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| Lulu Yilun Chen / Bloomberg: |
Tencent previews Xiaowei, an AI voice assistant for WeChat that will integrate with Tencent's own services and apps by third-parties such as Meituan or Didi — - WeChat's assistant can help connect users with mini apps — WeChat mini programs will focus on monetisation with ads
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TechCrunch, South China Morning Post, and Tech in Asia
Tweets: @jonrussell, @luluyilun, @business, and @payathedo
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers: a hacking group made ~$3.7M in Bitcoin since Aug. with Ryuk ransomware, which only targets firms with huge resources and can lay dormant for a year — Ryuk lies in wait for as long as a year, then pounces on only the biggest prey. — A recently discovered ransomware group … | Lindsey O'Donnell / Threatpost: |
Dozens of government websites rendered insecure or inaccessible due to 80+ expired TLS certificates that haven't been renewed due to the US government shutdown — As the U.S. federal shutdown continues, dozens of U.S. government websites have been rendered either insecure or inaccessible due …
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| David Pierce / Wall Street Journal: |
How MicroLED display technology, demoed by Samsung at CES, may let customers assemble their own TVs to the exact size and shape they want, like LEGO bricks — MicroLED is better looking, more efficient and more versatile than any previous display tech. Now all Samsung, Sony … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Plex is in talks to offer ad-supported movies and more premium subscriptions as soon as this year, taking on Roku Channel and Amazon Prime Video Channels — Media software maker Plex is preparing to take on The Roku Channel and Amazon Prime Video Channels, possibly as soon as this year.
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TechSpot, MacRumors, The Mac Observer, Tom's Guide, and Engadget
| Sidney Fussell / The Atlantic: |
Automation may not completely replace service workers, but will likely reduce hours, lower pay, and conceal intense demands on labor and poor working conditions — Workers may not be replaced by robots anytime soon, but they'll likely face shorter hours, lower pay, and stolen time.
Tweets: @bjm262run, @hash_tigre, and @pdorfman
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Intel's Nervana, a neural network chip for inference-based workloads, will lack a standard cache hierarchy, and software will directly manage on-chip memory — At a press event at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show, Intel announced the Nervana Neural Network Processor (NNP-I) …
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The Register, Wccftech, SDxCentral, NDTV Gadgets 360, PCWorld, Fortune, MIT Technology Review, and Engadget. Tweets: @wolfejosh
| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
Research shows self-reported heavy Facebook users make impaired decisions, like drug addicts, on a classic test of maximizing rewards — Researchers at Michigan State University are exploring the idea that there's more to “social media addiction” than casual joking about being too online might suggest.
Tweets: @jdprater
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Lime suspends its scooter service in Switzerland after reports of some of its e-scooters halting mid-ride, throwing off and injuring passengers — Just as on-demand electric scooters are trying to pick up speed in Europe, one of the scooter market's most ambitious startups has halted operations …
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Engadget, Gizmodo, Notes from Silicon Valley, and Investor's Business Daily. Tweets: @philkoopman
| Financial Times: |
China's new guidelines for short video apps ban 100 types of inappropriate content, say that platforms should review every piece of content that goes online — China's wildly popular short-video apps, such as Tik Tok, will now be held responsible for all “harmful” content posted by users …
Tweets: @conniechan
| Emma Best / Gizmodo: |
An overview of internal WikiLeaks data the US government collected from 2009 through at least 2017, including chats with identifying details on some sources — Late last year, the U.S. government accidentally revealed that a sealed complaint had been filed against Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks.
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| Emilie Filou / Quartz: |
Madagascar's data processing and call centers for international clients flourished after it built out cable internet in 2009 with speeds exceeding those of UK — In a large, open-space office, employees are busy processing promotional coupons for a well-known supermarket chain …
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