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| Dane Glasgow / The Keyword: |
Google Maps turns 15, updates its app with five tabs: Explore, Commute, Saved, Contribute, and Updates, new transit features, and more — In 2005, we set out to map the world. Since then we've pushed the limits of what a map can do: from helping you easily navigate from point A to B …
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Report: Apple shipped 30.7M Watches worldwide in 2019, up 36% YoY, outselling the entire Swiss watch industry, which shipped 21.1M units, down 13% YoY — The Apple Watch continues to dominate the market — The Apple Watch wasn't just the best-selling smartwatch last year … | Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Huawei is suing Verizon, accusing it of using 12 patents relating to its network technology without authorization — US carrier accused of using 12 patents without authorization — Huawei has announced that it's suing Verizon for alleged patent violations, marking the latest twist … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Twitter Q4: revenue of $1.01B, up 11% YoY, net income of $119M, down from $255M in Q4 2018, monetizable DAU of 152M compared to 126M a year ago; stock up 15%+ — As Twitter continues to try to find the right balance between making its platform easier to use while also less prone to toxicity and abuse …
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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases the first iOS 13.4 beta, which includes a “CarKey” API, making it possible to unlock, lock, and start a car with an iPhone or Watch — Apple today released the first beta version of iOS 13.4 for developers, and now 9to5Mac has found evidences to a new feature …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple adds universal purchases for iOS and macOS apps to the Xcode 11.4 beta, letting developers bundle apps — The new Xcode 11.4 beta update, released today alongside the iOS 13.4, tvOS 13.4 and macOS Catalina 10.15.4 betas, includes support for universal purchases …
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| David Kirton / Reuters: |
Sources: Xiaomi, Huawei, Oppo, and Vivo are creating a platform to let developers outside China upload apps onto all of their app stores simultaneously — SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - China's Xiaomi, Huawei Technologies, Oppo and Vivo are joining forces to create a platform for developers outside China …
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| Robert Heaton: |
Software engineer finds that Wacom drawing tablets track the name of every application opened on a user's computer and send the data to Google Analytics — Chapter 1: The discovery — I have a Wacom drawing tablet. I use it to draw cover illustrations for my blog posts, such as this one:
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| Jeff Kauflin / Forbes: |
Profile of Multicoin Capital, a $100M crypto hedge fund which, between Oct. 2017 and Nov. 2019, had returns of 143%, compared to bitcoin's rise of 109% — I cover fintech, cryptocurrencies, blockchain and investing. — Sitting side-by-side in a trendy Manhattan cafe where a glass … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: EU antitrust investigators have deepened their inquiry and sought internal Facebook documents related to alleged efforts to squash potential rivals — Authorities have sought documents related to allegations that company leveraged access to user data to stifle competition| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Amazon launches Brand Voice, a fully managed service within Amazon Polly for letting brands work with Amazon's engineers to build custom text-to-speech voices — If Amazon has its way, companies will soon tap Amazon Web Services (AWS) en masse to create voices tailored to their brands.
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| The Guardian: |
Dutch court rules that a surveillance system used to detect welfare fraud violates human rights; called SyRI, it used a secret algorithm to run risk modeling — Government told to halt use of AI to detect fraud in decision hailed by privacy campaigners — A Dutch court has ordered …
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| Linda Kinstler / protocol: |
An in-depth look at the role of ethicists within tech companies, spurred by scandals like Cambridge Analytica, and their somewhat limited power to effect change — Fifty-two floors below the top of Salesforce Tower, I meet Paula Goldman in a glass-paneled conference room where the words EQUALITY OFFICE …
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| Christina Farr / CNBC: |
After layoffs at 23andMe, Ancestry says it is laying off 6%, citing slowdown across entire DNA testing category, now that most of early adopters have enrolled — - Ancestry, following 23andMe, made the decision to lay off some employees. It confirmed to CNBC that the cuts affected 6% of its workforce.
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| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Twilio announces Q4 revenue of $331.2M, up 62% YoY, 2019 total revenue of $1.13B, up 75% YoY, ends Q4 with 179K+ active customer accounts; forecasts loss in Q1 — Twilio is posting strong revenue growth but its earnings outlook for the first quarter and fiscal 2020 fall short of expectations.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google says Chrome's ad blocker will expand to target disruptive video ads in August, including long pre-roll ads, mid-roll ads, and overlays ads on video — Last year, Google made Chrome's standards-backed ad blocker fully available around the world. The Better Ads Standards today announced a …
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| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
Lightning Labs, which wants to speed up bitcoin transactions, raises $10M Series A led by Craft Ventures and rolls out its first enterprise product — Elizabeth Stark stands out in the digital currency world. The 30-something entrepreneur is at ease among crypto's tribal subcultures …
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| Mike Lennon / SecurityWeek: |
IoT security company Forescout Technologies says it has agreed to be acquired by private equity firm Advent International in a deal valued at $1.9B — Enterprise device security firm Forescout Technologies (NASDAQ:FSCT) announced on Thursday that it has agreed to be acquired …
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Clear, which wants to build a high-volume transaction system on the blockchain, raises $13M Series A led by Eight Roads — Clear is an early stage startup with a big ambition. It wants to build a blockchain for high-volume transaction systems like payments between telcos.
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| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
In a filing, Qualcomm discloses it is being investigated by the European Commission for anti-competitive behavior over its radio frequency chips — (Reuters) - Qualcomm Inc on Wednesday detailed the first significant sales gains from a new category of chip it is selling to mobile phone makers …
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Cloud security company Netskope raises $340M led by Sequoia Capital Global Equities at a valuation of nearly $3B — Netskope has always focused its particular flavor of security on the cloud, and as more workloads have moved there, it has certainly worked in its favor.| Caleb Henry / SpaceNews.com: |
France-based IoT startup Kinéis, which wants to launch a constellation of 25 satellites to connect IoT devices and track ships, raises €100M — WASHINGTON — French Internet of Things startup Kinéis has raised 100 million euros ($110.5 million) from private and public investors …
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| Maddie Stone / VICE: |
Lawyers and repair advocates say Apple's contract for its independent repair provider program is onerous for shops and invasive for consumers — Last August, in what was widely hailed a victory for the right-to-repair movement, Apple announced it would begin selling parts, tools …
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| Matt Marshall / VentureBeat: |
Dallas-based spatial AI company Worlds, which lets enterprises model their physical spaces in 3D and then observe them using AI, raises $10M Series A — Worlds, whose AI helps large organizations observe their physical spaces to ensure security, safety, and productivity, has raised $10 million in a first round of funding.
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