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  • Surveillance Capitalism: Monetizing the Smartphone User
    Surveillance Capitalism: Monetizing the Smartphone User
    October 14, 2018 | By Rex M. Lee
    Commentary This article is part of a series on corporate surveillance highlighting civil liberty, privacy, cyber security, safety, and tech-product user exploitation threats associated with connected products that are supported by the Android (Google) OS, Apple iOS, and Microsoft Windows OS. Today, people, businesses, government officials, and law makers are unaware of the business model that supports […]
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  • Exclusive: EU Privacy Chief Expects First Round of Fines Under New Law by Year-End
    Exclusive: EU Privacy Chief Expects First Round of Fines Under New Law by Year-End
    October 9, 2018 | By Reuters
    BRUSSELS—Regulators are set to exercise their new powers by handing out fines and even temporary bans on companies that breach a new EU privacy law, with the first round of sanctions expected by the end of the year, the bloc’s privacy chief said. The European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), heralded as the biggest […]
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  • Microsoft Boasts of a Security Win Ahead of Pentagon Cloud Bids
    Microsoft Boasts of a Security Win Ahead of Pentagon Cloud Bids
    October 9, 2018 | By Bloomberg
    Microsoft Corp. is on track to catch up with Amazon.com Inc. by obtaining top federal security authorizations early next year, bolstering the company’s position in the Pentagon’s winner-take-all competition for a multibillion-dollar cloud computing deal. The software company said Oct. 9 that it will earn the certification required to host the government’s most sensitive and […]
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  • Bart Rolls out Upgraded Quake Alert System
    Bart Rolls out Upgraded Quake Alert System
    October 9, 2018 | By Bay City News
    During a 15-minute span this morning on BART, passengers were witness to the rollout of an upgraded earthquake early warning system. Between 11 and 11:15 a.m., trains slowed to 27 mph to demonstrate how the ShakeAlert 2.0 system would work. The warning system is designed to automatically kick in during an earthquake, slowing trains to […]
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  • Google Unveils New Pixel Phone, Adds Tablet in Apple Challenge
    Google Unveils New Pixel Phone, Adds Tablet in Apple Challenge
    October 9, 2018 | By Reuters
    SAN FRANCISCO—Google unveiled the third edition of its Pixel smartphone, a Google Home smart speaker with a display and its first tablet computer on Oct. 9, as it makes a come-from-behind push into hardware. The company’s Android software has gone from being an also-ran to the brains of most of the world’s smartphones and Google […]
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  • Facebook Debuts Smart Speaker for Messenger Video Calls
    Facebook Debuts Smart Speaker for Messenger Video Calls
    October 8, 2018 | By Reuters
    Facebook released a smart speaker designed to make video calling easier on Oct.8, but the company’s history of privacy mishaps and the device’s price and limited functionality could slow it from taking on market leaders Amazon.com Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google. The device, known as Portal, comes in $199 and $349 versions and its signature […]
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  • Alphabet Shuts Google+ Social Site After User Data Exposed
    Alphabet Shuts Google+ Social Site After User Data Exposed
    October 8, 2018 | By Reuters
    Google will shut down the consumer version of its social network Google+ after announcing data from up to 500,000 users may have been exposed to external developers by a bug that was present for more than two years in its systems. The company said in a blog on Oct. 8 it had discovered and patched […]
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  • Facebook Uses ‘Trick or Treat’ to Test Employees’ Cybersecurity Savvy
    Facebook Uses ‘Trick or Treat’ to Test Employees’ Cybersecurity Savvy
    October 4, 2018 | By Holly Kellum
    October is National Cyber Security Awareness month, a time that the management at Facebook takes very seriously, but implements it in a very not-so-serious way. For more than seven years, the month has been known at Facebook as “Hacktober,” a time when the cybersecurity team plays a month-long game of “trick or treat” with employees to […]
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  • Another Rare Fish Pulled Back From Extinction
    Another Rare Fish Pulled Back From Extinction
    October 4, 2018 | By Reuters
    Another rare Colorado River fish has been pulled back from the brink of extinction, wildlife officials said Oct. 4, the second comeback in 2018 for a species unique to the Southwestern U.S. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recommended reclassifying the ancient and odd-looking Razorback Sucker from endangered to threatened, meaning it is still at […]
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  • Borderless Cyber Conference 2018 Oct. 3-4 Live Streams
    Borderless Cyber Conference 2018 Oct. 3-4 Live Streams
    October 3, 2018 | By Epoch Newsroom
