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Amazon says it has decided to stop selling Amazon Dash buttons globally, but will continue supporting new orders made through existing Dash buttons — Amazon has come up with some pretty odd ideas over the years: delivery inside your car, a talking tablet for your kitchen counter …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter says in the coming months it will test a Hide Tweet feature that allows users to hide replies to their tweets that others can view through a menu option — Twitter has confirmed it's developing a new “Hide Tweet” option, but has yet to provide detail about its launch plans for the feature.
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| J. David Goodman / New York Times: |
Sources: Gov. Cuomo has talked with Amazon execs, including Bezos, to try to lure Amazon back to NYC; a full-page ad coming Friday in the NYT will urge the same — [What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who was staggered …
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YouTube says it will disable comments on almost all videos featuring minors, improve classification of comments, and continue to ban harmful accounts — We know that many of you have been closely following the actions we're taking to protect young people on YouTube and are as deeply concerned as we are that we get this right.
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Revolut CFO Peter O'Higgins resigns this week in wake of allegations made against Revolut of allowing money laundering and using dodgy hiring practices — The CFO of Revolut has resigned as the fintech unicorn makes headlines for all the wrong reasons, with allegations surface over serious lapses …
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| New York Times: |
Sources: Facebook told crypto exchanges that it hopes to launch its own coin for WhatsApp, pegged to a basket of fiat currencies, in the first half of the year — SAN FRANCISCO — Some of the world's biggest internet messaging companies are hoping to succeed where cryptocurrency start-ups …
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| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
Tesla says it is shifting all sales globally to online, resulting in some store closures and layoffs but allowing vehicle prices to be lowered by ~6% on average — Tesla is moving all of its sales online, a dramatic shift in its sales strategy that will result in the closure of stores …
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Tweets: @llsethj, @eliblumenthal, @samsheffer, @alexeheath, and @snazzyq
| Robert Hof / SiliconANGLE: |
Dell reports Q4 revenue of $23.84B, up 9% YoY, in its first quarter as a newly public company, but a net loss of $287M, up from $133M in 2018 — In its first quarter as a newly public company, Dell Technologies Inc. today reported marginally better-than-expected quarterly revenue growth but a higher-than-expected net loss.| Sean O'Kane / The Verge: |
Polestar, Volvo's brand for electric performance cars, unveils Polestar 2, the first car with built-in Android Auto, coming in 2020 — Coming in 2020 with 275 miles of range and a native Android infotainment system — The first all-electric car from Volvo Cars is here.
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
LinkedIn suspends emails to connections when a European member has been mentioned in the news, after algorithm mixes up identities — LinkedIn has been forced to ‘pause’ a feature in Europe in which the platform emails members' connections when they've been ‘mentioned in the news’.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
In letter to Sen. Warner, Facebook says teens were ~18% of users of its Research app over its lifetime; Facebook had said publicly that teens were less than 5% — Facebook has changed its story after initially trying to downplay how it targeted teens with its Research program …
Tweets: @joshconstine, @mattnavarra, @joshconstine, @jason_kint, @joshconstine, and @rmac18
| Jem Aswad / Variety: |
RIAA: US revenue for recorded music grew 12% in 2018 to $9.8B largely due to a 30% surge in streaming revenue; subscriptions to services like Spotify topped 50M — The U.S. music industry posted its third consecutive year of double-digit growth, according to the RIAA's year-end revenue report issued today.| Amanda Kooser / CNET: |
Reddit is testing tipping users starting with a single user, shittymorph; the user, Reddit, and card processor Stripe receive 78.5%, 18.5%, and 3%, respectively — Enlarge Image — Reddit has several ways you can express your appreciation of a good post or comment.
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| Alnoor Peermohamed / The Economic Times: |
Indian grocery delivery startup Grofers raises ~$60M from SoftBank Vision Fund, as part of a larger Series F round in progress, reportedly at a $425M valuation — SoftBank has moved Grofers to its $100 billion Vision Fund. The Japanese group had earlier backed the e-grocer through its balance sheet.
Tweets: @chupchap
| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Amazon announces Project Zero, an invite-only program to let brands autonomously flag and remove counterfeit listings of their products from Amazon — Amazon wants to cut down on fake listings — Amazon announced a new initiative today called Project Zero, a new effort that the online retailer …
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Day One, South China Morning Post, Recode, Firstpost, The Register, TechCrunch, SlashGear, ZDNet, Marketing Land, PYMNTS.com, Gizmodo, CNBC, CNN, Engadget, CNET, and Fortune
Tweets: @misterorange, @chriswelch, @stokel, and @danielpmcdermot
| Amir Efrati / The Information: |
Sources: autonomous vehicle startup Drive.ai is seeking potential buyers; Drive.ai was valued at around $200M in 2017 — One of the better known autonomous vehicle startups, Drive.ai, has been looking for a buyer. The firm hired investment bank Jefferies as an adviser …
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Telecoms.com, SiliconANGLE, and Silicon Valley Business …
| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Thailand's government passes cybersecurity bill that has been criticized for vagueness and the potential to give the government sweeping access to user data — Thailand's government passed a controversial cybersecurity bill today that has been criticized for vagueness and the potential to enable sweeping access internet user data.
Tweets: @thai_talk and @jonrussell
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Facebook says Workplace by Facebook, its Slack rival, now has 2M paid users and is in use at 150 companies with over 10K users each including Walmart and Nestle — With Slack gearing up to go public and now seeing daily active users of 10 million with 85,000 organizations using …
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Tweets: @alaasaayed, @davinci59, @norock, and @workplacebyfb
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Irish Data Protection Commission report: watchdog received 2,864 complaints in 2018 after May 25, when GDPR came into force, compared to 2,642 for all of 2017 — A report by the lead data watchdog for a large number of tech giants operating in Europe shows a significant increase …
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Tweets: @brusselsmatters, @donie, and @donie
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