FaceTime bug allows eavesdropping

THE DAILY CRUNCH TUESDAY, JANUARY 29 2019 By Anthony Ha An eavesdropping bug forces Apple to disable group calling, Huawei responds to criminal charges from the DOJ and SAP announces major layoffs. Here's your Daily Crunch for January 29, 2019. 1. Apple disables group calling in FaceTime in response to eavesdropping bug Apple has disabled the group calling feature within its FaceTime calling service while it works on a patch to fix a nasty bug that allows eavesdropping. Apple's status page shows that group calling via FaceTime is "temporarily unavailable" — that's a stop-gap move while the company works to deliver a more permanent fix. We were unable to set up a group call when we tried, having earlier been able to do so and replicate the issue. 2. Huawei 'disappointed,' denies charges The long-simmering battle between the U.S. government and Huawei heated up last night when the U.S. DOJ announced that it is pursuing criminal charges against the Chinese hardware maker. Huawei has, unsurprisingly, denied all wrongdoing. Sponsored By: Impact Influencers - you may have heard of them? Influencer marketing has emerged as a proven strategy among retail marketers - usurping a larger share of marketing budgets. Download our ebook now to learn how to use your influencer programs to drive metrics that matter. Learn More… 3. SAP job cuts prove harsh realities of enterprise transformation While the company tried to put as positive a spin on the announcement as possible, there could be up to 4,000 job cuts as SAP shifts into more modern technologies. 4. Petal raises $30M from Valar to bank the unbanked with credit cards Petal uses a more holistic and comprehensive underwriting model to determine the creditworthiness of credit card applicants compared to traditional banks that rely predominantly on an applicant's FICO score. The goal is to focus more on cash flows rather than a static score. 5. Casper announces the Glow — a portable, sleep-friendly light The Casper team sent me a couple of Glows to try out for myself. The result? I found myself getting sleepier as the light dimmed, and I seemed to pass out more quickly and reliably than normal. 6. Home improvement platform Houzz lays off 180, reportedly gears up for public listing We've confirmed that the company laid off around 110 people in the U.K. and Germany this month, along with an additional 70 in its U.S. home market in Q4 of last year. 7. Screen time inhibits toddler development, study finds A study has found that kids 2-5 years old who engage in more screen time received worse scores in developmental screening tests. The apparent explanation is simple: when a kid is in front of a screen, they're not talking, walking or playing, the activities during which basic skills are cultivated. Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Senior JavaScript Engineer at WillowTree, Inc. (Charlottesville, VA, USA) DevOps Engineer - Above The Treeline at Above the Treeline (Ann Arbor, MI, USA) Director of Marketing at BuySWD.com (Plano, TX, USA) Ops Engineer at Help Scout (USA) Digital Marketing Manager at ReUp Education (San Francisco, CA, USA) SEE MORE JOBS ON CRUNCHBOARD Post your tech jobs and reach millions of TechCrunch readers for only $200 per month View this email online in your browser Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Unsubscribe © 2019 Oath Tech Network. All rights reserved. 410 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107

                                                           

Editor's Pick: MakuluLinux Core OS Debuts With Impressive Desktop Design

MakuluLinux Core OS Debuts With Impressive Desktop Design

Jack M. Germain Jan 28, 2019 5:00 AM PT
	A new Linux OS gets to the core of Linux computing with a revamped desktop environment and a new way to have fun with your daily computing tasks. Developer Jacque Montague Raymer has debuted the MakuluLinux Core OS, and hopes it becomes the crown jewel of the Series 15 release family. MakuluLinux released the latest versions of family members LinDoz and Flash several months ago. [More...]

