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Google makes over a dozen announcements for Google Assistant at CES, including Google Assistant Connect for third-party developers and flight check-ins — Today, Google is showing off auto-translation on smart display speakers, letting you naturally talk to each other with the speaker acting as the translator automatically.
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| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
Investigation shows how easy and affordable it is to obtain cellphone customers' real-time location data, as T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T peddle it to middlemen — T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T are selling access to their customers' location data, and that data is ending up in the hands …
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Mark Zuckerberg says his challenge for 2019 is to host a series of public discussions about the future of technology in society — Every year I take on a personal challenge to learn something new. I've built an AI for my home, run 365 miles, visited every US state, read 25 books, and learned Mandarin.
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| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
Customers have been annoyed by Samsung's deal to pre-install Facebook on devices, including Galaxy phones, because the app can only be disabled, not deleted — - Galaxy owners take to Twitter to complain about permanent app — Pre-install deals are common, but privacy concerns are rising
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| Edgar Alvarez / Engadget: |
Twitter says it is launching a program to let a limited set of users try out new conversational features with their followers in the coming weeks — Twitter is launching a new program to let users reshape how conversations on its site look and feel, the company announced today in an interview with Engadget at CES 2019.
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| Elizabeth Gurdus / CNBC: |
Tim Cook says revenue for Apple's wearables is 50% more than iPod at its peak, with the Watch and AirPods generating 4-6x more in sales than iPod over same time — - Apple CEO Tim Cook says that the revenue from his company's wearable products, namely the Apple Watch and the AirPods, has already topped that of the iPod at its peak.
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft adds location sharing, secure audio messaging, and a smart camera feature to Teams, targeting firstline workers — Microsoft is adding location-sharing, a smart camera and secure messaging capabilities to its Teams group-chat product, specifically targeting mobile, firstline workers.| Brian Dowling / Xconomy: |
ClearMotion, which develops a software-controlled active suspension system for cars, raises $115M Series D led by Franklin Templeton Investments — Auto technology startup ClearMotion says its active suspension system promising buttery-smooth rides on bumpy terrain is ready for prime time.| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Report: VC funding in US startups reached $99.5B in 2018, the highest since 2000, in a total of 5,536 deals, the lowest since 2013 — U.S. startups are raising investment dollars at levels unseen since the dot-com era. — Venture capital funding in U.S. companies reached $99.5 billion in 2018 … | Financial Times: |
A look at how data brokers identify people and how much personal information they sell as IDC forecasts data vendor sales will triple to $10.1B by 2022 — There are many personal details that Paul-Olivier Dehaye is willing to share online, but the behaviour of his bladder is not one of them.
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Royole unveils FlexPai, a hybrid device that measures 7.8 inches in tablet form and becomes two Android phones when closed; available now in China for ~$1,320 — You asked for this — The Royole FlexPai is the sort of device that companies rush out when they feel the absolute imperative to be first with some new technology.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
IBM unveils its first commercial quantum computer, a 20-qubit system that combines quantum and classical computing parts but is still lacking breakthrough speed — At CES, IBM today announced its first commercial quantum computer for use outside of the lab.| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Vietnam accuses Facebook of failing to take down “slanderous content” in violation of cyber security law which took effect on January 1 — Well, that didn't take long. We're less than ten days into 2019 and already Vietnam is aiming threats at Facebook after it violating … | Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Intel and Alibaba announce they are developing a 3D athlete tracking tech using Intel hardware and Alibaba's AI, as a training tool for the 2020 Olympics — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is working with Intel Corp. on a new “athlete tracking technology” powered by artificial intelligence …
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Young women across rural India are using Facebook under false identities because they fear the harsh consequences of patriarchal social structures — Women are prohibited from using Facebook in some of India's most patriarchal corners. Some are taking the risk anyway … | Kim Zetter / Politico: |
Sources: Russian security firm Kaspersky Lab helped the US government catch NSA contractor Harold Martin, who was accused of stealing a trove of classified data — The U.S. has accused Kaspersky Lab of working with Russian spies. But sources say the company exposed a massive breach that U.S. authorities missed.| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Google removes 85 adware apps that were installed a total of 9M+ times, according to Trend Micro — Adware-infected apps masqueraded as games and TV remote controllers. — Google has removed 85 Android apps from the official Play Store that security researchers from Trend Micro deemed to contain a common strain of adware.| Rita Liao / TechCrunch: |
Chinese startup Nreal unveils Light, consumer AR glasses about the size of a pair of sunglasses, slated to launch mid-2019 for ~$1,000 — A former Magic Leap engineer believes the problem with most consumer-facing augmented headsets on the market is their bulky size.
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Comcast now offers Xfinity customers additional security protection on home networks for $5.99/month with xFi Advanced Security, which can quarantine devices — Better internet protection, for a price — Comcast has announced a new service as part of its Xfinity xFi internet platform at CES 2019 …
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| Asha McLean / ZDNet: |
US-based IT services company DXC Technology to acquire Switzerland-based software development company Luxoft for ~$2B in deal expected to close in June 2019 — Multibillion-dollar deal expected to boost DXC Technology's digital transformation capabilities.| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Baidu says its Apollo open source driverless car platform has 130+ partners and debuts Apollo Enterprise, a suite for managing fleets of autonomous vehicles — Beijing tech giant Baidu is ramping up its self-driving car initiative. At the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week …
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