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Google unveils Chat, an RCS-based carrier messaging service to supplant SMS, with typing indicators, full-res pics, video, group texts, no end-to-end encryption — A top-tier Android phone can cost upwards of a thousand dollars, and for that money, you'll get some amazing features.
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Sources: Apple's efforts to lessen its reliance on Samsung as the sole iPhone display supplier have hit a hurdle due to manufacturing problems at LG Display — Manufacturing problems at South Korea's LG Display could force Apple to rely solely on its competitor for high-end and costly smartphone screens
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| Zeke Turner / Wall Street Journal: |
How Iceland, which offers plentiful energy and cooling, is reckoning with a tech boom driven by data centers that cause power usage to surge — Lawmakers rethink whether a proliferation of data centers lured by the island's Nordic climate and geothermal steam is risking the environment and tourism business
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| Richard Nieva / CNET: |
Profile of Mark Zuckerberg as told by those who knew him growing up in Dobbs Ferry, New York, and those who met him on his 2017 tour of the US — The world's largest social network needs fixing. Facebook's frontman has known for years. … A few years ago, Mark Zuckerberg and his wife … | CNNMoney: |
Investigation: 300+ organizations' ads ran on extremist YouTube channels despite many advertisers saying they use YouTube's sensitive subject exclusion filter — Advocates say YouTube is collecting kids' data — Ads from over 300 companies and organizations — including tech giants … | Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple open sources FoundationDB core, three years after acquiring the database company — Apple owned-company FoundationDB today announced that the FoundationDB core has been open sourced with the goal of building an open community with all major development done in the open.
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
MoviePass parent to sell 10.5M shares at $2.75, 28.2% below Wednesday's $3.83 closing price, as auditor has “substantial doubt” about MoviePass' future — Shares of Helios and Matheson Analytics, the majority owner of MoviePass, plummeted more than 40% in early trading Thursday …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Filings show gaming chat app Discord has raised ~$50M, bringing total funding to ~$152M, at a valuation of ~$1.65B; Discord says it had 90M users as of January — Maker of videogame chat app raises fresh $50 million — Discord Inc., maker of a popular chatting tool for PC and mobile gamers …
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German Supreme Court rules that ad blockers are legal, in favor of Adblock Plus, and throws out a case brought by Axel Springer — KARLSRUHE/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's Supreme Court on Thursday threw out a case brought by Axel Springer seeking to ban a popular application … | Nate Lanxon / Bloomberg: |
Companies are scaling back and simplifying their ToS to comply with GDPR because users' consent would be legally invalid if they don't understand the agreement — Everyone from Uber to PayPal is facing a backlash against their impenetrable legalese. — Eleanor Margolis had used PayPal … | Scott Stein / CNET: |
Nintendo Labo, the build-your-own cardboard kits with accompanying software for Nintendo Switch, is great for families; Variety Kit offers more than Robot Kit — We spent a week with Labo and its crazy folding forms. Here's what Nintendo's ode to papercraft...
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| Anne Marie Roantree / Reuters: |
ZTE says US ban on sales to the company is unfair and threatens its survival, vows to safeguard its interests through all legal means — HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's ZTE Corp (0763.HK) (000063.SZ) said on Friday that a ban on the sale of parts and software to the company was unfair …
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