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Sources: Facebook's data-sharing deals under federal criminal investigation; an NY grand jury subpoenaed at least two device-makers who partnered with Facebook — Federal prosecutors are conducting a criminal investigation into data deals Facebook struck with some of the world's largest …
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| Stuart Dredge / Music Ally: |
Spotify files an anti-trust complaint against Apple with the European Commission, claiming App Store rules limit choice and stifle competition — Spotify is filing a complaint against Apple with the European Commission, accusing the latter company of anticompetitive behaviour in the way it manages …
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Spotify, Time to Play Fair, Slate, New York Times, ZDNet, Wired, MacStories, Wall Street Journal, AFTVnews, Variety, Business Insider, Mercury News, Liliputing, PYMNTS.com, CNBC, ZDNet, Cult of Mac, Gizmodo, CNET, SlashGear, TechCrunch, Motherboard, iPhone in Canada Blog, CNN, Philip Elmer-DeWitt, The Wrap, Investor's Business Daily, hypebot, IT PRO, The Guardian, and Geek News Central
Tweets: @greyham, @ow, @ipadinsightblog, @carnage4life, @carnage4life, @alexhern, @ow, @viticci, @pkafka, @jamesliamcook, @eldsjal, @jeremiahlee, @fsf, @ingridlunden, @m4tt, and @i0n1c
| Shannon Liao / The Verge: |
Facebook says it is working to bring its services back online as users around the world report issues with Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Oculus, and WhatsApp — While you can open the apps, they're missing major functions — Facebook and Instagram appear to be partially down for some users around the world today.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google debuts the first preview of Android Q to devs, available on all Pixel devices, with granular privacy settings, better support for foldable devices, more — Google today launched Android Q Beta 1, available for download now at google.com/android/beta.
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Android Developers Blog, Android Developers, The Verge, Android Police, The Verge, 9to5Google, 9to5Google, Android Authority, 9to5Google, Android Authority, CNET, PCWorld, XDA Developers, Softpedia News, Android Authority, The Next Web, Thurrott, Ars Technica, XDA Developers, CNET, 9to5Google, Engadget, Android Police, Mashable, Android Police, TmoNews, 9to5Google, and Android Police. Tweets: @backlon
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Twitter's mobile app is rolling out a Snapchat-style camera designed to promote sharing photos, videos, and live footage when users swipe left on their timeline — Twitter is rolling out the redesign to its camera feature TechCrunch reported on a month ago that's designed to let you capture photos …
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Verizon's 5G service to launch on April 11 in Chicago and Minneapolis and cost $85-$105 for its unlimited plans — The first phone available will be the Moto Z3 with the 5G Moto Mod — Verizon's 5G network is coming. After months of vague statements, the carrier has finally announced …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft demos its Project xCloud game streaming service with Forza Horizon 4 streaming to an Android phone, ahead of Google's “future of gaming” event — Entering public trials later this year — Microsoft has provided a live demonstration of its upcoming Project xCloud game streaming service.
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Xbox Wire, YouTube, Phandroid, ExtremeTech, Neowin, Pocket-lint, AppleInsider, Android Authority, and Thurrott
| Maureen Farrell / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: a consortium that includes SoftBank and at least one automaker is in late-stage talks to invest $1B or more into Uber's self-driving vehicle unit — A consortium that includes SoftBank Group is in late-stage talks to invest $1 billion or more into Uber Technologies' self-driving vehicle unit.
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Reuters, Reuters, New York Times, TechCrunch, Business Insider, Bloomberg, and SiliconANGLE. Tweets: @wsj
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Researchers find mobile adware, dubbed SimBad, hidden in over 200 Android games, with more than 150M downloads — Security researchers have found a new kind of mobile adware hidden in hundreds of Android apps, and downloaded more than 150 million times from Google Play.
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Check Point Research, Android Police, Android Authority, SiliconANGLE, The Verge, and Engadget
Tweets: @sub8u and @zackwhittaker
| Bloomberg: |
Court documents: Larry Page worried he would lose control of Google in 2011 and seemed to make a “veiled threat” to quit over the issue — - Page feared co-founder Brin might sell voting shares in 2011 — Court documents shed new light on controversial class C stock
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Business Insider. Tweets: @shiraovide, @edbott, @joonian, @gerritd, @shiraovide, @mhbergen, @dtunkelang, @shiraovide, @mhbergen, @shiraovide, and @shiraovide
| Tiffany Hsu / New York Times: |
Amazon has delisted two books that claimed to hold cures for autism, following a letter from Rep. Schiff criticizing anti-vaccine misinformation on the platform — Amazon has removed the online listings for two books that claim to contain cures for autism, a move that follows recent efforts … | Peter Rubin / Wired: |
An early look at Facebook's Codec Avatars, extremely life-like representations of individuals made by applying machine learning to data collected in a studio — “There's this big, ugly sucker at the door,” the young woman says, her eyes twinkling, “and he said, ‘Who do you think you are, Lena Horne?’
