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Sources: Google plans to eventually replace Duo with Meet - 9to5Google 14 August 2020

This decision is the result of Google placing its consumer communication services — Duo, Messages, and Android’s Phone app — under the leadership of G Suite head Javier Soltero. After the unified team was made public in May, Soltero announced to employees that it does not make sense for Duo and Meet to coexist.

Google's advertising platform is blocking articles about racism. 14 August 2020

the demonetizations underscore the fact that publishers’ ability to make money from their work remains partially at the mercy of opaque algorithms that can be tweaked at any time, possibly with significant consequences for their business. The potential concerns might be especially pronounced for news organizations whose missions are to focus on topics, like racism […]

Russell Kirsch, inventor of the pixel, dies in his Portland home at age 91: Digital Photography Review 14 August 2020

It was in 1957 though that Kirsch would forever make his mark on the world when he, alongside a team of researchers, developed a small 5cm by 5cm digital image scanner for the SEAC that went on to capture the first digital images, including a now-iconic raster image of Kirsch’s three-month-old son, Walden.

Fortnite for Android has also been kicked off the Google Play Store - The Verge 13 August 2020

Following its removal from the Apple App Store, Fortnite has also been kicked off of the Google Play Store for Android. Earlier today, Epic Games snuck in an update for both the iPhone and Android versions of the game that allowed users to pay Epic directly for in-app purchases instead of using the officially sanctioned […]

In one click: Amazon Alexa could be exploited for theft of voice history, PII, skill tampering | ZDNet 13 August 2020

Check Point Research said on Thursday that the security issues were caused by Amazon Alexa subdomains susceptible to Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) misconfiguration and cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. When Check Point first began examining the Alexa mobile app, the company noticed the existence of an SSL mechanism that prevents traffic inspection. However, the script used […]

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