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| Shannon Liao / The Verge: |
Report: hackers believed to be sponsored by the Chinese government targeted over two dozen universities in an apparent bid to access maritime military research — Chinese hackers singled out over two dozen universities in the US and around the world in an apparent bid to gain access …
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| Kate Clark / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Mountain View-based Y Combinator is looking for space in San Francisco for its HQ, following other VC firms that have opened offices in the city — Y Combinator, a longtime resident of Silicon Valley, is planning to move its HQ to San Francisco — For a long time … | Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Google is testing shoppable sponsored ads within image search results that highlight products found in images with details like prices and brands — Google is borrowing a few cues from Instagram and Pinterest to encourage more shopping in its search results.
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The Keyword, Search Engine Land, Adweek, Search Engine Journal, and 9to5Google. Tweets: @glenngabe
| Whitson Gordon / iFixit: |
2018 MacBook Pros include a longer screen cable, a part prone to fail on earlier models, requiring screen replacements, an issue Apple never acknowledged — In 2018, a number of MacBook Pro users—with models from 2016 onwards—discovered a serious design flaw that causes the screen to fail …
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| Brian Barrett / Wired: |
How Corning is working to create truly bendable, ultra-thin glass, as Samsung and others announce folding phones with plastic polymer screens — Foldable phones like Samsung's Galaxy Fold and Huwaei's Mate X are coming, whether you're ready or not. In fact, they're coming whether they're ready or not.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Echo owners can now ask Alexa to control their Roku devices via a new skill, months after a similar capability came to Google Assistant-powered devices — Roku this morning announced its devices will now be compatible with Amazon's Alexa. Through a new Roku skill for Alexa … | Washington Post: |
T-Mobile acknowledges that its executives' patronage of Trump's Washington hotel, spending ~$195K, increased sharply after announcement of merger with Sprint — T-Mobile's patronage of President Trump's Washington hotel increased sharply after the announcement of its merger with its Sprint last April …
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| Bloomberg: |
Russia is pushing “Sovereign Internet”, a draft law designed to create a single command post from which data flows can be managed across Russian cyberspace — When anti-government protests erupted on Russia's side of the Caucasus Mountains in October, authorities did something …
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| ayah bdeir: |
littleBits founder claims the central focus of the recent 60 Minutes segment on women and computing was changed from her company to Code.org during production — ayah bdeirBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing — How 60 Minutes cut women's voices from a segment on . . . girls and women
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Researchers find that ~400 servers running unpatched Docker instances are also cryptojacked, after a flaw was found last month in runC, a command line utility — Hundreds of vulnerable and exposed Docker hosts are being abused in cryptojacking campaigns after being compromised with the help …
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| Matt Wales / Eurogamer.net: |
Valve faces criticism for its hands-off approach to content moderation as upcoming game glorifying rape and sexual assault is listed on Steam — Valve's ‘anything goes’ content policy has come under fire once more as a game enabling players to “control the choices of a menacing serial killer rapist” is listed on Steam.| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Internal doc: iPhones with batteries installed by third-party repair shops are now eligible for being repaired at Apple Stores and authorized service providers — iPhones with aftermarket batteries installed by third-party repair shops are now eligible for service at Genius Bars …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple acquired the patent portfolio of failed smart home security startup Lighthouse AI, including those related to visual authentication, late last year — Apple has recently acquired a handful of patents from Lighthouse AI, a defunct home security camera company.| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
A look at how Spotify plans to crack the podcast market: making it easier to find podcasts, investing in creation tools, exclusive original content, and more — Spotify has been on a media blitz to hype up its plans. Most everyone involved in the deals, including Spotify CEO Daniel Ek …
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Nieman Lab, MacRumors, Engadget, and New York Times
Tweets: @mikeduncan, @ohmdee, @verge, @ashleyrcarman, @joshsternberg, @overcastfm, @dansinker, @nicktheandersen, and @letsgoayo
| Aliya Ram / Financial Times: |
Report: 40% of 2,830 AI startups in Europe do not use AI programs in their products; ~8% of EU startups were AI companies in 2018, up from ~3% in 2015 — Two-fifths of Europe's artificial intelligence start-ups do not use any AI programs in their products, according to a report that highlights the hype around the technology.
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Forbes, The Register, MIT Technology Review, and The Verge
Tweets: @parmy, @dax30dji30, @josephmosby, and @went1955
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Following its Dec. report, Privacy International finds seven major Android apps, including Yelp and Duolingo, still send personal data to Facebook upon launch — Even when you're not logged in or don't have a Facebook account — Major Android mobile apps from companies including Yelp … | Patricia Sullivan / Washington Post: |
Proposed agreement from Amazon HQ2 winner Arlington County, Virginia says Amazon must only meet specific office space targets to get about $23M in incentives — In exchange for giving Amazon about $23 million in incentives, activists wanted Arlington County to require the retail giant …
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CNN, The Verge, Gizmodo, GeekWire, and CNBC
Tweets: @suzykhimm, @mffisher, @aterkel, @hshaban, @postlocal, @perrystein, @jrreed, @ceciliakang, and @hqpoo
| Megan Wollerton / CNET: |
August View wireless video doorbell unveiled with 1440p recording, 24/7 live video streaming, and rechargeable battery, available for $230 from March 28 — August just introduced a new device to its lineup — the $230 August View. Available in the United States beginning March 28 …
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TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, The Verge, MacRumors, Android Authority, TechHive, Digital Trends, Engadget, VentureBeat, AppleInsider, and SlashGear
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
SoundCloud now offers SoundCloud Go+ subscriptions to students for $5/mo., a discount of 50%; it's the last major streaming service to offer student pricing — SoundCloud wants to make its streaming music service more affordable to a key demographic: younger users who generally spend …
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SoundCloud, The Verge, RAIN News, MacRumors, Digital Music News, Digital Trends, Engadget, and MacRumors
Tweets: @soundcloud and @caro_milanesi
| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Grab confirms $1.46B investment from SoftBank's Vision Fund, which takes Grab's ongoing Series H to $4.5B, source says at a $14B valuation — Grab has become the newest addition to the SoftBank Vision Fund after it announced today that it has pulled in a $1.46 billion investment from the super fund.| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
Berlin-based insurance tech startup Wefox Group, which runs Wefox and One, raises $125M Series B to help it become an all-in-one insurance platform — Wefox Group, the Berlin-based ‘insurtech’ startup behind the consumer-facing insurance app and carrier One and the insurance platform Wefox, has raised $125 million in Series B funding.| Jessica Davies / Digiday: |
The Financial Times has acquired a majority stake in Amsterdam-based tech blog and events company The Next Web — The Financial Times has bought a controlling stake in consumer publisher The Next Web, marking its first acquisition in continental Europe. — The FT didn't disclose the terms …
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Financial Times, Crunchbase News, and Inside TNW press releases
Tweets: @ftpressoffice, @rafat, @mattnavarra, @bryanclark, @thenextweb, @emilybell, @robinwauters, and @martinsfp
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