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Monday, December 31, 2018
Facebook Says Not Moderating Content Based on 'Inaccurate' Information
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Facebook Says Not Moderating Content Based on 'Inaccurate' Information
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Huawei Share in Global Premium Smartphone Market Rises: Counterpoint
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Der Spiegel: Volkswagen is planning to write off over $300M it invested in Gett, as the Israeli startup struggles to compete with Uber, Lyft, Didi, and others (Globes Online)
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Der Spiegel: Volkswagen is planning to write off over $300M it invested in Gett, as the Israeli startup struggles to compete with Uber, Lyft, Didi, and others — “Der Spiegel” reported that Volkswagen would write off its over $300 million investment in the Israeli taxi hailing company.
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Huawei Share in Global Premium Smartphone Market Hits Double Digits for First Time: Counterpoint
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Huawei Share in Global Premium Smartphone Market Hits Double Digits for First Time: Counterpoint
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Poco F1, Redmi Note 5 Pro, Realme C1, Nokia 6.1, Other Phones on Discount During Flipkart Qualcomm Days Sale
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Fitbit Charge 3 With 7-Day Battery Life Goes on Sale in India Tomorrow
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Flipkart Qualcomm Days Sale Offers Discounts on These Smartphones
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Star Trek, Kimmy Schmidt, The Punisher, and More on Netflix in January
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Popular Android Apps Found to Share Data With Facebook Without Permission
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Fitbit Charge 3, Charge 3 Special Edition With 7-Day Battery Life Go on Sale in India on Tuesday
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Poco F1, Redmi Note 5 Pro, Realme C1, Nokia 6.1, Other Phones on Discount During Flipkart Qualcomm Days Sale
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Facebook Privacy Debacle Continues as Popular Android Apps Found Sharing Data Without User Permission
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Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Android Pie Update Scheduled for January Release
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BSNL Offers Additional Talk Time on Prepaid Recharges to Counter Jio
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Huawei Y7 Pro (2019) With 4,000mAh Battery, Waterdrop Notch Launched
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Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Android 9 Pie Update Scheduled for January 15
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BSNL Offers Additional Talk Time on Combo STV Recharge Options to Rival Reliance Jio
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Huawei Y7 Pro (2019) With 4,000mAh Battery, Waterdrop-Shaped Notch Launched: Price, Specifications
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Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Android 9 Pie Update Scheduled for January 15
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Huawei Y7 Pro (2019) With 4,000mAh Battery, Waterdrop-Shaped Notch Launched: Price, Specifications
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Realme Says It Will Expand Offline Sales to 150 Indian Cities in 2019
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Realme Says It Will Expand Offline Sales to 150 Indian Cities in 2019
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French Startup Offers 'Dark Web' Compass, but Not for Everyone
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Realme Says It Will Expand Offline Sales to 150 Indian Cities in 2019
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China Probe Readies to Land on Far Side of the Moon
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Fake-Porn Videos Are Being Weaponised to Harass and Humiliate Women
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Sony Unveils a Quick Charge 4, 4+ Compatible Power Adapter with USB PD
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Samsung Galaxy S9 Facing Battery Drain After Pie Update, Some Users Report
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China Probe Readies to Land on Dark Side of the Moon
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Sony CP-ADRM2 Power Adapter With Quick Charge 4, 4+ Support Unveiled
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Sony CP-ADRM2 Power Adapter With Quick Charge 4, 4+ Support Unveiled
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Samsung Galaxy S9, Galaxy S9+ Facing Battery Drain Issue After Android Pie Update, Some Users Report
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Samsung Galaxy S9, Galaxy S9+ Facing Battery Drain Issue After Android Pie Update, Some Users Report
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iPhone Battery Replacement Programme for Out-of-Warranty Models Ends Today
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iPhone Battery Replacement Programme Ends Today, Last Chance to Get Your Out-of-Warranty iPhone Battery Replaced
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iPhone Battery Replacement Programme Ends Today, Last Chance to Get Your Out-of-Warranty iPhone Battery Replaced
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Cyber-Attack Hits US Newspaper Distribution
