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Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus review: great design, display, and speed, has headphone jack, but average battery life, gimmicks galore, and Bixby is a failure — The Galaxy S9 is all of the good and all of the bad we've come to expect from Samsung — Photography by Amelia Holowaty Krales; Video by Becca Farsace and Tom Connors
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| David Ruddock / Android Police: |
Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus review: dual aperture and 960fps slow-motion video is nice, rear camera is great in low light, but still not better than Pixel 2's camera — When Samsung announced the Galaxy S9, “that's it?” wasn't exactly an uncommon refrain. The Galaxy S9 is, frankly, kind of boring.| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Travis Kalanick unveils 10100 fund with a theme of “large-scale job creation”, focusing on emerging innovation in China and India, real estate, and e-commerce — The ride-hailing co-founder is shifting his focus away from Uber and toward new ideas| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Oculus releases software fix to revive Rift headsets that stopped working because of an expired certificate — Oculus Rift owners discovered that their headsets had stopped working yesterday, thanks to an expired certificate. It appears Oculus forgot to renew its security certificate …
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Sources: Grab is close to acquiring certain markets of Uber's Southeast Asia business, may sign a deal this week or next; Uber will take ~15-20% stake in Grab — Grab, the dominant ride-hailing service in Southeast Asia, is close to finalizing a deal to acquire Uber Technologies Inc.'s business … | Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
Apple says it audited 756 suppliers for its annual Supplier Responsibility Report, finds 44 “core violations” of labor rules in 2017, double the previous year — (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) said on Wednesday that it had found violations of its labor and environmental policies for suppliers …
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| Chris O'Brien / Trucks.com: |
Autonomous trucking startup Starsky Robotics raises $16.5M Series A led by Shasta Ventures, says it completed a 7-mile drive in FL without a human in the cab — San Francisco-based Starsky Robotics announced today a new round of investment and a significant milestone toward realizing an autonomous trucking future.
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Iron Man director Jon Favreau to write and produce a live-action Star Wars series for Disney's new streaming service — The director of Iron Man and The Jungle Book will helm the series for Disney's new direct-to-consumer platform. — Lucasfilm is excited to announce that Emmy-nominated producer …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
McAfee acquires Canada-based VPN provider TunnelBear, is likely to integrate it into its Safe Connect VPN service — McAfee announced that it has acquired Canada-based virtual private network (VPN) company TunnelBear. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Square's Cash app on iOS now supports direct deposit for receiving paychecks without a bank — If you're already immersed in the Square Cash ecosystem, Square is adding support for yet another new feature to the app. In a tweet today, the company announced that the Cash app on iOS … | Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
Berlin-based banking platform solarisBank raises €56.6M Series B from BBVA, Visa, Lakestar, and others — SolarisBank, the Berlin-based “banking platform” co-founded by fintech company builder Finleap, appears to be on quite a roll. — The company, which now claims nearly 60 corporate clients … | Taiga Uranaka / Reuters: |
Japan punishes seven cryptocurrency exchanges and suspends trading at two of them for one month following $530M Coincheck hack — TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan on Thursday punished seven cryptocurrency exchanges, ordering two of them to suspend business, in an effort to shore up consumer protection … | Dan Primack / Axios: |
Sources: Fantasy sports site FanDuel in talks to go public, likely through a reverse merger with Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp. — FanDuel is in advanced talks to go public, but not via an IPO. — The plan: Multiple sources tell Axios that the fantasy sports site is likely to participate …
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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Android P preview: multi-camera API for dual cameras, runtime speed improvements, tightened API policies, idle apps can't access sensors such as camera and mic — Preview the next major version of Android with the Android P Developer Preview. — In what is quickly becoming an annual March tradition … | Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft confirms Windows 10 S will no longer be a dedicated operating system and will become a “mode” of Windows 10 in 2019 — Windows 10 S will no longer be a dedicated version next year — Microsoft says its plans to move Windows 10 S from a dedicated operating system to a special …
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