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Amazon updates Alexa to end random laughter, says laugh was triggered when Alexa mistakenly heard “Alexa, laugh”, will change phrase to “Alexa, can you laugh?” — Is Alexa laughing at you? — In the past few days, some users of Echo home speakers running Amazon …
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Google releases Android P developer preview with support for iPhone X-style notch, updates to Quick Settings and notifications, and more — But don't install it on your main phone — As it has for the last couple years, Google is releasing a developer preview of the next version of Android in March.
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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Android P preview: multi-camera API to better use dual cameras, Android Runtime speed boosts of up to 11% across popular apps, tightened API policies, more — Preview the next major version of Android with the Android P Developer Preview. — In what is quickly becoming an annual March tradition … | Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Travis Kalanick unveils 10100 fund, with an investing theme of “large-scale job creation”, focusing on real estate, e-commerce, and startups in China and India — The ride-hailing co-founder is shifting his focus away from Uber and toward new ideas| Alex Heath / Cheddar: |
Sources: Snap plans layoffs to its engineering department, the largest layoffs to date; source says about 100 people, less than 10% of the unit, are affected — Snap Inc. is preparing its largest round of layoffs to date, Cheddar has learned. — The Snapchat-maker plans to announce …
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Microsoft announces new AI platform for Windows 10 developers ahead of Build, including ability to import different learning models, available in Visual Studio — Microsoft is planning to include more artificial intelligence capabilities inside Windows 10 soon.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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| Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: |
SEC issues strongly worded warning on unregulated cryptocurrency exchanges, saying “many” appear SEC-approved when they aren't; Bitcoin is down 8%+ — Bitcoin falls 10 percent after regulators signal crackdown on exchanges. — The Securities and Exchange Commission issued …
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| 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 … | Bloomberg: |
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 …
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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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Google updates Duo with ability to leave 30-second video messages for users who miss or decline calls, rolling out to iOS and Android users this week — 30-second ephemeral video messages — Duo, Google's take on Apple's FaceTime, is getting video messages today in an update.
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| 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 … | Andrea Valdez / Wired: |
The Vatican is hosting a 36-hour hackathon Thursday for 120 students to find tech solutions for social inclusion, interfaith dialogue, refugee and migrant help — IN RECENT YEARS, organizations have used hackathons to find code-enabled solutions for everything from the opioid crisis to gerrymandering.| Lisa Lee / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Uber is seeking $1.25B for its second leveraged loan and has been approaching loan investors directly instead of going through banks — Uber Technologies Inc. is seeking $1.25 billion in its second foray in the U.S. leveraged loan market, according to people with knowledge of the matter.| Eugene Kim / CNBC: |
Filings show Amazon has committed to ~$22B in future food purchases, mostly from Whole Foods supplier United Natural Foods, until 2025 — - Amazon is now on the hook for an additional $22 billion in future purchase obligations following the Whole Foods acquisition, filings show.| David Streitfeld / New York Times: |
Interview with Peter Thiel on Facebook's board dynamics, Russian interference in 2016 election, his continued support for Trump, his bid for Gawker assets, more — Peter Thiel is Silicon Valley's homegrown Cassandra. He warned for years that the big tech companies were arrogant and clueless …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Changelog: MoviePass updates iOS app to “remove unused location capabilities” following privacy concerns — Earlier this week, Mitch Lowe, CEO of the popular all-you-can-eat movie subscription service MoviePass, made headlines for bragging about how the app can track the location of its users.
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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 …
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Early data from AdStage suggests Facebook's News Feed changes have driven ad prices up by decreasing the amount of time users spend on the social network — Mark Zuckerberg said people would spend less time on Facebook after the change. It looks like that might be happening.Sponsor Posts
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