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UberCab Takes The Hassle Out Of Booking A Car Service
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techcrunch.com - Finding a cab, especially during peak travel times or in less-traveled areas, can be an incredibly frustrating task. But car services are often much more expensive than the average cab ride. Enter Ub…
Social Security number phone scam costing victims millions: FTC
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www.cbsnews.com - The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is warning of a nationwide phone scam. Thieves are making millions preying on people's concerns about Social Security numbers. When Wayne Chertoff's caller ID told …
Google Confirms the Issue With Deindexed Pages is Fully Resolved - Search Engine Journal
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www.searchenginejournal.com - Google has confirmed the issue which manifested last week causing pages to be deindexed is now fully resolved. The indexing issue has now been fully resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience. We a…
GOP congressman told 9/11 firefighter he was 'too busy' to help survivors
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shareblue.com - Rep. Dan Crenshaw snubbed 9/11 survivors, then used the attacks to smear a Democrat. Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) reportedly told a New York City firefighter who survived the 9/11 attacks that he was too…
Russia fines Facebook $50 for failing to comply with local data privacy law | ZDNet
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www.zdnet.com - A Moscow court fined Facebook today 3,000 rubles (approximately $47) for failing to comply with a data privacy law and store data of Russian Facebook users on servers located inside Russia. The legal…
Amazon admits staff 'listen to Alexa conversations'
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www.standard.co.uk - Amazon has said its staff listen to recordings of customer interactions with voice-based assistant Alexa to help train the artificial intelligence's responses. The tech giant uses review teams around…
Google Cloud makes some strong moves to differentiate itself from AWS and Microsoft
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techcrunch.com - Google Cloud held its annual customer conference, Google Cloud Next, this week in San Francisco. It had a couple of purposes. For starters it could introduce customers to new CEO Thomas Kurian for th…
Apple’s iOS will now confirm you meant to subscribe to that app
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techcrunch.com - Apple has added another step to prevent users from accidentally signing up for an iOS app’s subscription – or, from being tricked into it by a scammy app not playing by the rules. The company recentl…
Trump, FCC unveil plan to accelerate 5G rollout
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techcrunch.com - In a press conference today in the White House’s Roosevelt Room, the President laid out a number of initiatives focused on helping accelerate the U.S. role in the 5G race. “This is, to me, the future…
Hackers publish personal data on thousands of US police and federal agents
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techcrunch.com - A hacker group has breached several FBI-affiliated websites and uploaded their contents to the web, including dozens of files containing the personal information of thousands of federal agents and la…
China’s startup ecosystem is hitting back at demanding working hours
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techcrunch.com - In China, the laws limit work to 44 hours a week and require overtime pay for anything above that. But many aren’t following the rules, and a rare online movement puts a spotlight on extended work ho…
Uber CEO: ride hailing will be eclipsed by scooters, bikes and even flying taxis
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techcrunch.com - A decade from now, ride-hailing will be less than 50 percent of Uber’s business, in terms of transactions, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said Thursday at TechCrunch Disrupt SF. The onstage prediction is in l…
Juul launches a pilot program that tracks how Juul devices get in the hands of minors
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techcrunch.com - Juul Labs is today launching a pilot for its new Track & Trace program, which is meant to use data to identify exactly how Juul devices wind up in the hands of minors. Juul vaporizers all have a seri…
OpenStack Stein launches with improved Kubernetes support
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techcrunch.com - The OpenStack project, which powers more than 75 public and thousands of private clouds, launched the 19th version of its software this week. You’d think that after 19 updates to the open-source infr…
Password manager Dashlane closes on $30M, adds former Spotify CMO to board
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techcrunch.com - Dashlane, a popular password manager and all-round identity management solution, has raised another $30 million in funding, the company announced today. The funding – this time a round of debt financ…
LumApps raises $24M Series B for its ‘social intranet’
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techcrunch.com - LumApps, the “social intranet” for the enterprise, has closed $24 million in Series B funding. The round is led by previous backer IdInvest, and will be used to scale LumApps’ global sales and market…
China’s largest stock photo provider draws fire over use of black hole image
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techcrunch.com - While the world marvels at the first black hole image ever taken, a Chinese photo-sharing community is setting off a huge public outcry over its use of the landmark photo and a wider debate over copy…
Tinder becomes the top-grossing, non-game app in Q1 2019, ending Netflix’s reign
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techcrunch.com - For the first time in years, Netflix is no longer the top grossing, non-game mobile app. Instead, that title now goes to dating app Tinder. The change in position is not surprising, given Netflix’s d…
This little translator gadget could be a traveling reporter’s best friend
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techcrunch.com - If you’re lucky enough to get travel abroad, you know it’s getting easier and easier to use our phones and other gadgets to translate for us. So why not do so in a way that makes sense to you? This l…
Robocaller firm Stratics Networks exposed millions of call recordings
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techcrunch.com - If you’ve ever had a voicemail appear out of nowhere, there’s a good chance Stratics Networks was involved. The Toronto-based company is the self-proclaimed inventor of “ringless voicemails,” providi…
