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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple likely to drop the ‘5’, call new 4-inch model the ‘iPhone SE’ — In January, we reported that Apple is preparing a new 4-inch iPhone that is essentially 2013's iPhone 5s with upgraded internals. At the time, we heard that Apple would call the device the “iPhone 5se” …
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
KGI's Ming-Chi Kuo: new 4-inch iPhone to cost $400-$500, have 12MP rear-facing camera, 1,642 mAh battery; iPhone 5s to receive 50% price cut — New 4" iPhone With 12MP Camera Said to Cost $400-$500, iPhone 5s to Receive 50% Price Cut — KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has issued …
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| Andrew Chung / Reuters: |
US appeals court overturns $120M jury verdict against Samsung, ruling two patents covering iPhone's slide-to-unlock and auto-correct invalid — Samsung wins appeal in patent dispute with Apple — A U.S. appeals court on Friday overturned a $120 million jury verdict against Samsung …
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| MIT Technology Review: |
Google unveils PlaNet neural network that outperforms humans at guessing the location of an image — Google Unveils Neural Network with “Superhuman” Ability to Determine the Location of Almost Any Image — Guessing the location of a randomly chosen Street View image is hard, even for well-traveled humans.
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| Facebook: |
Facebook rolling out live video streaming to Android in US, expanding to over 30 countries on iOS — Bringing Facebook Live to Android and More Countries — Facebook Live enables you to share your experiences and perspectives in real time, with the people who matter to you …
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IRS now says hackers accessed 700K+ taxpayer accounts, not 334K it disclosed in August, will begin mailing affected taxpayers on Feb. 29 — Hack Brief: Last Year's IRS Hack Was Way Worse Than We Realized — Last year, a hack of the US Office of Personnel Management exposed the personal information …
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| Erin Griffith / Fortune: |
Zenefits lays off 17% of its workforce, about 250 employees, mostly from sales — Zenefits Lays Off 17% of Workers to ‘Refocus’ — Insurance software startup Zenefits has laid off approximately 250 employees from its sales and recruiting organization, representing around 17% of headcount, the company said Friday.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Venmo Halts New Developer Access To Its API — This is not how you run a platform. Developers remember. Pull the rug out from under them once, and they'll be reluctant to stand with you in the future. So despite having a record-setting January with $1 billion transferred in its peer … | Nanette Asimov / San Francisco Chronicle: |
University of California Berkeley notifies 80K of cyber attack from last December that accessed its financial management software — Hacker broke into UC Berkeley system with info of 80K UC Berkeley students, workers, alumni — A hacker broke into a UC Berkeley system holding financial data …
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| Amir Efrati / The Information: |
Sources: on-demand parking startup Luxe is raising tens of millions at $100M+ pre-money valuation, in round led by Hertz — Hertz Investing in Luxe — Luxe, an on-demand parking startup, is raising tens of millions of dollars at a more than $100 million pre-money valuation.| Chris Ziegler / The Verge: |
Nissan pulls the Leaf's phone app after security vulnerabilities come to light — Just a day after news spread that Nissan Leaf's NissanConnect app could be compromised by hackers to control fan settings (potentially draining the battery) and download logs of past drives … | Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Google.org Awards $3 Million To Racial Justice Organizations In SF Bay Area — Google.org has awarded a total of $3 million in grants to San Francisco Unified School District's My Brother and Sister's Keeper program (MBSK), Oakland's Roses in Concrete Community School, Beyond 12 and Equal Justice Initiative … Sponsor Posts
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