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| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Facebook says it's banning all ads for cryptocurrencies, ICOs, and binary options to avoid “misleading or deceptive promotional practices” — It's an “intentionally broad” policy aimed at stopping scammers. — Facebook is banning all ads that promote cryptocurrencies …
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Tweets: @edzitron, @mmasnick, @petersontee, @teddyschleifer, @wired, @mgsiegler, @alyssabereznak, @jason, @robleathern, @nouriel, @pkafka, @jdpeterson, @edmundlee, and @pkafka
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: US DoJ and SEC are investigating whether Apple violated securities laws concerning its disclosures about update that slowed iPhones with old batteries — The U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating whether Apple Inc. violated securities laws concerning …
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Engadget, ZDNet, CNNMoney, Quartz, Reuters, SlashGear, Silicon Valley Business …, BuzzFeed, MacRumors, The Hill, CNET, AppleInsider, USA Today, Ubergizmo, iDownloadBlog.com, Tom's Guide, VentureBeat, Neowin, PhoneDog.com, Patently Apple, SiliconBeat, Ars Technica, iPhone Hacks, The Verge, MSPoweruser, CRN, MacDailyNews, Business Insider, TechCrunch, AppAdvice.com, 9to5Mac, Seeking Alpha, iPhone in Canada Blog, and Axios
Tweets: @inscitekjeff and @geoffreyfowler
| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Sources: Apple is delaying some planned iOS updates, including improvements to core apps, to next year in order to focus on performance and reliability issues — Apple has shaken up its iOS software plans for 2018, delaying some features to next year in an effort to put more focus …
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Bloomberg, Slate, 9to5Mac, Business Insider, The Verge, AppleInsider, MacRumors, Neowin, Redmond Pie, New York Magazine, MSPoweruser, Cult of Mac, PhoneDog.com, iDownloadBlog.com, Gizmodo, Patently Apple, Digital Trends, iPhone Hacks, Mashable, Macworld, Inquirer, TechSpot, iPhone in Canada Blog, Tom's Guide, 9to5Mac, International Business Times, Ubergizmo, Thurrott.com, CNBC, Fortune, The Mac Observer, Engadget, VentureBeat, iLounge, and Softpedia News
Tweets: @markgurman, @markgurman, @markgurman, @lapcatsoftware, and @reneritchie
| Matthew Leising / Bloomberg: |
Source: US regulators subpoenaed Bitfinex and subsidiary Tether amid doubts that Tether's USDT, which the firm says is pegged to USD, has sufficient reserves — Firms say they routinely get ‘legal process’ from regulators — Tether has yet to verify that it holds $2.3 billion in reserve
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tetherreport.com, The Verge, Wired, Bitfinex'ed, Forbes, The Register, CNBC, The Hill, Business Insider, CoinDesk, eric spano, SlashGear, Cointelegraph.com News, CoinDesk, Mashable, Seeking Alpha, Digital Journal, Bitsonline, and Coingeek
Tweets: @bitfinexed, @ncweaver, @satoshilite, @satoshilite, @erikvoorhees, @nouriel, @twobitidiot, @whatbitcoindid, and @ncweaver
| Red Hat: |
Red Hat to acquire Kubernetes and containers startup, CoreOS, for $250M — With CoreOS, Red Hat doubles down on technology to help customers build, run and manage containerized applications in hybrid and multicloud environments — Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider …
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VentureBeat, GeekWire, The Register, The New Stack, redhat.com, TechCrunch, CNBC, The Next Platform, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @thenewstack, @tompetrocelli, and @thenewstack
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google says it removed 700,000+ apps from the Play Store last year for policy violations, up 70% YoY, credits new machine learning techniques for the increase — Google today shared details of Google Play's efforts to protect Android users with its teams of engineers, policy experts …
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Android Developers Blog, SiliconANGLE, Engadget, The Verge, Gizmodo, Neowin, Greenbot, and 9to5Google. Tweets: @thurrott
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Snap debuts new styles for its Bitmoji called Bitmoji Deluxe, now offers 40 skin tones, up from 25, twice as many hair colors, and 50 hair treatment options — Now you can customize your Snapchat Bitmoji avatar with 40 skin tones, 50 hair colors, 50 hair treatment options and more so it looks …
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Snap Inc., The Verge, International Business Times, Tubefilter, Adweek, Business Insider, iMore, SlashGear, Gotta Be Mobile, 9to5Mac, CNET, Android Police, and Mashable
Tweets: @joshconstine and @joshconstine
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon rolls out SMS messaging feature for Alexa devices that lets users send text messages via voice, currently only available to Android users in US — Amazon announced today it's launching a new messaging feature for Alexa devices in the U.S. that will allow you to send texts - yes …
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The Verge, Engadget, VentureBeat, ZDNet, CNET, PhoneDog.com, GeekWire, Mashable, Droid Life, and Seeking Alpha
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Verizon has dropped all plans to sell phones made by Huawei, including the new Mate 10 Pro, after facing pressure from the US government — Carriers pressured by U.S. government to avoid handset maker — Perceived threat draws Trump team proposal for nationalization
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Android Police, Droid Life, DSLreports, Digital Trends, eWeek, The Verge, Phandroid, Tom's Guide, PhoneDog.com, Business Insider, Neowin, Ars Technica, Ubergizmo, CNET, RCR Wireless News, Gizmodo, Mashable, SlashGear, TechSpot, Engadget, Seeking Alpha, 9to5Google, Digital Photography Review, Android and Me, Inquirer, and Android Beat
| Jeff Cox / CNBC: |
Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase partner to cut employee healthcare costs, will create a company targeting healthcare technology solutions — - Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase on Tuesday announced plans to partner on ways to cut health care costs and improve services for U.S. employees.
