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| David Ruddock / Android Police: |
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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| Wall Street Journal: |
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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| 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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Business Wire, TechCrunch, BetaNews, DSLreports, Android and Me, PhoneDog.com, TechCrunch, TechCrunch, and Android Police. Tweets: @dcseifert
| 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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The Keyword, CNET, The Verge, and Android and Me
| David Pierce / Wired: |
Google unveils point-and-shoot VR180 cameras from Lenovo and Yi that can live stream 180-degree VR video to YouTube and save panoramic images to Google Photos — JUST ABOUT EVERYONE agrees virtual and augmented reality are going to be important. The tech already sort of works, and will get better quickly from here.
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ZDNet, Android Community, The Inquisitr, Engadget, Road to VR, and The Verge
| 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 … | Taylor Lorenz / The Daily Beast: |
Leaked Snapchat DAU metrics from April to September 2017 show Snapchat is used mainly as a chat app, with Snap Maps' usage trailing off to ~19M since launch — Snapchat takes its secrecy seriously. Very, very seriously. — Take the case of one former Snapchat employee.
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| Alex Heath / Cheddar: |
Sources: Facebook plans to unveil Portal, an Echo Show-like video chat device with a screen and camera, at F8 in May and ship it in second half of 2018 for $499 — Facebook is about to jump into the consumer hardware business in a big way with a video chat device named “Portal,” …
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| 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.
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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.| Cho Mu-Hyun / ZDNet: |
Samsung and Harman pitch DRVLINE as an open autonomous driving platform for car makers, plan a new DRVLINE camera this year, and showcase “digital cockpit” — Samsung and Harman have unveiled a digital cockpit and a telematics solution at CES. The South Korean tech giant … | Corinne Reichert / ZDNet: |
| 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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Tweets: @chrisbhoffman, @lpolovets, @pt, @mgsiegler, @joshelman, and @haldash
| 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.
| 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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Featured News | Hub, CNET, VentureBeat, The Verge, Business Insider, Bloomberg, and VentureBeat. Tweets: @toyota
| 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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft on Spectre updates' speed impact: “single-digit slowdowns” on new PCs, big effect on PCs with Haswell/older chips and servers with I/O-intensive work — It's bad news for older Windows 7 and Windows 8 machines — Microsoft is taking the surprise step of detailing …
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Intel Newsroom, The Register, Reuters, cloudblogs.microsoft.com, Softpedia News, SiliconANGLE, Engadget, Liliputing, eWeek, Hackaday, CNNMoney, AppleInsider, Tom's Guide, Neowin, BGR India, Tom's Hardware, Bloomberg, and GeekWire
Tweets: @gossithedog, @dcseifert, @stroughtonsmith, @russellbrandom, and @tomwarren
| 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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AppleInsider, Financial Times, and City A.M.
| 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.
| 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 … | Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Samsung showcases Bixby integration in new products including “family hub” smart fridges, QLED TVs, and Harman in-car displays — Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant are the ubiquitous technologies at CES this week, with integrations into a wide range of products … | Pradeep / MSPoweruser: |
HP's updated Pavilion Wave desktop PC, powered by 7th gen Intel processors, will ship with native Alexa integration in spring 2018 starting at $549.99 — At CES 2018, HP announced the updated Pavilion Wave desktop PC with native Amazon Alexa integration. HP first introduced Pavilion Wave …
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VentureBeat and Business Insider
| Jamie Rigg / Engadget: |
Maker of Blocks modular smartwatch, unveiled at CES in 2015, says it's on track to deliver units to all its Kickstarter backers within the next few months — It's been several years since Blocks had its initial 15 minutes of fame, capturing the internet's attention with the idea of a modular smartwatch.
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Digital Trends, Android Police, Android Authority, and CNET
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