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Google launches AMP stories developer preview for publishers today with Snapchat-like swipeable text, photos, videos, considers integrating stories into search — The format doesn't support advertising yet, which could slow its adoption among publishers — Alphabet Inc.'s GOOGL .79% Google unveiled … | Aakash Sahney / The Keyword: |
Google brings AMP to email with the Gmail Developer Preview, to make emails more interactive with content like appointments, questionnaires, and more — For the past few years, we've worked to make mobile pages load faster through an open-source framework called Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP).
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| Dave Lee / BBC: |
UK government spent £600K on an AI tool that can algorithmically block extremist content, claims it's capable of detecting 94% of IS's online activity — The UK government has unveiled a tool it says can accurately detect jihadist content and block it from being viewed.
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GOV.UK, The Verge, BetaNews, Engadget, BuzzFeed, TechCrunch, The Register, Business Insider, Gigaom, Neowin, UKTN, Silicon Republic, and Telegraph
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook to allow publisher paywalls in its iOS app starting 3/1; users get five articles before being asked to pay, publishers get 100% subscription revenue — Apple is allowing Facebook to bend the subscription rules. Starting March 1st, news publishers will be able to use their paywalls inside Facebook's iOS app.
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Recode, AppleInsider, Recode, Marketing Land, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog, iPhone Hacks, Cult of Mac, Ubergizmo, and 9to5Mac
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| Natasha Singer / New York Times: |
Harvard, MIT, NYU among growing crop of US universities offering computer science ethics courses in the wake of fake news and other troubles at tech companies — PALO ALTO, Calif. — The medical profession has an ethic: First, do no harm. — Silicon Valley has an ethos: Build it first and ask for forgiveness later.
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| AnandTech: |
Snapdragon 845 performance preview: small improvements to CPU, decent boost to web workloads, GPU sees 30% better performance, 30% improvement in power vs. 835 — In what has become an annual tradition for Qualcomm, the company has once again opened the doors of their San Diego headquarters …
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| Kyle Torpey / Forbes: |
Microsoft says it will embrace decentralized identity systems based on Bitcoin and other public blockchains through the Microsoft Authenticator app — In a new post today, Microsoft announced their embrace of public blockchains, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, for use in decentralized identity systems.
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Enterprise Mobility + Security, ZDNet, BGR, SiliconANGLE, CoinDesk, Bitcoinist.com, NewsBTC, On MSFT, and The Next Web
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| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
San Francisco-based customer support software startup UJET raises $25M Series B led by GV with participation from Kleiner Perkins and others — UJET, a startup that makes software to improve customer support, said today that it's raised a $25 million Series B led by GV (formerly known as Google Ventures).
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| Taylor Lorenz / The Daily Beast: |
600K+ people sign Change.org petition calling for Snapchat redesign to be reverted as celebs including Chrissy Teigen, Kylie Jenner, MKBHD criticize update — Last week Snapchat rolled out its biggest redesign since the app launched in 2011. — The company split the app into two sections …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft says it will add Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection support for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 this summer — Microsoft is adding Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1 to the list of protected end-points covered by Windows Defender ATP, starting this summer.| Nicole Perlroth / New York Times: |
Researchers: cyberattack caused disruption to Pyeongchang2018.com and local internet, which grounded drones and more during Winter Olympics' opening ceremony — A cyberattack caused the internet disruptions during the Winter Olympics' opening ceremony on Friday night, Olympic officials and security experts said.
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The Guardian, Talos Blog, BuzzFeed, Axios, Mashable, Bloomberg, Ars Technica, BleepingComputer.com, Forbes, USA Today, and Motherboard
| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Oracle to expand its autonomous technology across its PaaS offerings in app development, app and data integration, analytics, and system and identity management — The autonomous technology in the Oracle Autonomous Database will now be rolled out to application development, app and data integration …
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CIO.com, The New Stack, TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, Digital Journal, ZDNet, The Register, PR Newswire, and Forbes
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
IDC research director says Essential shipped 88,000 smartphones in the first six months after its May 2017 launch — Andy Rubin's Essential Phone faces a harsh reality in the high-end market — Essential, Android co-founder Andy Rubin's new smartphone venture, had a rough go of it last year trying …
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The Register, Silicon Valley Business …, Tech Times, EOTO Tech, MacDailyNews, TalkAndroid.com, BGR, Android Authority, Engadget, TechCrunch, Android and Me, Droid Life, PhoneDog.com, TechSpot, SlashGear, Android Central, 9to5Google, Phandroid, and Ubergizmo
Tweets: @fjeronimo and @counternotions
| Egill Bjarnason / Associated Press: |
Iceland is expected to use more energy “mining” bitcoin and other digital currencies this year than it uses to power its homes, says a local energy expert — KEFLAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Iceland is expected to use more energy “mining” bitcoins and other virtual currencies this year than it uses to power its homes.
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BBC, Inquirer, Silicon Republic, CoinSpeaker, Ars Technica, and CoinDesk
Tweets: @ericholthaus and @gossithedog
| Katie Roof / TechCrunch: |
Seed-stage VC firm Homebrew announces it has closed a $90M fund, its third after raising $50M in 2015 and $35M in 2013 — Homebrewis announcing the close of its third fund.This time they've raised $90 million, an increase from $50 million in 2015 and $35 million for its debut fund in 2013.
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Homebrew Blog, Wall Street Journal, Axios, and PE Hub Blog
Tweets: @jonsteinberg, @satyap, and @mdudas
| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Facebook hasn't figured out how to measure “meaningful social interactions” after big News Feed update, wants to build section inside Watch tab for news video — “The metric is definitely evolving.” — When Facebook made its big News Feed update last month to prioritize posts …
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CNET, TechCrunch, Tech Times, SiliconANGLE, Ubergizmo, Engadget, Axios, Business Insider, and Slate. Tweets: @kurtwagner8
| iFixit: |
Teardown finds HomePod has great build quality, but a saw is needed to open the device; some parts, including the fabric mesh, can be easily removed — Tools Featured in this Teardown — Introduction — Apple's beloved voice assistant is back again, this time in more of a Mac Pro wearing a jacket.
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BGR, MacRumors, Fone Arena, O'Grady's PowerPage, The Register, Ubergizmo, The Mac Observer, CNET, Geek.com, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, Mashable, Engadget, iLounge, SlashGear, Cult of Mac, MacDailyNews, AppleInsider, Computerworld, iPhone Hacks, and 9to5Mac. Tweets: @patrickmoorhead
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