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Business Wire, New York Times, TheStreet, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Forbes, Fortune, Ubergizmo, GeekWire, Associated Press, Bloomberg, ZDNet, The Digital Reader, TechCrunch, CNET, STAT, ZDNet, Engadget, and Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check
Tweets: @ariannahuff, @nataliesurely, @keithchaput, @davidklion, @erikbryn, @matthewstoller, @hels, @pourmecoffee, @parkermolloy, @afrakt, @afrakt, @jhweissmann, @b_fung, and @joshsisk
| Theodore Schleifer / Recode: |
Dog-walking app Wag accepts $300M in deal expected to give SoftBank 45% of the company and says cofounder Josh Viner will step aside as CEO — Hilary Schneider, a former top Yahoo executive, is the new CEO. — The dog-walking company Wag is replacing its CEO as it prepares to accept …
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Business Insider, PR Newswire, Fortune, Crunchbase News, Axios, and TechCrunch. Tweets: @teddyschleifer
| Jeff Teper / Microsoft Tech Community: |
Microsoft updates iOS Office apps with real-time co-authoring, iPad drag and drop support, universal link support, and OneDrive support for the iOS Files app — Today's post was written by Jeff Teper, corporate vice president for OneDrive, SharePoint and Office.
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MacRumors, Thurrott.com, Office Blogs, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, The Mac Observer, Neowin, Digital Trends, and MSPoweruser. Tweets: @steven_aquino. Thanks:@rhoge
| Wall Street Journal: |
Source: Apple to curtail iPhone X production in the first quarter to ~20M handsets, down from ~40M initially planned, due to weak demand — Company will offer its first report on iPhone X sales when it reports earnings Thursday — Apple Inc. AAPL -2.07% is slashing planned production … | Evelyn Cheng / CNBC: |
SEC announces it has obtained a court order to halt and recover the assets of Dallas-based “decentralized bank” AriseBank's ICO, which allegedly raised ~$600M — - U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announces it has obtained a court order to halt AriseBank's initial coin offering.
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Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, U.S. Securities …, Slate, Wired, CoinDesk, Business Insider, Gizmodo, Reuters, PYMNTS.com, CoinDesk, Cointelegraph.com News, and Seeking Alpha. Tweets: @jason
| AppleInsider: |
Apple Pay accepted at 1 out of 2 US stores, says Apple VP Jennifer Bailey — Speaking at NRF 2018 Retail's Big Show in New York earlier this month, Apple Pay VP Jennifer Bailey presented a speech detailing how iPhone changed the retail landscape, and outlined the tech company's ongoing efforts in the mobile payment marketplace.| Nico Grant / Bloomberg: |
Google partners with MobileIron, which offers a cybersecurity tool for phones, to create a new marketplace for cloud services to challenge Amazon — The tool will increase Google G Suite's application offerings — Alphabet Inc.'s Google is launching a digital store offering cloud-based software …
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The Keyword and TechCrunch
| Pavel Alpeyev / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Line Corp., creator of Japan's biggest messaging app, is expanding into cryptocurrency trading, insurance, and other financial services — Japan's biggest messenger creates a financial holdings company — Line applied for cryptocurrency exchange license in Japan
Tweets: @joonian
| Hamza Shaban / Washington Post: |
Over 100 child advocates, pediatric and medical experts urge Facebook to discontinue Messenger Kids, saying it poses health and development risk to children — More than 100 child advocates, civil society groups, medical experts and other individuals are urging Facebook to discontinue …
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BGR, The Verge, The Next Web, Engadget, Ubergizmo, Android Authority, Gizmodo, Wired, New York Times, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechSpot, and The Guardian. Tweets: @caseynewton. Thanks:@hshaban
| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
Study: Twitter cuts into Facebook's lead on traffic sent to publishers; this month FB sent 2.5 visitors for each one Twitter sent; in Oct '17, ratio was 4.7:1 — Publishers are freaking out about Facebook's plan to show 20% less news in the News Feed. But over the past four months … | Guilherme Rambo / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 11.3, now in beta, allows approval of family purchases using Face ID; biometric authentication of family purchases previously possible only via Touch ID — iPhone X owners with children have been complaining for a while about the impossibility of approving purchases using Face ID.| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
Pinterest hires Chuck Rosenberg, Google's computer vision research lead, to be the company's head of computer vision and lead its visual search engineering team — Pinterest today announced it has hired Google computer vision research lead Chuck Rosenberg to be the company's head …
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TechCrunch and Engadget
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