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Cyber-Attack Hits US Newspaper Distribution
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Google Facial Recognition Lawsuit Dismissed by US Judge
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Zuckerberg Sees 'Progress' for Facebook After Tumultuous Year
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Google Facial Recognition Lawsuit Dismissed by US Judge
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In an year of breaches, data leaks, and reports of starvation deaths due to faulty implementation, India's Aadhaar had its constitutional status upheld in 2018 (Aria Thaker/Quartz)
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In an year of breaches, data leaks, and reports of starvation deaths due to faulty implementation, India's Aadhaar had its constitutional status upheld in 2018 — After almost a decade since its launch, India's controversial biometric identity programme, Aadhaar, finally got a measure …
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Zuckerberg Sees 'Progress' for Facebook After Tumultuous Year
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Nubia Red Magic Mars RNG Edition With Up to 10GB RAM Launched
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WhatsApp Will Stop Working on These Phones Today
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You Can Play Bandersnatch Game 'Nohzdyve', With a Bit of Work
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Cyber-attack disrupts distribution of multiple US newspapers
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iPhone XS Max Catches Fire in US Man's Pocket, Report Claims
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Nubia Red Magic Mars RNG Edition With Up to 10GB RAM Launched: Price, Specifications
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WhatsApp Will Stop Working on Nokia S40 Phones Today
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Nubia Red Magic Mars RNG Edition With Up to 10GB RAM Launched: Price, Specifications
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WhatsApp Will Stop Working on Nokia S40 Phones Today
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Black Mirror: Bandersnatch Game ‘Nohzdyve’ Is Available for Everyone to Play, but There’s a Catch
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iPhone XS Max Catches Fire in US Man's Pocket: Report
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iPhone XS Max Catches Fire in US Man's Pocket: Report
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iPhone XS Max Catches Fire in US Man's Pocket: Report
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iPhone XS Max Catches Fire in US Man's Pocket: Report
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Nokia 9 PureView With Penta-Lens Cameras Tipped to Launch in January 2019
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Huawei P Smart (2019) With Android Pie, Dewdrop Display Launched
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Huawei P Smart (2019) With Dual Rear Cameras, Dewdrop Display Launched: Price, Specifications
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Huawei P Smart (2019) With Dual Rear Cameras, Dewdrop Display Launched: Price, Specifications
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Aquaman Crosses Suicide Squad as It Nears $750 Million at Global Box Office
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Tesla Names Close Musk Friend Larry Ellison to Board
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Aquaman Bests Suicide Squad as It Nears $750 Million Worldwide
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Tesla Names Close Musk Friend Larry Ellison to Board
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Nokia 9 PureView Leaked Press Render Shows Penta-Lens Camera Setup
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Nokia 9 PureView Press Render Leaked, Shows Penta-Lens Camera and In-Display Fingerprint Sensor
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OneWeb Satellite Internet Service Says Has Not Offered Stake to Russia
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Essential Phone by Android Co-Creator Andy Rubin Has Been Discontinued
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Dell Returns to Market With New York Sock Exchange Listing
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Nokia 9 PureView Press Render Leaked, Shows Penta-Lens Camera and In-Display Fingerprint Sensor
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OneWeb Satellite Internet Service Says Has Not Offered Stake to Russia
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Essential Phone Discontinued, Company Working on 'Next Mobile Product'
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Essential Phone Discontinued, Company Working on 'Next Mobile Product'
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Dell Returns to Market With NYSE Listing, 6 Years After It Went Private
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Dell Returns to Market With NYSE Listing, 6 Years After It Went Private
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Netflix for iOS No Longer Offers iTunes Billing for New Subscribers
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Netflix Stops Offering iTunes Billing for New or Rejoining Subscribers
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Citi Cuts Q1 iPhone Production Estimates on Weak Demand
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Inside Uber's serious incident team for US where ~130 investigators deal with reports of crashes, physical altercations, sexual misconduct, theft, and stalking (Shannon Bond/Financial Times)
