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January 11, 2018, 10:50 AM
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Giles Turner / Bloomberg:
Filings show Google quietly bought UK sound tech startup Redux that 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.
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
More than 100 CEOs and company executives including Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, and Jeff Bezos sign open letter urging Congress to protect DACA  —  More than a hundred prominent chief executives are urging Congress to pass legislation to protect the young undocumented immigrants …
Bloomberg:
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.
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 …
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.
Natalie Jarvey / Hollywood Reporter:
YouTube says it is putting original projects with Logan Paul on hold and removes him from Google Preferred ad program after his video showing suicide victim  —  The video platform says it will not feature Paul in the fourth season of YouTube Red original comedy ‘Foursome.’
Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed:
Kodak now is not Kodak we knew, it's a shell of a bankrupt company that was worth $135M before blockchain announcements like KODAKCoin and KashMiner this week  —  The annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) can be a showcase of invention.  Each year, giant corporations from around the world flock …

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From Mediagazer

Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
Gene Shalit, a longtime film critic for NBC's Today who was with the show from 1970 until his retirement in 2010, dies at 100

Gary Baum / The Hollywood Reporter:
A look at the first “case” brought before Objection, which aims to use AI to evaluate news stories, and a Q&A with Objection's founder; the site is now dark

Erica Ryan / Reporters' Lab:
Duke Reporters' Lab reports a global drop in fact-checking projects from 464 in 2024 to 441 in 2025; US projects fell from 65 in 2024 to 61 in 2025

More News

Reuters:
South Korea says it is considering a ban on domestic cryptocurrency trading, as authorities raid local exchanges like Coinone, Bithumb for alleged tax evasion
Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:
macOS versions after 10.12.6 include flaw that unlocks system preferences App Store menu with any password, if locked by admin; fix coming in macOS 10.13.3

Earlier Picks

Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Experts dispute WhatsApp's “end-to-end encryption” claim, saying confidentiality of group chat could be broken if servers were compromised
Wall Street Journal:
Senate Commerce Committee chairman John Thune sends Apple letter asking about iPhone performance throttling as Paris prosecutor's office confirms investigation
Reuters:
Nvidia CEO says its GPUs “immune” to flaws from Spectre threat, but Nvidia is updating software drivers because they interact with potentially vulnerable CPUs
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