    Borderless Cyber 2018: Oct. 3 Morning Session Part 1: Speakers: Bruce Rich (OASIS), Jane Treadwell (World Bank), Melanie Ensign (Uber), Michelle Barry (AT&T), Sounil Yu (Bank of America), Jan Jekielek (The Epoch Times).   Borderless Cyber 2018: Oct. 3 Morning Session Part 2: Joe Brule (NSA), Mike Ridge (Draper), Daniel Riedel (New Context Services), Efrain Ortiz […]
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  • How Diving With Sharks Could Help Us Improve Cybersecurity
    How Diving With Sharks Could Help Us Improve Cybersecurity
    October 3, 2018 | By Holly Kellum
    WASHINGTON—Our fear of sharks may be able to teach us something about how to manage cybersecurity threats, says Melanie Ensign, security and privacy communications lead at Uber. It’s not the shark’s superb hunting skills or ability to kill its prey that is useful, so much as the effect on the human brain. Humans have an […]
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  • Facebook Says Investigating If Security Flaw Impacted Workplace App Users
    Facebook Says Investigating If Security Flaw Impacted Workplace App Users
    October 2, 2018 | By Reuters
    Facebook Inc said it was investigating if a security breach that it revealed last week had impacted users of its corporate chat app, Workplace. The company’s shares were down 2 percent at $159.26. The social media giant had said hackers stole digital login codes that could have allowed them to take over nearly 50 million user […]
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  • YouTube Scraps Most Popular Channel on China Politics From Search Suggestions
    YouTube Scraps Most Popular Channel on China Politics From Search Suggestions
    October 1, 2018 | By Petr Svab
    YouTube has removed the most popular channel focused on Chinese politics from its search suggestions just as YouTube’s parent company, Google, faces scrutiny for allegedly developing a censored web search app for the Chinese market. While typing into the YouTube search bar, the website provides a drop-down list of suggested search queries, which appears to […]
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  • Can Wireless Challenge Cable for Home Internet Service?
    Can Wireless Challenge Cable for Home Internet Service?
    October 1, 2018 | By The Associated Press
    Cellular companies such as Verizon are looking to challenge traditional cable companies with residential internet service that promises to be ultra-fast, affordable and wireless. Using an emerging wireless technology known as 5G, Verizon’s 5G Home service provides an alternative to cable for connecting laptops, phones, TVs and other devices over Wi-Fi. It launches in four […]
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  • Facebook Unearths Security Breach Affecting 50 Million Users
    Facebook Unearths Security Breach Affecting 50 Million Users
    September 28, 2018 | By Reuters
    Facebook Inc said on Friday that hackers had discovered a security flaw that allowed them to take over up to 50 million user accounts, a major breach that adds to a bruising year for the company’s reputation. Facebook, which has more than 2 billion monthly active users, said it has been unable to determine yet […]
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  • Former Google Employee Suing Company for Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination
    Former Google Employee Suing Company for Sexual Harassment, Wrongful Termination
    September 27, 2018 | By Colin Fredericson
    A Google employee who was fired after complaining of sexual harassment has filed a lawsuit. Britt Storkson, 63, worked at a Google data center in The Dalles, Oregon. He said he was subject to an environment of sexual harassment, and wants $400,000 in damages. Storkson said he has been in the workforce for over 40 […]
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  • TomTom Says Google Deal With Carmakers Could Hit Its Orders
    TomTom Says Google Deal With Carmakers Could Hit Its Orders
    September 19, 2018 | By Reuters
    Digital mapping company TomTom will probably lose some business in future as a result of Google’s deal with carmakers Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi, TomTom’s finance chief said on Sept. 19. Carmakers opting for Google Maps would have an impact on TomTom’s order flow, CFO Taco Titulaer told Dutch news agency ANP, although that would not […]
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  • Amazon’s Use of Merchant Data Under Eu Microscope
    Amazon’s Use of Merchant Data Under Eu Microscope
    September 19, 2018 | By Reuters
    European Union regulators are checking whether U.S. online retailer Amazon is using merchants’ data in a way that stifles competition, Europe’s antitrust chief said on Sept. 19. The comments by European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager come as the world’s largest online retailer faces calls for more regulatory intervention and even its potential break-up because of […]
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  • Legal Tech Starting to Disrupt Stubborn Industry in Canada
    Legal Tech Starting to Disrupt Stubborn Industry in Canada
    September 19, 2018 | By Rahul Vaidyanath
    Legal services may be one of the last industries to be disrupted by technology, but the momentum is picking up.
