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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Samsung debuts S10 and S10+ with 6.1" and 6.4" displays, triple rear camera, in-screen fingerprint sensors, and bigger batteries, from $899 and $999 — At the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco this morning, Samsung unveiled a smartphone series ten years in the making: The Galaxy S10.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Samsung debuts Galaxy Fold, a foldable smartphone with 4.6" folded and 7.3" unfolded displays, 7nm processor, 12GB RAM, three-app multitasking, 6 cameras, more — Samsung first teased its foldable phone back in November, and at the company's Galaxy Unpacked event today it's further detailing its foldable plans.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Samsung's Galaxy Fold will come in both LTE and 5G versions with One UI Android skin and four colors available, starting at $1,980 on April 26 — Just when you thought Samsung's 2019 Galaxy Unpacked event at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco couldn't get any newsier …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to let developers port their iPad apps to Mac using a new SDK that will be released as early as June at WWDC — - This year, it will be easier to turn iPad apps into Mac apps — App merger initiative comes as Apple plans its own Mac chips
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Tweets: @shellypalmer, @markgurman, @stephennellis, @daniel_rubino, and @martinsfp
| Karen Weise / New York Times: |
Microsoft says Russia-linked Fancy Bear targeted European research groups and think tanks that work on issues including election security and nuclear policy — SEATTLE — A group of hackers associated with Russian intelligence targeted civil society groups across Europe ahead of May elections there, Microsoft said on Tuesday.
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| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Samsung debuts a basic Galaxy Fit band and Galaxy Watch Active, a simpler $200 version of its watch, shipping March 8 with blood pressure tracking coming later — Leaking every new product ahead of the official unveiling event has a way of making the formal announcements dull …
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Samsung announces $129.99 Galaxy Buds, which cost less than AirPods, and feature wireless charging and a small and curvy, pebble-like design — True wireless earbuds are going to improve drastically in 2019, and Samsung is getting us started — What does it take to beat Apple's AirPods?
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| K.G Orphanides / WIRED UK: |
Investigation: YouTube is monetizing sexualized videos of minors, many with comments from predators; Epic Games pauses all pre-roll ads following inquiry — Scores of YouTube videos with tens of millions of views are being inundated with comments by paedophiles, with adverts from major brands running alongside the disturbing content
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Tweets: @mattburgess1, @kgorphanides, @wireduk, and @mattburgess1
| Harvard Law Today: |
Mark Zuckerberg talks to Harvard professor Jonathan Zittrain about encryption, “information fiduciaries”, and more, as part of Zuckerberg's 2019 challenge — Should Facebook be considered an “information fiduciary” when it comes to the privacy of its clients?
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| eMarketer: |
eMarketer predicts that US digital ad spending will surpass traditional in 2019, growing 19% YoY to $129.34B, of which mobile will account for ~$87B — Amazon's ad business to grow more than 50%, taking bite out of duopoly — This year will mark a major milestone in the world of advertising.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft launches its new Office app, preinstalled on Windows 10 and replacing My Office, to better promote the free online versions of Office to consumers — A new app to push online Office apps and more — Microsoft is making a new Office app available to Windows 10 users today.
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| Chloe Bryan / Mashable: |
A look at “Reply Guys”, a mostly harmless but annoying Twitter phenomenon where one or two men reply to every tweet from a woman — On Twitter, a place where a lot of bad things happen, there's a mostly harmless but decidedly annoying phenomenon.
Tweets: @sbarolo, @the_shitface, @taylorlorenz, @chloebryan, @amandamull, @raxkingisdead, @taylorlorenz, @edyong209, and @taylorlorenz
| Dani Deahl / The Verge: |
SoundCloud adds a self-distribution feature to its Premier tier, currently in beta, that lets artists publish and monetize their songs on other platforms — SoundCloud announced today that it is adding distribution to its self-monetization Premier program.| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Xiaomi debuts Mi 9 with three rear cameras, 6.39" AMOLED display, Snapdragon 855, 6GB RAM, and 20W wireless charging, for ~$446 in China, shipping on Feb. 26 — Xiaomi has officially launched the Mi 9 at an event in China after months of teasers. The triple-camera flagship is powered …
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| Rhett Jones / Gizmodo: |
Pinterest says it's stopped returning vaccine-related search results as most spread anti-vax disinformation, part of its broader approach against “false cures” — The anti-vaccination movement has become so widespread that the World Health Organization added it to its list of the top threats to global health in 2019.| Nicole Kobie / WIRED UK: |
Citymapper announces a £30-£40/month subscription service for London transport with access to its Ride car-sharing service, TfL trains, and Santander bikes — The company's transport as a service plan combines Transport for London services with other ways of getting around the city under one subscription
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| Facebook: |
Facebook introduces new location controls for Android, letting users limit location data collection, and will prompt iOS and Android users to check settings — Android and iOS are by far the two most popular mobile operating systems, but their location settings work differently.
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