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Mobile apps exploited to harvest location data on massive scale, hacked files reveal

TechSpot

The information comes from hacked files belonging to Gravy Analytics, a location data company whose subsidiary, Venntel, has previously sold global location data to US law enforcement agencies. This information was reported by Wired, which collaborated with 404 Media to produce the story. Read Entire Article

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ACLU files first formal complaint over wrongful facial recognition arrest

The Verge

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a formal complaint against Detroit police over what it says is the first known example of a wrongful arrest caused by faulty facial recognition technology. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Apple admits why its own Files app was ranked first when users searched for competitor Dropbox

The Verge

Apple trial where it sure looks like Apple did the exact opposite — seemingly admitting it manually boosted the ranking of its own Files app ahead of the competition for 11 entire months. Who green lit putting the Files app above Dropbox in organic search results?”. “We You can read the whole email chain embedded a little ways below.

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Duolingo filed to go public

TechCrunch

billion, has officially filed to go public. One of the most revealing bits of its story? In its S-1 filing, Duolingo provided a placeholder $100 million figure for the funds it expects to raise; we’ll get a better idea of how much capital the edtech unicorn may onboard during its IPO when it sets an IPO price range after its roadshow.

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Your Nonprofit Should be Using Public Service Announcements (PSAs)

Nonprofit Tech for Good

You can still tell a story and it should have a hook and conclusion, but it cannot include opinions or words such as “best” “fun” “entertaining” etc. By creating a script with pronunciation as well as a pre-recorded audio file, you’ll have a better chance of your PSA airing since you provided a variety of options.

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Apple revokes iClouds Advanced Data Protection in the UK over government privacy dispute

Mashable Tech

Apple has a security feature called Advanced Data Protection, which offers end-to-end data encryption of files and backups stored in iCloud — meaning only the owner can decrypt and access the data. Mashable has reached out to Apple for more details and will update this story with a response.

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Sam Altman Says He Feels Sorry for Elon Musk and His Bottomless Insecurity

Futurism

billion if you want," Altman wrote in a scathing rebuke shortly after the WSJ published its story, referencing Musk's disastrous acquisition of the social media platform, which has since lost almost 80 percent of what it was worth when he bought it. No thank you but we will buy twitter for $9.74

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