Homeland Security warns of security flaws in enterprise VPN apps
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techcrunch.com - Several enterprise virtual private networking apps are vulnerable to a security bug that can allow an attacker to remotely break into a company’s internal network, according to a warning issued by Ho…
Daily Crunch: Uber files to go public
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techcrunch.com - The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. Uber has…
Harry Potter, the Platform, and the Future of Niantic
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techcrunch.com - What is Niantic? If they recognize the name, most people would rightly tell you it’s a company that makes mobile games, like Pokémon GO, or Ingress, or Harry Potter: Wizards Unite. But no one at Nian…
Matt Cutts on solving big problems with lean solutions at the US Digital Service
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techcrunch.com - Updating the federal government’s digital infrastructure seems like a Herculean task akin to cleaning out the Augean stables. Where do you even start shoveling? Former Googler and current head of the…
Nancy Pelosi warns tech companies that Section 230 is ‘in jeopardy’
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techcrunch.com - In a new interview with Recode, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made some notable comments on what by all accounts is the most important law underpinning the modern internet as we know it. Section 230 is …
Warby Parker Had a Mission. Its Customers Didn't Care. Here's How the Company Changed Its Message
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www.inc.com - Neil Blumenthal is the co-founder and co-CEO of Warby Parker. The nine-year-old eyeglasses company was a direct-to-consumer pioneer, known for its style, service, and reasonable prices. In its early …
Stepping up your Instagram stories with Canva – Learn
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www.canva.com - In 2019, you can expect Instagram Stories to continue to dominate and become an essential part of your Instagram marketing strategy. Did you know that you can quickly and easily create multiple templ…
DVD and Blu-ray sales nearly halved over five years, MPAA report says
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arstechnica.com - In its annual Theatrical Home Entertainment Market Environment report, the Motion Picture Association of America described an immensely sharp drop-off of physical media sales over the past five years…
Airbnb guest found hidden surveillance camera by scanning Wi-Fi network
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arstechnica.com - A New Zealand family that booked an Airbnb in Ireland recently discovered an undisclosed camera in the living room, and the family says that Airbnb initially cleared the host of any wrongdoing before…
Serious flaws leave WPA3 vulnerable to hacks that steal Wi-Fi passwords
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arstechnica.com - The next-generation Wi-Fi Protected Access protocol released 15 months ago was once hailed by key architects as resistant to most types of password-theft attacks that threatened its predecessors. On …
Ars Technica Newsletter
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campaign-archive.com - Email Campaign Archive join our mailing list 04/09/2019 - Winter has finally come! (But don't forget about these other great TV shows of 2019 so far) 04/03/2019 - In our humble opinion, the best vide…
Julian Assange arrested, charged with conspiracy to hack US computers
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arstechnica.com - British police arrested Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on Thursday. He had been hiding in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London since 2012 and was arrested after the Ecuadorian government invited the Me…
Ars visits Afghanistan’s only PC manufacturer
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arstechnica.com - Video: Ars visits BlueSonic PC assembly facility and talks to Afghan’s telecom chair. Filmed by Ivan Flores, edited by Jennifer Hahn. On the outskirts of Kabul, one company has set up a factory showi…
Ajit Pai proposes $20 billion for “up to” gigabit-speed rural broadband
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arstechnica.com - Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai is proposing a $20.4 billion rural broadband fund that could connect up to four million homes and small businesses over the next ten years. The new…
Acer’s new ConceptD line is for creatives who want powerful yet quiet PCs
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arstechnica.com - The ConceptD 9 has a 17.3-inch 4K display with a DeltaE of less than 1. Similar to the Acer Aspire R13, you can tilt and move the ConceptD 9's display. The top wood panel has wireless charging capabi…
FCC “consumer advisory” panel includes ALEC, big foe of municipal broadband
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arstechnica.com - A committee that advises the Federal Communications Commission on consumer-related matters now includes a representative of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which lobbies against mun…
Dealmaster: The iPhone SE is back (again) at Apple, starting at $249
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arstechnica.com - The iPhone SE is available for purchase again as Apple brought the small handset back to the clearance section of its online store. While supplies last, you can get a 32GB iPhone SE for $249 and a fe…
Opera Releases New Browser With Built-In Crypto Wallet and Web 3.0 Explorer
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cointelegraph.com - Major web browser Opera is releasing a new browser with a built-in cryptocurrency wallet. The development was announced in a press release shared with Cointelegraph on April 9. Opera’s new browser Op…
Tools to increase the performance of your website
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www.catswhocode.com - As a result, your website needs to be high-quality if you want to beat your competitors. However, not only it has to provide value and look great, but also needs to perform up to par. If your site is…
jQuery 3.4.0 Released
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blog.jquery.com - jQuery has a new release! It’s been a while since our last release, but we expect this to be the last minor release in the 3.x branch, and then we will move on to the overhaul that will be jQuery 4.0…
Everyone Is Racing to Be First to 5G, but There's Nothing at the Finish Line
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www.inverse.com - Cellular carriers like Verizon and AT&T, but also tech companies including Samsung and Motorola have all touted the benefits of 5G for years. Samsung began publicizing their advancements in the area …
Popular Video Editing Software Website Hacked to Spread Banking Trojan
