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President Trump signed an order blocking Singapore-based Broadcom's proposed acquisition of US-based Qualcomm, citing national security concerns — President Donald Trump killed Broadcom's proposed buyout of Qualcomm, citing national security concerns, according to a statement issued by the White House on Monday.
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Larry Page-backed flying taxi firm Kitty Hawk signs agreement with New Zealand government to test autonomous planes as part of an official certification process — Since October, a mysterious flying object has been seen moving through the skies over the South Island of New Zealand.
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Apple acquires digital newsstand Texture, which gives its readers access to ~200 magazines for $10/month, as it doubles down on content “from trusted sources” — As the debate continues over fake news and the role that aggregators like Facebook have played in spreading it …
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Galaxy S9+ teardown: two blades for changing aperture versus the usual five on normal cameras; battery, iris scanner, front cam are basically unchanged from S8+ — Tools Featured in this Teardown — Introduction — While phone makers and operating system developers of dubious numeracy skip straight … | Sam Levin / The Guardian: |
Rise in reports of TSA searching devices of passengers of domestic flights has led ACLU to sue the agency, demanding it disclose its policies; TSA denies claims — Exclusive: growing number of reports raises concerns US government may be increasing surveillance and privacy violations at airports
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Snapchat will periodically feature creator-made AR lenses in the app's lens carousel starting in late March, isn't paying featured creators for now — Snapchat is giving artists more love. — Starting in late March, Snapchat will feature creator-made lenses in the app's carousel.
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Calendar 2 for Mac updated to mine Monero by default; after poor reviews, dev removes app from App Store, says mining will be gone in new version, citing bugs — Popular Calendar 2 app mines Monero by default, but at least it discloses it. — Resource-draining currency miners … | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Lyft says it surpassed $1B in revenue for fiscal '17; Q4 revenue up 168% YoY vs Uber's 61% YoY rise; this quarter likely to be 20th straight of 100%+ YoY growth — Lyft made a lot of progress in 2017, helped by strong market expansion within the U.S. and riding some very bad news from its primary rival, Uber.| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Sources: Facebook is aiming to launch a news section for its Watch platform this summer and is testing different video partnerships with roughly ten publishers — Facebook is getting ready to launch a news section for its Watch platform and it's testing different video partnerships with roughly 10 publishers, Axios has learned.| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Spotify opened up Line-In to all desktop users this month, allowing them to suggest genres of albums, moods of songs, and more, to help inform its metadata — Spotify has found a new way to beef up its knowledge about music: The company has begun to solicit music metadata suggestions from its users …
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Study: top reporter ranked by Facebook engagement is from The Onion, others are from sites like Breitbart and Daily Wire; two in top 50 are from fake news sites — With social platforms like Facebook putting an emphasis on meaningful engagements, publishers and content creators have to reassess …
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| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
YouTube TV is raising its price to $40/month starting Tuesday, plans to add more channels; current subscribers will keep $35/month pricing — YouTube TV has grown quite a bit since its launch in April of last year. The service now has more than 300,000 users, according to a report, and is available in nearly 100 markets.
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