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| J. David Goodman / New York Times: |
How Amazon is trying to quell opposition to its new NYC offices by hiring well-connected lobbyists and taking to the streets to hear residents' concerns — Amazon is trying to quell rising opposition to its plan for offices in New York, hiring well-connected lobbyists to make its case …
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| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
Intel unveils its next CPU architecture, Sunny Cove, built to execute more instructions in parallel with lower latency, better cryptography support, and more — Finally, a move away from just bundling more cores together. — In 2019, Intel will release Core and Xeon chips built around a new architecture …
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AnandTech, Intel Newsroom, ZDNet, Engadget, SiliconANGLE, Forbes, iPhone Hacks, MIT Technology Review, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, MSPoweruser, Liliputing, Gizmodo, Thurrott, Neowin, PCWorld, and VentureBeat
Tweets: @_markel___, @intel, @devindra, @devindra, @tomshardware, @dcseifert, and @ow
| Brian Barrett / Wired: |
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Tweets: @vladsavov, @wired, @benbajarin, and @stshank
| Gillian Brockell / Washington Post: |
Tech companies should automatically turn off irrelevant ads based on info users share, such as ads for baby gear when a pregnant person has a stillborn child — Dear Tech Companies: — I know you knew I was pregnant. It's my fault, I just couldn't resist those Instagram hashtags — #30weekspregnant, #babybump.
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Telegraph, BBC, Sydney Morning Herald, The Independent, ABC, Pretty 52, BuzzFeed News, Newser, Big Think, The Hill, BBC, Scary Mommy, Slate, and CNBC
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| Kyle Orland / Ars Technica: |
Epic Games, which makes Fortnite, unveils a free SDK, rolling out in 2019, to help developers build cross-platform games that include login and social elements — Online services SDK will roll out slowly through 2019. — Part of the massive success of Fortnite has been the ability …
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Unreal Engine, Windows Central, VG247, USgamer.net, TechCrunch, Polygon, PC Gamer, Neowin, VentureBeat, GoNintendo, GameSpot, The Verge, Gamasutra, IGN, and Blue's News
Tweets: @unrealengine, @mattrix, and @chillmage
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft launches Clarity, a new web analytics product in beta, to compete with A/B testing tools like Google Optimize — Microsoft today launched a new web analytics product in beta. Clarity is designed to help developers understand user behavior at scale, including why users struggle …
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| Danny Crichton / TechCrunch: |
Nvidia's stock has dropped 48.8% since Oct. 1 due to growing chip competition, flat sales, less chip demand for crypto applications, and China trade uncertainty — Nvidia is a company that has reached the highest highs and the lowest lows, all in the span of a couple of weeks.
Tweets: @campuscodi
| Joshua Goldman / CNET: |
Samsung upgrades its two-in-one Notebook 9 Pen with a new 15-inch option, 8th-gen Core i7 chip, updated S Pen and a promise of 15 hours of battery life — With its updated Notebook 9 Pen two-in-one laptop, Samsung is targeting creative professionals who want the flexibility of both a laptop …
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| Valentina Palladino / Ars Technica: |
LG unveils two Gram laptops ahead of CES: 17" 2.9lb clamshell with 8th gen Intel CPU and claimed 19.5 hour battery for $1,699+, and a 14" 2-in-1 with price TBA — LG will show off all new Gram laptops at CES in January. — We're just a few weeks away from 2019's Consumer Electronics Show …
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Google begins letting Android users donate to select US nonprofits through the Play Store, with 100% of donations going to the organization — Turning its mobile app store into a vehicle for charitable giving — Google is launching a new feature for Android phones today through …
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| Frank Chaparro / The Block: |
Sources: stablecoin project Basis, backed by Bain Capital, GV, and a16z, is closing and returning most of the $133M capital raised, due to regulatory issues — One large Basis investor said “this is an extraordinarily talented team with an extremely ambitious vision tackling a very difficult problem.
