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| Sam Kim / Bloomberg: |
Samsung forecasts decline in Q4 operating profit to ~$9.65B, below analyst estimates of ~$12.4B, due to weak memory chip demand and competition in smartphones — Samsung Electronics Co. posted fourth-quarter profit below estimates as demand for memory chips slumps amid deteriorating relations between the U.S. and China.
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| Kate Rooney / CNBC: |
Plaid, which links US bank accounts to popular fintech apps like Venmo and Robinhood, is buying competitor Quovo, source says for ~$200M — - Plaid, which links one quarter of U.S. bank accounts to popular fintech apps, is buying a similar data company called Quovo.
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Apple erred on China and “S” cycles, XR, and growth strategies, but reasons for optimism remain as headwinds, like cheap battery swaps, will fade — As rare as last week's Apple revenue warning from CEO Tim Cook may have been — the company last issued a revenue warning in June 2002 …
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| Washington Post: |
Facebook is investigating whether News for Democracy, a left-leaning organization backed by Reid Hoffman, violated its community standards and ad policies — Facebook said it is investigating whether an organization backed by Internet billionaire and Democratic megadonor Reid Hoffman violated …
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| New York Times: |
A Facebook ad campaign associating Roy Moore with calls for a state alcohol ban during Alabama's Senate race was a false flag operation by Democratic activists — The “Dry Alabama” Facebook page, illustrated with stark images of car wrecks and videos of families ruined by drink … | CoinDesk: |
Coinbase says it's halted Ethereum Classic transactions, withdrawals, and deposits, after a 51% attack on the cryptocurrency led to coin double-spending — Crypto exchange Coinbase has halted all ethereum classic transactions, withdrawals and deposits due to a series of blockchain history reorganizations on the network.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Sony says its new 4K and 8K TVs launching later this year, which run Android TV, will support AirPlay 2 and HomeKit — Soon you'll be able to tell Siri to play something on Android TV — In yet another surprise amid Apple's sudden expansion of AirPlay 2 across popular TV brands here at CES …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
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| Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times: |
Lambda School, which trains students online to be software engineers in exchange for a share of future income, raises $30M Series B from Bedrock, GV, YC, others — Income Sharing Agreements are gaining the attention of higher education and Wall Street. One early success story is getting a boost from venture capital.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Intel demos its first 10nm Ice Lake chip, which is based on its Sunny Cove architecture, says PCs with the processor will ship by the end of 2019 — Dell promises an Ice Lake laptop for end of 2019 — Intel announced a major rethink of its chip design back in December, just before it finally delivers 10nm chips for PCs and laptops.
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Tweets: @stephennellis, @hardocp, and @chillmage
| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
AT&T has rolled out software updates to some Android phones changing its branding of 4G LTE to “5G E”, says that 5G with mmWave technology will be branded “5G+” — AT&T starts swapping out “4G” status bar icons with “5GE.” — There's a new cellular network technology …
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| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
HTC unveils Vive Pro Eye, a new VR headset with eye-tracking capabilities, coming in April, and teases the Vive Cosmos, a new consumer-friendly headset — HTC wants to make it easier for everyone to get into virtual reality. And it hopes to do it through the Vive Cosmos.
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Tweets: @htcvive, @nickstatt, @cymaticbruce, @jank0, @cnet, @cnet, @cnet, @cnet, and @markhachman. Thanks:@rogerwcheng
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Alibaba acquires Berlin-based Data Artisans, which provides distributed systems and large-scale data streaming services for enterprises, for €90M — Alibaba has paid €90 million ($103 million) to acquire Data Artisans, a Berlin-based startup that provides distributed systems …
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| Amir Efrati / The Information: |
Leaked docs from last March: Uber projected net revenue of $14.2B by 2019, up 2X from 2017, and its 2019 EBITDA losses to shrink to $500M from ~$1.7B in 2018 — When Wall Street banks last fall were pitching to take Uber public, some suggested the ride-hailing giant could hit the public market with a valuation of $120 billion.| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Samsung says Google is bringing some of its services to Bixby, including Gmail, YouTube, Google Maps, and Google Play, but does not offer a time frame — Bixby took centerstage at today's big Samsung CES presser. The company has been pushing to make its smart assistant a kind …
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Tweets: @laurengoode and @inafried
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Autonomous checkout startup Standard Cognition buys mapping technology company Explorer.ai for an undisclosed sum — Standard Cognition helps retail stores stand up to Jeff Bezos' juggernaut. The $50 million-funded autonomous checkout startup is racing to equip bigger shops …
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Explorer.ai, VatorNews, GlobeNewswire News Room, and VentureBeat
| Manish Singh / VentureBeat: |
Samsung unveils two 13.3" laptops: the Notebook 9 Pro, price TBA, and the Notebook Flash, starting at $350 with a fingerprint scanner and Windows 10 Home — Samsung kicks off each year by unveiling a range of laptops at the CES trade show. CES 2019, which officially started today, is no different.
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AnandTech, Laptop Mag, TechCrunch, Thurrott, Softpedia News, Neowin, MSPoweruser, BetaNews, The Verge, Liliputing, Windows Central, Mashable, PCWorld, Engadget, and The Verge
| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Key By Amazon, formerly Amazon Key, adds garage and business delivery, new locks, and Ring compatibility — Alexa may be front and center for Amazon's play this CES, but the just unloaded a whole bunch of news about Amazon Key. The list includes a name change to the more passive Key By Amazon …
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