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Former Google exec alleges that he was pushed out in April after he lobbied for a human rights program to formalize Google's free speech and privacy principles — Ross LaJeunesse left the tech giant in April after lobbying for a human rights program for two years
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| Denise Grady / New York Times: |
Google says its AI has made significant improvements at reading mammograms to detect breast cancer in a research study of images from around 90K cases — Computers that are trained to recognize patterns and interpret images may outperform humans at finding cancer on X-rays.
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| Ryne Hager / Android Police: |
Google says it is disabling Xiaomi integrations on its devices after a Xiaomi security camera user said his Google Nest Hub showed feeds from random homes — So-called “smart” security cameras have had some pretty dumb security problems recently, but a recent report regarding a Xiaomi camera linked …
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| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Dell debuts a new Latitude 9510 laptop with built-in 5G, to launch March 26, and says a spring update to its Mobile Connect software will enable iOS mirroring — Ahead of next week's CES in Las Vegas, Dell today announced two PC updates that will improve its appeal to users of mobile devices …
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| Andrei Frumusanu / AnandTech: |
Imagination Technologies says it has inked a new multi-year IP licensing agreement with Apple, replacing an agreement first announced in February 2014 — Today Imagination Technologies has announced that Apple the two companies have signed a new multi-year licensing with the company …
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| New York Times: |
Current and former workers say Oyo's growth in India is fueled by questionable practices like imposing hidden fees, padding listings, and withholding payments — Backed by SoftBank, Oyo aims to be the world's biggest hotel chain. But its growth was fueled by questionable practices, employees said.
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Samsung says it shipped 6.7M+ Galaxy 5G phones globally in 2019, accounting for 53.9% of the 5G phone market; Samsung had only sold 2M 5G devices as of Sept. — 2020 will be the real test for 5G devices, though — Samsung sold 6.7 million 5G phones in 2019 between the Galaxy S10 5G …
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| Ben Sisario / New York Times: |
Q&A with Jimmy Iovine about music industry's reconciliation with tech in the last decade, why streaming music services are like utilities with low margins, more — The record executive who made the leap to Silicon Valley looks back on the decade in the music business, and sees a major problem on the horizon.
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| Zach Laidlaw / Android Police: |
APK teardown reveals Galaxy S11 camera features like Director's View, Pro Video, and Bokeh Effects, and super fast charging for Fold 2, topping at 45W — There's a certain thrill we feel when a photo of an unreleased device slides across our desks. It's new, mysterious, exciting …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Clearcover, which uses AI to sell affordable auto insurance, raises $50M Series C led by Omers Ventures — Millions of car owners in the U.S. have yet to secure automotive insurance of any kind, which isn't surprising considering the average policy costs a sky-high $1,099 annually.
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
SuperData: digital games and interactive media revenue was up 4% YoY to $120.1B in 2019, with $64.4B for mobile; Fortnite topped with $1.8B, vs. $2.4B in 2018 — The combined game industry grew 3% to $120.1 billion in 2019, according to market researcher SuperData in its year-end report.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Google unveils the Coral Dev Board Mini, a smaller, budget alternative to the Coral Dev Board with the Edge TPU, and the Accelerator Module, available H1 2020 — Last March, Google took the wraps off of Coral, a collection of hardware kits and accessories intended to bolster AI development at the edge.Sponsor Posts
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