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| J. David Goodman / New York Times: |
Amazon says it has canceled plans to build HQ2 in New York City, focusing instead on Northern Virginia and Nashville, following backlash — Amazon on Thursday canceled its plans to build an expansive corporate campus in New York City after facing an unexpectedly fierce backlash from some lawmakers …
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| Natt Garun / The Verge: |
Amazon dropping its NYC HQ plans was a win for activists, but some local tech leaders believe it sends a poor message to other companies wanting to invest in NY — “A self-own by the entire NYC ecosystem” — Amazon's decision to drop plans for a New York City headquarters was so abrupt …
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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Sources: the FTC and Facebook are negotiating a record multi-billion dollar fine to settle the agency's investigation into the company's privacy practices — The Federal Trade Commission and Facebook are negotiating over a multi-billion dollar fine that would settle the agency's investigation …
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| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Samsung's wearables app reveals new products including Galaxy Buds wireless earbuds, the Galaxy Watch Active smartwatch, and Galaxy Fit and Fit e fitness bands — An update to Samsung's wearables app has inadvertently revealed an entire lineup of new products that are presumably set to be unveiled alongside the Galaxy S10 next week.
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| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Sources: Facebook keeps a “lookout” list of ex-employees and users who made threats against the company, and sometimes uses its products to track their location — - Facebook maintains a list of individuals that its security guards must “be on lookout” for that is comprised …
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
OpenAI says it won't release the dataset behind GPT-2, its new text generator algorithm that can write, translate, and summarize text, due to fears of misuse — OpenAI's researchers knew they were on to something when their language modeling program wrote a convincing essay on a topic they disagreed with.
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| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Samsung to open stores in LA, Houston, and Long Island on February 20, the first US retail stores to be operated by the company — Samsung's coming to a mall near you — if you live in California, New York or Texas. — The company on Thursday said it plans to open three Samsung Experience Stores …
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Nvidia Q4: revenue of $2.21B, down 24% YoY, vs. $2.20B est., gaming revenue of $954M, vs. $1.21B est., and net income of $567M; stock up 6%+ after hours — - The company beat expectations on the top and bottom lines after providing updated guidance last month.
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| Tom Wilson / Reuters: |
HSBC exec says its blockchain project, which processes between 3,500 to 5,000 trades worth $350B a day, has cut foreign exchange trading costs by 25% — LONDON (Reuters) - HSBC has reduced the cost of settling foreign exchange trades by a quarter through its blockchain-based system …
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| Marco Chown Oved / Toronto Star: |
Internal docs show Google's Sidewalk Labs plans expansion in Toronto's Port Lands, seeks share of property taxes, development fees in return — Google's futuristic development on the eastern waterfront, Quayside, is only the first step in an expansive and ambitious plan to build new neighbourhoods …
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| Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter: |
US Copyright Office has refused a copyright claim for the “Carlton Dance”, a potential blow to performers seeking rights to dance emotes in games like Fortnite — A government examiner also questioned the submission of the actor's performance on ABC's “Dancing With the Stars,” …
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| Tim Peterson / Digiday: |
Sources: Snap is offering $40K to $50K per episode for original series that premiere on Snapchat, wants 10-12 episodes per series, each up to seven minutes long — DIGIDAY+ MEMBER ARTICLE — Snap is willing to pay for original shows, and it's enough to pique entertainment executives' interest … | Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
JibJab, one of the first companies that let people insert selfies into videos, GIFs and e-cards, has been acquired by Catapult Capital for an undisclosed sum — JibJab, one of the first companies that let people insert selfies into videos, gifs, and e-cards, has been acquired by Catapult Capital.| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
Facebook says it is exploring ways to address anti-vaccine misinformation including reducing or removing it from recommendations and demotion in search results — Facebook Inc., under pressure to reduce harmful, misleading and fake content, said it is exploring removing anti-vaccine information …
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