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| Queenie Wong / CNET: |
Facebook cancels its F8 developer conference, which was scheduled to take place May 5-6 at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center, over coronavirus concerns — Facebook said Thursday it's cancelling its annual F8 developers conference, the social media giant's biggest event of the year …
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| Carli Velocci / Windows Central: |
Microsoft says it will not attend Game Developers Conference due to coronavirus concerns and will make sessions and experiences available in a digital event — The move follows Sony, Facebook, and Unity. — What you need to know — Microsoft Game Stack announced it's pulling out of GDC due to coronavirus concerns.
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Tweets: @megan_nicolett and @tomwarren
| BuzzFeed News: |
Docs show Best Buy and Walmart, alongside ICE, DOJ, and FBI, are among the 2,200+ companies and law enforcement agencies listed as clients of Clearview AI — The United States' main immigration enforcement agency, the Department of Justice, retailers including Best Buy and Macy's …
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CNN, Tech.co, All Systems Go, BBC, HackRead, WeLiveSecurity, Security Boulevard, ComputerWeekly.com, The Hill, infosecurity-magazine.com, and Tom's Guide
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| Jason Del Rey / Vox: |
Sources: Walmart plans to start publicly testing a membership program called Walmart+ as soon as next month to compete with Amazon Prime — Walmart has struggled to keep up with Amazon's online dominance for years. Javier Zarracina/Vox — Amazon Prime has devastated traditional retail.
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CNET, CNBC, Business Insider, Yahoo Finance, Input, PYMNTS.com, SlashGear, and TechSpot
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| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman says TikTok is “fundamentally parasitic”, “always listening,” and its fingerprinting technology is “truly terrifying” — TikTok is one of the hottest social media platforms but the CEO of Reddit had some harsh words for the popular app …
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CNET, Tubefilter, Input, The Verge, TechSpot, Business Insider, Protocol, Silicon Republic, and Telegraph
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra review: 120Hz screen is nice and battery life is good but the main camera often acts like a first-gen product with first-gen problems — A new-generation camera with first-generation problems — Samsung has something to prove. — That's the most obvious feeling …
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9to5Google, Financial Times, Input, Android Authority, Android Authority, Droid Life, Gotta Be Mobile, Android Police, and Gizmodo
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and Verizon face hefty fines after FCC probe found that the carriers didn't do enough to protect users' location data — AT&T, T-Mobile among companies facing hundreds of millions of dollars in fines, though they will likely fight decision
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CNET, MacRumors, Gizmodo, The Verge, VICE, Yahoo Finance, iDownloadBlog.com, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @ramseymcgrory, @hshaban, @wsj, and @thekenyeung
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Researchers find an Android malware strain Cerberus that can extract and steal one-time passwords generated by Google's Authenticator mobile app — A new version of the “Cerberus” Android banking trojan will be able to steal one-time codes generated by the Google Authenticator app and bypass 2FA-protected accounts.
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ThreatFabric, Tom's Guide, Daring Fireball, BleepingComputer, Android Central, Gizchina, Security Affairs, and Android Authority
Tweets: @appenz and @j_opdenakker
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple has lost a pair of veteran execs from manufacturing, supply chain, and operations groups who had key roles in the production of major devices — - Company's vice president of manufacturing design departs — Operations executive who worked on iPhone discussing exit
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AppleInsider, TechSpot, MacDailyNews, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, and iMore
Tweets: @davezatz and @markgurman
| Martin Brinkmann / gHacks Technology News: |
Google officially adds support for Google Earth on Firefox, Edge, and Opera browsers, and says it is working on adding support for Safari — When Google unveiled the new Google Earth back in 2017, it switched Google Earth from being a desktop application to a web application.
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Google Earth and Earth Engine, The Verge, Thurrott, Engadget, Windows Central, 9to5Google, BGR, Neowin, OnMSFT.com, MacRumors, SlashGear, The Next Web, International Business Times, Mashable, MSPoweruser, CNET, and Input
Tweets: @googleearth, @googleoss, and @twone2
| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
DoorDash announces it has confidentially filed documents for an IPO with the SEC — Food delivery service DoorDash announced Thursday it has taken a first step toward a public offering. — DoorDash said it has confidentially submitted a draft S-1 filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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TechCrunch, PR Newswire, Yahoo Finance, Crunchbase News, PYMNTS.com, and Silicon Valley Business …
Tweets: @rurikbradbury, @lamonicabuzz, @aaronwall, @rakeshlobster, @aaronwall, @jyarow, and @bplewis
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Nokia is working with advisers to explore strategic options ranging from asset sales to mergers — - Company working with advisers to consider asset sales, mergers — Equipment maker has cut outlook amid fierce competition — Nokia Oyj is exploring strategic options …
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Reuters, Light Reading, TechRadar.com, Telecoms.com, FierceWireless, IT Management, and TechSpot
Tweets: @baldingsworld, @bloombergasia, @mgsiegler, @benwood, @journeydan, and @anshelsag
| Let's Encrypt: |
Let's Encrypt says it has issued 1B free TLS certificates on around 192M unique domains in the four years since its launch — We issued our billionth certificate on February 27, 2020. We're going to use this big round number as an opportunity to reflect on what has changed for us, and for the Internet, leading up to this event.
