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Sources: 2nd generation Snap Spectacles to ship in Q3 with improved performance; 3rd gen planned for 2019 with two cameras for 3D-like depth effects in videos — Snap Inc. plans to launch a second version of its Spectacles glasses this year followed by a more ambitious third version equipped … | Michelle Robbins / Search Engine Land: |
Google expands snippets to provide multiple answers to search queries that could be interpreted in different ways — Google has been rolling out many new search features over the past few months related to images, featured snippets, and the knowledge graph.
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Former recruiter sues Google, says YouTube set minority hiring quotas, stopped hiring white and Asian males last year for tech jobs, fired him for complaining — A former employee alleges tech firm set quotas for hiring minorities — YouTube last year stopped hiring white and Asian males …
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| John McCrank / Reuters: |
Equifax expects $275M in 2018 costs from the data breach, says 2.4M additional customers were affected by 2017 cyber attack — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Equifax Inc (EFX.N) said on Friday it expects $275 million in costs in 2018 related to the credit reporting company's massive data breach last year …
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Tweets: @toddheberlein, @skuranda, @mikaelthalen, @zdnet, and @lichtspektrum
| Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Facebook's security team issued memo about Russian interference in Dec. 2016; firm's disclosures complicated by concerns about image, Mueller gag order — Social-media giant played down allegations Russia exploited its platform, deepening perceptions it is oblivious to public concern about its social impact
Tweets: @juliacarriew, @persuasivepr, @noahshachtman, @rebeccaballhaus, and @kirstengrind
| Sean McLain / Wall Street Journal: |
Toyota is teaming up with two other Japanese companies to form a $2.8B Tokyo-based company to develop software for self-driving cars — New company's goal is software of high enough quality to be used in passenger cars — TOKYO— Toyota Motor Corp. TM -.94% said it would spend nearly $3 billion …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram may be preparing to launch audio and video calling within its direct messaging system according to files and icons buried in its APK — Instagram wants to be your phone, not just your camera. And it wants to be better at it than Snapchat. Files buried in Instagram …
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Tweets: @joshconstine and @joshconstine
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Rovio misses on Q4 revenue of €73.9M vs €77.33M estimated and announces closure of a year-old London office, departure of head of games unit; stock down 9%+ — Gaming and entertainment company Rovio continues to have a very hard time of it as it faces the music on the waning popularity …
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GlobeNewswire News Room, Reuters, BBC, TechSpot, MarketWatch, Pocket Gamer.biz, GlobeNewswire News Room, Bloomberg, Financial Times, Variety, and Business Insider. Tweets: @ingridlunden
| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Best of MWC: Galaxy S9, demise of bezels, Vivo's Apex concept phone, Lenovo Chromebooks; worst of MWC: iPhone X notch copycats, AR Emoji, LG's rebadged “V30s” — The future has more notches than headphone jacks — Mobile World Congress 2018: what happened?
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| Evelyn Cheng / CNBC: |
Michael Arrington says his $100M crypto fund received SEC subpoena, and every crypto fund he talked to also did; source: SEC subpoenaed ~80 firms in ICOs probe — - “We received a subpoena. Every [crypto]fund I've talked to has received one," said Michael Arrington, TechCrunch founder …
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Sources: UiPath raises ~$120M Series B at $1B+ valuation for enterprise back-office automation bots; UiPath raised $30M at estimated $109M valuation in April — The initial hype around bots — applications that run partly or entirely using natural language processing, machine learning …
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Garrett Camp proposes Eco, a cryptocurrency that would run on verified nodes at universities and research institutes and have collective mining incentives — In November, Garrett Camp had just returned from his first trip to Africa—an “eye-opening” experience, he said …
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TechCrunch, Bloomberg, NewsBTC, ECO, and Eco
Tweets: @patrickmoorhead, @jarroddicker, @adambain, @thewholetruthxx, @rhhackett, and @om. Thanks:@theicofeed
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