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Qualcomm unveils first mmWave 5G and sub-6GHz antenna modules for 5G smartphones and mobile hotspots in 2019 — Qualcomm has solved a big problem for a certain variation of 5G: getting the chips small enough to fit in handheld devices. — On Monday, Qualcomm unveiled its new QTM052 millimeter wave …
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Susan Fowler Rigetti, the former Uber engineer who blew the whistle on sexual harassment at the company, has joined the NYT as technology opinion editor in SF — - Susan Fowler Rigetti, the woman who blew the whistle on Uber's sexist culture, has been hired by The New York Times.
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Sources: Pinterest is aiming for IPO by mid-2019, is close to ~$1B in ad sales in 2018 after hitting $500M in 2017, and now has a valuation between $13B-$15B — - Pinterest is poised to almost double revenue this year, getting close to $1 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Amazon rolls out “Tap to Alexa” feature for Echo Show, to let hearing- and speech-impaired users trigger customizable Alexa skills with a few taps on the screen — Smart speakers like the Amazon Echo have brought voice controls into millions of homes — but what if you can't hear what Alexa has to say?
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According to speed test service Ookla, Apple's iPhone X on average has downloaded data at 29.7 Mbps, well behind Samsung's Galaxy S9 at 38.9 Mbps — - Loading speeds have become a key selling point for Samsung — Qualcomm says its modems produce faster connections for phones
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Google says none of its 85,000+ employees have been successfully phished since early 2017, when it required use of physical Security Keys in place of passwords — Google has not had any of its 85,000+ employees successfully phished on their work-related accounts since early 2017 … | Yoko Kubota / Wall Street Journal: |
Profile of China's BOE, which supplies LCD screens for MacBooks and iPads and, sources say, wants to supply OLED displays for Apple from 2020 — If BOE succeeds, it would not only prove its manufacturing prowess but also score a win for China in its tech race against South Korea and Japan| Kimberly Chin / Wall Street Journal: |
SEC filing: Sonos sets IPO price range between $17 and $19, offering roughly 13.9M shares and raising about $250M at the midpoint — The company expects its shares to price between $17 to $19 each — High-end speaker company Sonos Inc. laid out the terms for its initial public offering …
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Overview of the iPhone-fueled “golden age” of tech startups from 2009-2012, how FAANG firms succeeded in its aftermath, and why B2C startups still have a chance — Ten years ago this month on July 10, 2008, Apple first unveiled the App Store and kicked off one of the greatest periods … | James Ball / Columbia Journalism Review: |
It is time for newsrooms to cover technology extensively, across desks, acting as watchdogs rather than cheerleaders — A lowly tech employee was trying to do some simple task online and found out it was really hard. Inspired by that difficulty, he—and it was almost always a he …
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Tweets: @ricmac, @owenthomas, @pankajontech, @jorisluijendijk, @celrae, and @kleinmatic
| Lincoln Pigman / New York Times: |
Russian lawmakers propose bill requiring sites with 100K+ daily visitors to take down “inaccurate” posts or comments within a day or face fines up to ~$800K — MOSCOW — Russia, which American intelligence agencies said spread its fair share of misinformation during …
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