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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Google says it will roll out a new tool that lets users limit how long it keeps location, search, and browsing data to either three or 18 months — Last August, the Associated Press reported that various Google apps store the timestamped locations of the devices on which they're installed.
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| Casey Newton / The Interface: |
At F8, Mark Zuckerberg left out the fact that users are already moving towards more private sharing while discussing Facebook's privacy-focused next chapter — F8 is a conference where Facebook executives talk about the future — and at Facebook, the future is flexible. In 2015, the future was video.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Facebook CTO Mike Schroepfer and others on AI techniques and progress in identifying image, video, and multi-lingual text content violating Facebook's rules — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg often asserts that AI will substantially cut down on the amount of abuse perpetrated by millions of ill-meaning Facebook users.
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| Nicole Lee / Engadget: |
| Axios: |
In its Q2 earnings release, Qualcomm says its settlement with Apple will yield $4.5B-$4.7B in revenue for the next quarter — In its quarterly earnings released today, Qualcomm said it would record $4.5-$4.7 billion revenue in the coming quarter as part of its settlement of a long-running intellectual-property quarrel with Apple.| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Qualcomm reports Q2 revenue of $4.98B, down 4.6% YoY, profit of $663M, up from $330M YoY, but lackluster Q3 guidance due to weak demand for smartphones in China — - CEO points to ongoing soft demand in biggest market for phones — Apple licensing terms will be ‘consistent’ with program| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Andreessen Horowitz closes a $750M early-stage fund and $2B later-stage fund, bringing its total raised to nearly $10B, as it hits its 10th anniversary — Andreessen Horowitz has closed on two new funds, Axios has learned. — The big picture: Last year we previewed the venture giant's … | Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Google says it is adding Tiles, swipeable widgets with useful information, to Wear OS over the next month — The new feature is rolling out over the next month — Google has spent the last year refining its Wear OS smartwatch software to make everything feel simpler, more intuitive, and easier to use.
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| Rani Molla / Vox: |
Slack and other workplace messaging services undermine their goal of increased productivity by becoming distractions, where users are constantly chatting — Job software like Teams, Slack, and Workplace were supposed to make us more productive. They haven't. — Several people are typing.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google launches CallJoy, a virtual customer service agent aimed at small US businesses, available now on an invite-only basis — Google is combining several technologies including virtual phone numbers, audio transcriptions, automated reporting and analytics, in a new effort …
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| Louise Matsakis / Wired: |
Around 20 security experts have united with Securepairs.org to support right-to-repair legislation with expert witnesses at hearings across the US — TWO YEARS AGO, as Nebraska was considering a “right to repair” bill designed to make it easier for consumers to fix their own gadgets, an Apple lobbyist made a frightening prediction.
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| Nikkei: |
Sources: Huawei plans to enter TV market, launching a 5G-enabled 8K TV as early as this year — Telecom giant deepens push into consumer electronics taking on Samsung and Apple — TAIPEI — Huawei Technologies plans to introduce the world's first 5G television as early as this year …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Hackers are actively exploiting a recently-patched zero-day vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic server to install ransomware, with no end-user interaction required — High-severity hole in Oracle WebLogic under active exploit for 9 days. Patch now. — Attackers have been actively exploiting …
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| David Canellis / The Next Web: |
CipherTrace: at least $356M of cryptocurrencies were stolen from exchanges in Q1 2019; cross-border payments from US exchanges are up 46% in past two years — ... AND IT'S GOING TO NEED LAUNDERING — Cryptocurrency thieves earned at least $356 million in the first quarter of 2019 …
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| Chris Davies / SlashGear: |
Google will open Android Automotive OS, the dashboard-centric version of its mobile platform, to third-party developers, starting with media apps at I/O — Google is opening up Android Automotive OS, the dashboard-centric version of its mobile platform which will launch first on the Polestar 2 EV, to third-party media apps.
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VentureBeat, Android Developers Blog, 9to5Google, Android Police, and XDA Developers. Thanks:@c_davies
| Hugh Handeyside / ACLU: |
Testimonies of US border officials confirm that CBP and ICE have “near-unfettered” authority to search and seize travelers' electronic devices at the border — In September 2017, we, along with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, sued the federal government for its warrantless … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Square reports Q1 revenue of $489M, up 59% YoY, but a net loss of $38M, widening from a loss of $24M YoY; stock down 6%+ after hours — After Square issued weak guidance in Q4, all eyes were on the payments company to see what kind of growth it really had in Q1.| Theodore Schleifer / Vox: |
As Saudi Arabia keeps spending, China's history of IP theft, Trump's aggressive stance, and empowered CFIUS are decimating China's US tech startup investments — A tough, new enforcement regime is becoming a geopolitical minefield for venture capitalists and startups.
Tweets: @voxdotcom, @ezraklein, @caseynewton, @recode, @teddyschleifer, @jeffjohnroberts, and @viss
| Matthew Cantor / The Guardian: |
Study: if Facebook continues to grow at its current rate, it could have 4.9B deceased members by 2100, raising questions about what happens to their data — Deceased may outnumber the living if current growth rates continue, raising questions about what happens to our data
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Tweets: @jstrauss, @uniofoxford, and @fivethirtyeight
| Marc Vartabedian / Wall Street Journal: |
Data management startup Snowflake, valued at $4B, says its CEO Bob Muglia is stepping down after five years, to be replaced by ex-ServiceNow CEO Frank Slootman — Board taps Frank Slootman to lead fast-growing software startup, valued at $4 billion, for its ‘next phase’
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
IDC: 310.8M smartphones were shipped in Q1, down 6.6% YoY; Samsung was the top vendor with 23.1% marketshare, followed by Huawei with 19% and Apple with 11.7% — The battle for second rages on. — While Samsung held the top smartphone spot all four quarters last year …
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Tweets: @canalys and @trengriffin
| Max Seddon / Financial Times: |
Putin signs bill that intends to give Russia a “sovereign internet” the Kremlin could disconnect from the global web; the bill goes into effect on November 1 — Russian president Vladimir Putin signed a law on Wednesday that intends to give the country a “sovereign internet” … | Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Q&A with Oculus' director of content ecosystem, Chris Pruett, on content strategy, positioning in the VR headset market, social VR, developer approach, more — Since its announcement last year, Oculus Quest has been touted as the next evolution of VR — a completely standalone … | Stephanie Condon / ZDNet: |
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