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January 23, 2018, 7:25 PM
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Apple says its delayed HomePod smart speaker will be available to order on Friday for $349 in US, £319 in UK, A$499 in Australia, will arrive in stores Feb. 9 — Breakthrough Wireless Speaker Brings Advanced Audio Technologies Into Any Home for an Incredible Music Listening Experience
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| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Stripe says it will stop supporting bitcoin on April 23, citing volatility and long transaction times; bitcoin support was originally added in 2014 — Payments platform Stripe will stop supporting bitcoin in April, citing the cryptocurrency's volatility and long transaction times, among other things.
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| Zack Whittaker / ZDNet: |
In security update, Apple backports Meltdown fix to macOS Sierra and OS X El Capitan — The fix, previously reserved for newer Macs, is now available on older versions of macOS. — Meltdown-Spectre: A reminder to the IT industry that security is a mirage
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| Bloomberg: |
Twitter COO Anthony Noto has resigned to become SoFi CEO, starting March 1 — Noto joined Twitter in 2014 after a career on Wall Street — SoFi has been searching for a new leader since September — Twitter Inc. Chief Operating Officer Anthony Noto has resigned to accept the role …
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
KGI's Ming-Chi Kuo says lower-end 6.1" iPhone, launching 2H 2018, will have a single rear camera, aluminum frame, 3GB RAM, and no 3D Touch, will cost $700-$800 — KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo today shared additional details about the rumored 6.1-inch iPhone that he expects to launch in the second half of 2018.| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Researchers show Tinder's lack of encryption lets hackers see all photos, inject their own images in users' photo streams, and watch users' every swipe — IN 2018, YOU'D be forgiven for assuming that any sensitive app encrypts its connection from your phone to the cloud … | Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Facebook CMO Gary Briggs is leaving to advise other companies, sit on some boards and help the Democrats in 2020 — Briggs has been Facebook's chief marketing officer since 2013. — Facebook CMO Gary Briggs is retiring. — Briggs, who joined Facebook in 2013 from Google …
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| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
Facebook's survey to rank trust of publications asks two questions: “Do you recognize the following websites” and “How much do you trust each of these domains?” — Last week, Facebook said its News Feed would prioritize links from publications its users found “trustworthy.”
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| Dave Gershgorn / Quartz: |
Jérôme Pesenti, former CEO of BenevolentTech and IBM Big Data CTO, to head up Facebook's AI Research lab; Yann LeCun steps into new role as chief AI scientist — Facebook has replaced the man Mark Zuckerberg recruited to run its artificial intelligence research …
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| Johana Bhuiyan / Recode: |
Uber has hired its first Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Bo Young Lee, following a Holder Report recommendation to create the role — Bo Young Lee will be filling a role the Holder Report recommended that Uber create. — Uber has been on a C-suite hiring spree.
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Snap opens up ability to share select public Stories outside the app to Twitter and Facebook or via text and email, with Stories displayed in a new web player — Only public Stories can be shared outside the main mobile app — Snap's latest effort to fight back against slow growth …
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TechCrunch, Recode, CNBC, CNET, Android Authority, Wall Street Journal, iPhone Hacks, Wired, The Next Web, and BGR. Tweets: @shiraovide
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook buys Boston software company Confirm, which authenticates IDs, and will wind down its operations — Facebook has confirmed to TechCrunch that it's acquired... Confirm.io. The startup offered an API that let other companies quickly verify someone's government-issued identification card … | Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Firefox 58 arrives on Windows, Mac, Android, and Linux with smoother rendering, faster JavaScript caching, and Progressive Web Apps on Android — Mozilla today launched Firefox 58 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. The release builds on the improvements made in version 57 …
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The Mozilla Blog, Digital Trends, MacRumors, SlashGear, Windows Central, Mozilla Hacks, BetaNews, and Android Police. Tweets: @simevidas
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Vine cofounder Don Hofmann details its successor, v2: aiming for summer debut, 6.5 second looping videos, better moderation, Teams for collaboration, no filters — First, don't call it “Vine Two”. Details are starting to emerge about v2, the forthcoming video app built to replace Vine by its former co-founder Dom Hofmann.
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The Verge, Fortune, New York Magazine, Engadget, and Tubefilter
Tweets: @taylorlorenz, @joshconstine, @kantrowitz, and @joshconstine
| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Verizon says it will put tax cut savings primarily toward boosting balance sheet, not increasing network upgrade spending — Verizon's spending won't change much, and tax savings will boost balance sheet. — FCC Chairman Ajit Pai's claim that repealing net neutrality rules …
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| Ankit Chawla / NDTV Gadgets 360: |
Instagram now supports GIFs in Stories through partnership with GIPHY — Facebook-owned image sharing platform Instagram has collaborated with Giphy to announce the rollout of a new millennial-focused feature on its Android and iOS app. Starting Tuesday, GIF stickers will be available globally …
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Instagram, MacRumors, The Verge, TechCrunch, Refinery29, Tech Times, and Engadget. Tweets: @instagram
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
DuckDuckGo launches revamped mobile apps and browser extensions with built-in tracker blocking available globally for Android, iOS, Chrome, Firefox, and Safari — Some major product news from veteran anti-tracking search engine DuckDuckGo: Today it's launched revamped mobile apps …
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Android Authority, Digital Trends, DuckDuckGo Blog, addons.mozilla.org, AVC, Mashable, gHacks Technology News, Tom's Hardware, Android Police, MacStories, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechLifeWeb, Axios, MacRumors, and The Verge. Tweets: @yegg. Thanks:@riptari
| Chris Davies / SlashGear: |
DJI unveils $799 Mavic Air drone with 4K 30fps recording, 2,375 mAh battery, and up to 21 minute flight time, available for preorder today, ships January 28 — DJI has taken the wraps off its latest drone, the DJI Mavic Air, slotting into the gap between the current Mavic Pro and the company's entry-level Spark.
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Android Authority, The Next Web, Ars Technica, TechCrunch, The Verge, MacRumors, Gizmodo, and The Verge
| Ilya Zhegulev / BuzzFeed: |
Investigation into the internal power struggle at Kaspersky Lab, which former staff say was won by managers with ties to Russian intelligence — Kaspersky Lab is under fire in the US over concerns that it could provide its clients' private — and at times secret — information to the Russian government.
Tweets: @yashalevine
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Qualcomm to be sanctioned by EU on Wednesday for abusing dominance in paying Apple to buy communication chipsets from Qualcomm exclusively — Brussels is poised to sanction Qualcomm for abusing its dominance when it paid Apple to use its chips exclusively in its smartphones and tablet devices …
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AppleInsider, Reuters, Patently Apple, and Seeking Alpha
| Newley Purnell / Wall Street Journal: |
Google's Files Go Android app, which can delete all “good morning” images, a popular morning greeting in India, at once, has 10M+ downloads — The country, newly online, has become obsessed with sending cheery greetings from smartphones, causing head scratching in Silicon Valley
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Newser, New York Magazine, The Daily Caller, Yourstory, Android Central, International Business Times, and Technology Personalized. Tweets: @newley
| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Lee Freedman, Apple's director of worldwide investigations since 2011, joins Facebook as associate general counsel for compliance, security, and investigations — Apple's top investigator Lee Freedman has departed the company for a new role at Facebook. Freedman previously served as the Director of Worldwide Investigations at Apple.
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