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Inside Uber's serious incident team for US where ~130 investigators deal with reports of crashes, physical altercations, sexual misconduct, theft, and stalking — There is space for scores of people in a section of Uber's office in downtown Phoenix but on a recent weekday morning only a handful …
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iPhone XS Max Production Estimates Halved by Citi Amid Reports of Weak Demand
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iPhone XS Max Production Estimates Halved by Citi Amid Reports of Weak Demand
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Big players in autonomous driving like Uber, Tesla, and Waymo had a disappointing 2018, but several startups with a "minimum viable product" made good progress (Timothy B. Lee/Ars Technica)
Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica:
Big players in autonomous driving like Uber, Tesla, and Waymo had a disappointing 2018, but several startups with a “minimum viable product” made good progress — Big companies struggled but small ones moved forward. — As 2018 dawned, expectations for self-driving vehicles were sky-high:
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Best iPhone XR cases - CNET
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Best iPhone XS and XS Max cases - CNET
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Best mobile games of 2018 - CNET
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How Amazon is opening tiny stores, adding local language descriptors, and accepting cash payments to target the 800M people living outside India's big cities (Eric Bellman/Wall Street Journal)
Eric Bellman / Wall Street Journal:
How Amazon is opening tiny stores, adding local language descriptors, and accepting cash payments to target the 800M people living outside India's big cities — The retailer is targeting hundreds of millions of new online shoppers in India's countryside by adding Hindi and videos …
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Poco F2 With Snapdragon 845 SoC, Android 9.0 Pie Spotted on Geekbench
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Flipkart Reveals Its Best Selling Mobiles and Phone Brands of 2018
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Poco F2 With Snapdragon 845 SoC, Android 9.0 Pie Spotted on Geekbench
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The 56 best Android games of 2018 - CNET
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Stan Lee's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse cameo will warm your heart - CNET
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In a formerly undisclosed memo from March, a top FTC enforcement official said Facebook wasn't at fault for Cambridge Analytica's abuses; FTC says probe ongoing (New York Times)
New York Times:
In a formerly undisclosed memo from March, a top FTC enforcement official said Facebook wasn't at fault for Cambridge Analytica's abuses; FTC says probe ongoing — Last spring, soon after Facebook acknowledged that the data of tens of millions of its users had improperly been obtained …
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Google Doodle prepares to welcome 2019 with partying pachyderms - CNET
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The 60 best iPhone games of 2018 - CNET
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AI image processing for computer vision, facial recognition, image generation, and other applications saw marked improvements in 2018 (Andrew Tarantola/Engadget)
Andrew Tarantola / Engadget:
AI image processing for computer vision, facial recognition, image generation, and other applications saw marked improvements in 2018 — Computer scientists have spent more than two decades teaching, training and developing machines to see the world around them.
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Lawrence Roberts, who helped design the Arpanet and oversaw its implementation in 1969, dies at 81 (Katie Hafner/New York Times)
Katie Hafner / New York Times:
Lawrence Roberts, who helped design the Arpanet and oversaw its implementation in 1969, dies at 81 — In late 1966, a 29-year-old computer scientist drew a series of abstract figures on tracing paper and a quadrille pad. Some resembled a game of cat's cradle; others looked like heavenly constellations …
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Inside digital music piracy and sharing in the 2000s via P2P networks like Napster, LimeWire, Gnutella, as well as IRC and internet music service Audiogalaxy (Abhimanyu Ghoshal/The Next Web)
Abhimanyu Ghoshal / The Next Web:
Inside digital music piracy and sharing in the 2000s via P2P networks like Napster, LimeWire, Gnutella, as well as IRC and internet music service Audiogalaxy — A couple of decades ago - well before a $10 monthly fee would unlock access to virtually every song ever recorded through streaming services …
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RBC Capital Markets: 41% of US consumers now own a smart speaker, compared to 21.5% in 2017; the growth was mostly driven by Alexa and Google Home devices (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
RBC Capital Markets: 41% of US consumers now own a smart speaker, compared to 21.5% in 2017; the growth was mostly driven by Alexa and Google Home devices — We already know Alexa had a good Christmas - the app shot to the top of the App Store over the holidays, and the Alexa service even briefly crashed from all the new users.
