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Nvidia to buy Mellanox Technologies, which makes chips and other hardware for data center servers, for $6.9B — - Mellanox holders offered $125-per-share in all-cash deal — Graphics chipmaker trying to further embed itself in servers — Nvidia Corp. agreed to buy chipmaker Mellanox …
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Researchers find Box enterprise cloud storage accounts leaking sensitive data like prices for donated body parts and backdoor passwords to city water works — Security researchers have found dozens of companies inadvertently leaking sensitive corporate and customer data because staff …
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| Lora Kolodny / CNBC: |
Tesla reverses course, says it will keep more stores open than previously planned, and will raise vehicle prices by ~3% worldwide after March 18 — - Tesla CEO Elon Musk told employees in an e-mail late Sunday night that the company would be shifting its sales plans yet again.
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces a special event to be held on March 25 at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino where it is expected to announce a new streaming video service — The rumors were true: Apple will hold its next special event on March 25th at Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California.
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| Davey Alba / BuzzFeed News: |
Leaked documents reveal CBP plans to deploy facial recognition tech at US airports in as little as two years, despite concerns about the tech and its legality — In March 2017, President Trump issued an executive order expediting the deployment of biometric verification of the identities of all travelers crossing its borders.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
twttr, Twitter's beta app to test new ideas, starting with a new design that color-codes replies, is launching today for some English and Japanese users on iOS — Twitter's new prototype application is rolling out to the first group of testers starting today, the company announced this afternoon by way of a tweet.| John Herrman / New York Times: |
TikTok changed the social media landscape by discarding many assumptions made by rivals, such as the primacy of individual connections and friend networks — TikTok will change the way your social media works — even if you're avoiding it. — Hello, person who is, statistically speaking … | Shelby Brown / CNET: |
YouTube Stories and ARCore now offer an Augmented Faces API which lets users add Snapchat-like AR effects to short video clips — From dog ears to fairy crowns to monstrous fangs, filters and AR effects are old hat for social-media selfies. Now, YouTube is jumping on the bandwagon.
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| Greg Brockman / OpenAI: |
OpenAI creates a new “capped-profit” company called OpenAI LP which will raise outside investments but will have a capped return — We've created OpenAI LP, a new “capped-profit” company that allows us to rapidly increase our investments in compute and talent while including checks and balances to actualize our mission.
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| Dana Thomas / New York Times: |
Profile of Morin Oluwole, the global head of luxury for Facebook and Instagram, who helps brands like Louis Vuitton and Dior target customers on the platform — Morin Oluwole heads the social media giant's advisory operation for Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior and others.
Tweets: @profcarroll, @jason_kint, @kayodea, @counternotions, and @carnage4life
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
France overhauls French Tech Visa program, which now has no diploma requirements, accepts employee's immediate family, and is generally less onerous to acquire — The French government has unveiled a complete overhaul of the French Tech Visa for employees working for a tech company.| Jason Rowley / TechCrunch: |
An analysis of Crunchbase data finds US-based VCs raised more sub-$100M venture funds in 2018 than in any prior year — Jason Rowley is a venture capital and technology reporter for Crunchbase News. — Recently, we bore out with data what has been felt for several years in most U.S. tech scenes … Sponsor Posts
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