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Sources: Dropbox has confidentially filed for an IPO, with Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan leading the listing; Dropbox was valued at $10B in 2014 — File-sharing company valued privately at $10 billion — Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan are said to lead potential listing
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House votes 256 to 164 to extend Section 702 FISA warrantless surveillance program for six years with minimal changes; bill now proceeds to the Senate — WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives voted on Thursday to extend the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance program …
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| Giles Turner / Bloomberg: |
Filings show Google quietly bought UK sound tech startup Redux, which turns surfaces like phone displays into speakers — Alphabet Inc.'s Google has quietly acquired a U.K. startup focused on technology that turns surfaces such as phone displays into speakers.
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| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Intel releases breakdown of performance slowdown on Windows 10 after Spectre and Meltdown patches: ~6% for 8th-gen CPUs, ~7% for 7th-gen, ~8% for 6th-gen — Your personal computers will be less than 10 percent slower after you install the Spectre/Meltdown fix, Intel has revealed in a blog post.
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Sources: in 2015-2016 Uber used “Ripley” tool to remotely shut down the company's devices and shield files and data from police raids in foreign countries — At least two dozen times, the San Francisco headquarters locked down equipment in foreign offices to shield files from police raids.
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Skype partners with Open Whisper Systems, which makes Signal, to begin testing of end-to-end encrypted “Private Conversations” — Secured using the same encryption standard behind the Signal app — Microsoft is testing a new feature for Skype: end-to-end encrypted chat conversations …
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| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
Ripple partners with global payment company MoneyGram to pilot the use of XRP tokens on MoneyGram's network using Ripple's xRapid service — Ripple, a blockchain company and rival to bitcoin, on Thursday announced a tie-up with Dallas-based money transfer giant MoneyGram.| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Steve Jurvetson, who acrimoniously left DFJ in November, had hosted a sex party described in Emily Chang's upcoming book Brotopia — Silicon Valley was rocked earlier this month by revelations of sex and drug parties attended by the tech elite, as detailed in a Vanity Fair excerpt of journalist Emily Chang's upcoming book Brotopia.
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| Jessica DiNapoli / Reuters: |
Sources: Peter Thiel joins other bidders in making an offer in bankruptcy court for Gawker's remaining assets, including domains and 200K+ articles — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Venture capitalist Peter Thiel has made an offer for Gawker, hoping to overcome legal hurdles and rival bidders … | Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Unbabel, which combines human and machine translation for 70+ languages, raises $23M Series B from Microsoft Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Samsung, others — Unbabel, a machine translation platform that uses humans to verify translated content, has raised $23 million in a series B round … | Emil Wallner / FloydHub Blog: |
A deep learning project to turn website design mockups into actual code shows how deep learning could change front-end development, increase prototyping speed — Within three years deep learning will change front-end development. It will increase prototyping speed and lower the barrier for building software.
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Apple's China iCloud data migration includes international users whose country setting is set to China, raising concerns among users living temporarily in China — Apple's plan to migrate China-based iCloud user accounts to a local host on Chinese soil is already running into controversy …
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BleepingComputer.com, Apple Support, 9to5Mac, New York Magazine, Ars Technica, AppAdvice.com, Cult of Mac, iPhone Hacks, MacRumors, MacDailyNews, The Register, and 9to5Mac
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| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Google to vet videos in the Google Preferred ad program with human moderators and AI, after concerns from marketers over videos including Logan Paul's — Google is planning a new push to vet top-tier YouTube videos that it bundles for major advertisers, people familiar with the plan said.
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