PsiXBot Adds PornModule, Google DNS Service to Its Arsenal
Porn-recording feature will likely be used for extortion.
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Period-Tracking Apps Are Sharing People’s Intimate Data With Facebook
Some period-tracking apps are sending Facebook personal information about the women who use them. In order to work, the apps require women to enter information about their menstrual cycle as well as information about their sexual activity. According to a report released Monday by the United Kingdom-based advocacy group Privacy International, a number of those…
Advancing ABM’s Role as a Sales Enabler
In an age when modern marketing dominates content and conversations, tried-and-tested tactics like inside sales are often left out.
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Xiaomi Mi Mix 4 to have a 90Hz display and 40W charging support
We came across a big Mi Mix 4 leak last week with plenty of details surrounding the phone – from camera specs to memory configurations and software features. However, the report left out a few interesting details. A post on Weibo came out today reporting that the Mi Mix 4 will get a 90Hz refresh…
Uber commits $200 million to Uber Freight expansion in bet on trucking and Chicago – TechCrunch
Uber Freight is establishing its headquarters in Chicago as part of Uber’s broader plan to invest more than $200 million annually in the region, including hiring hundreds of workers. Uber said Monday it will hire 2,000 new employees in the region over the next three years; most will be dedicated to Uber Freight . Uber…
Microsoft debuts a new version of its To Do app as Wunderlist founder expresses remorse – TechCrunch
Microsoft several years ago acquired the popular iOS app Wunderlist with the intention of building out its own list-making productivity app that brings the best of Wunderlist’s feature set to a larger group of mobile consumers. This is a similar path as Microsoft took with email app Accompli, which later became Microsft Outlook for mobile…
Joi Ito resigns from MIT Media Lab – TechCrunch
The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. Joi Ito resigns as MIT Media Lab head in wake of Jeffrey Epstein reporting Joi Ito and the MIT Media Lab…
The CEO of Naspers — one of the world’s most powerful, and lowest flying, investment firms — is coming to Disrupt – TechCrunch
In 2001, Naspers, a media company that launched in 1915 and later evolved into a media holding company with pay TV interests, agreed to invest $32 million for a 46.5% stake in Tencent. The China-based company had been founded just three years earlier, and, as Quartz notes in a 2014 story about the deal, Tencent…
Why am I seeing this ad? AI, ML & human error in advertising – TechCrunch
Ad platforms create equal opportunities for businesses but not equal outcomes. They’re mostly marketed as self-service and easy to use, however, there are new features added regularly and open-ended ways to set, structure and target. Meaning, countless ways to spend—creating winners and losers in advertising. This is where machines and digital advertisers are needed, to…
Delta Air Lines, Georgia Tech ink collaboration deal with Curiosity Lab
Curiosity Lab at Peachtree Corners announced its strategic collaboration with Georgia Tech and Delta Air Lines to advance autonomous vehicle and infrastructure research. Curiosity Lab is a 5G-enabled autonomous vehicle and smart city living laboratory located in Peachtree Corners, Georgia, a northern suburb of Atlanta. Delta and Curiosity Lab’s collaboration will provide critical seed funding…
