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Source: Verizon faces political pressure to cancel launch of Huawei Mate 10 amid allegations of Huawei being a security threat, news that AT&T ended Huawei deal — Speaking to a source familiar with the company's plans, Verizon is facing political pressure to cancel the launch a Huawei smartphone later this year.
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| Matthew Miller / ZDNet: |
Huawei Mate 10 Pro launching as an unlocked phone in US for $799 on 2/18, pre-orders start 2/4; Huawei committing to two years of Android security updates — Huawei is in the top three for worldwide smartphone market share and is finally kicking off an intense effort to make Huawei a name US consumers will recognize.
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Inside Huawei's push into the US telecom market as it sells equipment to a range of carriers, despite new Washington warnings of it being a spy threat — Chinese telecom giant has gobbled up huge global market share; now Washington is warning anew about alleged spy threat as U.S. telecoms embark on $275 billion 5G network build-out
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| Cho Mu-Hyun / ZDNet: |
Samsung will launch its flagship Galaxy S9 at the upcoming Mobile World Congress in February and says it plans to launch its foldable phone sometime next year — Samsung Galaxy S9 will be unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in February, the company's mobile boss said, denying rumors of a CES 2018 unveiling.| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple to relocate Chinese customer iCloud data and operations from US to mainland China starting February 28 to comply with local laws — Apple has today announced a date for when it will hand over operations of iCloud data services for residents of mainland China to CGBD.
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Tweets: @pdchina, @paulmozur, and @wblau
| Nicole Lee / Engadget: |
Lenovo unveils Mirage Solo, its first Google WorldSense VR headset, which has dual mics, 2560x1440 screen, Snapdragon 835, 4GB RAM, ships Q2 for “under $400” — Last year, Google announced that it would be making standalone Daydream headsets with the help of HTC and Lenovo.
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Nvidia says GeForce, Tesla, Grid, NVS, and Quadro chipsets affected by Spectre, begins rolling out software patches — Nvidia Corp said some of its chipsets have been affected by Spectre, a memory corruption flaw that allows hackers to bypass operating systems and steal passwords of devices.
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
UK forces Apple to pay an extra £136M tax bill after “an extensive audit” of Apple Europe, one of its UK subsidiaries — Apple's tax struggles in Europe have been well documented in the past, and now an extensive audit has forced the company to pay an additional tax bill.
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| Jason Del Rey / Recode: |
As Jeff Bezos becomes the richest man in history, now worth over $105B, questions loom large on his potential philanthropic intentions — It's been seven months since Bezos tweeted a request for philanthropic ideas. — After the New York Times questioned Jeff Bezos about his level …
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| Luke Larsen / Digital Trends: |
HTC Vive Pro hands-on: increased resolution is great, built-in earphones are high-quality, and has a clean design, but still doesn't work well with glasses — The Vive Pro is a VR headset made for virtual reality enthusiasts … Today at CES 2018, HTC put the emphasis on its new premium, PC-based virtual reality.
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard: |
Bitcoin wallet app Electrum had a critical flaw for two years that would let attackers remotely steal bitcoins; flaw went unpatched for weeks after discovery — Developers left the vulnerability unpatched for months after being alerted. — For almost two years, hackers could have easily stolen … | Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
Uber reaches up to $3M settlement with 2,421 New York drivers who accused it of deducting excessive fees from their fares — (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] agreed to pay up to $3 million to settle a proposed class-action lawsuit brought on behalf of 2,421 drivers in New York … | Jeremy Herron / Bloomberg: |
Kodak's stock spiked as much as 119% on its announcement to launch KODAKcoin, “a photocentric cryptocurrency” for better image rights management — Kodak's latest moment has it joining the cryptocurrency frenzy. — Shares in Eastman Kodak Co. jumped as much as 77 percent …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Hulu unveils new UI coming spring 2018 with live TV guide, tools to permanently switch off specific show recommendations, remove items from watch history, more — Hulu, which this morning announced it now reaches 17 million subscribers, showed off an upcoming version of its user interface at CES.| Colin Gibbs / FierceWireless: |
T-Mobile announces launch of NB-IoT offering for $6/year for up to 12 MB per connected device, says it's roughly one-tenth the cost of Verizon's Cat-M plans — T-Mobile launched what it said is the nation's first narrowband-IoT (NB-IoT) service plan for customers looking to provide connectivity to a range of devices.
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Coinbase fixes bug that let customers of Overstock.com buy items for about 15% of the listed price by paying in bitcoin cash instead of bitcoin — Coinbase and Overstock.com just fixed a serious glitch that allowed Overstock customers to buy any item at a tiny fraction of the listed price.| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Ford teams up with Lyft, Domino's, Postmates to pilot autonomous vehicles and will work with Qualcomm on “Transportation Mobility Cloud” initiative — Auto giant is teaming up with Lyft, Domino's, and now Postmates, to deploy autonomous vehicles| AngelList Blog: |
AngelList and Accomplice announce Spearhead, a $35M fund for new angel investors, offering up to $1M in investing capital to founders who back other founders — Today, in partnership with Accomplice, we're announcing Spearhead, a program that funds and mentors founders with up to $1M of investing capital to back other founders.
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The Spearhead Blog, Accomplice, PE Hub Blog, and The Information
Tweets: @eclaireoh, @shanemac, and @mdudas
| SourceForge Community Blog: |
SourceForge rolls out redesigned UX and logo, an easier directory with project categorization as filters, and a GitHub importer tool with syncing capabilities — Today we're starting to roll out a whole new look for SourceForge. — As a quick refresher, SourceForge was acquired in 2016 … | Alejandra Reyes-Velarde / Los Angeles Times: |
Chinese gaming company Kunlun Group now owns 100% of Grindr after buying remaining stake from founder and CEO Joel Simkhai, who has now left the company — After purchasing a majority stake in Grindr last year, a Chinese gaming company has acquired the rest of the dating app for gay men … | Robert Ferris / CNBC: |
Toyota says it will add Amazon Alexa to some Toyota and Lexus models in 2018 and plans to add to other models in 2019 — Toyota said Tuesday it will introduce Amazon Alexa, Amazon's cloud-based voice-assistant, in some Toyota and Lexus vehicles in 2018. — The feature will be available …
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| Ben Fischer / SportsBusiness Daily: |
Sources: Blizzard's Overwatch League will get $90M+ over two years from Twitch for exclusive streaming rights of its esports matches — The Overwatch League will receive at least $90M over two years from Twitch in exchange for streaming rights, sources said.
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