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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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| 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.| 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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| 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 …
Tweets: @iansherr, @jwherrman, @amandalitman, and @frankpasquale
| 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
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Facebook sues two Ukrainian developers for enticing 60K+ users to install browser extensions that scraped personal info and injected ads into their News Feeds — Facebook has sued two Ukrainian men for allegedly using quiz apps to scrape Facebook users' private data and inject advertisements into their News Feeds.
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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Appen, a crowdsourced data annotation startup, is acquiring rival Figure Eight for $175M in cash upfront and up to $125M more based on this year's performance — Appen just announced that it's acquiring Figure Eight in an all-cash deal that sees Appen paying $175 million upfront …
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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 … | 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.| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
From Wednesday, the UK will make it illegal to fly drones within three miles of an airport, up from 0.6 miles, following disruptions over Christmas — The no-fly zone is expanding to three miles — Starting this Wednesday, March 13th, it will be illegal to fly a drone within three miles …
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| NBC News: |
Researchers who claim to have discovered the Citrix breach say Iran-linked hackers stole at least 6TB of data and may have first gained access 10 years ago — The hackers are believed to have penetrated the software giant Citrix years ago and have remained inside the company's computer network ever since.
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| 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 …
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