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Amazon raises monthly Prime subscription fee from $10.99 to $12.99 but keeps the $99 annual membership option unchanged — Amazon is increasing the monthly price option for Prime from $10.99 to $12.99 as it continues to expand the reach and benefits of the popular fast-shipping program.
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| Chris Velazco / Engadget: |
OnePlus says up to 40K customers affected in credit card breach between Nov. 2017 and mid-Jan. 2018, offers one year of free credit monitoring to those affected — After learning that fraudulent charges were appearing on its customers' credit cards, smartphone maker OnePlus disabled support …
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Amazon brings voice control to its Alexa app for Android, with iOS coming soon — Amazon's slow push into mobile is getting a lot more real this morning with the addition of voice integration into its Android app for Alexa. Up to now, the app has been little more than a way to manage settings …
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Western tech companies will increasingly need to compete with Chinese counterparts where employees work very long hours and enjoy few perks — The declaration by Didi, the Chinese ride-hailing company, that delivery business Meituan's decision to launch a rival service would spark …
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Leaked Snap memo to staff threatens them with termination, financial liability, and even jail time if they leak confidential information about the company — Snap Inc. has a simple message to its employees: leak information and you could be sued or even jailed.| Reuters: |
SEC details concerns over crypto investments, demands answers from fund managers on how mutual funds/ETFs will store, safeguard, and price cryptocurrency assets — (Reuters) - The U.S. securities regulator on Thursday raised alarm about the safety of bitcoin-themed investments …
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Apple has hired a team of at least 18 people from a startup called Silicon Valley Data Science, including the co-founder CEO and CTO — Apple has made a quiet but interesting move in its longer-term strategy around courting more business from enterprises. The company has hired the tech team …
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16 banks and financial services companies publicly linked to Ripple say they haven't used its XRP token, but some say they use Ripple's systems to move money — In October, a five-year-old company called Ripple boasted that it was one of America's “most valuable start-ups . …
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| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Intel's D415 and D435 ready-to-use RealSense depth cameras, which can add 3D vision to any device or machine, now available for preorder for $149 and $145 — Intel has released two ready-to-use RealSense depth cameras, the D415 and the D435, that can add 3D capabilities to any device or machine.
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| Cate Cadell / Reuters: |
Google and Tencent sign global patent cross-licensing deal covering a range of products and technologies, will team up on developing future technologies — BEIJING (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google has agreed to a patent licensing deal with Tencent Holdings Ltd as it looks for ways to expand …
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Italy's antitrust agency opens probe into allegations that Apple and Samsung used software updates to slow phones and induce customers to buy newer models — ROME (Reuters) - Italy's antitrust body said on Thursday it had opened a probe into allegations that Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics … | Katie Collins / CNET: |
EU says social networks remove 70% of hate speech, up from 59% in May, review 81% of reported content within 24 hours; Instagram and Google+ join the initiative — Instagram became the latest social network to sign up to the EU's code of conduct on fighting online hate speech on Friday.
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After initial rejection, Apple approves Wehe, an app that detects net neutrality violations by testing download speeds and video throttling in seven apps — Update: Apple backed off. — Update: After this article was published, Apple told Dave Choffnes that his iPhone app …
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| Paul Mozur / New York Times: |
Sources: Facebook's lead liaison with Beijing, Wang-Li Moser, resigned in December after a three-year tenure in a fresh setback to its China charm campaign — HONG KONG — The executive in charge of Facebook's efforts to court China has left the company, a fresh setback for the social network …
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