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    • Standard Cognition, which builds a platform for cashierless retail stores, raises $35M Series B led by EQT Ventures, bringing its total raised to $86M+ (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)

    Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Standard Cognition, which builds a platform for cashierless retail stores, raises $35M Series B led by EQT Ventures, bringing its total raised to $86M+  —  A checkout-free future might be closer than you think, thanks to startups like Standard Cognition.  The San Francisco-based company … Standard Cognition, which builds a platform

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    • Sources: Apple's suppliers are preparing to produce components for up to 75M new iPhones in H2 2019, roughly the same number as in 2018 (Bloomberg)

    Bloomberg: Sources: Apple’s suppliers are preparing to produce components for up to 75M new iPhones in H2 2019, roughly the same number as in 2018  —  – New models to focus on upgrades to cameras, faster processor  — Samsung’s and Huawei’s problems could help Apple in long run Sources: Apple's suppliers are preparing to produce

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    • A look at the potential downsides of using the "answers first, explanations later" approach to building and deploying AI systems for solving real world problems (Jonathan Zittrain/New Yorker)

    Jonathan Zittrain / New Yorker: A look at the potential downsides of using the “answers first, explanations later” approach to building and deploying AI systems for solving real world problems  —  Like many medications, the wakefulness drug modafinil, which is marketed under the trade name Provigil, comes with a small, tightly folded paper pamphlet. A

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    • TRON’s Justin Sun confirms he’s a ‘big-mouthed over-marketer’ in Warren Buffett lunch apology

    Justin Sun, the founder of cryptocurrency platform TRON, has issued a public apology after postponing a highly publicized charity lunch with billionaire Warren Buffett. And it seems Sun is finally becoming aware of his “over-marketed hype.” Sun issued an apology earlier today saying he “sincerely apologizes to the public, the medial, officials, and regulatory authorities,” for over hamming

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    • Russians caught peddling spyware disguised as legit Google and Pornhub apps

    The Russian surveillanceware saga continues. Canadian cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new set of Android surveillance tools originating from Russia. The kicker? The spyware can be found in numerous fake apps disguised as legitimate software from Google, Pornhub, Skype, and many other familiar brands. The spying toolset, dubbed Monokle, was purportedly developed by St. Petersburg-based private

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    • Journalists and IT experts shed light on years-long cyberespionage campaign against German corporations by Winnti, a hacking group believed to be based in China (Bayerischer Rundfunk)

    Bayerischer Rundfunk: Journalists and IT experts shed light on years-long cyberespionage campaign against German corporations by Winnti, a hacking group believed to be based in China  —  For a number of years now, a group of professional hackers has been busy spying on businesses all over the world: Winnti. Journalists and IT experts shed light

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    • Tinder’s new safety feature hides profiles of LGTBQ+ people in discriminatory countries

    Yesterday, Tinder announced the release of its new feature, “Traveler Alert,”  which aims to protect its LGTBQ+ users when they travel to countries where they may be at risk. The safety feature automatically hides users’ profiles, including sexual orientation, when they travel to 70 listed countries where same-sex relationships are punishable by law. Currently, users

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    MQTT Deep Dive

    If you read Hackaday, it is a good bit you’ve heard of MQTT — Message Queueing Telemetry Transport. If you’ve not used MQTT before, you should check out Ably’s [Kayla Matthews’] post entitled  MQTT: A Conceptual Deep Dive paper. She does mention their MQTT protocol connector at the end, and has a few notes about

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    • Existing Nacho Analytics customers can still access previously bought data, including private data leaked from browser extensions, via Google Analytics imports (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)

    Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Existing Nacho Analytics customers can still access previously bought data, including private data leaked from browser extensions, via Google Analytics imports  —  Customers allowed to hold on to existing data as long as they keep accounts open.  —  Six days after Ars revealed … Existing Nacho Analytics customers can still

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