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How Booking Holdings, formerly Priceline, is betting on China's online travel market with partnerships and more than $2B in investments in Chinese companies (Stella Yifan Xie/Wall Street Journal)
Stella Yifan Xie / Wall Street Journal:
How Booking Holdings, formerly Priceline, is betting on China's online travel market with partnerships and more than $2B in investments in Chinese companies — Booking, formerly Priceline, is investing heavily in Chinese travel startups — Nearly two decades ago, Priceline.com …
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Privacy International: popular Android apps like TripAdvisor, Kayak, Indeed, MyFitnessPal share data with Facebook without user consent, possibly violating GDPR (Madhumita Murgia/Financial Times)
Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times:
Privacy International: popular Android apps like TripAdvisor, Kayak, Indeed, MyFitnessPal share data with Facebook without user consent, possibly violating GDPR — Some of the most popular apps for Android smartphones, including Skyscanner, TripAdvisor and MyFitnessPal …
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The biggest challenges for US tech firms in 2019: GDPR-like privacy protections, large security breaches becoming routine, and anti-government employee protests (Susan Fowler/New York Times)
Susan Fowler / New York Times:
The biggest challenges for US tech firms in 2019: GDPR-like privacy protections, large security breaches becoming routine, and anti-government employee protests — How privacy, security and employee protests will shape the year ahead for Silicon Valley. — Ms. Fowler is an editor in the Opinion section.
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Sunday, December 30, 2018
Amazon reportedly plans to build new Whole Foods Market stores - CNET
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Sources: Amazon is planning to build and expand Whole Foods stores across the US to put more customers within range of its Prime Now two-hour delivery service (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Amazon is planning to build and expand Whole Foods stores across the US to put more customers within range of its Prime Now two-hour delivery service — Expansion would widen tech giant's delivery reach — Amazon.com Inc. AMZN 1.12% is planning to build and expand Whole Foods stores across …
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Malware attack on Tribune Publishing's network disrupts the printing and distribution of Saturday editions of LA Times, WSJ, NYT, and other papers (Los Angeles Times)
Los Angeles Times:
Malware attack on Tribune Publishing's network disrupts the printing and distribution of Saturday editions of LA Times, WSJ, NYT, and other papers — A cyberattack that appears to have originated from outside the United States caused major printing and delivery disruptions at several newspapers across …
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Fake-porn videos are being weaponized to harass and humiliate women: ‘Everybody is a potential target’
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Fake-porn videos are being weaponized to harass and humiliate women: ‘Everybody is a potential target’
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How fake-porn opponents are fighting back
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Deepfakes: How a new technology is being used to put women’s faces on porn stars’ bodies
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Deepfakes: How a new technology is being used to put women’s faces on porn stars’ bodies
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2019 Hyundai Santa Fe can use a fingerprint instead of a key - Roadshow
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iPhone 'X' names have nowhere to go in 2019 - CNET
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How Facebook engineers keep Messenger from crashing on New Year's Eve, when more messages are sent than on any other day, through "graceful degradation" (Amy Nordrum/IEEE Spectrum)
Amy Nordrum / IEEE Spectrum:
How Facebook engineers keep Messenger from crashing on New Year's Eve, when more messages are sent than on any other day, through “graceful degradation” — Messenger's 1.3 billion users send more messages on New Year's Eve than on any other day of the year
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2018: BBC Tech's biggest stories and what happened next
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Malware suspected of hobbling several newspapers' production - CNET
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The 51 best VR games of 2018 - CNET
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Etymotic ER3, the Audiophiliac affordable headphone of the year - CNET
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Audeze LCD-MX4, the Audiophiliac high-end headphone of the year - CNET
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Every movie trailer we have for 2019's biggest films - CNET
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9 great reads from CNET this week - CNET
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CES 2019 won't be a big leap forward for TVs. Here's why - CNET
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iPhone Battery Replacement Rush Is Real With Batteries In Short Supply
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Is Spider-Man PS4's The City That Never Sleeps DLC Worth Checking Out?
