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Google says Diane Greene will step down as Google Cloud CEO in early 2019, will be replaced by Oracle's former president of product development Thomas Kurian — Diane Greene, who was hired three years ago to build Google's cloud-computing business, is being replaced in that job by former Oracle executive Thomas Kurian.
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Sources: Microsoft to release a disc-less Xbox in 2019 that will cost $200 or less, will let users trade in discs for digital game downloads — In the wake of the news that Sony will not be attending E3 next year, Microsoft's hardware plans for 2019 will likely be a huge win for the brand and for gamers.
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| Christina Farr / CNBC: |
Alphabet's Verily says it's pausing its glucose-sensing contact lens project because, after four years of study, lenses didn't gauge blood sugar levels reliably — - In a show of transparency, Verily posted a blog post on Friday explaining why it is hitting the pause button on its glucose-sensing contact lens.
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SEC settles with Paragon Coin and CarrierEQ, which agree to start filing audited financial reports and refund investors of 2017 ICOs who want their money back — Agreements require startups to comply with investor-protection rules — WASHINGTON—Two startups that raised money …
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| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
Verizon's My Numbers app lets users add up to four additional numbers with separate voicemail and text messaging boxes on a single phone for $15/mo per number — The service is $15 a month per number — Carrying multiple phones for personal and business uses might be over for Verizon Wireless users.
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| New York Times: |
How Definers provided reporters with ammunition to suggest senators grilling Sheryl Sandberg were hypocritical for criticizing Facebook — SAN FRANCISCO — A small firm called Definers Public Affairs brought the dark arts of Washington's back-room politics to Silicon Valley when …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Amazon will now allow AWS account owners to set the default access setting for all of their account's S3 buckets as non-public to prevent accidental data leaks — New settings will prevent accidental S3 bucket leaks —if customers take the time to apply them.
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| Mehedi Hassan / Thurrott.com: |
Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 10 Mail app; Microsoft says it's an experimental feature never intended to be tested broadly and is being turned off — Update: Microsoft's head of communications claimed on Twitter that ads on the Mail app were “never intended” to be tested broadly …
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A look at the incentives cities offered to Amazon in their HQ2 bids, including an exclusive airport lounge, relocation expenses for employees, and more — Amazon's competitive search for a location for its second headquarters — dubbed HQ2 — inspired a fierce bidding war.| BBC: |
An in-depth look at how misinformation and incendiary images on Facebook are spreading in Nigeria, where police say they contributed to a dozen recent killings — Nigerian police say false information on Facebook is killing people — Nigerian police say false information and incendiary images …
Tweets: @toluogunlesi and @kevinroose
| Rebecca Mead / New Yorker: |
How podcasts, whose audio narratives offer a rare opportunity for slow immersion, became a seductive mode of storytelling that can sometimes be manipulative — In our frenetic age, audio narratives offer a rare opportunity for slow immersion. But this intimacy can become manipulative.
Tweets: @devindra
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Amazon announces Wake-on-Lan Controller, which enables Alexa to switch on devices over Wi-Fi or ethernet when they can not be woken up via the cloud — Have a smart device with a sleep mode that would normally prevent it from power toggling remotely? Amazon today announced Wake-on-Lan Controller …
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| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
Pirate Studios raises $20M for its self-service music studios that offer recording, live streaming, and cloud software that handles mixing and mastering — Pirate Studios, the music technology company that operates fully automated and self-service 24 hour music studios, has secured $20 million.Sponsor Posts
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Try Gemini 3 Pro — Google's newest and most intelligent AI model that helps you bring any idea to life
Shopify:
Shopify's new AI commerce stack — Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Shopify's new AI commerce stack — Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Zoho:
From content collaboration to content intelligence: Zoho WorkDrive's 2025 journey — As 2025 draws to a close, we're reflecting on a year marked by meaningful progress, purposeful innovation, and continuous learning at Zoho WorkDrive.
From content collaboration to content intelligence: Zoho WorkDrive's 2025 journey — As 2025 draws to a close, we're reflecting on a year marked by meaningful progress, purposeful innovation, and continuous learning at Zoho WorkDrive.
IDrive:
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.
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