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Swiss pharma giant Roche is paying $1.9B to acquire the rest of clinical data platform Flatiron Health, in which it had a 12% stake, valuing Flatiron at $2.1B — - Swiss pharma giant Roche is acquiring Flatiron Health, which has an electronic medical record used by physicians treating cancer …
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Google to buy IoT company Xively, which lets firms manage devices remotely, from LogMeIn for $50M; 45 Xively staffers 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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Belgian court rules Facebook is illegally collecting user data via cookies on third party sites, must remove data, threatens €250K/day fines for non-compliance — Fine of up to 250,000 euros a day if company doesn't comply — Social network to appeal, says cookies are industry standard
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Google tests 911 call location tech expected to launch this year; RapidSOS says tests got to within 121 feet of callers while carriers averaged 522 feet — 911 centers often struggle to locate cellphone callers, but new technology from Google could improve the U.S. system
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After signing a licensing deal with Getty, Google Image Search removes View Image button; Search by Image button also removed but still works through search bar — Google has removed the View Image button and the Search by Image feature when viewing an individual image within Google Image Search.
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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 … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
SEC filing: Intel facing 32 class action lawsuits over Meltdown and Spectre CPU flaws and three shareholder derivative actions over alleged insider trading — Shareholders also allege insider trading — Intel has revealed today that the company is facing at least 32 lawsuits over the Meltdown and Spectre CPU flaws.
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District court in New York rules that by embedding a tweet with copyrighted content, websites may violate copyright, rejecting years of settled legal precedent — Rejecting years of settled precedent, a federal court in New York has ruled [PDF] that you could infringe copyright simply by embedding a tweet in a web page.| Mike Prospero / Tom's Guide: |
Sonos One speakers also leave marks on unprotected wood surfaces, but they 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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| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
DroneBase, which connects drone users with commercial customers for specific jobs, raises $12M Series B co-led by Upfront Ventures and Union Square Ventures — If you have purchased a drone in the last year or two, there's a high likelihood that it only emerges from your gadget closet a few times per year, if that.
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Facebook complies with demand of Russia's internet censor to remove Instagram video by opposition activist Alexei Navalny, but the video remains on YouTube — Instagram has blocked posts in Russia relating to corruption claims made by the country's most prominent opposition leader.| 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 — ‘I am FREAKING OUT’ — A growing number of Coinbase customers are complaining that the cryptocurrency exchange withdrew unauthorized money out of their accounts.
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