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Apple revises guidance for its fiscal 2019 Q1 downwards due to weakness in some markets, particularly in China — To Apple investors: — Today we are revising our guidance for Apple's fiscal 2019 first quarter, which ended on December 29. We now expect the following: — Revenue of approximately $84 billion
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| Steve Kovach / CNBC: |
Apple lowers revenue guidance to $84B after previously projecting $89B-$93B, because of fewer iPhone upgrades than expected; stock down 7%+ in premarket trading — Apple has lowered its Q1 guidance in a letter to investors from CEO Tim Cook Wednesday. — Apple stock was halted …
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| Campbell Kwan / ZDNet: |
USB-IF recommends a USB Type-C authentication program to protect against non-compliant USB chargers and USB malware risks, at the moment a connection is made — USB-IF announced it will roll out a USB Type-C authentication program to protect against non-compliant USB chargers and USB malware risks.
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| Li Yuan / New York Times: |
Inside Beijing-based Beyondsoft and its “censorship factories”, with 4,000+ staff monitoring online content for media companies eager to please China's censors — Thousands of low-wage workers in “censorship factories” trawl the online world for forbidden content … | Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Net Applications: Windows 10 reached 39.2% worldwide OS market share in December, finally surpassing Windows 7, which dropped to 36.9% — More than three years after its release, Windows 10 has passed Windows 7 in market share. That means more desktop computers are now running Microsoft's latest … | Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Roku Channel adds premium subscriptions, with networks including Showtime, Starz, and Epix available on Roku devices and apps, Samsung smart TVs, and more — Pay for everything on one bill with your Roku account — The Roku Channel, which offers free-to-watch, ad-supported movies …
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| Nicole Lee / Engadget: |
Vuzix opens preorders for its $1000 Vuzix Blade smart glasses, that have a 8MP camera, a micro-SD card slot, and are compatible with Alexa — Vuzix has been making smart glasses for well over a decade, primarily for enterprise use such as medical applications or stocking shelves in warehouses.
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| Nellie Bowles / New York Times: |
Obituary of Karen Sparck Jones, a self-taught programmer whose 1972 research paper on natural language processing laid the groundwork for modern search engines — A pioneer of computer science for work combining statistics and linguistics, and an advocate for women in the field.
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| Sara Salinas / CNBC: |
Netflix confirms it has hired Spencer Neumann as new CFO; source says Activision Blizzard fired Neumann because he was pursuing another job — - Netflix has hired Spencer Neumann as chief financial officer. He was the former CFO at Activision Blizzard. — Activision Blizzard fired Neuman …
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| Arjun Balaji: |
Thoughts on the state of crypto in 2018, which marked the start of a crypto recession, and predictions for 2019 as experts now focus on adoption and usage — My thoughts on the state of crypto in 2018 and where we're headed — As another year wraps up, I started writing an email … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Voicebot data shows Alexa skills in the US grew to 56,750 in 2018, up 120% YoY; Amazon releases year-end list of Alexa's “top” skills made up of games, more — Amazon Alexa had a good year as a developer platform - at least in terms of the number of voice apps being built for Alexa …
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| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
FCC grants permission for Google to deploy its Soli radar-based sensors that enable touchless control of devices with hand gestures — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google unit won approval from U.S. regulators to deploy a radar-based motion sensing device known as Project Soli.
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