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Twitter says it does not block or remove controversial tweets of world leaders because it would hide important information people should see and debate — There's been a lot of discussion about political figures and world leaders on Twitter, and we want to share our stance.
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Google says Assistant is available on 400M+ devices, while it sold more than one Home every second since Home Mini Oct. launch, which translates to 6M+ speakers — Google Assistant is now available on 400 million devices, including more than 6 million Home smart speakers sold since the Home Mini first became available last October.
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Amazon announces Alexa Mobile Accessory Kit for wearables and Alexa Premium Voice Development Kit to improve far-field voice reception in third-party hardware — Amazon wants to bring Alexa to more devices than smart speakers, Fire TV and various other consumer electronics for the home, like alarm clocks.| Samuel Gibbs / The Guardian: |
Intel faces at least three class action lawsuits over Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities, while additional claims may come from big cloud service providers — Plaintiffs claim compensation for security flaws and alleged slowdown that fixing computers will cause, while corporations count cost of corrections| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Sensor Tower: Apple's App Store revenue was $38.5B in 2017, up 34.7% YoY, while Google Play's revenue was $20.1B, up 34.2% YoY — Global app revenue climbed 35 percent in 2017 to reach nearly $60 billion, according to a new report today from app intelligence firm Sensor Tower … | Theodore Schleifer / Recode: |
Sources: Benchmark Capital will sell ~$900M of Uber shares, or ~14.5% of its stake, to SoftBank-led consortium; GV also sold ~14.5% of its stake, worth ~$350M — Google Ventures, or GV, also sold several hundred million dollars of stock in the transaction.
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New US Customs guidelines for border searches of devices still allow search of info stored locally, need “reasonable suspicion” to move info to external devices — The US Customs and Border Protection agency has updated its guidelines for electronic border searches …
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What to expect at CES 2018: from energy efficient laptops, high-end TVs, and self-driving car tech to AR/VR gaming, robots, and smart home tech — It's January, which means that Las Vegas, or the bit that pretends not to be Las Vegas for tax reasons, will play host to CES.
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Web developers and Google's own apps are increasingly diverging from open web ethos by optimizing for Google-developed standards that first ship in Chrome — Chrome-only sites are a problem — Chrome is now the most popular browser across all devices, thanks to Android's popularity … | The Verge: |
Sources on how Snap's hub-and-spoke org structure, with Evan Spiegel at the center of all decision-making, has employees on edge amid major overhaul of Snapchat — This fall, employees on Snap's product team received a surprising message from CEO Evan Spiegel: stop what you're working on, they were told.| Tony Romm / Recode: |
Internet Association, representing Amazon, Facebook, Google and others, says it will join upcoming lawsuit against net neutrality repeal as an intervening party — The companies will intervene in a coming lawsuit through their trade group, the Internet Association.
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Spotify's Chief Content Officer Stefan Blom is leaving ahead of its IPO; the company hasn't named a successor yet — Stefan Blom's departure may raise questions. — Spotify's top content executive is leaving, just ahead of the streaming music company's planned public offering.
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Nielsen: 54% of all US music is now streamed, surpassing all formats for the first time; on demand audio hit 400B streams in 2017, up from 252B in 2016 — U.S. album sales declined in 2017 as streaming continues to grow, according to Nielsen's year-end music report released this week.Sponsor Posts
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