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| Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal: |
FireEye says some internal systems were hacked by nation state actors, compromising its Red Team tools, used to test the defenses of its thousands of customers — The cybersecurity company said the attack compromised its software tools used to test the defenses of its thousands of customers
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FireEye, New York Times, CyberScoop, Washington Post, The Hill, CNET, ZDNet, and Axios
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An internal Huawei document, found on its website, says Huawei tested facial recognition with a “Uighur alarm” to alert Chinese police when it detected Uighurs — An internal report claims the face-scanning system could trigger a “Uighur alarm,” sparking concerns that the software …
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IPVM, The Verge, OneZero , Engadget, and Telecoms.com
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Cloudflare and Apple say they have developed a new protocol called Oblivious DNS-over-HTTPS, which decouples DNS queries from internet users for more privacy — Engineers at Cloudflare and Apple say they've developed a new internet protocol that will shore up one of the biggest holes …
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The Cloudflare Blog, Ars Technica, 9to5Mac, The Cloudflare Blog, HotHardware.com News, CircleID, BleepingComputer, Apple Terminal, Computerworld, iPhone Hacks, Apple Must, CyberScoop, iPhone in Canada Blog, AppleInsider, MacRumors, iMore, and iDownloadBlog.com
Tweets: @gchampeau, @da_667, @jgrahamc, @grittygrease, @grittygrease, @counternotions, @bagder, and @pimterry
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Apple announces AirPods Max, over-ear headphones with noise cancellation, adaptive EQ, spatial audio, and audio sharing, available from December 15 for $549 — The first over-ear headphones with an Apple logo on them — It turns out Apple has one more major hardware announcement …
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AppleTrack, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, CNET, USA Today, Financial Times, The Verge, MacRumors, MacRumors, Gizmodo, Laptop Mag, AppleInsider, CNET, BetaNews, Macworld, International Business Times, iMore, AppleInsider, Michael Tsai, Bloomberg, IGN, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, phonearena.com, Game Rant, Business Insider, Business Wire, Neowin, Softpedia News, MacRumors, Ars Technica, Daring Fireball, AppleInsider, Input, BGR, Tom's Guide, iPhone in Canada Blog, Engadget, Android Authority, Bloomberg, Thurrott, TechCrunch, Appleosophy, MacRumors, iMore, 9to5Mac, ZDNet, CNN, Liliputing, Macworld, XDA Developers, Gizmodo, Laptop Mag, HotHardware.com News, iDownloadBlog.com, and MacRumors
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: as Bob Mansfield retires, Apple puts AI chief John Giannandrea in charge of self-driving car project Titan; Doug Field runs the project day to day — - Company has been developing autonomous vehicle tech for years — AI executive Giannandrea takes lead after Bob Mansfield leaves
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CoinDesk, The Verge, AppleInsider, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, Trusted Reviews, iDownloadBlog.com, MacDailyNews, and Apple Terminal
Tweets: @caseynewton, @puiwingtam, @chrmanning, @obrien, and @xor
| BBC: |
China bans TripAdvisor from its app stores, along with 104 apps it said were violating cyber-laws aimed at fighting pornography, gambling, and violence — China has removed 105 apps from its app stores as part of a campaign to get rid of content related to pornography, prostitution, gambling and violence.
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CNN, Associated Press, 9to5Mac, iPhone Hacks, AppleInsider, and iMore
Tweets: @jedimarkus77 and @cnn
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Q&A with Substack CEO Chris Best on why it is not a media company, content moderation, making a reader app for users to easily read their newsletters, and more — On today's episode of Decoder, I'm talking to Chris Best, co-founder and CEO of Substack, the subscription newsletter startup that's taken …
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The Verge. Tweets: @reckless, @reckless, @alex, @backlon, @reckless, @reckless, @loudmouthjulia, and @nickcicero
| Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: |
Google says it is opening up its open source Fuchsia OS to outside developers, the first formal announcement about the project — For the past four years, Google has been developing a new operating system, Fuchsia, from the ground up. Starting today, Google's Fuchsia OS is now being developed more openly …
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Google Open Source Blog, The Verge, SiliconANGLE, HotHardware.com News, Thurrott, Fuchsia, Engadget, Neowin, VentureBeat, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @ohmdee, @suka_hiroaki, @googleoss, @backlon, and @adambarth
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Samsung's SmartThings will support Google Nest devices starting in January 2021 — Support for Nest products through the SmartThings app arrives next month — Google and Samsung are bringing their smart home platforms together for the first time. Samsung's SmartThings … | Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
In a private 2018 meeting between UK's digital chief and Zuckerberg, minutes show Zuckerberg said the UK was “anti-tech” and threatened to end UK investment — Round of applause for the Bureau of Investigative Journalism — which fought for two years to obtain details …
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The Bureau of Investigative …, Financial Times, The Guardian, CNBC, Daily Mail, CNET, Sky News, BBC, The Independent, CityAM, and Business Insider
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| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Florida police raid home of former state employee and COVID whistleblower, claiming she breached a messaging system despite all its users sharing one password — This is insane. Earlier this year, we wrote about Rebekah Jones, the data scientist working for Florida, who put together …
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Tallahassee Democrat, CNN, The Register, Sun-Sentinel, Washington Post, Tampa Bay Times, The Verge, Fox News, The Daily Dot, Fox News, axios.com, and Ars Technica
Tweets: @georebekah, @malwarejake, @rulajebreal, @kylegriffin1, @doctorow, @mmasnick, and @wlrn
| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Researchers detail vulnerabilities found in four open source TCP/IP stacks used in millions of embedded IoT devices, collectively called Amnesia:33 — Amnesia:33 is the latest in a long line of vulnerabilities that affect countless embedded devices. — YES, AT THIS point it's a cliche that cheap …
