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Beijing orders all government offices and public institutions to remove foreign PC equipment and software within three years, allowing only Chinese-made tech — Yuan Yang and Nian Liu — Beijing has ordered all government offices and public institutions to remove foreign computer equipment …
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| Shenaz Zack / The Keyword: |
Google says it will add new features to Pixels in “feature drops”, starting this month with auto call screening on Pixel 4, a post-snap portrait mode, and more — Your phone should get better over time. Your Pixel automatically updates regularly with fixes and improvements.
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| Liam Tung / ZDNet: |
The Archive Team, which wants to save Yahoo Groups content by uploading it to Internet Archive, says Verizon has blocked the email addresses of its volunteers — Verizon says the archivists it has blocked breached its terms of service. — Verizon, which bought Yahoo In 2017 …
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| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Intel unveils the “Horse Ridge” cryogenic control chip that it says can control multiple quantum bits and make quantum computing more commercially viable — Intel Labs along with research partner QuTech at TU-Delft can now use Horse Ridge to control multiple quantum bits, or qubits.| Ed Bott / ZDNet: |
Pundits proclaimed the death of the PC since the iPad was announced nearly a decade ago, but with 250M+ sold annually, PCs, while not growing, are far from dead — Back on January 27, 2010, a very Big Thinker declared the PC dead. A decade later, the PC is very much alive, although a time traveler from 2010 might not recognize it.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Snapchat is testing Cameos, a Bitmoji alternative that lets users replace the faces of people with selfies in Snapchat-made short looping videos — Snapchat is preparing to launch a big new feature that uses your selfies to replace the faces of people in videos you can then share.
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| Andreessen Horowitz: |
How brands and individuals across China are leveraging short video apps for commerce, a trend that can help inform the next frontier for ecommerce in the US — In the future, we're all going to be shopping on video apps like TikTok. Whether you're buying instant noodles or high-end sweaters … | Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
In a new filing, Amazon cites President Trump's determination to “screw Amazon” as the reason for it losing its bid for the JEDI contract — - In a new filing made public on Monday, Amazon Web Services claims it didn't win the JEDI contract, which could be worth as much as $10 billion …
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| Jeffrey R. Young / EdSurge: |
Education software company Instructure says it is being acquired for $47.60 per share or ~$2B by the private equity firm Thoma Bravo — Instructure, best known for its Canvas learning management system, announced Wednesday that it is set to be acquired by the private equity firm Thoma Bravo …
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PR Newswire, PR Newswire, Reuters, Market Brief, Education Dive, and D'Arcy Norman dot net
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| Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asian Review: |
A look at Arm China, which has become a key player in China's chip industry and sources say has doubled staff since SoftBank sold control to a Chinese venture — Since SoftBank sold control, venture doubles staff and develops cryptographic IP — TAIPEI — Arm China …
Tweets: @jwschindler and @hkworldcity
| FinSMEs: |
Suvoda, a SaaS provider of clinical trial software for pharmaceutical and biotech companies, raises $40M from PE firm LLR Partners — Suvoda LLC, a Conshohocken, Pa.-based SaaS provider of clinical trial software, secured a $40m minority equity investment from Philadelphia-based private equity firm LLR Partners.| Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post: |
Dara Khosrowshahi on Uber's safety report, why two-thirds of rape cases haven't been reported to the police, and Uber's approach to driver and rider safety — Uber is a ‘reflection of society,’ says ride-hailing chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi — Uber provided many numbers this week …
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