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KGI: Apple to release more affordable 13-inch MacBook Air in Q2, HomePod demand ‘mediocre’ so far — Reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities is today out with a pair of new investor notes on Apple. The analyst offers new supply chain details on the new iPhones coming this year, AirPods demand, and more.
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| Wayne Ma / Wall Street Journal: |
Marriott US staffer says he was fired after HR questioned him on Tibet related tweet he liked via Marriott's account; China pressured Marriott over Tibet issue — The severity of the penalty—termination, not reprimand—highlights the unforgiving consequences for companies that offend China| Paul Mozur / New York Times: |
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Researchers say IOTA, a cryptocurrency project worth $5B+, has serious security flaws; IOTA developers try to deflect claim with questionable responses — Leaked emails between IOTA developers and researchers have landed the cryptocurrency in hot water. — Nerd fights are the the background … | Karl Bode / Motherboard: |
Google Fiber deployment has slowed due to high costs, challenges from politically powerful incumbent ISPs, and the potential of next-gen wireless broadband — Google's ‘pause’ is driven largely by executive frustrations with fiber deployment costs and a fascination with the potential of next-generation wireless.
Tweets: @hypervisible, @karlbode, @counternotions, and @hoofnagle
| Steve Kovach / Business Insider: |
Source: after Amazon refused to sell newer Nest products like its latest thermostat and alarm system, Nest decided to stop selling any of its products on Amazon — - Amazon decided not to sell any of the newer products from Google's smart home division Nest.
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Study: in the US, 78% of 18-24 year olds use Snapchat, 71% use Instagram, 45% use Twitter; nearly 75% of US adults and 94% of 18-24 year olds use YouTube — A majority of Americans use Facebook and YouTube, but young adults are especially heavy users of Snapchat and Instagram
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| Ricardo Bilton / Nieman Lab: |
BuzzSumo study of 100M articles posted in 2017 shows social sharing halved since 2015 and Google sites drove 2x more referrals to publishers than social media — Publishers may be getting dinged — and in some cases destroyed — by Facebook's move to decrease the amount of publisher content … | Lina M. Khan / New York Times: |
If SCOTUS rules for Amex in a case on antitrust exemptions it will enable tech giants to engage in anti-competitive behavior if they can claim no harm to users — Big tech platforms — Amazon, Facebook, Google — control a large and growing share of our commerce and communications … | David Luhnow / Wall Street Journal: |
Coding schools and startups in Mexico's growing tech hub in Guadalajara are increasingly courting US-raised deported Mexicans and English-speaking tech workers — U.S.-raised millennials deported back to Mexico are helping to drive a growing tech sector south of the border
Tweets: @davidluhnow
| Rani Molla / Recode: |
Adobe Analytics: the time smartphone users spend on websites per visit has decreased by 10% since 2015; the amount of money spent per visit has increased by 27% — Faster mobile speeds could mean more money for online retailers. — Each time Americans visit retail websites on their phones, they're spending less time but more money.
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| Richard Chirgwin / The Register: |
Researchers use speculative execution flaws to design an attack, called SgxPectre, that reads the contents of SGX secure enclaves on Intel CPUs — And no, you're not supposed to be able to do that — Vid The Spectre design flaws in modern CPUs can be exploited to punch holes through …
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| Issie Lapowsky / Wired: |
Facebook says it doesn't know how many followed Russia's IRA accounts on Instagram; researcher finds that 27 of 170 deleted accounts had ~2.2M followers total — FOR MORE THAN a year, Jonathan Albright has served as something of a one-man General Accounting Office for the tech industry.
Tweets: @rasmus_kleis, @justinhendrix, @wired, @nycsouthpaw, and @benioff
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