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Microsoft reports Q1 revenue of $29.1B, up 19% YoY, net income of $8.8B, up 34% YoY; Azure revenue grew 76%, LinkedIn revenue grew 33%, Surface revenue grew 14% — Microsoft Cloud Strength Powers Record First Quarter Results — REDMOND, Wash. — October 24, 2018 — Microsoft Corp. today announced …
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| New York Times: |
Sources: US intelligence has determined that China and Russia spy on phone calls Trump makes using his iPhones instead of his secure White House landline — WASHINGTON — When President Trump calls old friends on one of his iPhones to gossip, gripe or solicit their latest take on how he is doing … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Facebook is working on a new TikTok-like music app to let users record and share videos of themselves lip-syncing or dancing to popular songs — Josh Constine @JoshConstine / 8 hours — Facebook is working on a new app that it hopes could win back the attention of teens …
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Responding to Tim Cook's privacy speech, ex-Facebook CSO Alex Stamos calls out Apple's anti-privacy moves in China and tech media for ignoring them in coverage — - Former Facebook chief security officer Alex Stamos said on Twitter Apple needs to “come clean” about how it blocks ways …
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
UK data watchdog fines Facebook the maximum £500K amount for its failure to protect users' personal information in the Cambridge Analytica scandal — The fine is just £500,000, but regulators say it should have been ‘significantly higher’ — The UK's data watchdog has levied …
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| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
German smart thermostat and AC control maker Tado raises $50M from Amazon, E.ON, and others, bringing its total raised to $102M — Tado, the smart thermostat and AC control maker, has raised a further $50 million in funding from an array of noteworthy and strategic investors.| The Verge: |
Leaked Google contract stipulates that Android device makers provide at least two years of security updates for phones and tablets that have 100K+ activations — Every month, a security team at Google releases a new set of patches for Android — and every month, carriers and manufacturers struggle …
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| Stephanie Condon / ZDNet: |
Amazon says Alexa for Business now works with any device with Alexa built in, including 3rd-party devices; the program was previously restricted to Echo devices — Device makers building with the Alexa Voice Service have an opportunity to reach new enterprise customers.| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
Sources: GrayKey, which some law enforcement agencies bought to break the passcodes of iOS devices, can no longer do so for any iPhone running iOS 12 or above — Apple has managed to prevent the hottest iPhone hacking company in the world from doing its thing.
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| Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times: |
Kinsa, a smart thermometer startup that raised ~$29M via VCs like Kleiner Perkins, has products in 500K+ US homes, sells “illness data” to companies like Clorox — Most of what we do — the websites we visit, the places we go, the TV shows we watch, the products we buy — has become fair game for advertisers.| Christina Farr / CNBC: |
Sources: Udi Manber, who ran engineering for Google's core search products before leaving in 2015, is joining health insurance giant Anthem as its head of AI — - The move signals that Anthem is making investments in both its core technology and customer experience.| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
AMD reports Q3 revenue of $1.65B, vs. $1.7B est., up 4% YoY, net income of $102M, up from $61M YoY, but low Q4 guidance; stock down 20%+ after hours — The company missed third quarter revenue targets and issued lower-than-expected fourth quarter guidance.
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| Jake Holmes / CNET: |
Waymo updates guide detailing how its self-driving cars will react when it is being pulled over by police and what first responders should do in case of a crash — Every new driver learns to pull over and stop when a police car blaring red-and-blues approaches.
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| New York Times: |
The marked contrast between Amazon's and Sears' compensation plans shows the shift in recent years away from employees to shareholders — Half a century ago, a typical Sears salesman could walk out of the store at retirement with a nest egg worth well over a million in today's dollars, feathered with company stock.
Tweets: @sapna, @tiffkhsu, @kyweise, @byrosenberg, @byrosenberg, @mims, @nytnational, @nytimesbusiness, and @tomgara
| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
A look at two features Twitter is testing: “presence indicators”, which say what users are doing while they tweet, and “ice breakers” to start conversations — Executives say they want to enhance conversations on the platform — Twitter is testing new features designed …
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| The Times of Israel: |
Cybersecurity giant Check Point buys Tel Aviv-based cloud security startup Dome9; initial cash considerations priced deal at $175M — Cybersecurity giant acquires Tel Aviv based Dome9 in cash, stock and options; Checkpoint third quarter earnings per share up 6% year on year
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Oculus begins rolling out new features, including a system-wide option for reporting abuse and the ability to cast the screen to a phone, currently in beta — Oculus is rolling out new features, including a system-wide option for reporting abuse. The update is available on the Oculus … | Brian Dowling / Xconomy: |
Boston-based DataRobot, which makes tools for enterprises to automate building machine learning models, raises $100M Series D, bringing total raised to $225M — Boston startup DataRobot wrapped up a new $100 million funding round, injecting more cash into what was already one of the region's biggest bets …
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| Georgina Ustik / The Next Web: |
Profile of Jane Wong, an engineering student from Hong Kong who regularly uncovers scoops about Instagram, Google, and others, like Facebook's dating feature — You see it all the time — Facebook's latest feature leaks to the public, and everyone knows about it before Zuckerberg has said a word.
Tweets: @joshconstine
| Heather Somerville / Reuters: |
Sources describe problems at GM's Cruise self-driving car unit, which has had delays, issues with software, and more, after landing $5B in investments — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - It's one of the biggest bets going in the world of cars. — Since May, General Motors Co …
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| Ellen Sheng / CNBC: |
How tech giants are increasingly using contract workers instead of direct staff, as Google's contract workers outnumbered direct employees for the first time — - This year at Google, contract workers outnumbered direct employees for the first time in the company's 20-year history.
Tweets: @cnbc
| Paresh Dave / Reuters: |
Facebook says its AI tools helped moderators remove 8.7M user-posted images of child nudity during the last quarter — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O) said on Wednesday that company moderators during the last quarter removed 8.7 million user images of child nudity with the help …
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