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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft and Sony announce a strategic partnership to explore development of future cloud solutions in Microsoft Azure for game and content-streaming services — An unusual partnership — Microsoft and Sony are announcing an unusual partnership today, allowing the two rivals to partner on cloud-based gaming services.
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Tweets: @satyanadella, @xboxp3, @pixelpar, @polygon, @zhugeex, @gamecentral, @tomwarren, @microsoft, @aemond, @flammymarciano, and @tomwarren
| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Sources: acceptance rates for Facebook job offers among graduates of top US schools like Stanford fell from nearly 90% in late 2016 to around 50% in early 2019 — KEY POINTS — Among top schools, Facebook's acceptance rate for full-time positions offered to new graduates has fallen …
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Business Insider and Notes from Silicon Valley
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| Julian Chokkattu / Digital Trends: |
Tests of Verizon's 5G in Chicago on the Galaxy S10 5G show download speeds of up to 1.35 Gbps, but speeds were inconsistent, though never fell below 550 Mbps — I'm in Chicago. Again. It's my second trip to the windy city in the past month, and I don't expect it to be my last. — Why? 5G!
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The Verge, CNET, VentureBeat, Android Authority, CNET, Android Police, Mashable, and Droid Life
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| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
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| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
Europol and FBI arrest the leader and ten members of the GozNym criminal network, who broke into 44K computers and tried to steal ~$100M — Paying money and buying online concept, couple doing internet shopping with computer, customers making secure payment on laptop via e-banking service, close up view of hand holding credit card
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Researchers: NYPD used edited suspects' photos and photos of celebs, when witnesses said the suspects looked like them, to generate facial recognition matches — In one case, a photo of the actor Woody Harrelson was used to locate a suspect — A new report from Georgetown Law's Center …
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| Theodore Schleifer / Vox: |
Sources: Quora, which has 300M+ MAUs, is raising a $60M round led by Valor Equity Partners at a valuation of $2B, and told investors it had $20M in 2018 revenue — According to some, the financing round for the question-and-answer platform speaks to the high valuation for virtually everything these days in the tech sector.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google to add the ability to save transcriptions in Live Transcribe and will include indicators for sounds like door knocks, dog barks, and phones ringing — [Clapping] — When Google released Live Transcribe this past February, it was a hugely important accessibility feature for people …
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The Keyword, XDA Developers, CNET, Engadget, Android Police, TechCrunch, Thurrott, 9to5Google, Neowin, and VentureBeat
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
DJI launches the Osmo Action, an action camera that can shoot 4K videos at up to 60fps, has a 2.25" rear touchscreen and a 1.4" front display, out now for $349 — For a brief time, DJI and GoPro were partners — or at least uncomfortable allies. Way back in 2014, the companies … | Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Google clarifies Works with Nest shutdown, says connections will continue to work beyond Aug. 31 until they are replicated in new Works with Assistant program — Works with Nest moves from fully dead to on life support — Google has issued a response to the criticisms of its recent announcement …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Instagram is shutting down Instagram Direct, its standalone direct messaging app that it was testing to rival Snapchat, on iOS and Android — As Facebook pushes ahead with its strategy to consolidate more of the backend of its various apps on to a single platform, it's also doing a little simplifying and housekeeping.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook is updating the News Feed algorithm to include data from user surveys about which links users find most worthwhile and who their closest friends are — Facebook is updating the News Feed ranking algorithm to incorporate data from surveys about who you say are your closest friends and which links you find most worthwhile.
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Facebook, Engadget, CNET, Search Engine Journal, and Mashable
Tweets: @joshconstine, @willoremus, and @mattnavarra
| BBC: |
Results of The Voice Kids TV show in Russia have been canceled after Group-IB finds that bots were used to rig the competition, won by a millionaire's daughter — The result of a popular Russian TV talent show - The Voice Kids - has been cancelled after thousands of fraudulent votes were found … | Becky Peterson / Business Insider: |
Freelance services marketplace Fiverr files for a US IPO, says it had losses of $36M in 2018, up from $19M in 2017 and a revenue of $75.5M in 2018, up 44.9% YoY — - Fiverr, an Israel startup backed by Bessemer and Accel, has filed to go public on the New York Stock Exchange.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram adds personalized Stories to the Explore tab which has been redesigned with shortcuts to Shopping, IGTV and channels for topics like Travel and Design — Instagram's pivot to Stories continues with an overhaul of Explore designed to let users dig deeper into their niche interests.
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Instagram, Thurrott, Engadget, Adweek, Cult of Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, and Search Engine Journal. Tweets: @joshconstine
| Mark Kleinman / Sky News: |
Sources: Amazon in talks to invest a substantial amount in a $575M fundraising round in UK-based Deliveroo, bringing Deliveroo's total raised to $1.5B+ — The world's biggest internet company by market value is close to buying a stake in Deliveroo, Sky News can reveal.| Larry Cermak / The Block: |
Sources: Coinbase is in advanced talks to acquire the Bitcoin custody provider Xapo for around $50M — Regulated U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is in advanced talks to buy custody provider Xapo for about $50 million to boost its custody business, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
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Axios, Ethereum World News, Cointelegraph, and NewsBTC
Tweets: @haileylennonbtc, @twobitidiot, @avichal, @bensemchee, @mdudas, and @masonic_tweets. Thanks:@dogetoshi
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Sensor Tower: TikTok had the most App Store downloads for the fifth quarter in a row, with 33M+ in Q1; WhatsApp had the most on Google Play, with nearly 199M — Despite a $5.7 million FTC fine and changes to restrict its use by under 13-year-olds, TikTok retained its No. 1 position …
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Sensor Tower Blog, Mashable, and iPhone in Canada Blog
| Casey Newton / The Interface: |
As the definition of “bias” expands to include instances where social media users don't have the desired outcome, it's harder for platforms to say there is none — Three years ago this month, Mark Zuckerberg gathered together a group of influential conservatives to defend Facebook against allegations of political bias.| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
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whitehouse.typeform.com, Axios, Washington Post, New York Times, Politico, Ars Technica, Washington Post, Geek News Central, KnowTechie, TechSpot, Geek.com, Forbes, The Guardian, and Mashable
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Pinterest reports Q1 2019 revenue of $202M, up 54% YoY, net loss of 41.4M, down 21% YoY, global MAUs were up 22% YoY to 291M; stock down 16%+ after hours — KEY POINTS — Pinterest shares fell 15% Thursday after the company released its first-quarter 2019 earnings report, its first report as a public company.
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TechCrunch, Axios, and Business Wire
Tweets: @dougboneparth, @kurtwagner8, @kurtwagner8, @stevekovach, and @samro
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Stack Overflow says hackers breached its systems on May 11 but that there is no evidence of customer data being accessed, promises more info when probe ends — Stack Overflow said it detected a security breach over the weekend. — Stack Overflow, the internet's largest Q&A site for programming …
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Stack Overflow Blog, BleepingComputer, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @saleemrash1d, @julianor, @campuscodi, and @campuscodi
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Ticketmaster announces “Safetix” digital tickets with NFC support, tied to user's phone via an encrypted barcode that automatically refreshes every few seconds — Ticketmaster is turning to new technology to help fight ticket fraud. The ticketing giant today unveiled …
Tweets: @ohmdee and @ron_miller
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Revenue Analytics, which uses AI to help clients like Toyota, Best Buy, and Marriott instantly adjust prices to drive sales, raises $11M Series A — Imagine you're a retailer with a diverse clientele. To whom should you extend a promotion when a product isn't flying off the shelves, and how steep should the discount be?
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