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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Ex-Apple employees say Siri was released prematurely, leading to development debates after launch, and that the Siri team was unaware of HomePod until 2015 — The Information has published an in-depth look at how Siri has transitioned from one of Apple's most promising technologies into a “major problem” for the company.
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| Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters: |
Leaked docs: by early 2017, Amazon had a US audience of ~26M for all Prime video programming, including films, TV shows, and content licensed from others — (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc's top television shows drew more than 5 million people worldwide to its Prime shopping club by early 2017 …
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| Lily Katz / Bloomberg: |
Coinbase gets e-money license in the UK and partners with Barclays, enabling easier deposits and withdrawals for UK customers — Coinbase Inc., one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges, said it obtained an e-money license in the U.K. as it expands services in Europe.
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| Megan Farokhmanesh / The Verge: |
Wikimedia says it was unaware of YouTube's plans to use Wikipedia content next to conspiracy videos, amid concerns it could increase article vandalism — Well, this is awkward — At SXSW yesterday, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki announced that the platform would start adding information …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Spotify confirms it is testing an in-app voice control feature and user demo shows fairly accurate speech recognition — Now Spotify listens to you instead of the other way around. Spotify has a new voice search interface that lets you say “Play my Discover Weekly,” “Show Calvin Harris” or “Play some upbeat pop” to pull up music.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
London-based startup Blue Vision Labs, which helps developers build collaborative AR apps, raises $14.5M Series A led by GV — Blue Vision Labs, a London-based augmented reality startup co-founded by computer vision experts from Oxford and Imperial College, is emerging from stealth today …
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| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
Google's new Maps platform for games gives developers access to real-time Google Maps data, an SDK for Unity, and a new API to use real-world locations in games — The first wave of games includes Jurassic World and The Walking Dead — There's been a wave of location-based mobile games …
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| Julia Fioretti / Reuters: |
EU is drafting regulations requiring platforms like Google or Amazon to be more transparent about their search rankings, reasons for demotion and delisting — (Reuters) - Online platforms such as Google (GOOGL.O), Apple (AAPL.O) and Amazon (AMZN.O) face new European Union rules …
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| Abby Vollmer / The GitHub Blog: |
EU Commission is considering a proposal that requires code-sharing platforms like GitHub to monitor all uploaded content for potential copyright infringement — Upload filters ("censorship machines") are one of the most controversial elements of the copyright proposal, raising a number of concerns, including:
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| U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: |
SEC charges Theranos, CEO Elizabeth Holmes, and former president Ramesh Balwani with defrauding investors for $700M+; Theranos and Holmes have settled — Holmes Stripped of Control of Company for Defrauding Investors — The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Silicon Valley …
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| Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times: |
Lyft to develop and manufacture autonomous car systems with Canadian auto supplier Magna; Magna making $200M equity investment in Lyft, now valued at $11.7B — SAN FRANCISCO — The ride-hailing service Lyft has agreed to alliances with just about anyone working on driverless car technology.
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Proposed net neutrality law in California would be toughest yet by banning zero-rating, affecting programs like Verizon FreeBee and AT&T's Sponsored Data — Bill would recreate core FCC net neutrality rules and be tougher on zero-rating. — A proposed net neutrality law in California …
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Comparison of low light photos from Galaxy S9+ and Pixel 2 XL: the Pixel produces the best images, but S9+ more reliably produces good first shots due to OIS — Samsung's 2018 flagship phone, the Galaxy S9, is the first in the world with an f/1.5 lens aperture.
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| Rachel Sandler / Business Insider: |
Enterprise productivity firm Airtable raises $52M Series B led by Caffeinated Capital and CRV; Airtable's app uses a spreadsheet interface to build custom apps — - Airtable has raised $52 million in Series B funding led by Caffeinated Capital and CRV. — Airtable's app uses …
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iHeartMedia files for bankruptcy after reaching an agreement in principle with investors for restructuring more than $10B of its outstanding debt of over $20B — Filing, agreement with investors pave way for radio giant to shed most of the debt taken on in 2008 buyout … Sponsor Posts
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