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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Sources: Apple readies iPhone 5se for March/April with 4-inch screen, curved edges, Live Photos, 8MP rear camera, A8 and M8 chips, barometer, NFC chip, more  —  Apple readies ‘iPhone 5se’, not ‘6c’, for March/April with curved edges & Live Photos  —  That purported 4-inch “iPhone 6c” floating around the web yesterday?
Daisuke Wakabayashi / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Apple veteran overseeing Project Titan electric-car initiative, Steve Zadesky, leaving company  —  Apple Veteran Overseeing Electric-Car Project Leaving Company  —  Steve Zadesky said to be leaving for personal reasons  —  The Apple Inc. veteran tasked with spearheading …
Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:
Apple to update Apple Watch in mid-March with new bands, OS + full redesign in fall  —  Jeff Williams announcing September Apple Watch updates - AFP  —  In addition to launching a new 4-inch iPhone likely called the “iPhone 5se,” Apple plans to announce new Apple Watch models in March.
Ryan Mac / Forbes:
Some who invested in failing payments startup Clinkle asked for their money back  —  Clinkle Up In Smoke As Investors Want Their Money Back  —  On Sept. 23, 2013, Lucas Duplan was on top of the world.  Having finished a computer science degree at Stanford University the year before …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Skype helps users avoid harassment by hiding IP addresses  —  Microsoft is finally making IP addresses hidden by default on Skype.  Reports surfaced around four years ago noting that a flaw in Skype allowed malicious users to obtain IP addresses through the service.
Conor Dougherty / New York Times:
How Larry Page's interests in robots, nuclear fusion, and more are shaping Google's shift to Alphabet  —  How Larry Page's Obsessions Became Google's Business  —  Three years ago, Charles Chase, an engineer who manages Lockheed Martin's nuclear fusion program, was sitting on a white leather couch …
More: Gizmodo.  Tweets: @shiraovide and @daiwaka.  Thanks:@steverubel
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Australian VPN uFlix says Netflix started blocking its service to some users, issues a fix, likely triggering a larger whack-a-mole effort by Netflix  —  Netflix Makes Good On Promises To Crack Down On VPNs, But Blocks Are Short-Lived  —  Netflix has begun blocking some users of VPN services …
Eric Yoder / Washington Post:
Obama administration says a newly-created agency will conduct federal background checks, and DOD will store records, after internal review following OPM breach  —  Pentagon to take over control of background investigation information  —  Updated:  —  The government will shift responsibility …
Jessi Hempel / Wired:
Inside Facebook's Ambitious Plan to Connect the Whole World  —  The stern woman behind the press desk at the United Nations is certain I've made a mistake about the person I'm here to see.  “Mr. Mark Zuckerberg?” she says.  “Who's he?”  ¶  He's an Internet executive, I tell her.
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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
The New York Times Games rolls out a Wordle archive with 1,000+ past puzzles for “Games” and “All Access” subscribers, and adds its WordleBot to NYT Games app

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Warner Bros. Discovery plans more cost-cutting to hit financial targets for next year, including raising Max prices and the possibility of more layoffs

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
The NYT added 210,000 digital subscribers in Q1, for 10.5M subscribers in total, up 8% YoY, and ad revenue fell 2.4% YoY to $103.7M; the OpenAI lawsuit cost $1M

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