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| Kara Swisher / Recode: |
Uber's SVP of engineering Amit Singhal is out after not disclosing to the company that he had left Google amid a dispute over sexual harassment allegation — Amit Singhal, a highly regarded engineer in Silicon Valley, denied the claims after top execs at the search giant presented them to him.
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Mozilla buys Pocket, its first acquisition, and says the read-it-later service will continue operating as an independent subsidiary — From browser extension to acquisition — Mozilla has acquired Pocket, a kind of DVR for the internet, for an undisclosed sum.
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Tweets: @om, @mozilla, @benpopper, @joshconstine, @anthony, @marshallk, @caseynewton, @kunalcagarwal, @jamieartkin, and @caseynewton
See also Mediagazer| Jack Nicas / Wall Street Journal: |
YouTube viewers worldwide watch more than 1B hours of video a day, a 10-fold increase since 2012, threatening to eclipse US TV viewership — Google unit posts 10-fold increase in viewership since 2012, boosted by algorithms personalizing user lineups — YouTube viewers world-wide …
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Trump's advisers and career civil servants spawn encryption boom in Washington DC, as they try to conceal communications with employees and press — Both career employees and White House aides have taken steps to conceal their communications with colleagues or the news media.
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See also Mediagazer| Mehedi Hassan / MSPoweruser: |
Windows 10 Creators Update will include a feature, disabled by default, that prevents apps that are not from the Windows Store from installing — With the upcoming Windows 10 Creators Update, Microsoft is adding a brand new feature to Windows that will help prevent installation of bloatware in Windows 10.
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Windows Central, ZDNet, The Verge, The Register, Thurrott.com, SecurityWeek, Mashable, TechSpot, Ubergizmo, Ars Technica, Tom's Hardware, Inquirer, Neowin, PCWorld, The Next Web, Softpedia News, and Liliputing. Tweets: @vitorgrs
| Rich McCormick / The Verge: |
Twitch will start selling games worldwide this spring; partnered streamers get 5% of each sale originating on their channel while game creators get 70% — It already dominates video game streaming, but Twitch is now getting into a new market: video game selling.
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai says the AT&T/Time Warner deal won't be presented to the FCC for review, meaning it would only require approval of Justice Department — So... it's probably gonna go through — FCC chairman Ajit Pai said today that he doesn't expect the commission to review … | Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Lenovo launches Tab 4, Tab 4 Plus series of Android tablets in 8- and 10-inch editions, starting at $109 and $199, and a $199 10-inch Miix 320 Windows 2-in-1 — If it wasn't already clear that Lenovo is trying to cover every conceivable tablet niche, it is now.
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Lenovo Blog, Lenovo Blog, 9to5Google, Computerworld, Android and Me, ZDNet, Lenovo Blog, The Verge, Android Police, Softpedia News, Softpedia News, Laptop Mag, BGR, and Laptop Mag. Tweets: @stevesi
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Porsche Design's Book One has specs similar to a Surface Book, but its hinge can bend all the way over and detach; device will launch in US in April for $2,495 — Porsche Design has announced its new 2-in-1, called the Book One, today at Mobile World Congress and it sure reminds us of a Surface Book.
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Windows Blog, Engadget, PCWorld, Windows Central, Neowin, Laptop Mag, and On MSFT
| Elizabeth Gurdus / CNBC: |
Before Apple earnings in January, Berkshire Hathaway more than doubled its Apple stock holdings to ~$17B or about 2.5% of outstanding Apple shares, says Buffett — Buffett: Bought a big chuck of Apple — Berkshire Hathaway chiefWarren Buffett said Monday he doesn't personally own an iPhone …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Google discloses “high-severity” type-confusion bug in IE 11 and Edge after privately reporting the flaw to Microsoft on November 25, 2016; no patch available — String of unpatched security flaws comes after February Patch Tuesday was canceled.
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Windows Central, The Register, eWeek, ZDNet, Digital Trends, and Axios
| Brad Linder / Liliputing: |
Sony debuts Xperia Touch projector, an Android-powered computer that turns any surface into a touchscreen, coming to select countries in spring for €1499 — I can't decide if the Sony Xperia Touch represents an exciting new product category in the personal computing space, of if it's just an overpriced novelty.
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| Matt Humrick / AnandTech: |
Sony debuts Xperia XZ Premium and Xperia XZs phones with 4GB RAM, 19MP cameras, and IP68 ratings; 64GB XZs on sale April 5 for $699; XZ Premium's price is TBD — Sony announced today at MWC 2017 that it's bringing two new premium phones to the US market: the Xperia XZ Premium and Xperia XZs.Sponsor Posts
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