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Fed Up, SF Requires Permit to Test Tech in Public

December 11, 2019December 11, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
apps, permits, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, transportation

Tired of San Francisco streets being used as a testing ground for the latest delivery technology and transportation apps, city leaders are requiring businesses to get permits before trying out new high-tech ideas in public.

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Government International Law Media Technology 

Russia Makes Local Apps Mandatory on Smartphones

December 3, 2019 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
apps, Russia, smartphones

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law a requiring all smartphones and computers sold in the country to come pre-installed with Russian software.

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Business Technology 

TikTok

December 2, 2019December 2, 2019 BRIEF
apps, Brief1, China, digital data, privacy

A federal class action accuses Bytedance, TikTok, et al. of installing surveillance software in their products to send user data to China.

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Government International Media Technology 

Senators Call for Security Probe of Social Media Darling TikTok

October 25, 2019October 28, 2019 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
apps, China, national security, Spying

Two senior U.S. senators called for the government to study national security risks possibly posed by Chinese-owned video app TikTok, saying it could leave American users vulnerable to Beijing’s spying.

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Regional Technology 

30 Years After Loma Prieta, California Gets Quake Early-Warning System

October 17, 2019October 18, 2019 NICK CAHILL
apps, California, Earthquake, history, Sci1

Marking the 30th anniversary of the deadly Loma Prieta earthquake and its devastation to buildings, bridges, freeways and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, California officials on Thursday launched a long-awaited statewide warning system that will send cellphone alerts before earthquakes. 

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Business International Technology 

Apple Truckles to China, Removes Hong Kong App

October 10, 2019October 10, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Apple, apps, censorship, China, Hong Kong

Apple removed a smartphone app that allows Hong Kong residents to report police movements from its online store Thursday after an official Chinese newspaper accused the company of facilitating illegal behavior.

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Business Consumers 

FTC Claims Match Group Duped Daters Into Buying Subscriptions

September 25, 2019September 26, 2019 DAVID LEE
apps, Federal Trade Commission, websites

The Federal Trade Commission sued dating website operator Match Group on Wednesday, claiming it uses scammers’ phony love interest advertisements to dupe thousands of people into buying paid subscriptions on Match.com.

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Environment International 

New AI App Predicts Climate Change Stress for Farmers in Africa

September 23, 2019September 23, 2019 JON PARTON
Africa, Agriculture, apps, Climate change, farming, robotics

In the wake of climate warming that threatens to destroy African farmers’ crops, a team of Penn State scientists on Monday unveiled a new artificial intelligence tool in a cellphone app that can predict crop growth and help protect vital food supplies from intensifying heat.

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Entertainment Technology 

Don’t Catch ‘Em All

August 30, 2019September 3, 2019 BRIEF
apps, Brief7, Settlement, video games

A federal judge signed off on a settlement Friday in which “Pokemon Go” maker Niantic agrees to set up a way for property owners to have targets removed from their properties, in hopes of ending the barrage of game-playing trespassers at cemeteries, Washington’s Holocaust Museum and the Auschwitz concentration camp.

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Regional Technology 

LA ShakeAlert App Changed to Alert Users on Small Quakes

August 14, 2019August 15, 2019 NATHAN SOLIS
apps, Earthquake, Los Angeles County

An app designed to give users advance warning of an earthquake recently received an important update, after failing to warn Southern California residents of a magnitude 7.1 earthquake in July.

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Regional Technology 

NYC Eyes Bill to Block Telecoms From Sharing Customer Data

July 23, 2019July 24, 2019 AMANDA OTTAWAY
apps, cellphones, digital data, NYC, privacy, telecommunications

The New York City Council introduced a bill Tuesday that would prohibit cellphone companies and app developers from sharing customers’ data while the customers are within the city’s five boroughs.

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Business Consumers Entertainment Technology 

Dog Owner Tackles Wag App for Safety Breaches

July 1, 2019July 2, 2019 AMANDA OTTAWAY
apps, dogs, negligence, NYC, robbery, theft

Still in a howl despite the intercession of actress Olivia Munn, a Long Island woman claims in a federal class action that the dog-walking app Wag is profiting handsomely off a system of connecting conscientious owners to unvetted strangers.

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Uncategorized 

Russia Demands Tinder Give User Data to Secret Services

June 3, 2019June 4, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
apps, digital data, internet, national intelligence, privacy, Russia

Russia is requiring dating app Tinder to hand over data on its users – including messages – to the national intelligence agencies, part of the country’s widening crackdown on internet freedoms.

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Appeals Government Technology 

Court Tosses Suit Over Use of Encrypted Apps in White House

May 28, 2019May 28, 2019 TIM RYAN
apps, D.C. Circuit, records, Trump administration, White House

The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday struck down a government watchdog group’s lawsuit seeking to stop White House personnel from using secured messaging services to discuss official business.

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International Technology 

Israeli Spyware Can Infect WhatsApp With a Missed Call

May 14, 2019May 14, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
apps, Israel, smartphones, software, Spying, Surveillance

Spyware crafted by a sophisticated group of Israeli hackers-for-hire took advantage of a flaw in the popular WhatsApp communications program to remotely hijack dozens of phones, the company said late Monday.

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Business Employment 

Uber and Lyft Drivers Stage Nationwide Strike Over Wages

May 8, 2019May 8, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
apps, Lyft, protests, ride-hail, strike, Uber, wages

Drivers for ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft are turning off their apps Wednesday to protest declining wages at a time when both companies are raking in billions of dollars from investors.

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Business Government Regional 

San Francisco Requires Businesses to Take Cash Payments

May 7, 2019May 8, 2019 MATTHEW RENDA
apps, banks, credit and debit card, currency, incomes, retail, San Francisco

The San Francisco County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to require most businesses to accept cash rather than debit or credit cards only.

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Business Technology 

Hertz App

April 22, 2019April 22, 2019 BRIEF
apps, automotive, Brief5, contract, internet

Hertz claims in a federal complaint that Accenture failed to deliver the website and mobile app that it was paid $32 million to design.

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Business Employment 

Gig Dig

March 5, 2019March 6, 2019 BRIEF
apps, Brief7, Labor

A federal court in San Francisco dismissed the bulk of a lawsuit brought by a Postmates courier who claimed that the gig-based company misclassified him as an independent contractor rather than as an employee.

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Business Civil Rights Consumers Technology 

Digital Privacy

February 8, 2019February 8, 2019 BRIEF
advertising, apps, Brief4, Class Action, privacy, smartphones

A class of smartphone users filed a class action in Illinois state court accusing mobile advertising network Kiip of secretly tracking their personal information and communications without consent even when a phone is not in use.

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