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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple considers letting users choose third-party browser and email apps as default on iPhone and iPad, opening HomePod to third-party music services — - Company considers letting users change web browser, email app — Spotify, Pandora may be allowed to stream directly on HomePod
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MacRumors, AppleInsider, The Verge, iMore, 9to5Mac, MSPoweruser, iPhone Hacks, Neowin, Cult of Mac, and iDownloadBlog.com
Tweets: @ow, @tomwarren, @technology, and @martinsfp
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
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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Android Developers Blog, XDA Developers, Android Developers, International Business Times, XDA Developers, The Verge, Computerworld, XDA Developers, Android Authority, Android Police, Android Authority, Android Police, Android Police, Android Police, Android Police, VentureBeat, Android Police, The Verge, Android Police, CNX Software, 9to5Google, BGR, Gizchina, 9to5Google, TechRadar.com, Android Police, Neowin, Technology Personalized, AndroidGuys, The Next Web, Input, Android Headlines, Droid Life, Tom's Guide, Wccftech, Memeburn, Pocket-lint, Android Central, The Keyword, Android Beat, SiliconANGLE, Engadget, ExtremeTech, iPhone Hacks, BetaNews, CNET, TalkAndroid.com, Thurrott, TmoNews, Pocketnow, 9to5Google, Yahoo Finance, Android Police, 9to5Google, Android Police, and Android Police
Tweets: @maxwinebach, @laurengoode, @alexdobie, @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.| 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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BetaNews, Yahoo Finance, iMore, Social Media Today, and MacRumors
Tweets: @twitter, @caseynewton, @fujifilmx_us, @lanceulanoff, @stevesi, @yoda, @kcoleman, @mgsiegler, and @mattcassinelli
| 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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The Guardian, The Verge, BetaNews, Pocket-lint, TechRadar.com, Engadget, Silicon Republic, SiliconANGLE, PYMNTS.com, and IT Management
| 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.
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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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Threatpost, New York Times, Reuters, Telegraph, TechRadar.com, Engadget, Silicon Republic, Business Insider, SiliconANGLE, NBC News, Security Affairs, The Guardian, CNET, and Axios
Tweets: @campuscodi, @identidadrobada, @underthebreach, @campuscodi, and @campuscodi
| 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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Tweets: @xerox, @beach, @harrymccracken, @mit_csail, @dantwohundred, @mkapor, @harrymccracken, @appleinsider, @dbfarber, @grady_booch, @chrisfralic, @vsikka, @pmarca, @computerhistory, @lithub, @cdespinosa, @jpmanga, @codeorg, and @gassee
| 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 J. de la Merced / New York Times: |
Morgan Stanley to buy online discount brokerage E-Trade for about $13B, in the biggest takeover by an American lender since the 2008 financial crisis — The move will give one of Wall Street's powerful blue-chip firms control of a major presence in the world of online brokerages.
Tweets: @sub8u
| 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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AppleInsider, En24 News, BGR, The Verge, iMore, MSPoweruser, iPhone Hacks, iDownloadBlog.com, and The Mac Observer
Tweets: @bradydale, @mronge, @drbarnard, and @mcwm
| 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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New Statesman, European Commission, Reuters, diginomica, European Commission, TechSpot, MIT Technology Review, South China Morning Post, Analytics Insight, Politico, Wall Street Journal, Biometric Update, International Business Times, Today in, Protocol, PYMNTS.com, The Hill, Bloomberg, Telecoms.com, Seeking Alpha, Financial Times, Gizmodo, and Patently Apple
| Jezebel: |
A look at the data sharing practices of therapy apps like Better Help, which notify third parties when an app is opened and if a patient has suicidal thoughts — Starting treatment with Better Help, one of the most prominent “therapy-on-demand” apps to launch over the last few years, is easy, which is more or less the point.
Tweets: @privacyproject
| Mike Hofman / Marker: |
PitchBook: 159 companies went public in the US in 2019 raising $33B, a ~30% drop from 2018, as founders and investors opt for direct listings over bank-led IPOs — Founders, companies, and investors are rebelling against the investment banks — and taking matters into their own hands
Tweets: @robinwauters, @karaswisher, @nixonmorra, and @mrkr
| 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 … | 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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Gizmodo, Digital Trends, Fast Company, GeekWire, and The Hill
Tweets: @alfredwkng, @hypervisible, and @alfredwkng
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
ZeroFox, a SaaS that detects risks on social media and digital channels such as phishing and malicious file sharing, raises $74M led by Intel Capital — A Clark School study at the University of Maryland found that there's a hacker attack every 39 seconds, affecting one in three Americans annually.
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SecurityWeek and Business Wire
| Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: |
OneTrust, a privacy management and marketing compliance platform, raises $210M Series B led by Coatue and Insight Partners, doubling its valuation to $2.7B — OneTrust, an Atlanta-based privacy, security and third-party risk technology platform, announced this morning it has raised … | Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols / ZDNet: |
Researchers at Linux Foundation and Harvard identify the most commonly used FOSS components within enterprises and potential vulnerabilities related to that use — In its latest study, the Linux Foundation's Core Infrastructure Initiative discovered just how prevalent open-source components … | 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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The Coinbase Blog, coinbase.com, The Next Web, Crypto Briefing, InsideBitcoins.com, The Merkle Hash, Modern Consensus, The Block, Crypto.IQ, CryptoGlobe, Cointelegraph, The Daily Hodl, coinspeaker.com, PYMNTS.com, and Crowdfund Insider
Tweets: @kurtwuckertjr, @km, @willywonkaxrp, @coinbase, @alexisohanian, @jesselund, and @mdudas
| Cynthia Koons / Bloomberg: |
Family planning telehealth startup Maven raises $45M Series C from Icon Ventures, Sequoia, others, and launched its Wallet service to manage benefits this year — Family-planning benefits are often difficult to navigate. A tech company is trying to change that.
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FinSMEs, hitconsultant.net, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @mavenclinic, @henrylmcnamara, @lesliejz, and @annielamont
| 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 …
Tweets: @technology, @markmilian, and @alex
| Christine Negroni / New York Times: |
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