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Tweets: @mdudas, @arrington, @melt_dem, and @coinfund_al
| Gerry Smith / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to relaunch Texture as a paid news subscription service, built into the Apple News app, as soon as spring 2019, but publishers remain wary — - Texture is set to evolve into Apple News subscription feature — Media executives remain wary of Apple's latest media foray
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Macworld, iDownloadBlog.com, InvestorPlace, SlashGear, TechCrunch, MacRumors, Variety, iPhone in Canada Blog, Engadget, MSPoweruser, AppleInsider, CNET, Cult of Mac, iPhone Hacks, 9to5Mac, and MacDailyNews
Tweets: @jbenton, @gerryfsmith, @shiraovide, @ohmdee, @gerryfsmith, and @jbenton
| Holly Brockwell / Gizmodo UK: |
Source: Samsung Galaxy 10 series will be unveiled Feb. 20, with UK prices starting at £669 for the S10 Lite, £799 for the 6.1-inch model, and £899 for the S10+ — Listen up, Samsung fans: we've got a bumper leak about the upcoming Galaxy S10 for you.
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The Next Web, Android and Me, SlashGear, Pocket-lint, CNET, TechSpot, Android Authority, Tom's Guide, and Inquirer. Tweets: @reddit_tweeters
| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
McAfee: a coordinated cyber espionage campaign focused on defense organizations sent malware via targeted phishing messages to at least 87 firms in 24 countries — - The infiltration campaign — called “Operation Sharpshooter” — targeted defense and government organizations, McAfee says.
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Tweets: @dmbisson and @mcafee_labs
| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
SEC settles with the former CEO and COO of AriseBank, which it sued in January for alleged fraud and issuing unregistered securities during an ICO, for $2.7M+ — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has settled charges with two former executives of AriseBank, which was hit with a token sale fraud lawsuit in early 2018.
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U.S. Securities …, SiliconANGLE, Cointelegraph.com News, Crypto Briefing, and The Block
Tweets: @sec_enforcement, @coindesk, and @sec_enforcement
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Oracle files suit in federal court against US government over $10B Pentagon JEDI cloud contract, arguing that awarding it to one vendor is unfair and illegal — Oracle filed suit in federal court last week alleging yet again that the decade-long $10 billion Pentagon JEDI contract with its single-vendor award is unfair and illegal.
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SiliconANGLE, The Register, CRN, DCD, SDxCentral, Federal News Network, Federal Computer Week, and IT PRO
| Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed: |
Sundar Pichai's appearance before Congress was another in a long line of pointless hearings, where lawmakers display limited knowledge and execs are evasive — It's hard to imagine how these hearings will result in anything more substantial than a few less-than-viral soundbites.
Tweets: @roseveleth, @cwarzel, @rakeshlobster, @cwarzel, @caseyjohnston, @annehelen, @caseyjohnston, @cwarzel, @niemanlab, @drphilgoff, and @wiczipedia
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Tweets: @issielapowsky, @cspan, @kevinroose, @mhbergen, @willsommer, @jguynn, @shiraovide, @joshconstine, @recode, @josephfcox, @daveyalba, @dmac1, @shiraovide, @oliverdarcy, @recode, @ceciliakang, @recode, @daveyalba, @shiraovide, @daveyalba, @richardjnieva, @shiraovide, @issielapowsky, @rdrv3, @issielapowsky, @cwarzel, @recode, @rsg, @samstein, @kevinroose, @tonyromm, @tonyromm, @caseynewton, @jguynn, @tonyromm, @tonyromm, and @tonyromm
| Shira Ovide / Bloomberg: |
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Tweets: @clarajeffery, @issielapowsky, @wired, @laurengoode, and @shiraovide
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
ZeniMax and Facebook agree to settle dispute over Oculus tech, after ZeniMax was awarded $250M in June 2018; terms of the settlement were not disclosed — - Google Unveils 2018 Top-Trending Searches: ‘Black Panther,’ Stan Lee, ‘Roseanne’ Among Most Popular Queries
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| Lara O'Reilly / Wall Street Journal: |
Accenture Interactive to acquire adtech company Adaptly, which helps marketers buy targeted ads across online platforms including Amazon, Google, and Facebook — Purchase gives Accenture Interactive access to targeted-ad technology that plugs into platforms including Google, Amazon and Facebook
Tweets: @jasonwstein and @simonjharris
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