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The Best Tech We Actually Bought In 2018
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Xiaomi-Backed Yi Home Camera Price in India Slashed Until January 26
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Samsung Patent Tips Plans for a Foldable Drone
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Sony Xperia XA3 Plus Price, Colour Options Surface Online
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TRAI Gives a Month to Consumers to Choose Channels Under New Framework
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Tesla Said to Test Autopilot Hardware With More Employees
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Poco F2 Spotted on Geekbench With Snapdragon 845 SoC, Android 9.0 Pie
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Cabinet Approves Rs. 10,000 Crore Gaganyaan Project
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Realme 1 Starts Receiving ColorOS 5.2 Stable OTA Update
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Jio Happy New Year Offer Gives '100 Percent Cashback' on Rs. 399 Recharge
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Best Tech of 2018: Gadgets 360 Staff Pick Their Favourite Purchase of the Year
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Samsung Remote Access Will Let Users Control PCs From Their TVs Using a Keyboard and Mouse
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Xiaomi Notebook Air (12.5-Inch) Gets a Intel Core i5 SoC Variant: Price, Specifications
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As Alphabet tests Wing drone deliveries in a suburb of Canberra, some enjoy the convenience of orders arriving in minutes while others complain about noise (Mike Cherney/Wall Street Journal)
Mike Cherney / Wall Street Journal:
As Alphabet tests Wing drone deliveries in a suburb of Canberra, some enjoy the convenience of orders arriving in minutes while others complain about noise — In one of the world's most advanced drone-delivery tests, sunscreen arrives in minutes—as do complaints
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Profiles of Arab women influencers, like the recently murdered Tara Fares, who are pushing boundaries in conservative societies while facing death threats (Meher Ahmad/The Verge)
Meher Ahmad / The Verge:
Profiles of Arab women influencers, like the recently murdered Tara Fares, who are pushing boundaries in conservative societies while facing death threats — Middle Eastern women like Tara Fares hustle for followers and brands like any other influencers — but they risk being killed for it
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Bangladesh orders mobile operators to shut down high-speed mobile internet services to "prevent rumours and propaganda" ahead of national elections on Sunday (Al Jazeera)
Al Jazeera:
Bangladesh orders mobile operators to shut down high-speed mobile internet services to “prevent rumours and propaganda” ahead of national elections on Sunday — The country's telecom regulator say it ordered mobile operators to shut down 3G, 4G services until December 30 midnight.
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European Commission to start offering bug bounties on 14 Free Software projects like Notepad++ and VLC that the EU institutions rely on (Julia Reda)
Julia Reda:
European Commission to start offering bug bounties on 14 Free Software projects like Notepad++ and VLC that the EU institutions rely on — It's been a while since I last wrote about the Free and Open Source Software Audit project, FOSSA, so let me start with a quick recap that you can safely skip …
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China approves the release of 80 video games, none of which are from Tencent, a week after lifting a nine-month freeze on approvals (Andrew Galbraith/Reuters)
Andrew Galbraith / Reuters:
China approves the release of 80 video games, none of which are from Tencent, a week after lifting a nine-month freeze on approvals — SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China on Saturday approved the release of 80 online video games after a freeze on such approvals for most of the year.
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How online hate and its long-term effects lingered for seven people in 2018, including a Parkland shooting survivor, a CNN journalist, and a track cyclist (Washington Post)
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How online hate and its long-term effects lingered for seven people in 2018, including a Parkland shooting survivor, a CNN journalist, and a track cyclist — It cost a school-shooting victim the safety of home. — It cost an athlete the joy of a victory. — It cost the family of a gay teen a battle with their community.
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iPhone Battery Replacement Rush Is Real With Batteries In Short Supply
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Best Tech of 2018: Gadgets 360 Staff Pick Their Favourite Purchase of the Year
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Flipkart Mobile Bonanza Sale Offers Include Realme 2 Pro, iPhone 6s Discounts and More
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Moto G7 Launch Set for February Next Year, Report Claims
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Google Pixel 3 Lite, Pixel 3 XL Lite to Launch in Spring 2019: Report
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Redmi Note 6 Pro vs ZenFone Max Pro M2: Which One Should You Buy?
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Asus ZenFone Max Pro M2 Gets November Android Security Patch, Other Improvements via FOTA Update
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Asus ZenFone 5Z Starts Receiving Android 9.0 Pie via FOTA Update
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White House Mulls New Year Executive Order to Bar Huawei, ZTE Purchases
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Spider-Man PS4: The City That Never Sleeps DLC Review
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Selection Day on Netflix Isn’t Going to Bowl Anyone Over
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The Internet Answers Your Craziest Hypothetical Questions

Who would win in a fight between Elsa from Frozen and Spider-man from the Marvel universe? What would happen if we made an entire planet out of legos? The internet has all the answers to such ridiculous but intriguing questions.
There are astrophysicists weighing in on things like how many calories superheroes burn. There are heated discussions between self-proclaimed experts on what the future holds, as well as what the past would have been like if history was a little different.