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thehackernews.com - If you have downloaded the VSDC multimedia editing software between late February to late March this year, there are high chances that your computer has been infected with a banking trojan and an inf…
New pre-crime tech detects shoplifters before they commit the crime – Fanatical Futurist by International Keynote Speaker Matthew Griffin
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www.fanaticalfuturist.com - WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF AI’s that can predict outcomes from users behaviours are becoming increasingly common, and one of the biggest beneficiaries of that is the area of pre-crime detection. It’s …
Jack Ma Draws Controversy by Lauding Overtime Work Culture
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finance.yahoo.com - (Bloomberg) -- To survive at Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. you need to work 12 hours a day, six days a week. That’s what billionaire Jack Ma demands of his staff at China’s biggest e-commerce platform. …
Google Pixel 3a, Pixel 3a XL phone cases pop up online
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androidcommunity.com - Here are the latest images related to the Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL. It’s the first time Google is launching new variants of the current flagship before the next-gen Pixel is introduced later this yea…
Huawei, Google settle to pay owners of faulty Nexus 6P phones
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androidcommunity.com - The Nexus 6P was last featured here back in November when we told you Google ended support for the Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P. It’s been a long battle as a judge denied the motion to dismiss a class actio…
Google Home now lets you silence your phone through voice command
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androidcommunity.com - The situation is this: You’re in the kitchen cooking hurriedly for your small dinner party while the toddler is sleeping in the other room. You suddenly remember that your phone is not set to silent …
Google Play Store could start ‘system updates’ soon
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androidcommunity.com - Android is still the top mobile platform in the world. We know it won’t change in the next few years or probably a decade. Google needs to improve on it further especially now that a new era of smart…
Important information for developers with Windows Phone apps in the Store
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blog.adduplex.com - Last week it has come to our attention that it wasn’t possible to open the Store application on Windows Phone 8.x by clicking on the “Get” button in the web version of the Microsoft Store. We reached…
Microsoft Store is Hosting a Spring Sale - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - The Microsoft Store’s annual Spring Sale kicks off today, offering deals on Xbox and PC games, consoles, gaming PCs, and more. “Now is the perfect opportunity to score great deals on all things Xbox …
Living on the (New) Edge: On Startup and New Tab - Thurrott.com
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www.thurrott.com - I suspect that even fans of classic Edge will appreciate how the On Startup and New Tab behavior has changed in the new Edge. It was certainly something that always bothered me. To understand what I …
Police detectors to catch drivers using mobile phones
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news.sky.com - Police have unveiled a new device which can detect when motorists are using their mobile phones while driving. The new technology, created by Westcotec, can determine how many cars on a stretch of ro…
The One-Hour Guide to SEO: Technical SEO - Whiteboard Friday
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moz.com - We've arrived at one of the meatiest SEO topics in our series: technical SEO. In this fifth part of the One-Hour Guide to SEO, Rand covers essential technical topics from crawlability to internal lin…
Critic's Notebook: Disney+ Price Point Just Made the Streaming Wars Really Hurt
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www.hollywoodreporter.com - Disney's leap into the Streaming Wars on Thursday was not like a wrestler theatrically coming over the top rope. It was like a very confident boxer swaggering under the lifted middle rope, tapping th…
The Best 240Hz Gaming Monitors 2019 - IGN
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www.ign.com - Note that if you click on one of these links to buy the product, IGN may get a share of the sale. For more, read our Terms of Use. If you’re an eSports gamer or just play one online, a monitor’s refr…
Tucker Carlson: Julian Assange's 'Real Sin' Was Preventing Hillary Clinton Presidency | Breitbart
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www.breitbart.com - In an op-ed titled “Assange’s real sin was preventing Hillary Clinton from becoming president,” Fox News host Tucker Carlson states that the true reason that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is being…
Bloomberg – Rosenstein: “Robert Mueller’s report describes Russian cybercrimes during the 2016 election”…
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theconservativetreehouse.com - Bloomberg News has an interesting story today describing remarks delivered by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. According to Jennifer Jacobs the DAG told the audience at a private Metropolitian…
FCC to Auction Additional 5G Spectrum, Boost Rural Internet
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www.newsmax.com - Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai said on Friday the agency plans to hold its third 5G spectrum auction on Dec. 10, the latest effort to make more spectrum available for higher-spee…
Report: Ecuador Handed Over Assange For Trade Deal With US
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www.infowars.com - For those who haven’t been closely following Ecuadorian politics over the last few years, former President Rafael Correa’s tweet lambasting his successor, Lenin Moreno, as “the greatest traitor in Ec…
French Sec. of State Would Consider Asylum for Julian Assange
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www.breitbart.com - In an interview with local radio, France’s Secretary of State for European affairs, Amelie de Montchalin, said “we should listen to what [Assange] wants to do” as the E.U. has measures to protect whi…
Hollywood Producer Channing Powell 'Terrified' of Big Tech's Future | Breitbart
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www.breitbart.com - Channing Powell, creator of the hit TV show The Walking Dead, has created a new television show about a real-world fear. This time, Powell’s new show will focus on a society that has been overtaken b…
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