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YouTube TV Hits Screens Across Most of the US
Dutch Doc Wins 'Forget My Suspension' Case

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Why Intel Is in Such Horrid Condition
Intel released earnings last week. It beat expectations on the bottom
line, but it missed big on the top line and the outlook was dismal.
Looking under the covers, the company is a mess. The expected CEO
announcement didn't occur. AMD's earnings are expected to be very
strong, and AMD just made some organizational changes that suggest an
increase in its competitive attack.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85813.html

MakuluLinux Core OS Debuts With Impressive Desktop Design
A new Linux OS gets to the core of Linux computing with a revamped
desktop environment and a new way to have fun with your daily computing
tasks. Developer Jacque Montague Raymer has debuted the MakuluLinux Core
OS, and hopes it becomes the crown jewel of the Series 15 release
family. MakuluLinux released the latest versions of family members
LinDoz and Flash several months ago.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85808.html

YouTube TV Hits Screens Across Most of the US
YouTube TV will be rolling out to an additional 95 markets in the U.S.,
almost doubling its coverage. The streaming video service already covers
the top 100 markets in the country, and the expansion will enable it to
reach more than 98 percent of households in the U.S., YouTube said.
There are roughly 120 million TV households in the U.S., but only about
108 million households have broadband.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85810.html

Dutch Doc Wins 'Forget My Suspension' Case
Google must remove search results about medical regulators' conditional
suspension of a Dutch physician in the first "right to be forgotten"
case of its kind in the European Union. After Google and Dutch data
privacy watchdog Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens rebuffed the doctor's
initial attempts to get disciplinary actions purged from online search
results, a district court in Amsterdam sided with the surgeon.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/85807.html

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Dropbox acquires HelloSign

THE DAILY CRUNCH MONDAY, JANUARY 28 2019 By Anthony Ha Dropbox makes a major acquisition, Google faces complaints about its ad targeting and the world needs more cybersecurity professionals. Here's your Daily Crunch for January 28, 2019. 1. Dropbox snares HelloSign for $230M, gets workflow and eSignature Dropbox's SVP of engineering Quentin Clark sees this as more than simply bolting on electronic signature functionality to the Dropbox solution. For him, the workflow capabilities that HelloSign added in 2017 were key to the purchase. "What is unique about HelloSign is that the investment they've made in APIs and the workflow products is really so aligned with our long-term direction," Clark said. "It's not just a thing to do one more activity with Dropbox, it's really going to help us pursue that broader vision." 2. Google and IAB ad category lists show 'massive leakage of highly intimate data,' GDPR complaint claims The complaint — lodged last fall by Dr. Johnny Ryan of private browser Brave; Jim Killock, director of the Open Rights Group; and Michael Veale, a data and policy researcher at University College London — alleges "wide-scale and systemic breaches of the data protection regime by Google and others" in the behavioral advertising industry. Sponsored By: Impact Partnerships. You're doing them wrong. Retailers: are you shopping for a company to help manage your performance marketing program? Have you considered things like partner diversity, reach and incrementality? Before you go any further in your search, read this guide for tips! Learn More… 3. Too few cybersecurity professionals is a gigantic problem for 2019 That's according to Robert Ackerman Jr., founder and a managing director of AllegisCyber, an early-stage cybersecurity venture firm. 4. Naspers takes full control of Russian classifieds site Avito in $1.16B deal South African internet conglomerate Naspers is best known for backing Chinese tech giant Tencent, but it also operates a vast network of online classifieds businesses. That network just got a little larger. 5. Contentsquare, the digital experience insights platform, raises $60M Series C Contentsquare offers cloud-based software that helps businesses understand how and why users are interacting with their app, mobile and web sites. 6. Scribd has more than 1M paying subscribers The company also says it's been profitable since early in 2017, and that it's currently bringing in $100 million in annual recurring revenue. 7. It's not Monday without a TechCrunch podcast roundup This week, the Equity team covers the latest news from scooter startups, while Original Content reviews the dueling Fyre Festival documentaries and Mixtape talks to the team at #builtbygirls. Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Director of Marketing at BuySWD.com (Plano, TX, USA) Ops Engineer at Help Scout (USA) Digital Marketing Manager at ReUp Education (San Francisco, CA, USA) Front End Engineer at Kiva.org (San Francisco, CA, USA) Director of Data Science at Kiva.org (San Francisco, CA, USA) SEE MORE JOBS ON CRUNCHBOARD Post your tech jobs and reach millions of TechCrunch readers for only $200 per month View this email online in your browser Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Unsubscribe © 2019 Oath Tech Network. All rights reserved. 410 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107