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    • Sources: Udi Manber, who ran engineering for Google's core search products before leaving in 2015, is joining health insurance giant Anthem as its head of AI (Christina Farr/CNBC)

    Christina Farr / CNBC: Sources: Udi Manber, who ran engineering for Google’s core search products before leaving in 2015, is joining health insurance giant Anthem as its head of AI  —  – The move signals that Anthem is making investments in both its core technology and customer experience. Sources: Udi Manber, who ran engineering for

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    • Responding to Tim Cook's privacy speech, ex-Facebook CSO Alex Stamos calls out Apple's anti-privacy moves in China and tech media for ignoring them in coverage (Michelle Castillo/CNBC)

    Michelle Castillo / CNBC: Responding to Tim Cook’s privacy speech, ex-Facebook CSO Alex Stamos calls out Apple’s anti-privacy moves in China and tech media for ignoring them in coverage  —  – Former Facebook chief security officer Alex Stamos said on Twitter Apple needs to “come clean” about how it blocks ways … Responding to Tim

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    • Sources: US intelligence has determined that China and Russia spy on phone calls Trump makes using his iPhones instead of his secure White House landline (New York Times)

    New York Times: Sources: US intelligence has determined that China and Russia spy on phone calls Trump makes using his iPhones instead of his secure White House landline  —  WASHINGTON — When President Trump calls old friends on one of his iPhones to gossip, gripe or solicit their latest take on how he is doing

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    • Tomorrow’s telescopes will be planet-sized quantum teleportation devices

    A team of researchers from Harvard recently published early work indicating a complex theory of quantum physics could be exploited to create huge, high resolution telescopes. Astronomers of the future will see the distant reaches of our universe through the magic of teleportation. Technically, it’s called “entanglement,” but it works pretty much like teleportation. Basically

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    • Facebook launches Candidate Info, direct-to-camera intro videos by political candidates appearing in potential constituents' News Feeds starting next week (Josh Constine/TechCrunch)

    Josh Constine / TechCrunch: Facebook launches Candidate Info, direct-to-camera intro videos by political candidates appearing in potential constituents’ News Feeds starting next week  —  Josh Constine @JoshConstine / 7 hours  —  Facebook wants to make YouTube-style monologue videos the new way for politicians to talk straight with their constituency. Facebook launches Candidate Info, direct-to-camera intro

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    Facebook launches Candidate Info, direct-to-camera intro videos by political candidates appearing in potential constituents' News Feeds starting next week (Josh Constine/TechCrunch)

    {$inline_image} Josh Constine / TechCrunch: Facebook launches Candidate Info, direct-to-camera intro videos by political candidates appearing in potential constituents’ News Feeds starting next week  —  Josh Constine @JoshConstine / 7 hours  —  Facebook wants to make YouTube-style monologue videos the new way for politicians to talk straight with their constituency. Facebook launches Candidate Info, direct-to-camera

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