Tweets: @jlax and @ddiakopoulos
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple's video service will feature mostly content from partners at launch, with the first slew of its own shows coming later in the year — - IPhone maker is said to push for HBO, Showtime and Starz deals — Magazine bundle, Apple Pay upgrades are also coming this month
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The Verge, 9to5Mac, USA Today, iDownloadBlog.com, InvestorPlace, iPhone in Canada Blog, BGR, Fortune, and Philip Elmer-DeWitt
Tweets: @markgurman and @julieverhage
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Google quietly adds DuckDuckGo and other privacy-focused search engines as an option for Chrome users in more than 60 markets — In an update to the chromium engine, which underpins Google's popular Chrome browser, the search giant has quietly updated the lists of default search engines …
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Gizmodo, Search Engine Land, MSPoweruser, Thurrott, and Engadget
Tweets: @alexhern, @qwantcom, and @benbajarin
| Aaron Tilley / The Information: |
Apple has acquired Laserlike, a small Silicon Valley-based ML startup, likely to strengthen its AI efforts; Laserlike had raised $24M+, per Crunchbase — Apple has acquired Laserlike, a small Silicon Valley-based machine learning startup, which could help strengthen the company's artificial … | Nathaniel Mott / Tom's Hardware: |
US CPSC announces expanded recall of 78,500 HP laptops due to battery issues; announcement was delayed from January due to government shutdown — The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced that HP expanded its recall of the batteries used in some of its notebooks and mobile workstations due to “fire and burn hazards.”
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U.S. Consumer Product …, Mashable, Fortune, Digital Trends, CNET, The Verge, SlashGear, and TechSpot
| CNBC: |
Cloudera misses Q4 FY2019 analyst estimates with revenue of $144.5M, up 37% YoY, and losses of $85.5M; stock down ~15% after hours following weak Q1 guidance — Cloudera plummeted as much as 15 percent in extended trading on Wednesday after the developer of software for managing …
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| Nick Bastone / Business Insider: |
Sources: Google has moved dozens of employees out of its laptop and tablet division, scaling back the size of its in-house hardware group — - Google appears to be trimming the size of its laptop and tablet hardware group, telling dozens of engineers and program managers to find other roles … | Todd Haselton / CNBC: |
Apple Music arrives on Amazon's Fire TV for US users, following its launch on Amazon's Echo smart speakers last year — Apple Music launched on Amazon Fire TVs in the United States on Wednesday. It is the latest sign of Apple's continued push to get its services, including Apple Music, in front of as many people as possible.
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9to5Mac, The Verge, iMore, Neowin, Engadget, MacRumors, MacRumors, Appleosophy, and PYMNTS.com
| Colin Lecher / The Verge: |
ACLU releases documents showing ICE lets over 9,200 employees access a controversial license plate database with little oversight — The ACLU published the emails today — Immigration and Customs Enforcement allows thousands of employees to access a controversial license plate database …
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ACLU of Northern CA, Wired, Washington Post, CNET, BuzzFeed News, Washington Post, TechCrunch, and Axios
Tweets: @geoffreyfowler, @wired, @matt_cagle, @matt_cagle, @matt_cagle, @tonyromm, and @aclu
| Tom Simonite / Wired: |
Allen Institute study of 2M+ AI research papers shows Chinese scholars have out-published US scholars every year since 2005, but questions remain about quality — AT THE WORLD'S top computer-vision conference last June, Google and Apple sponsored an academic contest that challenged algorithms …
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GeekWire, MIT Technology Review, AI2 Blog, TechNode, and Wall Street Journal. Tweets: @allen_ai
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
AT&T is upping DirecTV prices, with a base package hike of $10/month, for the second time since it argued its Time Warner merger would allow it to lower prices — - AT&T Confirms DirecTV Now Price Hikes, Launches New ‘Slimmer’ Bundles With HBO That Omit Many Cable Channels| Theodore Schleifer / Recode: |
TPG Growth places Bill McGlashan, a managing partner who championed social responsibility, on leave after DOJ charges him in the college admissions scandal — “The way the world works these days is unbelievable.” — One of Silicon Valley's most prominent private equity investors …
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TechCrunch, Financial Times, Business Insider, CNN, and Hollywood Reporter
Tweets: @ericnewcomer, @anandwrites, @ericnewcomer, @anandwrites, @miriamgottfried, @cyantist, @rezendi, @anandwrites, @mollywood, and @matthewstoller
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