Firefox web browser, has experimented with creating a VPN service for some time. Unlike the VPNs packaged with browsers like Opera …
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| Aarian Marshall / Wired: |
A look at how Uber drivers' strategies have changed in California after AB5, which has allowed drivers to see estimated ride payouts and destinations — In response to a new law, the ride-hail service shows California drivers where a ride would go and how much it would pay. Drivers are learning when to say “No.”
Tweets: @wiredtransport, @wired, @jafarmirsalari, and @carnage4life
| Steve Streza: |
iOS users not subscribed to Apple's services are constantly forced to look at ads for those services, either in first-party apps or through push notifications — Over the years, Apple has built up a portfolio of services and add-ons that you pay for. Starting with AppleCare extended warranties …
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9to5Mac, Tom's Guide, BGR, MSPoweruser, iPhone Hacks, Thurrott, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @stevestreza, @carnage4life, @stevestreza, @cameronbraun, @sportstvratings, @joshconstine, @ow, @jeffersongraham, and @mollywood
| Johana Bhuiyan / Los Angeles Times: |
Sources: Uber shuts down its customer support office in LA, laying off ~80 employees and outsourcing their jobs to a support office in Manila — Uber has closed a customer support office in downtown Los Angeles, laying off about 80 employees, The Times has learned.
Tweets: @jmbooyah and @margotroosevelt
| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
Atomico announces its fifth fund has closed at $820M, bringing their total assets to $2.7B; Atomico will mostly fund European startups at Series A — Atomico, the European venture capital firm founded by Skype's Niklas Zennström, has announced that it has closed its fifth fund …
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