There are no silly questions here. Only amazing, crazy, ridiculous, madcap answers. Have fun.
What-If (Web): XKCD’s Scientific Takes On Ridiculous Questions

The webcomic XKCD is tremendously popular among geeks, since creator Randall Munroe loves to deep-dive into scientific theories. “What If” is a book by Munroe as well as a web series where he tries to deliver scientific answers to weird questions.
In Munroe’s typical style, it’s a humorous and light-hearted take on the question. That said, the science behind it is well-researched and authoritative. Munroe also intersperses the answers with plenty of illustrations, making it easier to understand.
There are over 150 silly questions and answers available to read. You can also send Munroe your own questions, and if it’s interesting enough for him, you’ll get an answer. And feel free to jump into the XKCD What If message boards for further discussions.
Quarks and Coffee (Web): Astrophysicist Tackles Silly Questions

What cool thing could be built if all seven billion people on the planet made something together? If we divided everything up equally among everyone, what is our “fair share”? If a person bit by a vampire turns into a vampire after they die, how long till the whole world is only vampires?
Astrophysicist Matt doesn’t shy away from such vexing questions that keep you up at night. The responses, usually about 500-1000 words, acknowledge the silliness of the question, and Matt is unafraid to have fun with it. At Quarks and Coffee, he uses math, science, research, and logic to come up with a plausible answer to just about anything you think of.
Quarks and Coffee isn’t updated as regularly as it used to be, but it still has plenty of great reads to go through.
WWWF Grudge Match (Web): The Original “Who Would Win”

We’ve all spent many hours discussing who would win a fight between two people we’re fans of. World Wide Web Fights’ (WWWF) Grudge Match is the internet’s original and favorite resource for silly matchups taken seriously.
The site shut down a while ago, but the 248 completed matches are classics. There are some ridiculously fascinating matches here, like Forrest Gump vs. Rainman, Tarzan vs. Aquaman, Scooby Doo vs. X-Files, and much more. Naturally, they’re hilarious and take the technicalities of each side far too seriously, but that’s part of the fun of it.
r/WhoWouldWin (Web): The Current “Who Would Win”

Grudge Match may have retired, but questions continue to trouble netizens. In this time of need, the Reddit community gathered together to discuss these problems at r/WhoWouldWin.
From simple one-on-one matchups to specific scenarios, you’ll find everything here. Be warned that there’s some offensive language and crude content here. That’s natural with the no-holds-barred approach to ridiculous questions like “Who would win in a fight between 12 average-sized 12-year-old boys and an adult male?”
As usual, it’s best to read the subreddit’s rules and etiquette before you dive in. Sort by “Top” of “All Time” for the most popular Q&As. And if you’re new to Reddit, we always recommend reading our awesome guide to Reddit.
Alternate History (Web): What If The Past Was Different…

One tiny change in history can have ripple effects across ages, and the world as we know it today may not exist. Or would it? Alternate History ponders what would happen if a major historical event played out differently.
Alternate History is the older of the two forums and encourages more detailed and thorough posts from its users. You will find entire timelines of major events, like what would happen if ancient Egypt survived until the present day.
The Finished Timelines and Scenarios sub-forum is better if you’re looking for fun reads without actively participating in a question. Otherwise, hop into the other parts of the forum to angrily discuss why you’re right and they’re wrong.
r/HistoryWhatIf, r/FutureWhatIf, and r/WhatIf (Web): Reddit’s What If Discussion Forums

For an answer to almost any other question you have ever wondered about, head to one of the major “what if” subreddits. If it isn’t already answered, you can ask it. But chances are, someone else has already discussed it.
Of these, r/HistoryWhatIf and r/FutureWhatIf are the most active. The former discusses hypothetical events of the past, and the latter wonders how tomorrow will play out. The standalone r/WhatIf isn’t as active as the others, but it’s a fun place to discuss weird ponderings anyway.
For More Weirdness…
If these sites haven’t given you enough of a dose of the weird and wonderful side of the web, fret not, there’s more. Whether you seek history, science, or humanity, there is a little for everyone.
Check out Wikipedia’s official unusual articles as well as other websites with funny, weird, and fascinating stories. It’s a guaranteed good time.
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