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An inside look at the underbelly of Amazon's fake review economy; in March 2019 alone, Amazon was hit by 2M+ unverified reviews, 99.6% of which were 5 stars (Zachary Crockett/The Hustle)

Zachary Crockett / The Hustle: An inside look at the underbelly of Amazon’s fake review economy; in March 2019 alone, Amazon was hit by 2M+ unverified reviews, 99.6% of which were 5 stars  —  I spent two weeks in the underbelly of Amazon’s fake review economy — and emerged questioning our collective trust in the

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Sources: iOS 13 to include a system-wide Dark Mode, the ability for apps to have multiple windows and a new standard undo gesture for text input on iPad, more (Guilherme Rambo/9to5Mac)

Guilherme Rambo / 9to5Mac: Sources: iOS 13 to include a system-wide Dark Mode, the ability for apps to have multiple windows and a new standard undo gesture for text input on iPad, more  —  Apple is expected to unveil iOS 13, the next major version of the iPhone and iPad operating system, at its annual

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Hackers tweet Bitcoin nonsense and racism via Sweden’s top political party

Hackers have defaced the Twitter account of Sweden’s governing party with hate speech and declared they would replace the Swedish krona with Bitcoin. The strange tweets began early this morning, when the “Socialdemokraterna” account reportedly changed its name to “Bitcoindemokraterna,” and promised its leader’s would resign, confirmed Expressen. It even added a tiny Bitcoin logo

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Jumbo is an iPhone app that clears your old tweets and Google searches

{$inline_image}There’s an insane amount of news every day about social networks screwing up and compromising user data. So, it’s advisable that you keep your privacy settings in check to avoid giving away any information unintentionally. Thankfully, this new iPhone app, Jumbo, will help you out with this. The app offers plenty of privacy-related functionality for Twitter,

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Nokia's factory in Finland, where execs say they have automated some product lines to ~99%, shows how high-speed connectivity can transform manufacturing (Chris O'Brien/VentureBeat)

Chris O’Brien / VentureBeat: Nokia’s factory in Finland, where execs say they have automated some product lines to ~99%, shows how high-speed connectivity can transform manufacturing  —  Nokia’s “factory of the future” in Oulu, Finland offers a glimpse into a world in which high-speed connectivity promises to transform manufacturing. Nokia's factory in Finland, where execs

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DHL debuts DHL Africa eShop, an e-commerce app powered by startup MallforAfrica, for global retailers wanting to more easily sell into African consumer markets (Jake Bright/TechCrunch)

Jake Bright / TechCrunch: DHL debuts DHL Africa eShop, an e-commerce app powered by startup MallforAfrica, for global retailers wanting to more easily sell into African consumer markets  —  DHL is launching an e-commerce app called DHL Africa eShop for global retailers to sell goods to Africa’s consumers markets. DHL debuts DHL Africa eShop, an

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Inside North Korea’s evil masterplan to siphon Southeast Asia’s cryptocurrency

North Korea might be posturing to attack Southeast Area’s growing cryptocurrency sector, and experts say it demands international response to reduce the threat. British defense think-tank Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) has warned countries like Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam could soon become targets of state-sponsored hackers intent on skirting international economic sanctions, CNBC reports. “North Korean networks

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Moonday Morning: IMF builds its own cryptocurrency ‘for learning,’ and more

Welcome to another Monday and with that, another Moonday Morning – where we take a look at the weekend’s top blockchain and cryptocurrency news. Here’s Hard Fork’s selection of last weekend’s top stories: 1. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank have cobbled together to launch a private blockchain and quasi-cryptocurrency called “Learning

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ASML, which makes semiconductor manufacturing equipment, allegedly suffered software theft at its US subsidiary by former employees linked to Chinese government (Reuters)

Reuters: ASML, which makes semiconductor manufacturing equipment, allegedly suffered software theft at its US subsidiary by former employees linked to Chinese government  —  AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch ASML said on Thursday it had been the victim of corporate espionage in 2015 involving employees … ASML, which makes semiconductor manufacturing equipment, allegedly suffered software theft at

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