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Facebook sues data analytics firm OneAudience, claiming it paid app developers to install its SDK in their apps so it could harvest data on Facebook users — Data analytics firm OneAudience allegedly paid app developers to include its SDK in their code so it could harvest data from Facebook users.
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Vox, About Facebook, and Yahoo Finance
| James Hale / Tubefilter: |
YouTube says it is testing a way for creators to sell ads directly to brands “with whom they already have a relationship” — In the perhaps not-too-distant future, YouTube will let creators sell ad space on their own videos. — “We're experimenting with a new way for creators … | New York Times: |
Pakistan to review new internet censorship rules after a group representing Facebook, Google, and Twitter writes a letter threatening to leave the country — The battle is the latest skirmish between internet companies and governments over who decides what content should be online.
Tweets: @vindugoel, @zalmayzia, and @salmanmasood
| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Facebook has hired the World Economic Forum's former head of tech policy Zvika Krieger as its new director of responsible innovation — Facebook has hired the World Economic Forum's former head of technology policy, Zvika Krieger, as its new director of responsible innovation, Axios has learned.
Tweets: @inafried, @caseynewton, @tomgara, and @baxiabhishek
| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Dahmakan, a Malaysia-based food delivery startup that creates its own meals based on customer data and market research, raises $18M Series B — Dahmakan, a full-stack food delivery startup based in Malaysia, announced today that it has closed a $18 million Series B. Investors include Rakuten Capital … | Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Tractable, which aims to speed up insurance company response times for events like car accidents by using AI to perform damage appraisal, raises $25M Series C — London-based insurtech AI startup Tractable, which is applying artificial intelligence to speed up accident and disaster recovery …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Online gaming platform Roblox raises $150M led by a16z's Late Stage Venture fund, reportedly at a $4B valuation; Roblox was valued at $2.5B+ as of last year — Online gaming platform Roblox, now home to 115 million largely Gen Z players per month, announced today it has raised $150 million …
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| Josh Ye / Abacus: |
Apple asks game developers with in-app purchases in China to submit game licenses by June 30, enforcing China's 2016 rule requiring state approval of games — Apple and TikTok maker ByteDance are asking for developers to show game licenses as China tightens its grip on video game publishing
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CNBC, South China Morning Post, and iPhone Hacks
| John Nosta / Fortune: |
Apple Watch largely does not detect or categorize AFib at a heart rate greater than 120 beats per minute, which may give some users a false sense of security — The success of the Apple Watch is unprecedented: In five short years, the Apple Watch has outsold the entire Swiss watch industry …
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Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, CNET, Macworld, iMore, iPhone in Canada Blog, and The Mac Observer
Tweets: @flargh and @rosenthalhealth
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Qure.ai, which uses AI to spot abnormalities in chest and brain scans, raises $16M led by Sequoia India — More than 10.4 million people were infected with tuberculosis in 2016, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and 1.7 million of those people died …
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Tech News, PR Newswire, FinSMEs, and Tech in Asia
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Facebook says it has paused use of the election reminder feature in the EU after the Irish DPC raised concerns about what data it collects and how it is used — Big tech's lead privacy regulator in Europe has intervened to flag transparency concerns about a Facebook election reminder feature … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
LinkSquares, which allows legal and finance teams to automate searches of legal documents and eases management of company contracts, raises $14.5M Series A — It takes between 20 days to 30 days for a company to create, negotiate, and finalize a contract, according to Aberdeen Research.| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Square beats Q4 expectations with revenue of $1.31B, up 41% YoY, says its Cash App has 24M MAUs, up 60% YoY, with a profit of $144M; stock rises 10%+ — The company reported its fourth quarter financial results on Wednesday. — Square reported its fourth quarter financial results on Wednesday.
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Square Investor Relations, Market Realist, TechSpot, coinspeaker.com, The Kraft, and The Daily Hodl. Tweets: @hedgemind
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