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February 21, 2019, 3:40 PM
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Report: Apple and Goldman Sachs plan to start issuing a joint credit card in spring, which will be paired with special money management features in Wallet app — Apple and Goldman Sachs are readying a joint credit card, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
WSJ: Apple partnered with Ant Financial's Alipay to offer its customers in China up to two years of interest-free financing to buy products in its online store — - In an effort to boost falling sales in the region, Apple introduced two-year financing to Alipay users who buy their products.
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AT&T says it is pulling all advertising from YouTube, after reports of pedophiles openly using the platform; Nestle and Epic Games have also pulled ads — - AT&T is pulling its ads from YouTube following reports that pedophiles have latched onto videos of young children and lurk in the comments section.
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| Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic: |
Kids googling themselves for the first time face shock, frustration, and sometimes excitement at content parents had been posting about them since their birth — For several months, Cara has been working up the courage to approach her mom about what she saw on Instagram.
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| Nicole Nguyen / BuzzFeed News: |
Singapore Airlines and American Airlines confirm that some seat screens have embedded cameras but say they are disabled, after a photo of one goes viral — A viral photo showing a camera in a Singapore Airlines in-flight TV display recently caused an uproar online.
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft previews Dynamics 365 AI and mixed reality services and applications on iOS, Android, and HoloLens for remote assistance, customized bots, and more — Microsoft is readying new Dynamics 365 AI- and mixed-reality-centric services and applications for remote-assistance, customized bots and more.
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| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Freight logistics startup Flexport raises a $1B round led by SoftBank's Vision Fund, source says at a valuation of $3.2B — His startup operates its own 747 aircraft and employs 1,066 people across 11 offices and four warehouses around the world. He's tackling a market he calls … | Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Google partners with US government departments and pharmacies to help fight the opioid crisis by showing drug disposal locations inside Google Maps — Google is partnering with government departments and pharmacies to help tackle the U.S. opioid crisis by showing drug disposal locations directly inside Google Maps.
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| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé is retiring, and will be replaced by the VP of Sales and Marketing Doug Bowser on April 15 — To be replaced by marketing boss Doug Bowser — One of Nintendo's most public faces is leaving the company.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon says it will fund computer science classes in 1,000+ US high schools in all 50 states as part of its Future Engineer program — Amazon's recent investments in NYC educational initiatives will continue, despite the company pulling its HQ2 plans for the area. But the company isn't stopping there.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Lyft launches Shared Saver, a carpool option that it says is its “most affordable”, letting riders lock prices even during peak hours, in Denver and San Jose — Lyft today announced what it says is its “most affordable” ride option yet: Shared Saver.
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
The Galaxy Fold is Samsung's Google Glass: an exciting technical showcase that is hitting the market too soon and makes no sense as a consumer device yet — Nice technical showcase, Samsung — The foldable Galaxy Fold phone-tablet hybrid is Samsung's Google Glass: an exciting technical showcase …
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| Sam Dean / Los Angeles Times: |
Investigation finds Facebook still lets users target ads based around interest in neo-Nazis; Facebook says it will remove the seldom-used audience groupings — Facebook makes money by charging advertisers to reach just the right audience for their message — even when that audience …
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Clutter, an on-demand physical storage company that manages the pickup, storage, and retrieval of your belongings, raises $200M Series D led by the Vision Fund — There's plenty of speculation right now around apparently disgruntled investors in SoftBank's Vision Fund … | Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Samsung Galaxy S10 appears to be the first non-Pixel or Android One device to ship with Google's Digital Wellbeing; Nokia 6 and 8 got the feature in an update — Leading up to the launch of Android Pie, Google's new Digital Wellbeing tools were one of the most exciting additions.
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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.
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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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