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January 28, 2019, 6:20 PM
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Alex Heath / Cheddar:
Sources: Apple is planning a subscription service for games; it began discussions with game developers in the second half of 2018  —  Apple is planning a subscription service for games, according to five people familiar with the matter.  —  The service would function like Netflix for games …
Patricia Hurtado / Bloomberg:
DOJ unseals Jan. 16 indictment against Huawei, CFO Meng Wanzhou, affiliated firms; charges include bank and wire fraud, IP theft, conspiring to obstruct justice  —  - T-Mobile accused Huawai of theft; CFO linked to sactions case  —  U.S. prosecutors filed criminal charges against Huawei Technologies Co. …
Jack Nicas / New York Times:
Sources: 2013 “Assembled in USA” Mac Pro was delayed due to custom screw shortage in US, illustrating why Apple is unlikely to move manufacturing out of China  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Despite a trade war between the United States and China and past admonishments from President Trump …
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Dropbox is buying San Francisco-based electronic signature startup HelloSign for $230M, in the company's largest acquisition since its founding in 2007  —  Dropbox on Monday said it's acquiring electronic signature start-up HelloSign for $230 million in cash.
Joseph Cox / Motherboard:
Internal docs and sources describe how Facebook educates moderators about political issues and potential “PR fires” that are particular to different elections  —  Internal Facebook documents obtained by Motherboard show specific steps and strategies taken by the company …
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
GDPR complaint against Google and IAB by privacy advocates claims that ad category lists enable mass broadcasting of intimate personal data  —  Male impotence, substance abuse, right-wing politics, left-wing politics, sexually transmitted diseases, cancer, mental health.
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
Bluetooth 5.1, available to developers today, includes a feature that allows devices to determine the direction of a Bluetooth signal  —  Bluetooth is already a key feature in billions of connected devices, serving as a wire-free way of transferring data over short distances.
ProPublica:
Changes to Facebook's site break plugins created by ProPublica and others to track and report on exactly how Facebook users are being targeted by advertisers  —  Our tool had let the public see exactly how users were being targeted by advertisers.  The social media giant urged us to shut it down last year.
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Facebook shares draft proposal describing how its new content review board could work, suggesting it have 40 diverse members, none of whom are Facebook staff  —  In November, Facebook announced a new plan that would revamp how the company makes content policy decisions on its social network …
Kif Leswing / Business Insider:
Sandbox VR, which offers VR experiences at seven public locations like malls in US, Canada, and Asia, raises $68M Series A to expand to new locations  —  - Sandbox VR makes virtual-reality experiences combining off-the-shelf hardware, green screens, and custom content.

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From Mediagazer

CNBC:
Q&A with Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro: he's not interested in spinoffs of ESPN or ABC and says Disney will stand up for ABC's journalistic integrity against the FCC

Josh Gerstein / Politico:
The BBC is seeking to subpoena Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump, and Jared Kushner in the defamation lawsuit the president is pressing against the broadcaster

Todd Spangler / Variety:
CBS News Chief Correspondent Matt Gutman is accused of harassment in a wrongful-termination lawsuit filed against ABC by one of his former coworkers at ABC News

More News

Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
As “deepfake” videos become more common and convincing, the tech will give cover to those dismissing real events as fake; DARPA researches ways to detect fakes
Sara Salinas / CNBC:
Nvidia lowers revenue guidance from $2.7B to $2.2B for Q4 2019 due to “deteriorating macroeconomic conditions, particularly in China”; stock closes down 13%+

Earlier Picks

Juli Clover / MacRumors:
References are found in iOS 12.2 to four new iPad models without FaceID, two of which are WiFi-only, and a new iPod Touch without FaceID or TouchID
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