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| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Sources: WSJ plans to join the new paid tier of Apple News to be announced on Monday, expected to cost $10/month; NYT and The Washington Post have opted out — SAN FRANCISCO — The Wall Street Journal plans to join a new paid subscription news service run by Apple, according to two people familiar …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft launches Windows Virtual Desktop in public preview and Microsoft Defender ATP for macOS in limited preview — Microsoft today made a slew of announcements to help IT pros reduce costs, increase security, and boost employee productivity. The headline items are the launch …
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Engadget, Microsoft Tech Community, Microsoft Security, Microsoft 365 Blog, Petri, Petri, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, The Verge, TechCrunch, ZDNet, BetaNews, Thurrott, CNET, BetaNews, Thurrott, The Register, OnMSFT.com, iPhone Hacks, Microsoft Docs, TechSpot, MSPoweruser, and Softpedia News
Tweets: @tomwarren, @gcluley, and @wdsecurity
| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Square CEO Jack Dorsey introduces Square Crypto, a new initiative for open source contributions to the “bitcoin/crypto ecosystem” — Payments startup Square plans to hire a number of engineers and a designer to work on its crypto initiatives, according to tweets from CEO Jack Dorsey.
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Engadget, BREAKERMAG, NewsBTC, PaymentsSource, Bitcoinist.com, CryptoGlobe, Fortune, Cointelegraph, Mashable, CryptoSlate, Dapp Life, and The Next Web
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft says support for Windows 7, which makes up 40% of desktop market, will end Jan. 14, 2020; enterprise customers can pay for extended support until 2023 — Microsoft has rolled out a patch that will warn Windows 7 users that security updates will soon come to an end.
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Windows Help, Thurrott, Inquirer, Engadget, Softpedia News, Firstpost, SlashGear, and gHacks Technology News
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Four European Wikipedia sites are blocking access and directing users to contact their EU representatives on March 21 to protest the copyright directive — Sites including Reddit, Twitch, and PornHub are also encouraging users in the EU to contact local politicians
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| Guy Rosen / Facebook: |
Facebook says it blocked 800+ visually distinct variants of NZ shooting video, in contrast to ISIS-style propaganda which is not rebroadcast or reshared widely — We continue to keep the people, families and communities affected by the tragedy in New Zealand in our hearts.
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Apple iPad mini (2019) review: same specs as larger iPad, headphone jack, and solid performance, but has huge bezels and a Lightning port instead of USB-C — Sometimes smaller is better — People who love the iPad mini really, really love the iPad mini.
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| Laura M. Holson / New York Times: |
After Rep. Devin Nunes sued Twitter and the @DevinCow account claiming defamation, the parody account gained 465K+ followers, surpassing his own follower count — Consider this: a parody account pretending to be an imaginary cow owned by Representative Devin Nunes, the California Republican …
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Tweets: @andylassner, @heratylaw, @howroute, and @therealmarkcm
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Israeli startup Guesty, which provides tools for property managers who list on Airbnb and other rental sites, raises $35M Series C led by Viola Growth — The growth of Airbnb — and likewise other platforms like Booking.com, VRBO and Homeaway for listing and renting short-term accommodation …
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
By integrating Stadia into YouTube, Google plans to cement YouTube's dominance, as 200M users already watch gaming content there every day — Google's starting a revolution just to keep things as they are — Yesterday, Google announced plans for a new game-streaming service called Stadia.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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Tweets: @klobrille, @tomwarren, @benjamintseng, @backlon, @caseynewton, @cnbc, and @karlbode
| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Oculus announces $399 Rift S, developed alongside Lenovo, with higher-res 1280x1440 displays and improved optics, available in spring — After years of high-profile onstage announcements, Oculus has decided to quietly deliver the successor to its flagship Rift virtual reality headset …
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Tweets: @uploadvr, @xavierwoodsphd, @oculusgaming, @gameovergreggy, @reverendkjr, @jason_rubin, @lenovo, @starfire2258, and @starfire2258
| Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica: |
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| Katie Notopoulos / BuzzFeed News: |
A look at an automated Instagram influencer account made to garner free meals from NYC restaurants in exchange for posts, which advertisers didn't really mind — Chris Buetti had a problem: Dining out in New York was getting too expensive. He saw was one obvious solution … | Yogita Khatri / CoinDesk: |
Two crypto indices from CoinMarketCap, CMC Crypto 200, which includes bitcoin, and CMC Crypto ex BTC, which doesn't, launch on Nasdaq, Bloomberg, and Reuters — Two cryptocurrency benchmark indices from data provider CoinMarketCap will launch today on financial data feeds …
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CoinMarketCap, CoinGeek, Ethereum World News, Modern Consensus, Altcoin Buzz, Ethereum World News, PYMNTS.com, Coinspeaker, ETHNews, Anycoin.news, and Cointelegraph. Tweets: @coinmarketcap
| Alfred Ng / CNET: |
US retailers are deploying facial recognition tech to fight shoplifters, raising privacy concerns due to lack of legal restrictions or rules to prevent abuse — At my bodega down the block, photos of shoplifters sometimes litter the windows, a warning to would-be thieves that they're being watched.
Tweets: @alfredwkng, @eff, and @evacide
| Iris Deng / South China Morning Post: |
Tencent misses Q4 profit estimates with net income falling 32% YoY to $2.1B on revenue of $12.6B, partially due to China's gaming freeze — Depending on whom you talk to, 2018 was either a bumper year for Tencent Holdings or a year to forget.The first Asian company to breach US$500 billion in market cap …
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Channel NewsAsia, Fortune, Reuters, and Financial Times
| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Report: Apple approved production of its wireless charging AirPower mat earlier this year, after announcing it in 2017 with a 2018 launch date — The Wall Street Journal today reports that Apple approved production of its long-awaited wireless charging mat AirPower earlier this year …
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| Eugene Kim / CNBC: |
Amazon vendors say Amazon is more aggressively blocking ads of unprofitable products and telling them to lower wholesale prices for ads to be reinstated — - In recent months, Amazon has been more aggressively enforcing its policy of suspending ads if the product being promoted doesn't make money.| Dustin Childs / Zero Day Initiative: |
Researchers hacked Apple's Safari, Oracle VirtualBox, and VMware Workstation in Pwn2Own Vancouver 2019 contest, earning $240K in cash awards — SUBSCRIBE — The first day of Pwn2Own Vancouver 2019 is in the books and already, we've seen some great research.
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9to5Mac, SecurityWeek, and Security Affairs
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Facebook begins rolling out threaded messages to Messenger users around the world, activated by long-pressing on a message — Facebook Messenger aficionados, good news: It just got easier to respond to your best buds' messages with hot takes. — Facebook today announced that message replies …
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XDA Developers, The Verge, Engadget, Social Media Today, Firstpost, Pocket-lint, SlashGear, Neowin, Digital Trends, CNET, 9to5Mac, iPhone Hacks, and iPhone in Canada Blog. Tweets: @davezatz
| Sara Salinas / CNBC: |
Google's stock rose 2% by the end of trading, adding nearly $17B to its market value, the same day it was fined €1.49B by the EU Commission — - The stock rose 2 percent by the end of trading adding nearly $17 billion to the company's market value. — Alphabet's gains on Wednesday add … | EU Press Room: |
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