Author: Tech Support

    • Pinterest says it's stopped returning vaccine-related search results as most spread anti-vax disinformation, part of its broader approach against "false cures" (Rhett Jones/Gizmodo)

    Rhett Jones / Gizmodo: Pinterest says it’s stopped returning vaccine-related search results as most spread anti-vax disinformation, part of its broader approach against “false cures”  —  The anti-vaccination movement has become so widespread that the World Health Organization added it to its list of the top threats to global health in 2019. Pinterest says it's

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    • WinRAR, a file compression app with ~500M users, has fixed a 14-year-old flaw that made it possible for attackers to run code when targets open a malicious file (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)

    Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: WinRAR, a file compression app with ~500M users, has fixed a 14-year-old flaw that made it possible for attackers to run code when targets open a malicious file  —  If you’re one of the 500 million utility users, now would be a good time to patch.  —  WinRAR, a Windows

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    Badge.Team: Badges Get A Platform

    {$inline_image} Electronic conference badges are now an accepted part of the lifeblood of our community, with even the simplest of events now sporting a fully functional computer as an eye-catching PCB on a lanyard. Event schedules and applications are shipped on them, and the more sophisticated ones have app libraries and support development communities of

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    • Keith Rabois is leaving Khosla Ventures and joining Peter Thiel's Founders Fund to become its ninth partner (Dan Primack/Axios)

    Dan Primack / Axios: Keith Rabois is leaving Khosla Ventures and joining Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund to become its ninth partner  —  Venture capitalist Keith Rabois is leaving Khosla Ventures in order to join Founders Fund as a partner, Axios has learned.  —  Why it matters: Rabois is responsible … Keith Rabois is leaving Khosla

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    • Mark Zuckerberg talks to Harvard professor Jonathan Zittrain about encryption, "information fiduciaries", and more, as part of Zuckerberg's 2019 challenge (Harvard Law Today)

    Harvard Law Today: Mark Zuckerberg talks to Harvard professor Jonathan Zittrain about encryption, “information fiduciaries”, and more, as part of Zuckerberg’s 2019 challenge  —  Should Facebook be considered an “information fiduciary” when it comes to the privacy of its clients? Mark Zuckerberg talks to Harvard professor Jonathan Zittrain about encryption, "information fiduciaries", and more, as

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    • Analysis of data from social platforms: Democratic 2020 candidates are being targeted by a coordinated campaign of misinformation focused on sensitive issues (Natasha Korecki/Politico)

    Natasha Korecki / Politico: Analysis of data from social platforms: Democratic 2020 candidates are being targeted by a coordinated campaign of misinformation focused on sensitive issues  —  A coordinated barrage of social media attacks suggests the involvement of foreign state actors. Analysis of data from social platforms: Democratic 2020 candidates are being targeted by a

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    Can Washington keep watch over Silicon Valley? The FTC’s Facebook probe is a high-stakes test.

    The Federal Trade Commission is under pressure to issue a steep fine and other sharp penalties against Facebook to prove that it’s able to keep Silicon Valley in check, privacy advocates and congressional lawmakers say. Can Washington keep watch over Silicon Valley? The FTC’s Facebook probe is a high-stakes test. Source: Washington Post Tech

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    • ThousandEyes, which provides a network intelligence platform to monitor performance, raises $50M Series D led by GV (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)

    Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: ThousandEyes, which provides a network intelligence platform to monitor performance, raises $50M Series D led by GV  —  ThousandEyes, a San Francisco cloud analytics startup founded in 2010 by UCLA Internet Research Lab grad students Mohit Lad and Ricardo Oliveira, today announced … ThousandEyes, which provides a network intelligence platform to

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    • Arm unveils two new products for cloud and edge applications, the Neoverse N1, which focuses on compute speed, and the Neoverse E1, focusing on throughput (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch)

    Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Arm unveils two new products for cloud and edge applications, the Neoverse N1, which focuses on compute speed, and the Neoverse E1, focusing on throughput  —  For the longest time, Arm was basically synonymous with chip designs for smartphones and very low-end devices. Arm unveils two new products for cloud and

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    • Binance launches Binance DEX, a decentralized trading platform built on its own blockchain network, for public testing (Wolfie Zhao/CoinDesk)

    Wolfie Zhao / CoinDesk: Binance launches Binance DEX, a decentralized trading platform built on its own blockchain network, for public testing  —  Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has rolled out public testing for a decentralized trading platform built on its own blockchain network. Binance launches Binance DEX, a decentralized trading platform

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