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Italy slaps Apple and Samsung with a combined €15M fine over dodgy software updates

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by on October 24, 2018 at 12:27 pm
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Italy’s top anti-trust watchdog today fined Samsung and Apple €5 million each over allegations their software updates deliberately slowed down users’ phones, Reuters reports. In addition, the agency stung Apple with a further €5 million fine over complaints it failed to provide end-users with clear information about how to maintain and replace failing batteries. In a statement published after the verdict, and translated by Reuters, the agency said that certain firmware updates from the two manufacturers “had caused serious dysfunctions and reduced performance significantly, thereby accelerating the process of replacing them. The investigation and subsequent penalty came after the agency…

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Spanish authorities want citizens to disclose all their hodlings

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by on October 24, 2018 at 12:26 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


A Spanish cryptocurrency inquisition is on the cards as authorities ask all hodlers to make themselves known. Who would have expected that? A draft-law that effectively forces cryptocurrency hodlers to make themselves known, put forward by Spain’s Ministry of Finance, was approved on the 19th October, local news, ABC Economica reports. Of course, Spanish cryptocurrencers can’t be forced to reveal themselves, but they’ll be breaking the law if they don’t. The new law is mainly aimed at tax avoidance and will force Spanish hodlers to tell the government who they are, and how much cryptocurrency they posses — also in…

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Tim Cook supports EU’s strict privacy laws — but thinks taxes are ‘crap’

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by on October 24, 2018 at 11:41 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Opinion


Apple‘s CEO, Tim Cook, just endorsed EU‘s push for stricter privacy regulation and defining privacy as a fundamental right, during his keynote address at a privacy conference in Brussels today — too bad corporate taxes weren’t part of the discussion. “Our own information, from the everyday to the deeply personal, is being weaponized against us with military efficiency,” Cook said in his speech. Cook also called for greater action to rebuild trust in tech, to help it reach its full potential: “Users should always know what data is being collected and what it is being collected for. This is the…

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This Day in Deals: A 9ft inflatable dragon to earn you UNESCO recognition

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by on October 24, 2018 at 11:20 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Plugged


This Day In Deals is our new section where we share a historical fact and the day’s best deal – and try to connect them. The aim? To enrich ourselves financially, and you spiritually. Here’s a photo of the very large Chartres Cathedral: On this day all the way back in 1260, this magnificent French cathedral was consecrated in the presence of King Louis IX. In other words, it was declared sacred – meaning it was formally dedicated to god. Good one, Louis! These days, it’s a UNESCO World Heritage site, an honor it earned in 1979. The reason? Because it…

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Meet the 23-year-old engineering detective behind the biggest leaks in tech

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by on October 24, 2018 at 11:17 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Design & Dev, Social Media, TNW Answers


You see it all the time — Facebook’s latest feature leaks to the public, and everyone knows about it before Zuckerberg has said a word. But where do these leaks come from? Meet Jane Wong, a 23-year-old studying product engineering at Hong Kong University. Her hobbies include travel, photography… as well as reverse engineering and chasing bug bounties. She’s responsible for some huge scoops from tech giants, including Facebook, Google, and Instagram. Scroll through Wong’s Twitter, and you’ll see feature after feature, leak after leak — Gboard’s new Material Design for search cards, Facebook’s notification page is getting a redesign,…

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