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Larry Page steps down as Alphabet CEO, Sundar Pichai to lead both Alphabet and Google — Our very first founders' letter in our 2004 S-1 began: … We believe those central tenets are still true today. The company is not conventional and continues to make ambitious bets on new technology, especially with our Alphabet structure.
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Alphabet's leadership change is unlikely to mean much to Google employees or users, since Larry Page has not been focused on Alphabet's core business for years — Google co-founder Larry Page speaking at a developer conference in 2013. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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Amazon unveils Local Zones, small data centers far from main AWS regions, general availability of Outposts, and a Verizon partnership for low latency 5G gear — THE AWS TAKE ON EDGE COMPUTING — AWS CEO Andy Jassy (left) and Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg (right) introduce AWS Wavelength Tuesday at re:Invent 2019.| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
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Google adds a chat feature to Google Photos, rolling out over the next week to iOS, Android, and the web — An argument could be made that Google has over-indulged in its creation of way too many messaging apps in years past. But today's launch of a new messaging service …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Mozilla removes four Firefox extensions made by Avast and AVG after reports that they were harvesting user data and browsing histories — The four extensions, two from Avast and two from AVG, are still available on the Chrome Web Store. — Mozilla removed today four Firefox extensions …
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| Newley Purnell / Wall Street Journal: |
India, which is increasingly trying to shelter local companies, has erected regulatory hurdles over the past year for how US tech firms operate in the country — New barriers make world's biggest untapped digital market a slog for Walmart, Facebook; taking cues from China's protectionism
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| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Postmates shuts Mexico City office laying off employees; sources say at least several dozen have been laid off including people across its offices in the US — - Postmates has laid off dozens of employees and told employees in Mexico City that it's closing that office.
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Amazon launches a battery-powered portable Echo speaker in India with an enclosed 4,800mAh battery, claims up to 10 hours of continuous music playback — After launching nearly a dozen Echo speaker models in India in two years, Amazon said on Wednesday it is adding a new variant to the mix …
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Firefox 71 arrives with Picture-in-Picture support on Windows for all video sites, Enhanced Tracking Protection and Lockwise password manager improvements, more — Mozilla today launched Firefox 71 for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS. Firefox 71 includes Lockwise password manager improvements … | Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Qualcomm debuts a new in-screen ultrasonic fingerprint sensor with a much larger input area, after mixed results from its last attempt found in the Galaxy S10 — A year ago, Qualcomm introduced a new fingerprint sensor that uses sound waves to map the ridges on your finger and unlock your phone.| Shirin Ghaffary / Vox: |
A group of four former Google employees who say they were fired for organizing are filing unfair labor practice charges against the company — Three of the four former Google engineers who were recently fired from the company and alleging Google retaliated against them for workplace organizing.| Greg Bensinger / Washington Post: |
YouTube claims users spend 70% less time on “borderline” content, like conspiracies, since it tweaked recommendations in January but fails to offer more details — Video giant says users spent 70 percent less time watching videos pushing miracle cures.
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| Anna Wiener / New Yorker: |
A profile of Hipcamp, a platform for campsite booking where listings include off-grid plots, RV hookups, ski huts, farmhouses, tepees, tree houses, and cabins — Can a startup save the wilderness by disrupting it? — In Northern California, booking a public campsite is a blood sport.
Tweets: @erikbl, @lennysan, @gpaddymanning, @newyorker, @annawiener, and @daveleebbc
| Dani Deahl / The Verge: |
Genius sues Google and LyricFind alleging anticompetitive behavior and that song lyrics on its service were stolen, asking for over $400M in damages — It's asking for more than $400 million from Google and LyricFind — Lyrics website Genius is suing Google, saying the company continues … | Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers achieve new cryptography milestones, including factoring the largest RSA key size ever, largely thanks to improved algorithms, not better hardware — 795-bit factoring and discrete logarithms achieved using more efficient algorithms. — 34 with 24 posters participating
Tweets: @arstechnica, @nholzschuch, and @dangoodin001
| Caroline Haskins / VICE: |
Profile of Amazon's Ring, which began as a smart doorbell startup called DoorBot, declined a Shark Tank investment offer, and is now a huge surveillance network — This is the first of a three-part series, where we'll explore how Ring transformed from start-up pitch to the technology powering …
Tweets: @vice, @samleecole, @profcarroll, and @jason_koebler
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