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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.| Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times: |
Steve Ballmer unveiling USAFacts, his project to provide an online database of spending across federal, state, and local governments — Guess what Steven A. Ballmer has been up to for the last several years. (No, not just cheering for the basketball team he owns, the Los Angeles Clippers.)
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google agrees to pay ~$7.8M and open up Android in Russia to settle two-year antitrust dispute with Russian competition watchdog FAS 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 …
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| Justin Osofsky / Facebook: |
Facebook releases timeline of murder suspect's activity: first video uploaded 11:09AM PDT, first report received around 11:27AM, account disabled at 1:22PM — On Sunday morning, a man in Cleveland posted a video of himself announcing his intent to commit murder, then two minutes later posted another video …
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| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
Profile of Yann LeCun, who leads Facebook's AI efforts with a team of 80 researchers, and whose once-rejected theories about AI are now widely accepted — miles away from Facebook's Menlo Park headquarters, in an old, beige office building in downtown Manhattan, a group of company employees …
Tweets: @dseetharaman
| 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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| 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 years, the number of H-1B visa applications has decreased — a signal that President Trump's “America First” rhetoric is deterring employers from hiring foreign workers, experts say.| 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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| 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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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Three month study of 3.1M drivers in US finds they used their phones at least once on 88% of trips — Everyone knows we are all using our phones while driving. A lot. — And now there is hard data to back it up. Zendrive studied actual device use among 3.1 million drivers …
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| 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, Bloomberg, Gizmodo, GeekWire, VentureBeat, The Verge, TechSpot, Recode, and Fortune
Tweets: @lucas_shaw, @howardlindzon, @lucas_shaw, @jbruin, and @jbruin
| Jared Jones / GitHub: |
Github expands its developer program to include developers without paid accounts, announces new levels and benefits — For over three years, the GitHub Developer Program has been a launchpad for developers—from testing their newest applications to growing their biggest businesses.
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