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| Nick Summers / Engadget: |
Microsoft is bringing its Xbox Game Pass subscription service to Windows 10 PCs with a “curated library” of more than 100 titles; details to be revealed at E3 — PC players, rejoice: Microsoft is bringing its previously-Xbox exclusive subscription service, Xbox Game Pass, to Windows 10.
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Xbox Wire, The Verge, The Verge, Windows Experience Blog, Windows Central, Windows Central, Digital Trends, Polygon, Thurrott, The Next Web, Xbox Live's Major Nelson, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, GameSpot, WinBuzzer, ExtremeTech, Geek.com, Destructoid, MSPoweruser, OnMSFT.com, Windows Central, Neowin, VG247, BGR, IGN, Siliconera, SlashGear, PCWorld, GeekWire, VentureBeat, KnowTechie, CNET, TechSpot, Ars Technica, Blue's News, 9to5Toys, and Gamasutra
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| David Ruddock / Android Police: |
Source: Galaxy Note 10 will lose the headphone jack and exterior buttons like volume and power will be replaced by capacitive or pressure-sensitive areas — Speaking to a source familiar with the company's plans, Android Police has learned that Samsung will likely begin its wind-down of the headphone jack …
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Tweets: @jim_edwards, @kifleswing, and @ohmdee
| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Uber reports Q1 revenue of $3.1B, up 20% YoY, gross bookings of $14.65B, up 34%, net loss of $1.01B; Uber Eats revenue grew 31% to $239M, gross bookings up 108% — KEY POINTS — The company reported total revenue of $3.10 billion, at the top end of its preliminary estimates for the quarter.
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| Sam Meredith / CNBC: |
An open letter signed by 47 companies, including Apple, Google, Microsoft, and WhatsApp, condemns proposal from the UK's GCHQ to eavesdrop on encrypted messages — KEY POINTS — In an open letter to GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters), 47 signatories including Apple …
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Lawfare, TechCrunch, The Guardian, ZDNet, CyberScoop, Mashable, AppleInsider, Android Authority, 9to5Mac, Washington Post, Neowin, BGR, Firstpost Tech, The Mac Observer, Fortune, BBC, CNET, Telecoms.com, The Register, VentureBeat, CNN, Business Insider, Forbes, MacRumors, The Verge, Engadget, iPhone in Canada Blog, Cult of Mac, and MacDailyNews
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| Reuters: |
Sources: Amazon is interested in buying prepaid cellphone wireless service Boost Mobile from T-Mobile and Sprint — (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is interested in buying prepaid cellphone wireless service Boost Mobile from U.S. carriers T-Mobile US Inc and Sprint Corp, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
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GeekWire, 9to5Mac, CNET, TmoNews, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @whatthebit, @reutersbiz, @levynews, @thekenyeung, and @stevekopack
| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Google's new policies for Chrome extensions and Drive API will limit the ability of extensions and 3rd party apps to access personal data, starting this summer — AFTER YEARS OF issues with rogue Chrome extensions, hijacks, and malware, Google announced a slew of new policies Thursday to ensure the little browser applets are secure.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
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Android Developers Blog, KnowTechie, TechSpot, Android Central, 9to5Google, Inquirer, Mashable, Business Insider, GamesIndustry.biz, Gizmodo, Gamasutra, and VentureBeat. Tweets: @googleplaydev
| Jay Greene / Washington Post: |
Salesforce changes its acceptable-use policy to bar gun-selling retailers from using its software if they sell military-style rifles — Business-software giant Salesforce instituted a new policy barring retail customers from using its technology to sell semiautomatic weapons and some other firearms.
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ZDNet, CNBC, Gizmodo, Business Insider, The Verge, Channel Futures, The Daily Caller, Seeking Alpha, and CryptoNinjas
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| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Nreal unveils a $499 consumer version of its Light AR glasses that are compatible with any phone using the Snapdragon 855 chip, available later this year — Chinese augmented reality upstart Nreal announced a $499 consumer version of its Light AR glasses at the Augmented World Expo (AWE) in Santa Clara, Calif. Thursday.| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
The YouTube channel of Indian music production company T-Series becomes the first to cross 100M subscribers after a months-long race with PewDiePie — Beating PewDiePie in the process — T-Series is the first YouTube channel to reach more than 100 million subscribers after months of racing to the top.
