Apple Takes Group FaceTime Offine
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| Apple Takes Group FaceTime Offline | |
| Number | 737 |
| Broadcast Date | JANUARY 29, 2019 |
| Episode Length | 4:54 |
| Hosts | Sarah Lane |
Huawei in more US legal water, Yahoo’s proposed data breach settlement rejected, Brussels goes after Facebook.
Headlines
- Apple has taken Group FaceTime offline after a bug was discovered that lets users call anyone with FaceTime and then hear the audio from the recipient's phone — before the recipient has accepted or even rejected the incoming call. Apple says the issue will be addressed in a software update “later this week.” The bug is believed to affect any pair of iOS devices running iOS 12.1 or later. 9to5Mac claims to have replicated the problem with an iPhone calling a Mac as well, and says that if a user presses the Power button from the Lock screen, recipient's video is sent as well.
- U.S. prosecutors have filed criminal charges against Huawei, alleging it stole trade secrets from T-Mobile and committed bank fraud by violating sanctions against doing business with Iran. The 13-count indictment filed in New York claims both Huawei, two affiliated companies and Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou engaged in bank and wire fraud, and conspiracy in connection with business in Iran. Additional charges filed in Washington State accuse the company of stealing trade secrets from T-Mobile and offering bonuses to employees who also did so. In a statement, Huawei said “The company denies that it or its subsidiary or affiliate have committed any of the asserted violations of U.S. law set forth in each of the indictments, is not aware of any wrongdoing by Ms. Meng, and believes the U.S. courts will ultimately reach the same conclusion."
- Israeli publication Calcalist reports Samsung has agreed to acquire Tel Aviv-based smartphone camera company Corephotonics, in a deal worth $155 million according to sources. Samsung previously invested heavily in Corephotonics, which was founded in 2012 and currently develops dual camera technologies designed to improve the performance of smartphone cameras. In 2017, Corephotonics sued Apple for patent infringement of this technology, alleging that Apple adapted its patented dual aperture camera technology for mobile devices into the iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone 8 Plus without Corephotonics’ authorization.
- China's NetEase has acquired a minority stake in Quantic Dream, a gaming studio known largely for PlayStation exclusives Heavy Rain and Detroit: Become Human. NetEase says Quantic Dream will continue to operate independently post-deal.
- U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California rejected Yahoo’s proposed settlement with millions of people whose email addresses and other personal information were stolen in the largest data breach in history, citing Yahoo's lack of transparency, such as not citing how much victims could expect to recover. Yahoo's settlement illustrated a $50 million payout, plus two years of free credit monitoring for about 200 million people in the United States and Israel adding up to 1 billion accounts.
- CNBC reports Amazon is launching a new marketplace focused on Saudi Arabia and the UAE, and asking sellers to move to Amazon over Souq.com, which Amazon bought for $580 million back in 2017. Sources say Amazon has been reaching out to large third-party sellers in North America about the middle eastern expansion.
- Facebook and Nick Clegg, head of global affairs, are accused by Brussels of taking a “patchy, opaque, and self-selecting” approach to tackling disinformation. Facebook was one of several companies this description applied to by the EU commissioner, Sir Julian King. Tuesday, the commission published the first reports submitted by Google, Firefox's Mozilla, Facebook and Twitter on their adherence to the voluntary code of practice all signed back in October. The code states that all are obliged to disrupt revenue for accounts and websites misrepresenting information, clamp down on fake accounts and bots, give prominence to reliable sources of news and improve the transparency of funding of political advertising.
- Casper announced the connected gadget, Glow, a smartphone-controlled bedside light. The Glow operates on battery power and also charges using a wireless base station that sits next to the bed. The Glow is now available on Casper’s website at $89 for one unit and $169 for a pair.
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