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Sources: Amazon is readying AirPods-like wireless earbuds with built-in Alexa for as early as the second half of this year — - Company plans wireless earbuds for second half of this year — Move is attempt to take Alexa mobile after flopped Fire phone
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| Kelsey Piper / Vox: |
Google says it is dissolving its week-old AI ethics board, following controversy over several of the board members — The controversial panel lasted just a little over a week. — This week, Vox and other outlets reported that Google's newly created AI ethics board was falling apart amid controversy …
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Ian Goodfellow, known as the father of an AI approach known as generative adversarial networks, has joined Apple in a director role, coming from Google — - Ian Goodfellow joined Apple's Special Projects Group as a director of machine learning last month. — Prior to Google …
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| Dave Gershgorn / Quartz: |
Microsoft is investigating sexual harassment and discrimination claims that some workers say HR overlooked after women shared stories in a long email chain — In a far-reaching email chain within Microsoft, women have shared stories of sexual harassment and discrimination …
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Jeff Bezos and his ex-wife, MacKenzie Bezos, announce a divorce settlement that will leave him with 75% of their Amazon stock and all voting power — In a tweet Thursday, MacKenzie Bezos said that her divorce from Jeff Bezos was finalized and that she would give her ex-husband voting control of her Amazon shares.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Snapchat debuts Snap Games platform that lets users play real-time multiplayer games with six-second unskippable ads and rewards — Snap is unlocking a new revenue stream while giving you something to do in between chats and Stories. Today Snapchat debuts its Snap Games platform that lets …
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
How Eva Galperin, who leads EFF's Threat Lab, is advocating for people affected by stalkerware, which gives a bad actor full access to another's device — OVER THE LAST year, Eva Galperin says she's learned the signs: the survivors of domestic abuse who come to her describing how their tormentors seem …
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| Sam Kim / Bloomberg: |
Samsung says it expects Q1 operating income of $5.5B, down 60% YoY, its worst drop in more than four years, as chip prices fall and smartphone sales slow — - Chip buyers working through inventories, pushing prices down — Sluggish smartphone demand also hurts bottom line at Samsung| Mike Fortin / Windows Experience Blog: |
Starting with the May 2019 Update, Windows 10 will no longer auto install feature updates and will let users pause updates for up to 35 days — While regular updates are critical to keeping modern devices secure and running smoothly in a diverse and dynamic ecosystem, we have heard clear feedback …
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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Google pilots a row of ads on the Android TV home screen of Sony smart TVs, NVIDIA Shield TV, others; users say they cannot disable the ads — Users are reportedly not enjoying Google's “pilot program.” — Google is trying out a new “Pilot Program” that puts a row of advertisements on the Android TV home screen.
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| Alan Boyle / GeekWire: |
Amazon confirms Project Kuiper, its new initiative to launch a constellation of low Earth orbit satellites to provide broadband around the world — Amazon is joining the race to provide broadband internet access around the globe via thousands of satellites in low Earth orbit, newly uncovered filings show.
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| Brady Dale / CoinDesk: |
O(1) Labs, the startup behind the Coda protocol, which reduces the size of the blockchain from gigabytes down to kilobytes, raises $15M Series A — A blockchain that makes its blocks disappear has raised a fresh $15 million. — Coda protocol, announced last May as the first project of the startup O … | Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft announces it will integrate its WhatsApp-like Kaizala group messaging service into Teams over the next 12 to 18 months — Microsoft will be integrating its Kaizala service into Teams over the next 12 to 18 months. In the interim, it's adding a lot more features to Kaizala.Sponsor Posts
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