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Google launches Android 11 Developer Preview earlier than expected, with new display types, improved messaging, biometrics, and more; final release expected Q3 — Following an inadvertent tease last week, Google today officially launched the Android 11 Developer Preview.
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Tweets: @alexdobie, @laurengoode, @maxwinebach, @ow, and @androiddev
| Mishaal Rahman / XDA Developers: |
Android 11 boosts privacy with temporary app permissions, like “Allow Once” option in iOS, and requiring apps use Scoped Storage API, despite developer backlash — Ahead of schedule, Google today released the first Developer Preview of the next version of the Android OS: Android 11.| Joseph Menn / Reuters: |
Sources: following Brexit, Google plans to move UK user accounts out of EU's jurisdiction and into the US', where privacy protections are weaker — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google is planning to move its British users' accounts out of the control of European Union privacy regulators …
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
EU proposes rules for “high risk” AI systems and a regulatory framework for data governance in order to drive digitization across sectors like health, policing — European Union lawmakers have set out a first bundle of proposals for a new digital strategy for the bloc …
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| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed News: |
Inside the FBI's complaint against two ex-Twitter employees who allegedly accessed personal info of thousands of users on behalf of Saudi Arabia for $300K+ — Ali Alzabarah was panicked. His heart raced as he drove home from Twitter's San Francisco headquarters in the early evening on Dec. 2, 2015.
Tweets: @kantrowitz, @zeynep, @kantrowitz, @rmac18, @kantrowitz, @clarajeffery, @rayhana, @scottlucas, @johnpaczkowski, @katienotopoulos, @kimzetter, and @glukianoff
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Twitter announces a “continue thread” option, a new feature that links tweets together while they are being composed — Twitter is rolling out a new feature that makes it easier to thread multiple tweets together. With this change, you can now link tweets together while you compose them.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Home addresses and other data of 10.6M+ guests who stayed at MGM Resorts hotels before 2018, including Jack Dorsey, were posted on a hacking forum this week — MGM Resorts said security incident took place last summer and notified impacted guests last year.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple sends a cease and desist letter to the author of “App Store Confidential”, published in Germany by an ex-Apple employee, claiming it reveals trade secrets — Apple is aiming to stop the sale of a new insider book called “App Store Confidential,” written …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
TikTok announces new Family Safety Mode parental controls to limit kids' usage with screen time management, DM limits, and more, coming first to the UK — TikTok announced today the introduction of a new set of parental controls, called “Family Safety Mode,” designed to let parents set limits …
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| Michael del Castillo / Forbes: |
Coinbase becomes a Visa Principal Member, allowing it to issue bitcoin debit cards for other crypto companies and traditional firms — Credit card giant Visa has granted its principal membership to a cryptocurrency company for the first time. Officially awarded to cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase …
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Tweets: @coinbase, @kurtwuckertjr, @alexisohanian, @jesselund, @mdudas, @km, and @willywonkaxrp
| Andrew Liszewski / Gizmodo: |
Larry Tesler, an influential figure at Xerox PARC and Apple who coined “cut, copy, paste” and advocated for modeless computing, has died at 74 — The advent of the personal computer wasn't just about making these powerful machines available to everyone, it was also about making …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft launches a unified Office app for iOS and Android, combining Word, Excel, and PowerPoint into a single app; standalone versions will remain available — Even more mobile features are on the way soon — Microsoft is releasing its new unified Office app for iOS and Android today …
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| Katie Paul / Reuters: |
IRS lawsuit against Facebook, alleging the company owes $9B+ in taxes after shifting profits to Ireland, begins in San Francisco — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc is slated to begin a tax trial in a San Francisco court on Tuesday, as the Internal Revenue Service tries to convince … | Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Dish's Sling TV now has 2.5M subscribers, losing 94,000 in Q4, the first time it lost subscribers since its 2015 launch — Dish Network continued to feel the cord-cutting sting in the fourth quarter of 2019: While its total subscriber losses in the period were not as bad as the year earlier …
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Hollywood Reporter, Fast Company, TechCrunch, Android Headlines, and CNET. Tweets: @valleyshook
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
An in-depth look at Samsung's Ultra Thin Glass, used on the Galaxy Z Flip: how its thinness allows it to fold but requires a plastic protective layer — On February 11th, 2020, Samsung introduced the world's first folding glass phone: the Galaxy Z Flip. Samsung declared that it had broken …
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Tweets: @starfire2258, @mcwm, @backlon, and @reckless
| Julie Verhage / Bloomberg: |
Profile of neobank Chime, which has 8M accounts, is reportedly valued at $5.8B, and will soon offer 1.6% interest on savings, compared to industry average of 1% — In Silicon Valley, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists are making big bets that the future of banking is digital … | Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google begins rolling out two Google Docs features: autocorrect, enabled by default, and Smart Compose, for paying customers — Last November, Google Docs started testing autocorrect and Smart Compose as part of leveraging machine learning to improve user productivity.
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G Suite Updates Blog, G Suite Updates Blog, Android Police, The Verge, Input, TechRadar.com, and Android Headlines
Tweets: @kantrowitz, @caseynewton, and @mat
| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Inside Founders Fund's deal process, where smaller investments only need limited partner approval, as it has raised its seventh fund and a $1.5B growth fund — Founders Fund has raised $3 billion for a pair of new funds, so expect a slew of headlines about how “Peter Thiel's venture capital firm” is now flush with cash.
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Tweets: @couttsoncapital, @briansin, @dannycrichton, and @rabois
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Uber introduces new “Report Safety Issue” feature, letting riders discreetly report non-emergency safety concerns in real time, available in the US and Canada — Is your driver texting — Uber updated its app to let riders “discreetly” report instances that may not rise … | Alfred Ng / CNET: |
In a letter, the House Oversight Committee asks Amazon about Ring's partnerships with governments and police depts. and Ring's policies regarding collected data — Congress is knocking on Amazon's door with questions about its video doorbell company, Ring, and the hundreds of police partnerships Ring has built over the last two years.
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Tweets: @alfredwkng, @alfredwkng, and @hypervisible
| NBC News: |
Chess has seen rapid viewership growth on Twitch, with time spent watching rising by 500% since 2016, fostering a new culture in a previously staid domain — Grandmasters and upstarts are reinventing the game online, becoming its most visible ambassadors and arguably its first entertainers.
Tweets: @somospostpc, @davidhigdon, and @smithymayo
| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Yodlee, America's largest financial data broker, says the data that it sells is anonymous, but a leaked Yodlee doc shows millions of people could be unmasked — Yodlee, the largest financial data broker in the U.S., sells data pulled from the bank and credit card transactions of tens … | Christine Negroni / New York Times: |
Current US air traffic systems are ill equipped to deal with the coming surges in air congestion from drones and urban air mobility vehicles — As aviation technology becomes more integrated into everyday life, providers of new services brace for the unknown.| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Documents: US EEOC is investigating Google's alleged discrimination against Chelsey Glasson, an employee who wrote publicly about her treatment while pregnant — - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has opened an investigation into a former Google employee's pregnancy discrimination case, CNBC has learned.| Billy Steele / Engadget: |
As Photoshop turns 30, Adobe begins rolling out new desktop and mobile features, including bringing the Object Selection tool to iPad — Photoshop turns 30 today, and Adobe is celebrating with some worthwhile updates to the photo-editing app on both the desktop and iPad.
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