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ValueWalk, Business Insider, The Daily Dot, and Technology Personalized
| IDC: |
Global wearables shipments reached 49.6M units in Q1 2019, up 55.2% YoY as ear-worn devices grew 135.1%; Huawei grew 282.2%, Samsung 151.6%, and Apple 49.5% — Global shipments of wearable devices reached 49.6 million units during the first quarter of 2019 (1Q19), up 55.2% …
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CNET, MacRumors, VentureBeat, 9to5Google, Cult of Mac, PYMNTS.com, and Seeking Alpha
| Brian Dowling / Xconomy: |
Insight Partners buys a majority share in Boston-based threat intelligence company Recorded Future for $780M, the highest ever price for a threat intel firm — Recorded Future is being acquired by tech investor Insight Partners in a $780 million all-cash deal, the cyber-threat intelligence company announced this morning.
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TechCrunch, PR Newswire, Axios, PE Hub Blog, and Dark Reading
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Cloud-to-cloud backup and restore vendor OwnBackup raises $23.25M Series C co-led by IVP and Vertex Ventures, bringing the total raised to ~$50M — OwnBackup, a cloud-to-cloud backup and restore vendor with offices in the U.K., New Jersey, and Tel Aviv, today announced that it's secured $23.25 million …
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FinSMEs, Database Trends …, and VentureBeat
| Parmy Olson / Wall Street Journal: |
VR startup Leap Motion, a pioneer of gesture tracking, sells itself to rival UltraHaptics, sources say for ~$30M, about a tenth of its valuation a few years ago — San Francisco startup, which develops and licenses gesture-tracking technology, had in the past been eyed by Apple| Lindsey O'Donnell / Threatpost: |
Restaurant chain Checkers says hackers breached its systems to install malware on PoS systems across 102 of its locations between December 2015 and April 2019 — The popular Checkers and Rally's drive-through restaurant chain was attacked by Point of Sale (POS) malware impacting 15 percent of its stores across the U.S.
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Checkers Drive-In, CNET, Daring Fireball, BleepingComputer, Security Affairs, Tampa Bay Times, SecurityWeek, and ZDNet
Tweets: @kicksopenminds and @mgsiegler
| Paul Gillin / SiliconANGLE: |
Big data analytics vendor MapR cuts 122 jobs, may shut down Santa Clara HQ after potential investor pulls out after “extremely poor results” in the last quarter — MapR Technologies Inc., one of the troika of unicorn startups that emerged from the early days of the big-data movement …
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Silicon Valley Business …, Datanami, San Francisco Chronicle, and Business Insider. Thanks:@robhof
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Firefly, which runs targeted, geofenced ads via smart screens on ride-sharing cars in SF and LA, raises $30M Series A as its starts working with taxis in NYC — Firefly, a startup that allows ridehail drivers to make money from advertising, has raised $30 million in Series A funding.| Chantal Allam / WRAL TechWire: |
Genstar Capital buys a majority stake in Prometheus Group, a Raleigh-based plant maintenance operations and optimization software company, at a $1B+ valuation — RALEIGH - In just 13 years, Prometheus Group has transformed itself from a “one-man consulting shop” to a “unicorn” - a privately held startup valued at over $1 billion.| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
VMware reports Q1 revenue of $2.27B, up 13% YoY, beating analyst estimates of $2.24B, and net income of $505M, including a gain of $132M from Pivotal — VMware also reported an unexpected gain of $132 million from its investment in Pivotal Software. — VMware delivered strong …
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SiliconANGLE, Forbes, and VMware, Inc.
| Ryan McMorrow / Agence France-Presse: |
Investigation finds Huawei has received ~$1.6B in Chinese government grants over past ten years, heavily subsidized land, and favorable export financing terms — Huawei has been a major beneficiary of Chinese state subsidies and grants — A replica of the Palace of Versailles … | BuzzFeed News: |
Researchers: some banned white nationalist groups like Proud Boys and Soldiers of Odin remain active on Facebook after slightly modifying their names — Over a month after Facebook announced a ban of a number of white nationalist, white supremacist, and other hate groups … Sponsor Posts
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