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| Saheli Roy Choudhury / CNBC: |
Samsung posts record Q4 profit of $14.15B driven by chip sales, while its mobile business saw a 3.2% YoY profit decline to ~$2.25B — - Samsung Electronics recorded an operating profit of about $14.15 billion for the December quarter — in line with guidance.| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Samsung confirms it is manufacturing ASIC chips, which are used to mine cryptocurrencies; the ASIC industry is dominated by China's Bitmain and Canaan Creative — Fresh from toppling Intel as the planet's biggest seller of chipsets, Samsung has confirmed that it has begun manufacturing ASIC chips …
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The Next Web, The Verge, CoinSpeaker, CNBC, CoinDesk, Ubergizmo, and International Business Times. Tweets: @iamjosephyoung
| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Facebook says it's banning all ads for cryptocurrencies, ICOs, and binary options to avoid “misleading or deceptive promotional practices” — It's an “intentionally broad” policy aimed at stopping scammers. — Facebook is banning all ads that promote cryptocurrencies …
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| Red Hat: |
Red Hat to acquire Kubernetes and containers startup, CoreOS, for $250M — With CoreOS, Red Hat doubles down on technology to help customers build, run and manage containerized applications in hybrid and multicloud environments — Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: US DoJ and SEC are investigating whether Apple violated securities laws concerning its disclosures about update that slowed iPhones with old batteries — The U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating whether Apple Inc. violated securities laws concerning …
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Inquirer, Silicon Republic, CNET, AppleInsider, Washington Post, Axios, Engadget, Silicon Valley Business …, SlashGear, Neowin, CNNMoney, ZDNet, Reuters, Quartz, Tom's Guide, CRN, The Hill, SiliconBeat, USA Today, Patently Apple, MacDailyNews, Bloomberg, MacRumors, Ubergizmo, Ars Technica, VentureBeat, BuzzFeed, iDownloadBlog.com, TechCrunch, The Verge, iPhone Hacks, PhoneDog.com, Business Insider, AppAdvice.com, MSPoweruser, Insanely Great Mac, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, and Seeking Alpha
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| Pavel Alpeyev / Bloomberg: |
Line Corp., creator of Japan's biggest messaging app, is expanding into cryptocurrency trading, insurance, and other financial services — Japan's biggest messenger creates a financial holdings company — Line applied for cryptocurrency exchange license in Japan
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TechCrunch, LINE Corporation, Quartz, ZDNet, CNNMoney, TechCrunch, Cointelegraph.com News, CoinDesk, Coinjournal, NewsBTC, and Bitcoinist.com
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google says it removed 700,000+ apps from the Play Store last year for policy violations, up 70% YoY, credits new machine learning techniques for the increase — Google today shared details of Google Play's efforts to protect Android users with its teams of engineers, policy experts …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon rolls out SMS messaging feature for Alexa devices that lets users send text messages via voice, currently only available to Android users in US — Amazon announced today it's launching a new messaging feature for Alexa devices in the U.S. that will allow you to send texts - yes …
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| Matthew Leising / Bloomberg: |
Source: US regulators subpoenaed Bitfinex and subsidiary Tether amid doubts that Tether's USDT, which the firm says is pegged to USD, has sufficient reserves — Firms say they routinely get ‘legal process’ from regulators — Tether has yet to verify that it holds $2.3 billion in reserve
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Tweets: @bitfinexed, @ncweaver, @nouriel, @ncweaver, @satoshilite, @satoshilite, @twobitidiot, @erikvoorhees, and @whatbitcoindid
| Becky Peterson / Business Insider: |
Dustin Moskovitz's productivity startup Asana raises $75M Series D led by Al Gore's Generation Investment Management; sources say at a $900M valuation — - The collaboration and productivity application company Asana raised $75 million in a series D, the company announced Tuesday.| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Nintendo beats expectations with Q3 revenue of $4.44B up 177% YoY, profit of $1.07B up 261% YoY, raises annual Switch sales forecast to 15M units from 14M — - The Japanese gaming giant raised its sales forecast for the Nintendo Switch from 14 million to 15 million to the end of March 2018.
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| Kyle Stock / Bloomberg: |
Nuro exits stealth after unveiling an autonomous delivery vehicle prototype, has raised $92M from investors including Banyan Capital and Greylock Partners — A secretive startup has unveiled its new grocery-getter, one of many automakers that are leaving people out of the equation.
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Tweets: @tweetermeyer and @scsatcmu
| Reuters: |
South Korea says it has no plans to ban cryptocurrency exchanges, as it uncovers illegal cryptocurrency foreign exchange trading worth nearly $600M — SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's finance minister said the government has no plans to shut down cryptocurrency trading …
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BGR, NewsBTC, and CoinSpeaker
| Jeff Teper / Microsoft Tech Community: |
Microsoft updates iOS Office apps with real-time co-authoring, iPad drag and drop support, universal link support, and OneDrive support for the iOS Files app — Today's post was written by Jeff Teper, corporate vice president for OneDrive, SharePoint and Office.
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Engadget, MacRumors, Thurrott.com, SiliconANGLE, Softpedia News, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Mac Observer, Office Blogs, Digital Trends, Neowin, MSPoweruser, and 9to5Mac. Tweets: @steven_aquino. Thanks:@rhoge
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Snap debuts new styles for its Bitmoji called Bitmoji Deluxe, now offers 40 skin tones, up from 25, twice as many hair colors, and 50 hair treatment options — Now you can customize your Snapchat Bitmoji avatar with 40 skin tones, 50 hair colors, 50 hair treatment options and more so it looks …
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Snap Inc., Social Media Today, Gotta Be Mobile, International Business Times, SlashGear, Business Insider, CNET, iMore, Adweek, New York Magazine, Android Police, Tubefilter, Mashable, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @joshconstine and @joshconstine
| Melanie Ehrenkranz / Gizmodo: |
California appellate court judge sides with man suing Tinder who argued that Tinder Plus' pricing, which is more expensive for users over 30, is discriminatory — Tinder introduced new pricing tiers in 2015, charging users a monthly fee in exchange for a few bonus features, like undoing a swipe or changing locations.| Blair Hanley Frank / VentureBeat: |
Astound announces $11.5M Series A and launches out of stealth to help large enterprises automate employee service requests using AI — EXCLUSIVE: — A new startup called Astound emerged from stealth today with a big vision: to cut down on service requests using artificial intelligence to drive automation.
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| Brian Fung / Washington Post: |
A KodakCoin co-creator says market reaction has diverted public attention from how it benefits photography rights, first KodakCoins to be sold Wednesday in ICO — When Kodak announced on Jan. 9 that it was planning to launch its own cryptocurrency, investors swooned.
Tweets: @marshallk
| Yimian Wu / China Money Network: |
Bytedance, operator of Chinese news app Toutiao, sues Baidu for unfair competition, claims Baidu deliberately places negative news about Toutiao in top results — Beijing Bytedance Telecommunications Co., Ltd., the operator of personalized news app Toutiao, has sued China's largest search engine Baidu Inc …
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ecns, South China Morning Post, globaltimes.cn, TechNode, and Tech in Asia
| Guilherme Rambo / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 11.3, now in beta, allows approval of family purchases using Face ID; biometric authentication of family purchases previously possible only via Touch ID — iPhone X owners with children have been complaining for a while about the impossibility of approving purchases using Face ID.Sponsor Posts
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