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  • Renault-Nissan Adopts Android in Coup for Google
    Renault-Nissan Adopts Android in Coup for Google
    September 18, 2018 | By Reuters
    The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi carmaking alliance said on Sept. 18, it will adopt Alphabet’s Google Android operating system, handing a victory to the U.S. tech giant as it pushes for a bigger share of the infotainment market. Renault, Nissan, and Mitsubishi, with combined sales of 10.6 million vehicles last year, said future models will “integrate Google applications […]
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  • Apple’s New IPhones a Slight Notch Above the X: Reviewers
    Apple’s New IPhones a Slight Notch Above the X: Reviewers
    September 18, 2018 | By Reuters
    The absence of a striking new feature left major tech blogs and newspapers lukewarm on the new XS range of Apple Inc’s iPhones in the first batch of reviews on Sept. 18, although most praised the improvements to a wide range of standard features. The new iPhones have subtle additions to last year’s reimagined iPhone […]
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  • Exclusive: Qualcomm Prepares to Add New Board Directors
    Exclusive: Qualcomm Prepares to Add New Board Directors
    September 18, 2018 | By Reuters
    Qualcomm Inc is preparing to add at least two new directors to its board, people familiar with the matter told Reuters, as the U.S. smartphone chip maker looks to appease shareholders who withheld voting support for its board last March. Qualcomm has been forced to defend its track record this year after upsetting some investors […]
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  • Taiwan Science and Technology Department Holds Conference on Expansion
    Taiwan Science and Technology Department Holds Conference on Expansion
    September 17, 2018 | By Epoch Times Staff
    Taiwan’s Ministry of Science and Technology group held an extended investment promotion and marketing conference for its three major science parks: Hsinchu, Central, and Southern science parks at the Hyatt Regency in Boston on Sept. 13. Yu-Chin Hsu, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology, shared experiences with over a hundred guests attending the event. Hsu voiced the […]
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  • Senior Google Scientist Quits Over Plans for Censored China Web Search
    Senior Google Scientist Quits Over Plans for Censored China Web Search
    September 16, 2018 | By Petr Svab
    A senior researcher has quit his job at Google in protest over the company’s leaked plans to create a censored web search app for China, codenamed “Dragonfly.” Jack Poulson, 32, who worked for the research and machine-intelligence department, left Google on Aug. 31 after discussing his concerns with his bosses for several weeks. He felt […]
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  • Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology Holds Expansion Conference in Boston
    Taiwan Ministry of Science and Technology Holds Expansion Conference in Boston
    September 14, 2018 | By Epoch Times Staff
    Taiwan’s Ministry of Science and Technology group held an extended investment promotion and marketing conference for its three major science parks: Hsinchu, Central, and Southern science parks at the Hyatt Regency in Boston on Sept. 13. Yu-Chin Hsu, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology, shared experiences with over a hundred guests attending the event. Hsu voiced the […]
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  • The Apple Watch Is Inching Toward Becoming a Medical Device
    The Apple Watch Is Inching Toward Becoming a Medical Device
    September 14, 2018 | By The Associated Press
    CUPERTINO, California—Apple is trying to turn its smartwatch from a niche gadget into a lifeline to better health by slowly evolving it into a medical device. In its fourth incarnation, called Series 4 and due out later this month, the Apple Watch will add features that allow it to take high-quality heart readings and detect […]
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  • New Apple Watch Could Take Bite out of Swiss Market
    New Apple Watch Could Take Bite out of Swiss Market
    September 13, 2018 | By Reuters
    The Swiss watch industry faces an increased threat from a new Apple Watch, which is able to detect heart problems and is likely to appeal to older shoppers, industry experts said on Sept. 13. Apple Inc presented the new Apple Watch Series 4, able to take an electrocardiogram to detect an irregular heartbeat and start an […]
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