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Sources: Peter Thiel is moving to LA and has considered leaving Facebook board, amid shift away from tech industry, which he sees as intolerant of conservatism — Billionaire investor frustrated with what he sees as intolerance of conservatism in tech industry; has discussed resigning from Facebook board
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| Monica Chin / Mashable: |
Latest Windows 10 Insider build has “Ultimate Performance” power mode, which Microsoft says builds on “High Performance” mode by removing more micro-latencies — Microsoft is adding a new enhanced power mode to Windows 10 Pro for users who need to squeeze every ounce of performance out of their computer.
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Apple says fix is coming for iOS and macOS bug that blocks access to apps like Messages, Messenger, WhatsApp if user gets message with specific Indian character — Here we go again — Apple had a shockingly bad week of software problems just before the end of 2017, and it looks like 2018 isn't starting so well either.
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Tweets: @steipete, @njnrn, @tomwarren, @twitterrific, and @bhcarpenter
| Stu Woo / Wall Street Journal: |
British officials say Russia was “almost certainly responsible” for 2017 NotPetya attack that targeted Ukraine and some large businesses — Ukraine bore the brunt of the June attack, in which the ‘Petya’ worm spread among corporate computer networks
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| Evan Niu / Motley Fool: |
Strategy Analytics: Apple captured 51% of Q4 global smartphone revenue, Samsung captured 15.7%, Huawei captured 7%, all others 26.2% — The iPhone maker grabbed over half of all global smartphone revenue last quarter. — Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone unit sales may have come up slightly short … | Jake Smith / ZDNet: |
Google to buy IoT company Xively from LogMeIn for $50M; 45 staffers at Xively, which lets firms manage devices remotely, go to Google, LogMeIn exits IoT space — Google said Xivley will complement its Google Cloud objectives with analytics and data storage as the cornerstones.
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| Adrianne Jeffries / The Verge: |
Coinbase says it will issue refunds after an issue with its payment processor led to some users being repeatedly charged for purchases — A growing number of Coinbase customers are complaining that the cryptocurrency exchange withdrew unauthorized money out of their accounts.
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| Mike Prospero / Tom's Guide: |
Sonos One speakers also leave marks on unprotected wood surfaces, marks appear to fade over time; Sonos says it is investigating — The HomePod isn't the only smart speaker that can damage your furniture. — White rings caused by the Apple HomePod (left) and the Sonos One (right)
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AppleInsider, Gizmodo, Redmond Pie, CNET, Mashable, MacDailyNews, The Verge, iPhone Hacks, AppAdvice.com, Cult of Mac, 9to5Mac, Mercury News, MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog, and The Loop. Thanks:@mspoonauer
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google releases Gmail Go, a scaled-down version that takes up less storage space, on Android, following YouTube Go, Assistant Go, and others — Google has added a notable addition to its line of “Go” edition apps - the lightweight apps designed primarily for emerging markets - with the launch of Gmail Go.
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ZDNet, Digital Trends, Android Community, Engadget, The Verge, NDTV Gadgets 360, Android Police, The Indian Express, and Android Authority. Tweets: @chrismessina
| Katie Notopoulos / BuzzFeed: |
How Facebook prioritizing friends' content with many comments led to a post reappearing atop people's News Feed over and over, increasing “engagement” even more — Last Saturday — 12 days ago now — I shared a cringeworthy video on Facebook: a 6-minute clip …
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| Theodore Schleifer / Recode: |
Andrew Chen, ex-head of growth at Uber, joins Andreessen Horowitz as a general partner, a week after Lars Dalgaard left a16z to start his own fund — Notable: The firm still doesn't have any female general partners. — Andreessen Horowitz has plucked the head of growth at Uber and turned …
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Chartbeat: AMP traffic to publishers increased 100% since 2017 as mobile dominates traffic growth; Parse.ly data shows Facebook referral traffic fell to 25.3% — According to new data from Chartbeat, the vast majority of traffic growth publishers are seeing from platforms is now coming from Google AMP …
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