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Forescout, Threatpost, AppleInsider, ZDNet, HealthITSecurity, and Internet of Things News
Tweets: @lilyhnewman and @wired
| Karl Bode / VICE: |
Senate votes 49-47 to appoint Trump ally Nathan Simington to the FCC for a five-year term, which could mire the FCC in partisan gridlock — Nathan Simington's was chosen to attack free speech and net neutrality. He could gridlock internet policy for the next five years.| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
Google announces Look to Speak, an experimental project for Android that helps users with speech and motor impairments by selecting phrases with their eyes — The Android app is designed to make communication easier for people with motor and speech impairments
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The Keyword, CNET, Releases, Android Police, Lifehacker, 9to5Google, Engadget, VentureBeat, TechSpot, and Android Central. Tweets: @backlon
| Michael Larabel / Phoronix: |
CentOS, a free Linux distro functionally compatible with its upstream source, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, says it's ending support for recently announced CentOS 8 — Well here is a surprise for those that have long used CentOS as the community-supported rebuild of Red Hat Enterprise Linux …
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lists.centos.org Mailing Lists and nixCraft
Tweets: @0x47df, @phoronix, @quinnypig, @nixcraft, @chris_dag, @gaveen, @ibuildthecloud, @htbaa, and @michaelkofler
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Google says Stadia users will be able to live stream directly to YouTube starting December 8 — Finally fulfilling its biggest original promise — From the very beginning, Google Stadia and YouTube were supposed to work together — thanks to the magic of cloud computing …
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9to5Google, Android Police, Input, TechSpot, Thurrott, New blog articles in Community, KnowTechie, iPhone in Canada Blog, AndroidGuys, Neowin, Android Central, and MakeUseOf
Tweets: @alexhern and @jaycuthrell
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Facebook adds carts to WhatsApp, allowing users to add multiple items from a business to the cart then send the order request as a message to the business — WhatsApp said on Tuesday it is adding a new shopping feature to its business app as the Facebook -owned instant messaging service looks …
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WhatsApp.com, Social Media Today, Neowin, Android Central, and The Verge
Tweets: @shiraovide, @ohmdee, @brianroemmele, and @chrismessina
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Paris-based NextMind says its wearable $399 Dev Kit, offering a claimed real-time brain computer interface, will begin shipping — NextMind has started shipping its real-time brain-computer interface Dev Kit for $399. The device translates brain signals into digital commands … | Associated Press: |
Pornhub will no longer let users download videos or unverified users upload videos, after a NYT report alleged that it was hosting videos of rape, underage sex — NEW YORK (AP) — Pornhub said Tuesday it was halting unverified users from uploading video material after a report alleged …
| Jonathan Shieber / TechCrunch: |
AWS expands on SageMaker capabilities with end-to-end features for machine learning including SageMaker Clarify, which allegedly provides bias detection — Nearly three years after it was first launched, Amazon Web Services' SageMaker platform has gotten a significant upgrade in the form … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Salt Security, which develops tools that discover APIs and detect vulnerabilities, raises $30M Series B led by Sequoia Capital — Salt Security, which is developing a threat protection solution that discovers APIs and detects vulnerabilities, today raised $30 million.
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Security Boulevard and FinSMEs
| Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: |
Apple says Fitness+, its workout class subscription service, will launch on December 14 in the US, UK, Australia, Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand — Apple has today announced that its fitness subcription service, Apple Fitness+, is set to launch on Monday, December 14.
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Apple, Wall Street Journal, Ars Technica, AppleInsider, ZDNet, 9to5Mac, Thurrott, iDownloadBlog.com, 9to5Mac, Gizmodo, Redmond Pie, Macworld, Wareable, Engadget, TechCrunch, and Appleosophy. Tweets: @lamonicabuzz
| Phil LeBeau / CNBC: |
Uber is selling its flying car project, Elevate, to Joby Aviation and is investing $75M into the company as part of the deal; terms were not disclosed — - The move will allow Joby to use Uber's app to offer air taxi rides when the company's aircraft eventually enters service, which could be as soon as 2023.
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New York Times, Axios, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, Engadget, and PR Newswire
| Gillian Tan / Bloomberg: |
Calm, maker of a meditation, sleep, and relaxation app, raises $75M at a $2B valuation, bringing its total raised to $217M — - Insight, Marc Benioff also participated in $75 million round — San Francisco-based firm's app has 4 million paying users
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GlobeNewswire, MobiHealthNews, Business Insider, Telegraph, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @pkedrosky and @sarthakgh
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube launches HDR support for live streams and says that it's the first major platform to do so — YouTube in 2016 added support for HDR (high-dynamic range) videos on its platform, allowing cretators to upload videos offering higher contrast, more accurate shadows and highlights …
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blog.youtube, SlashGear, Engadget, The Verge, Variety, Tubefilter, and Mashable
| Scott Chipolina / Decrypt: |
Square commits $10M to fund efforts to mine bitcoin with renewables; Dorsey believes “that cryptocurrency will eventually be powered completely by clean power” — Square eyes clean energy consumption for Bitcoin as a step towards the global conversion to renewable energy. — Bitcoin
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Business Wire, Cryptonews, Modern Consensus, Cointelegraph, and BitcoinExchangeGuide
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Thumbtack, a home improvement service marketplace, is acquiring Setter, which offers video home checkups by experts and has raised $12M since its 2015 launch — Thumbtack, a marketplace where you can hire local professionals for home improvement and other services, is announcing that it has acquired Setter.
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FinSMEs and Thumbtack Blog
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