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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google reaches $7.8M out-of-court settlement in Android antitrust case in Russia, which was originally filed by Yandex — Google has reached a settlement with Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) agency in the antitrust case the Russian search rival Yandex had originally filed …
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FAS Russia, Reuters, Yandex, TASS, Digital Trends, International Business Times, Android Authority, The Verge, Engadget, Associated Press, Seeking Alpha, and East-West Digital News. Tweets: @yandexcom
| Ryan Smith / AnandTech: |
Intel discontinues Intel Developer Forum, citing its transition from a PC-centric to a data-centric company as the main reason — In a bit of breaking news this morning, it appears that Intel has decided to cancel their Intel Developer Forum tradeshow going forward, including this summer's expected IDF17.
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Intel, SiliconANGLE, Business Insider, The Register, InfoWorld, Ars Technica, Axios, Tom's Hardware, SlashGear, SemiAccurate, and The Tech Report. Tweets: @ampressman. Thanks:@ryansmithat
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Instagram now lets you organize bookmarks into private collections — Instagram will make its bookmarking feature more useful, the company announced this morning, with the introduction of “collections.” The new feature will allow users to organize the posts they save into private groupings for easier access.
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Instagram Blog, The Verge, 9to5Mac, CNET, Android Police, iMore, TechSpot, Engadget, TalkAndroid.com, The Next Web, Adweek, VentureBeat, Neowin, Droid Life, MacRumors, and MacStories
Tweets: @instagram and @sarahfrier
| Katie Benner / New York Times: |
Leaked documents reveal the hotel industry's plan to combat Airbnb with lobbying, pushing for bills at state level, and funds for anti-Airbnb research — SAN FRANCISCO — Last year, Airbnb underwent a rough regulatory patch. — The short-term rental company became a Federal Trade Commission target …
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Gizmodo, The Next Web, Airbnb Citizen, Engadget, Axios, SiliconBeat, PYMNTS.com, and Fortune
Tweets: @paulg, @walterolson, @adamholthouse, and @edwardwalker
| Rich McCormick / The Verge: |
Several hours passed before Facebook removed a video of a murder shared on the social network — Facebook took posts down hours later — A Cleveland man is at large after reportedly killing someone and uploading the footage to Facebook. The video appears to show a man identified by police …
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Facebook, Wired, Fortune, Gizmodo, Techdirt, GeekWire, TechCrunch, The Hill, Variety, CNNMoney, Raw Story, Gizmodo, Jezebel, fox8.com, Real Stories, Associated Press, People.com, CBS News, NBC News, Network World, USA Today, New York Daily News, The Next Web, CBS New York, and BuzzFeed
Tweets: @dannysullivan, @reversegremlin, @_lilchen, @sdkstl, @brianstelter, @sdkstl, @jason_kint, and @dannysullivan
| Anita Balakrishnan / CNBC: |
Netflix reports $2.64B in Q1 revenue, nets 3.53M new international members vs 3.71M expected and 1.42M domestic vs 1.56M expected — Netflix posted first quarter earnings that beat expectations, and revenue that was in line with analysts' estimates on Monday.
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TechCrunch, VentureBeat, The Verge, Recode, Bloomberg, and Fortune
Tweets: @lucas_shaw, @howardlindzon, @lucas_shaw, @jbruin, and @jbruin
| Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times: |
NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission proposes rule that would require ride-hailing apps like Uber include in-app tipping, after Independent Drivers Guild petition — New Yorkers have for years been able to tip a taxi driver by adding a few dollars to their bill before swiping a credit card.
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The Verge, TechCrunch, CNET, The Next Web, Axios, New York Magazine, Engadget, MarketWatch, NBC New York, and Fortune
| Austen Hufford / Wall Street Journal: |
Cloudera gives IPO terms with valuation of up to $1.79B, with price per share ranging from $12 to $14, far lower than the $30.92 per share Intel paid in 2014 — Big-data software company says 17.3 million shares could be sold for between $12 and $14 a share
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TechCrunch, ZDNet, SiliconANGLE, Silicon Valley Business …, Fortune, and Seeking Alpha
| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
Profile of Yann LeCun, who leads Facebook's AI efforts with a team of 80 researchers; his once-rejected theories about AI are today considered world-class — miles away from Facebook's Menlo Park headquarters, in an old, beige office building in downtown Manhattan, a group of company employees … | Cade Metz / Wired: |
AI technique called “generative adversarial networks”, where neural networks are pitted against one another, could lead to unsupervised learning — The day Richard Feynman died, the blackboard in his classroom read: “What I cannot create, I do not understand.”
Tweets: @hadip, @ericschmidt, and @googleresearch
| Nitasha Tiku / BuzzFeed: |
How Zuckerberg has polished his image to win people over, beginning with greater use of personal FB posts in 2015 and culminating in his current US talking tour — Until recently — , Mark Zuckerberg's most iconic public appearance may have been the image of the young startup founder sweating through …
Tweets: @buzzfeednews, @sarahcuda, @jacobwe, @buzzfeednews, @annehelen, @martinsfp, @matt_cagle, @nitashatiku, @nxthompson, @glennf, @annehelen, and @kimmaicutler
| Trisha Thadani / San Francisco Chronicle: |
H-1B visa applications drop for first time in four years, to 199K petitions, down from 236K last year — For the first time in four years, the number of H-1B visa applications has decreased. — The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services received 199,000 petitions, or applications … Thanks:@owenthomas
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