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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Samsung: Bixby's voice functions will be delayed until late spring in US, other Bixby options including visual search, reminders coming at Galaxy S8 launch 4/21 — One of the key signature features of Samsung's Galaxy S8 , its Bixby voice assistant, won't work out of the box, when the device goes on sale later this month.
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| Kara Swisher / Recode: |
Internal Uber email says Rachel Whetstone, SVP of global public policy and communications, will leave the company and be replaced by deputy Jill Hazelbaker — The longtime PR pro is being replaced by her deputy Jill Hazelbaker. — According to an internal email from Uber CEO Travis Kalanick …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Microsoft Word exploit that bypasses Windows safeguards has been sent to millions to push Dridex bank fraud malware — Blast could give a boost to Dridex, one of the Internet's worst bank fraud threats. — Booby-trapped documents exploiting a critical zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Word … | Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google launches an experiment on the web called AutoDraw, which uses machine learning to suggest stock drawings as the user makes a sketch — Drawing isn't for everyone. I, for one, am definitely not very good at it. But with AutoDraw, Google is launching a new experiment today …
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| Bogdan Petrovan / Android Authority: |
LG confirms it has received offers after rumors surfaced about proposed ~$880M Google investment into its OLED display panel business — In a regulatory filing for the Korean stock exchange, LG confirmed that it received offers of investment for its OLED display business … | Yahoo! Finance: |
Sources: Fitbit's first “proper” smartwatch and pair of Bluetooth headphones slated to arrive this fall after delays due to problems with GPS and waterproofing — Fitbit's (FIT) first “proper” smartwatch and first-ever pair of bluetooth headphones are due out this fall after a series …
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| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Lyft confirms $600M in new funding at a $7.5B post-money valuation — Lyft has confirmed that it has raised a new round of funding, bringing in $600 million from a mix of new and existing investors. The latest investment places a $7.5 billion post-money valuation.
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| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Dropbox adds offline support to Paper on Android and iOS and says the app now works in 20 languages; core Android app gets document scanning, following iOS — Cloud file syncing and sharing software company Dropbox today announced an update to its core Android app.
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| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Stripe acquires Indie Hackers, a knowledge sharing site for entrepreneurs, will run it as independent subsidiary — Stripe has acquired the knowledge-sharing service for entrepreneurs known as Indie Hackers. While financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, Indie Hackers will remain operational as an independent subsidiary.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Roku TV's new “More Ways to Watch” feature makes recommendations, by tracking what is viewed over inputs such as cable box and digital antenna — Roku today is rolling out a software updatethat's primarily filled with new features aimed at Roku TV owners - the portion of its business … | Sean Chan / MSPoweruser: |
Skype for Windows 10 comes out of preview, is now open for all users with new features including group video calling and SMS support — After a year of testing, Microsoft's Skype app for Windows 10 came out of preview back in March for Windows Insiders. Today, Microsoft is rolling …
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Skype Blogs, Windows Central, The Fire Hose, On MSFT, and Neowin
| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Facebook's David Marcus clarifies that Messenger's business model focus is advertising and that Messenger is not taking a cut of payments on the platform — Messenger is focused on mobile advertising — just like the rest of Facebook. — When Facebook hired David Marcus …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
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| Eileen Naughton / Google: |
Google reveals its pay methodology to defend compensation practices, says there's no gender pay gap, and its means of suggesting pay amount is “blind” to gender — Pay equity is a huge issue, not just for Silicon Valley companies, but across every industry in every country.
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The Hill, Softpedia News, Tech Times, Wall Street Journal, Light Reading, Recode, USA Today, Silicon Valley Business …, Fortune, Highsnobiety, Mashable, Gizmodo, SiliconBeat, 9to5Google, The Tech Portal, ZDNet, Android Authority, Business Insider, Engadget, and VentureBeat. Tweets: @charlesarthur
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Security startup Synack, founded by former NSA analysts, raises $21.25M Series C led by Microsoft Ventures — Synack, a startup that combines software security tools with a network of white-hat hackers to help keep its customers secure, announced a $21.25 million Series C funding round today.
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Synack, ZDNet, Axios, VentureBeat, SiliconANGLE, PE Hub Blog, and Financial Times
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
A look at Windows 10 Creators Update's best features: picture-in-picture, dynamic lock, Paint 3D, Night Light, better privacy controls, Inking in Windows photos — Microsoft has been testing its latest Windows 10 Creators Update in recent months, and it's now ready to roll out to existing machines.
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BetaNews, Windows Blog, Windows Blog, Ars Technica, On MSFT, Yahoo! Finance, PC Advisor, and Engadget
| Sarah Kuranda / CRN: |
Tanium names former DreamWorks executive Fazal Merchant as CFO and COO, to replace Eric Brown who suddenly left the company a few weeks ago — Tanium has named Fazal Merchant, an executive with an M&A background, as its new COO and CFO, the company announced Tuesday.
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Tanium Blog and Fortune
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft ends support for Windows Vista, more than 10 years after it arrived late to market and was met with widespread criticism — Vista support ends today — Microsoft is bidding farewell to Windows Vista, more than 10 years after it first debuted. Support for Windows Vista ends today …
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ZDNet, The Next Web, BGR, Digital Trends, InvestorPlace, Silicon Republic, Engadget, Fortune, VentureBeat, TechSpot, CNET, and PCWorld. Tweets: @ethanlevine
| Lucia Moses / Digiday: |
Forbes, The New York Times, and other publishers abandon or scale back use of Facebook's Instant Articles due to lack of monetization — Facebook's Instant Article push is in danger of fizzling. — Many publishers are deeply unhappy with the monetization on these pages …
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WebProNews and MediaNama
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