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Casey Newton / The Verge:
Snap launches slimmer Spectacles 2.0 with water resistance and faster pic and video transfer times, available at Spectacles.com for $150, $20 more than before  —  They're slimmer, they take photos, and you can take them in the pool.  But will you?  —  Snap today released the next generation …
Lucia Moses / Digiday:
Snap says it will begin testing six-second non-skippable ads in select Snapchat Shows beginning May 15  —  Once reluctant to force ads on its users, still-unprofitable Snapchat is going to start testing nonskippable ads in its TV-like shows, according to three sources with direct knowledge …
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Snap announces Snappables, AR lenses that use touch, motion, and facial expressions for single and multiplayer games, rolling out globally with new games weekly
Shara Tibken / CNET:
Samsung reports $14.4B profit in Q1 driven by memory chips demand, up 58% YoY, but warns of profit decline in Q2 due to “stagnant sales” of its flagship phones
Sam Byford / The Verge:
Nintendo reports operating profit of $1.62B, up 505% YoY, on strong Switch sales of 15M units in the year ending March, and names Shuntaro Furukawa as president  —  Nintendo sold just over 15 million Switch consoles in the last financial year, matching its own raised expectations after a hugely successful launch.
Ron Miller / TechCrunch:
IBM partners with a jewelry consortium to introduce TrustChain, a blockchain to prove the provenance of jewelry by following the supply chain from mine to store  —  Every time I talk to someone about the viability of blockchain, I get challenged to show a real project beyond the obvious bitcoin use case.
Fred Lambert / Electrek:
Tesla's head of Autopilot and key chip designer Jim Keller is leaving, source says he will join Intel  —  Legendary chip architect Jim Keller has seen an increasingly important role at Tesla since he joined the company in 2015.  —  He most recently took over the responsibilities …
Sui-Lee Wee / New York Times:
A look at China's “programmer motivators”, attractive women hired at tech firms to chat up, fan, and calm male coders, as well as give massages to ease stress  —  BEIJING — China's vibrant technology scene is searching for people like Shen Yue.
Jack Nicas / New York Times:
How 205 Facebook and Instagram accounts were impersonating Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg, many to scam vulnerable users through promises of lottery prizes  —  SAN FRANCISCO — A Facebook notification on Gary Bernhardt's phone woke him up one night last November with incredible news …
CBC News:
Researchers say ten countries are using internet-filtering tech by a Canadian firm to censor news, religious content, LGBTQ+ resources, and political campaigns  —  A new Citizen Lab report says Netsweeper is being used to censor political critics, news, and LGBTQ+ resources
Kif Leswing / Business Insider:
Facebook and Microsoft confirm plans to update their gun emoji designs to be more in line with Apple, Samsung, and Google; Microsoft shares water gun design  —  - Apple changed the design of the gun emoji into a squirt gun back in 2016.  — At the time, it was a controversial choice, but tech companies have since followed suit.
Facebook:
Facebook reports Q1 advertising revenue of $11.8B, up 50% YoY, of which ~91% comes from mobile, up from 85% in Q1 2017; headcount up 48% YoY to 27,742  —  Facebook, Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) today reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2018.  —  “Despite facing important challenges …
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook Q1: revenue of $11.97B, up 49% YoY, vs. $11.41B est, net income of $4.99B, up 63% YoY; MAUs up 13% YoY to 2.20B, DAUs up 13% YoY to 1.45B; stock up 8%+
Dustin Volz / Reuters:
Uber is updating its bug bounty policies and clarifies what it does and does not mean by “good faith” vulnerability research  —  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Uber on Thursday plans to announce changes to how it rewards cyber researchers who report flaws in its software …
Thanks:@dnvolz

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