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| Tom Krazit / GeekWire: |
Interview with Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian on open source, AWS, working with the military, expanding Google Cloud's sales teams, and more — New Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian has a lot of work to do. — The company that basically invented the concept of hyperscale distributed computing …
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| Tom Krazit / GeekWire: |
Google announces G Suite updates: Assistant can now integrate with calendars, live captions in Hangouts Meet, and improved support for Office files — Voice assistants are moving into the office, prompting Google to integrate its Google Assistant technology with G Suite customer calendars.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google announces AI Platform, an end-to-end service for building, testing, and deploying models aimed at developers and data scientists, currently in beta — As expected, Google used the second day of its annual Cloud Next conference to shine a spotlight on its AI tools.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google launches a set of plugins for IntelliJ, Visual Studio Code, and environments that aim to make building cloud-native apps easier — Google today launched a set of plugins for popular development environments like IntelliJ and Visual Studio Code that promise to make building cloud-native applications significantly easier.
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| Eugene Kim / CNBC: |
Leaked recording: Amazon's senior VP of physical stores says Go will start accepting “additional payment mechanisms”, including cash, in the future — - Amazon's Steve Kessel, who runs physical stores, said last month that the company plans to add “additional payment mechanisms” to its Go stores.
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| Reuters: |
Sources: Uber to sell ~$10B worth of stock at $90B-$100B valuation in IPO, will make S-1 public Thursday, begin roadshow late April, and start trading early May — (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc has decided it will seek to sell around $10 billion worth of stock in its initial public offering …
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Kaspersky researcher identifies sophisticated new spyware, dubbed TajMahal, that went undetected for five years and is from an as-yet unknown source — IT'S NOT EVERY day that security researchers discover a new state-sponsored hacking group. Even rarer is the emergence of one whose spyware …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com is planning deep cuts to its workforce, cutting some teams by half; report suggests layoffs will cut workforce by 8% — - It's said to be considering slashing some teams by up to half — E-commerce giant is said to be reneging on some contracts
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| Guilherme Rambo / 9to5Mac: |
Sources: the next major version of macOS will include standalone Music, Podcasts, and TV apps alongside a redesigned Books app — During the “It's show time” event in late March, Apple announced that the TV app would be coming to the Mac soon. This naturally sparked discussions … | Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
FireEye uncovers second critical infrastructure site affected with dangerous Triton malware, which is linked to a Russian government-backed research institute — Use of game-changing Triton malware to target safety systems isn't an isolated incident. — Sixteen months ago …
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| Richard Lai / Engadget: |
Oppo announces Reno flagship with Snapdragon 855, 6.6-inch FHD+ AMOLED display, pop-up camera, three rear-cameras with 10x hybrid zoom, starting at ~$600 — If you thought the leak from two weeks ago had given the game away for Oppo's new Reno smartphone series, don't worry, as the real deal has more to offer.
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| Diane Bartz / Reuters: |
Bipartisan bill introduced by Senators Mark Warner and Deb Fischer bans “dark pattern” tricks to collect user data, addictive products for kids under 13, more — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senators Mark Warner, a Democrat, and Deb Fischer, a Republican, are introducing a bill …
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Regulators should stop blindly regulating “the internet” and realize that every part of the stack is different, and only one part is suffering market failure — This week, when the U.K.'s Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the Secretary of State … | Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Amazon Kindle (2019) review: the cheapest Kindle now has backlight but is not waterproof, has a low-resolution display, and a recessed screen — Just buy a Paperwhite — In a vacuum, Amazon's latest entry-level Kindle is a solid update: there's finally a built-in light …
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| eMarketer: |
eMarketer predicts Snapchat's monthly US users will decline by 2.8% to 77.5M in 2019, capturing 37.9% of US social media users, down from nearly 40% in 2018 — Instagram will benefit, adding nearly 19 million users by 2023 — Following its unpopular redesign, Snapchat has been struggling to gain users in the US.| David Kushner / Wired: |
Book excerpt: a brief history of internet porn, which developed many early innovations in internet marketing, such as pop-up ads and subscriptions — “Almighty God, Lord of all life, we praise You for the advancements in computerized communications that we enjoy in our time.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: ahead of its expected IPO in June or July, shares of Slack on private markets are selling for prices valuing it at ~$16B, 2X+ its last funding round — In the next few months, anyone will be able to buy stock in Slack Technologies Inc. In the meantime, wealthy investors …
Tweets: @jasonlk, @alex, and @ellenhuet
| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
CleverTap, which helps companies track and improve engagement with users, raises $26M led by Sequoia India at a $150M-$160M valuation — CleverTap, an India-based startup that helps companies track and improve engagement with users, has pulled in $26 million in new funding thanks to a round led by Sequoia India.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Atlassian announces a new version of Confluence, its collaboration platform, and says it has acquired Good Software, which makes analytics tools — Atlassian today announced a new version of Confluence, its collaboration platform. While the company has recently focused more on tools like Jira …
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Huawei P30 Pro review: best low-light camera with the best zoom, fast performance, and a really long-lasting battery, but has buggy and unappealing software — China's camera champion could have been a better phone — Before I came across Huawei's P30 Pro, I was confident in telling everyone …
Tweets: @vladsavov
| Karen Weise / New York Times: |
Over 3,500 Amazon employees publicly call on the company to give clear commitments on tackling climate change, the largest staff-driven movement thus far — SEATTLE — Employees at big tech companies have pushed back against their employers for working with the military and law enforcement offices …
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