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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Apple announces a new iPhone SE with a 4.7" display, A13, Touch ID, 12MP camera with portrait mode, 64GB, 128GB, or 256GB storage from $399, shipping April 24 — It looks like an iPhone 8, but it has more modern specs — Apple has officially announced the new iPhone SE …
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
The new 4.7" iPhone SE shows that the era of small smartphones that could be comfortably operated with a single hand, is over — Apple's new iPhone SE 2 is the nail in the coffin of the small smartphone — It's been a bad year for small phone lovers. It's no secret that the average size …
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| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
In an internal email, Sundar Pichai tells Alphabet employees that the company will slow the pace of hiring for the rest of 2020 as it re-evaluates investments — - Company is ‘recalibrating’ spending on data centers, servers — Covid-19 crisis is affecting richest Silicon Valley businesses
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| Bloomberg: |
US DOD inspector general finds the Pentagon's controversial decision to award $10B JEDI contract to Microsoft was “consistent” with acquisition standards — - Inquiry didn't find evidence that Trump swayed the decision — Inspector general added that White House limited cooperation
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| Jacqueline Feldscher / Politico: |
US DOD's report could not “definitively determine” whether the White House intervened in $10B JEDI contract as officials were barred from answering questions — The Pentagon's inspector general “could not definitively determine” whether the White House influenced the procurement process …
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Google says it is launching a new Kids section on Google Play, featuring “Teacher Approved” apps, rolling out in the US in the coming days — ‘Everything here is teacher approved’ — Google is launching a new Kids section for the Google Play Store, which will offer a selection of so-called “Teacher Approved” apps.
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| Sandra Upson / Wired: |
Profile of Lee Holloway, Cloudflare's third founder, widely considered a genius, who became distant and erratic due to a tragic case of frontotemporal dementia — Lee Holloway programmed internet security firm Cloudflare into being. But then he became apathetic, distant, and unpredictable …
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| Cory Weinberg / The Information: |
SoftBank-backed home buying startup Opendoor says it's laying off 600 employees, or ~35% of its staff, after halting home purchases last month amid the pandemic — Home-buying startup Opendoor laid off more than 600 employees Wednesday, one of the deepest cuts from a private tech firm since …
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| Julia Boorstin / CNBC: |
Instagram announces new features to support small US and Canadian businesses during the pandemic, including gift cards, food orders, and fundraisers — - Instagram is making it easier for small businesses to feature gift cards, online food orders and fundraisers in their profiles or stories.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft details new environmental initiatives, including a Planetary Computer that would aggregate and analyze data to help in sustainable decision making — Microsoft today announced a series of initiatives aimed at advancing the protection and preservation of biodiversity and ecosystems around the world.
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| Mathieu Rosemain / Reuters: |
Internal memo to unions: Amazon plans to close its 10 French warehouses, with 10K staff, until at least April 20, after a court banned non-essential item orders — Mathieu Rosemain, Gwénaëlle Barzic — PARIS (Reuters) - Amazon will close its warehouses in France until … | Katie Roof / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Robinhood is raising $250M led by Sequoia Capital, at a pre-money valuation of about $8B — Robinhood Markets Inc., the online brokerage that's suffered repeated outages during recent market turmoil, is close to raising new funding at valuation of about $8 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.
Tweets: @katie_roof, @rajnijjer, and @bloombergasia
| Paul Gillin / SiliconANGLE: |
Alkira, which has raised $30M from KPCB, Sequoia, and GV, emerges from stealth with networking-as-a-service tech for building and deploying multicloud networks — Alkira Inc., a company founded by a team of networking veterans and funded by blue-chip venture capitalists … | Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Ecobee expands its smart home lineup beyond thermostats with a $179 Alexa-integrated SmartCamera and Haven, a $5-$10 per month home monitoring platform — Ecobee is fleshing out its lineup beyond thermostats and SmartSensors and tying all of its gear together with a home monitoring platform.
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| Bloomberg: |
A look at efforts by developers, hobbyists, and students in South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and other Asian countries to track and offer information about COVID-19 — Lee Dong-hoon couldn't take any more of the bloody masks. This was January, early in the coronavirus's sweep through South Korea …
Tweets: @quicktake
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
India-based Setu, which provides APIs that allow banks to connect with companies and small businesses offering financial services, raises $15M Series A — India's push to digital payments in the last three years has seen tens of millions of people get comfortable with exchanging money online for the first time.
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| Bloomberg: |
Tencent, Alibaba, and SoftBank invest heavily in popular fantasy sports and online rummy apps in India that use loopholes in anti-gambling laws to offer prizes — - Tech giants spending on Indian apps for fantasy sports, rummy — Ambani says business will be bigger than movies, TV and music
Tweets: @bloombergquint, @talktosanjai, and @darkwyr
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says the Magic Keyboard with trackpad for iPad Pro is available to order and will arrive next week, ahead of the original May launch date — Apple has announced that the Magic Keyboard with trackpad for iPad Pro will be available to order today and begin arriving to customers next week.
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Tweets: @davezatz, @detroitborg, and @chrisfralic
| John Harris / The Guardian: |
An in-depth look at the global efforts to push back against planned obsolescence in tech products, a scandalous practice, especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic — Unrepairable phones and laptops are one of the scandals of our throwaway society. But the pushback is building …
Tweets: @dingos1946, @jonathanwatts, and @rachelcoldicutt
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
NY court rules Mashable embedding an Instagram post does not violate copyright law, as the photographer gave a “valid sublicense” by posting the image publicly — ‘This court cannot release her from the agreement she made.’ — A court ruled yesterday that Mashable can embed …
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Berlin-based Taxfix, which develops a mobile tax filing app that maximizes refunds, raises $65M Series C led by Index Ventures — Berlin-based startup Taxfix has raised a $65 million Series C funding round. Index Ventures is leading the round with Neil Rimer joining the board.
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