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Sources: FTC commissioners met to discuss imposing a record-setting fine against Facebook for failing to safeguard user privacy, violating 2011 consent decree — U.S. regulators have met to discuss imposing a record-setting fine against Facebook for violating a legally binding agreement …
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Sources: Spotify plans to launch a ~$100 voice-controlled in-car music player with preset buttons that correspond to Spotify playlists later this year — Spotify has a new target as it makes a break for independence from devices made by Apple, Google and Amazon: the car dashboard.| Dami Lee / The Verge: |
Verizon says its spam and robocall protection service, previously available as a $3 add-on, will be free to all subscribers starting in March — Verizon announced this week that it will offer free spam and robocall protection to its subscribers starting in March.
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Max Schrems files GDPR complaints against Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Spotify, YouTube, others for failing to provide required info about data they collect on users — European privacy campaigner Max Schrems has filed a fresh batch of strategic complaints at tech giants, including Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Spotify and YouTube.
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Chinese drone maker DJI says it has discovered several cases of serious corruption at the company and expects 2018 losses of more than $150M as a result — SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's SZ DJI Technology Co Ltd, the world's largest maker of consumer drones, has discovered several cases … | Business Insider: |
Satya Nadella says Cortana won't challenge Alexa and Google Assistant directly; Microsoft will focus on making it a skill on other voice platforms instead — - Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says that it no longer sees its Cortana smart assistant as a competitor to Amazon's Alexa.| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
A postmortem of AR startup Meta, as the company's CEO says the unnamed investor who acquired its assets will continue to support Meta's existing products — “It's a pretty dramatic moment in my life.” — To say that Meron Gribetz, co-founder of the augmented-reality headset startup Meta … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook confirms it is testing LOL, a feed of funny videos and GIF-like clips pulled from News Feed posts by top meme Pages — How do you do fellow kids? After Facebook Watch, Lasso, and IGTV failed to become hits with teens, the company has been quietly developing another youthful video product.
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John Lilly steps back from GP role at Greylock, the third high-profile departure in a year, and says he'll remain on the boards of portfolio companies — It's the third high-profile change at Greylock within the last year. — Yet another investor is stepping down at Greylock Partners … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Airbnb held informal talks to buy discounted hotel booking app HotelTonight; HotelTonight was valued at $463M in a March 2017 funding round — A deal would give the home-sharing company more inventory and help it move into hotel bookings — Airbnb Inc. has held talks … | Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
Hands-on with Nike's $350 Bluetooth-enabled Adapt BB shoe with automated power-lacing, which will allow basketball players to change shoe tightness via an app — Nike's Adapt BB shoe has utility for pros, but is also a lens into a connected future — Why does the world need a self-lacing shoe?
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Michigan now allows digital license plates, joining California and Arizona, but the plates, which are made by just one contractor, remain expensive at $499+ — But they cost a lot — Digital license plates are now allowed in Michigan thanks to a new state law.| Paul Hill / Neowin: |
Amazon says ~200K SMBs generated $100K+ in sales via Amazon stores in 2018, 50K exceeded $500K, and the number of SMBs that sold $1M+ grew by 20% — Amazon has announced that it has helped more than 50,000 small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) generate more than $500,000 in sales in 2018 … | Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Facebook starts wide rollout of its redesigned Messenger app, which it first announced at F8 last May with limited availability in October — The update started its long rollout in October last year — Facebook Messenger's redesign, which was first announced at Facebook's F8 developer conference last May, is finally here.
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EU's copyright reform with “link tax” and “upload filters” suffers a setback as 11 member states vote against the proposal, making adoption in May less likely — Today, Council firmly rejected the negotiating mandate that was supposed to set out Member States' position ahead …
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Indonesian e-commerce startup Bukalapak, which was valued at $1B last year, raises $50M Series D — Chances are you may be familiar with Tokopedia, especially after it commanded a $7 billion valuation last November when it raised $1.1 billion from investors like Alibaba and SoftBank's Vision Fund.
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Twitter says a bug led to the “Protect your Tweets” setting being disabled for some Android users for almost five years, making their tweets public — Twitter accidentally revealed some users' “protected” (aka, private) tweets, the company disclosed this afternoon.
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