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JP Morgan has created the JPM Coin, a digital token that will be used to instantly settle transactions, with trials set to start in a few months — - Engineers at the lender have created the “JPM Coin,” a digital token that will be used to instantly settle transactions between clients of its wholesale payments business.| Peter Kafka / Recode: |
Apple has signed many publishers to its upcoming news service with a 50% revenue split, sources say, but that split likely won't satisfy major newspapers — Magazine publishers are on board with Apple's new subscription news service. Newspapers aren't. — Apple says it wants to help save journalism.
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Tweets: @pkafka, @joshuatopolsky, and @calumcameron
| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
Apple says it will resume selling banned iPhone 7 and 8 models in Germany using only chips from Qualcomm, after it had “no choice” but to stop using Intel chips — (Reuters) - Apple Inc said Thursday that it will resume selling older iPhone models in its stores in Germany … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple will unveil both its video and news subscription offerings at a March 25 event — - Company also plans to unveil news service at March 25 event — New subscription offerings may boost revenue of key segment — Apple Inc. is planning to unveil video …
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Illicit software distributors are using iOS enterprise developer certificates to distribute hacked versions of popular apps like Spotify and Minecraft — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Software pirates have hijacked technology designed by Apple Inc to distribute hacked versions of Spotify …
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Tweets: @wongmjane and @stephennellis
| TechCrunch: |
Alibaba's Ant Financial buys London-based payments company WorldFirst in a deal that sources say is valued at around $700M — Ant Financial, the financial services giant affiliated with Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, has made its first big move into Europe.
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Bloomberg, South China Morning Post, Telegraph, PYMNTS.com, PE Hub Blog, TechNode, Tech in Asia, and Crowdfund Insider
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
EU negotiations on Copyright Directive overhaul come to a close, with Article 11 and 13 largely intact; legislation now heads to EU Parliament for approval — The hated Articles 11 and 13 remain intact after final efforts to remove them failed — Last-minute negotiations over the wording …
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Electronic Frontier Foundation, Julia Reda, Reuters, Thurrott, Search Engine Land, EU Press Room, European Parliament, 9to5Google, BBC, Inquirer, Open Knowledge …, Fortune, TorrentFreak, BetaNews, The Next Web, Music Ally, Techdirt, Telecoms.com, bit-tech.net, and Trustnodes
Tweets: @eu_commission, @senficon, @eff, and @nick_luethi
| The Daily Beast: |
Sources: two teams of federal officials assembled to secure election infrastructure and fight foreign influence efforts are being dramatically downsized — 'It's very curious why the leadership has not committed resources to prepare for the 2020 election,' one Homeland Security official tells The Daily Beast.
Tweets: @tribelaw and @brianklaas
| Nikkei: |
Sources say Google plans to unveil a lower-priced smartphone in 2019, and expect it to be cheaper than the iPhone XR, which starts at $749 — Tech giant seeks to exploit Apple woes to drive hardware expansion — TAIPEI — Google plans to unveil its first lower-priced smartphone this year …
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| Andrii Degeler / Tech.eu: |
Paris-based freelance marketplace Malt raises $25M round led by Idinvest, will use the capital injection to expand to Germany and the Netherlands — Paris-based freelance platform Malt has landed $25 million in a funding round led by Idinvest, with participation from existing investors, ISAI and Serena, Maddyness reported.
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| Niraj Chokshi / New York Times: |
FTC: Americans lost ~$143M to online dating scams in 2018, which was number one in terms of dollar loss when compared to other types of fraud — Love is in the air, but don't let it cloud your judgment — or it might cost you. — Americans looking for love lost at least $143 million …
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Federal Trade Commission, CNET, Silicon Republic, Geek.com, TechCrunch, Axios, CNN, Newser, Daily Mail, miamiherald, LarrysWorld.com, MarketWatch, The Hill, Gizmodo, Vox, and PYMNTS.com. Tweets: @j_opdenakker
| Nellie Bowles / New York Times: |
Profile of Atlassian founders Scott Farquhar and Mike Cannon-Brookes, Australia's first startup-to-IPO tech billionaires whose company is now worth $20B — SYDNEY, Australia — Atlassian is a very boring software company. It develops products for software engineers and project managers …
Tweets: @nytimes and @tonytassell
| Kate Fazzini / CNBC: |
Google says it will spend $13B this year on expanding data centers and offices across the US, adding a new office in Virginia as it doubles its workforce there — - Google doubled capital spending in 2018, but CFO Ruth Porat said that should “moderate” this year.
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Tweets: @sundarpichai, @mikeisaac, @ron_miller, @mylesudland, and @hshaban
| Kate Rooney / CNBC: |
Automated financial advisor startup Wealthfront launches a high-yield cash account with 2.24% interest rate, which it says is cleared with regulators — - Wealthfront is the latest start-up to offer a cash account with zero fees and an above-average interest rate.
Tweets: @jyarow
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Twitter says it is testing a pop-up menu to view previews of profiles without leaving the timeline in its iOS app — Twitter announced today that it is testing a new way to quickly preview profiles in its iOS app. With this change, you can now get a quick glimpse at another user's profile without having …
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| J. David Goodman / New York Times: |
Amazon says it has cancelled plans to build HQ2 in New York City, following a backlash — Amazon said on Thursday that it was canceling plans to build a corporate campus in New York City. The company had planned to build a sprawling complex in Long Island City, Queens, in exchange for nearly $3 billion in state and city incentives.
Tweets: @jdavidgoodman, @hamiltonnolan, @jdavidgoodman, and @atrios
| Faine Greenwood / Slate: |
Humanitarians urge the UN World Food Programme to reconsider the terms and scope of its partnership with Palantir, since it is unclear why Palantir was chosen — The infamous data-analytics firm is now working with one of the planet's largest aid organizations. What could go wrong?
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IRIN and Common Dreams
Tweets: @katecrawford, @irinnews, @tomsamaki, @slate, @accessnow, @tingeber, @irinnews, @simulacrandrew, @patrickmeier, and @carlaferstman
| Vindu Goel / New York Times: |
Critics say India's proposed internet rules, which could compel companies to remove posts, will stifle free speech; the rules can go into effect from Thursday — NEW DELHI — India's government has proposed giving itself vast new powers to suppress internet content, igniting a heated battle …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple has informed members of its Developer Program that they must enable two-factor authentication on their accounts by Feb. 27 — Apple today has informed members of its Developer Program that they must enable two-factor authentication on their account by the end of this month.| Robin Wauters / Tech.eu: |
Swedish AI startup Peltarion, which helps to develop, manage, and deploy deep learning systems at scale, raises $20M Series A led by Euclidean Capital — Sweden-based Peltarion, a 15-year old company that has developed a platform which essentially allows companies and governments to create …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Zoho updates its core office suite products Zoho Writer, Sheet, Show, and Notebooks with Zia Voice, a conversational AI assistant — As far as big tech companies go, Zoho is a bit different. Not only has it never taken any venture funding, it also offers more than 40 products that range … Sponsor Posts
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