Month: January 2019

400K+ items, making up ~1/3 of Amazon's ~$6B in annual sales in India, likely to disappear from Amazon India, while it works to meet new compliance rules (Vindu Goel/New York Times)

Vindu Goel / New York Times: 400K+ items, making up ~1/3 of Amazon’s ~$6B in annual sales in India, likely to disappear from Amazon India, while it works to meet new compliance rules  —  NEW DELHI — On Friday, Indian consumers will wake up to an emptier, more expensive version of Amazon’s shopping service. 400K+

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Some Reddit users who installed the Facebook Research VPN say they knew of its extensive data collection, but had little expectation of privacy to begin with (Shannon Palus/Slate)

Shannon Palus / Slate: Some Reddit users who installed the Facebook Research VPN say they knew of its extensive data collection, but had little expectation of privacy to begin with  —  What the going rate for the hyper-invasive program tells us about the evolving understanding of our personal data’s value. Some Reddit users who installed

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Apple restores Google's internal iOS apps after certificate misuse punishment (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch)

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Apple restores Google’s internal iOS apps after certificate misuse punishment  —  Apple has blocked Google from distributing its internal-only iOS apps on its corporate network after a TechCrunch investigation found the search giant abusing the certificates. Apple restores Google’s internal iOS apps after certificate misuse punishment (Zack Whittaker/TechCrunch) Source: Tech Meme

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A Science Lab In Your Pocket?

Since even the cheapest phone or computer now has plenty of horsepower, there’s been a move to create instruments that can do everything, using a reasonably simple front end and crunching data back on the host device. This is one of those tasks that seems easy, but doing it well turns out to be a

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A breakdown of an internal memo in which Facebook details distribution and onboarding for its Research app, and defends its data collection methods, disclosures (Josh Constine/TechCrunch)

Josh Constine / TechCrunch: A breakdown of an internal memo in which Facebook details distribution and onboarding for its Research app, and defends its data collection methods, disclosures  —  Early this morning, we received agreement from Apple to issue a new enterprise certificate; this has allowed us to produce … A breakdown of an internal

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What to expect as oral arguments begin Friday in Mozilla's lawsuit to stop FCC's repeal of net neutrality rules (Colin Lecher/The Verge)

Colin Lecher / The Verge: What to expect as oral arguments begin Friday in Mozilla’s lawsuit to stop FCC’s repeal of net neutrality rules  —  The FCC will make its case against the rules  —  Oral arguments will begin tomorrow for one of the most important cases in internet law history. What to expect as

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Sources: following Thiel-related controversy and declining private valuations, Palantir is giving employees larger bonuses and improved stock options (Lizette Chapman/Bloomberg)

Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: Sources: following Thiel-related controversy and declining private valuations, Palantir is giving employees larger bonuses and improved stock options  —  Palantir Technologies Inc. pitches itself to new recruits as a place where they can build data-mining software that will help thwart terrorism … Sources: following Thiel-related controversy and declining private valuations, Palantir

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I was wrong about retro consoles

The numbers for 2018 are coming in, and it appears the video game industry is getting along just fine. The year turned out to be an alright one for the industry, and it upends predictions that the focus on revisiting older games via remasters and nostalgic re-releases would put a crimp on things — namely,

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise says former CEO Meg Whitman will not stand for re-election to its board (Matt Weinberger/Business Insider)

Matt Weinberger / Business Insider: Hewlett Packard Enterprise says former CEO Meg Whitman will not stand for re-election to its board  —  – Meg Whitman will not stand for re-election for the board of directors at Hewlett Packard Enterprise.  — This marks the final departure of Whitman from HPE, a company she helped create …

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Facebook says Apple has restored Facebook's access to enterprise certificates; Apple says it's working with Google to reinstate Google's enterprise certificates (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: Facebook says Apple has restored Facebook’s access to enterprise certificates; Apple says it’s working with Google to reinstate Google’s enterprise certificates  —  In a new statement today, Facebook says that Apple has restored its access to enterprise certificates. Facebook says Apple has restored Facebook’s access to enterprise certificates; Apple says it’s

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The clueless parent’s guide to understanding TikTok

In September last year, TikTok surpassed YouTube, Snapchat, Instagram, and even Facebook in monthly App Store downloads. For a fringe social network, the kind most would assume occupies a second-tier of the internet’s social media hierarchy, you’d be forgiven for not noticing the app had become the internet’s most interesting network of creatives. For more

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