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| Shira Ovide / Bloomberg: |
Apple failed to warn about China and market saturation, the underlying conditions for its guidance downgrade, which were obvious to those paying attention — The company has reached the end of its denial phase. — The optimistic narrative about Apple Inc.'s iPhone business is falling apart in front of our eyes.
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| M.G. Siegler / 500ish Words: |
As the law of large numbers catches up with Apple, it faces a rocky but pivotal year where it needs to transition into a services company earlier than planned — Yesterday's updated guidance wasn't just about China... The results are in. Actually, they're not in. And that was a major problem yesterday for Apple.| Tim Cook / Apple: |
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| Steve Kovach / CNBC: |
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| Jesse Damiani / The Verge: |
Netflix's interactive format for films like Bandersnatch makes content harder to pirate, increases viewer engagement, and generates insightful data about users — Light spoilers for Black Mirror's interactive episode Bandersnatch ahead. — On Friday, December 28th, after months of speculation …
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| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
Report: for the second year in a row, FCC's Ajit Pai has canceled his CES trip, as the US government shutdown forces furloughs for non-essential FCC employees — It will be the second year in a row that he hasn't attended the conference — Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai … | Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft adds two new Microsoft 365 security and compliance focused bundles and expands availability of its MyAnalytics “fitness tracker for work” service — Microsoft is adding new Microsoft 365 packages to its subscription-service roster, as well as expanding availability …
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Segway unveils Loomo Delivery, an autonomous delivery robot, and Shared Scooter Model Max, a rugged scooter aimed at scooter-sharing startups — Segway-Ninebot has morphed its signature electronic scooter technology for use in two new kinds of vehicles: the Shared Scooter Model Max and the Loomo Delivery robot.| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
GM's self-driving unit Cruise partners with DoorDash to test a food delivery service in San Francisco starting in early 2019 — The pilot will commence in early 2019 in San Francisco — Cruise Automation, the self-driving unit of General Motors, is teaming up with DoorDash to test …
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| Brady Dale / CoinDesk: |
BitTorrent announces its own crypto tokens that users can pay or trade with other users for faster downloads — BitTorrent, which pioneered peer-to-peer technology for sharing files on the internet, is creating its own cryptocurrency. — Issued by the Singapore-based BitTorrent Foundation …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft is testing a project codenamed “Bali” that lets users “visualize, manage, control, share, and monetize” data that the company collects about them — Microsoft Research is looking to provide users with access to their own ‘personal data bank’ via its ‘Project Bali’ effort.
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| Nicole Lee / Engadget: |
Vuzix opens preorders for its $1,000 Vuzix Blade smart glasses that have a 8MP camera, 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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| 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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| 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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