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March 11, 2019, 4:05 PM

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Ian King / Bloomberg:
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 …
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 …
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

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