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Twitter says users can now enroll in 2FA without a phone number and disable SMS-based 2FA as default, allows other methods such as mobile authenticator apps — And it only took Twitter's CEO getting hacked to happen. — Twitter announced today that users will finally be able to disable SMS-based …
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| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
Sources say Apple AirPods shipments expected to double to 60M in 2019, driven by much higher than expected demand for the AirPods Pro model — - Demand for AirPods Pro ‘much higher’ than original estimate — Wearables drive Apple's growth as smartphone shipments plateau
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| BBC: |
Russia bans sale of gadgets including smartphones, computers, and smart TVs that are not pre-installed with alternative Russian software starting July 2020 — Russia has passed a law banning the sale of certain devices that are not pre-installed with Russian software.
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| Stephen Hall / 9to5Google: |
Google says Cloud Print, its cloud-based printing service that has been in beta since 2010, will no longer be supported as of December 31, 2020 — Google has announced that Cloud Print, its cloud-based printing solution, is being retired at the end of next year.
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| Matthew Boyle / Bloomberg: |
Walmart's Jet.com is shutting its fresh-food delivery business just a year after introducing the service in NYC; source: Jet was losing about $20 on every order — - Retailer will close warehouse, eliminating more than 200 jobs — Jet's grocery service has struggled since its debut a year ago
Tweets: @ekovarski
| Daniel Rubino / Windows Central: |
Microsoft delays the release of Surface Earbuds, which it said earlier were coming in the fall, until Spring 2020 — Microsoft's October hardware event brought many new devices to market, but it was Surface Earbuds that had an IOU for release. While the original plan was to have at least …
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| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Y Combinator ends plans to establish YC China, cites changing leadership and strategy, says YC China CEO Qi Lu is leaving to set up his own fund, MiraclePlus — Prolific startup accelerator Y Combinator has abandoned plans to establish a branch of the program in China.
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
A look at Syniverse, the company behind the delayed Valentine's Day texts, and its hardball tactics which have given it power over routing SMS between carriers — On November 7th, tens of thousands of people across the US woke up to strange text messages from friends and loved ones …
Tweets: @waltmossberg, @jake_k, and @reckless
| Adi Pick / CTech: |
BigPanda, an IT management company with a machine learning-based alert service to detect and resolve IT outages, raises $50M Series C led by Insight Partners — BigPanda develops a machine learning-based service that aggregates multiple data sources and alerts into specific, manageable issues for enterprise IT teams| Mehedi Hassan / Thurrott: |
Google brings Smart Compose to Google Docs as a beta, initially available in English for G Suite users on the web — Google introduced an interesting new feature called Smart Compose on Gmail last year. The feature uses artificial intelligence to automatically suggest sentences as you draft your email.| Deirdre Bosa / CNBC: |
Airbnb's COO Belinda Johnson announced in an email that she is stepping down in March; she will join Airbnb's board of directors as its ninth member — - Airbnb's Belinda Johnson announced that she is stepping down as COO Friday in an email to staff viewed by CNBC.
Tweets: @dee_bosa
| Tom Metcalf / Bloomberg: |
Travis Kalanick has sold ~$1.5B worth of Uber stock since a post-IPO lockup expired on Nov. 6; a Nov. 11 filing suggests Kalanick could offload his entire stake — - Uber co-founder has sold more than half his stake in November — Stake in ride-hailing company is now a minority of his fortune| Jack Nicas / New York Times: |
Tim Cook and Apple did not correct Trump after he took credit for opening a Texas manufacturing plant that has been in operation since 2013 — President Trump said on Wednesday that he opened a facility that makes computers for Apple. It's been operating since 2013.| Ben Lovejoy / 9to5Mac: |
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