Top 5 Tech Reads: Jan 22–28

via Mashable

Facebook begins a privacy push, Google’s Clips camera goes on sale, and Apple cuts production of the iPhone X. Check out our roundup of last week’s top tech reads!

1. Apple cuts production of iPhone X to 20 million: report. Stagnant iPhone X sales have prompted Apple to dramatically slice production of the tech giant’s latest and most advanced handset. Apple initially planned to produce 40 million of these handsets at its Chinese factories between January and March 2018, but Apple has reportedly cut this goal in half to 20 million. (Mashable)
2. Japanese exchange says hackers stole over $400M in cryptocurrency. The cryptocurrency exchange claims it lost more than $400 million in tokens following an alleged hack on its service. Some 500 million tokens of NEM, worth around $400 million, were lost. NEM, the tenth largest cryptocurrency based on total coin market cap, is a distributed ledger platform primarily aimed at enabling payments and other financial services.The apparent heist is larger than the Mt. Gox hack in 2014 — in U.S. dollar value — but its impact is unlikely to be as significant given the sheer number of cryptocurrencies in the market today and the increased value of bitcoin. (TechCrunch)
3. Facebook begins privacy push ahead of tough new European law. Facebook will introduce a new privacy center this year that features all core privacy settings in one place, ahead of the introduction of a strict new EU data protection law that takes effect on May 25th. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will restrict how tech companies collect, store, and use personal data. Facebook also says that it’s publishing its privacy principles for the first time, detailing how the company handles user details.(The Verge)
4. This Tiny Robot Walks, Crawls, Jumps and Swims. But It Is Not Alive. Researchers have created a tiny robot, small enough to navigate a stomach or urinary system, that one day may be used to deliver drugs inside the body. (NYT Tech)
5. Google starts selling its $249 Clips camera, but you need to join a wait list to get one. The hands-free camera uses AI running on an Intel Movidius chip to decide when to take a snap of family and friends. Clips takes motion photos not unlike Apple’s Live Photos, except the clips are seven seconds long and don’t have any audio. The camera went on sale over the weekend, but Google has now stopped taking new orders, offering customers the option of joining a wait list.(ZDnet)

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