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Sources: New York City and Northern Virginia will be the homes for Amazon's second and third headquarters; the announcement is expected as soon as Tuesday — New York City and Northern Virginia will be the homes for Amazon.com Inc.'s second and third headquarters, according to people familiar with the matter.
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YouTube CEO warns of unintended consequences of EU's Article 13 and says YouTube may have to block videos in the EU to avoid liability under the new directive — This op-ed originally appeared in the Financial Times. — Creativity has long been a guiding force in my life …
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Intel says it will make its XMM 8160 5G modem available to manufacturers in H2 2019, six months ahead of schedule, with devices using it shipping in H1 2020 — Intel said it has pushed the launch of a 5G modem forward by six months, with the product to become available to device manufacturers in the second half of next year.
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Sources: Samsung to launch the flagship Galaxy S10 in February, while Galaxy S10 with 5G support and its foldable phone called Galaxy F will launch in March — Samsung Electronics Co. plans to launch its first foldable smartphone in March, along with a fifth-generation (5G) network-powered Galaxy S10, industry sources said Monday.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Firefox debuts Price Wise, an experimental price-tracking plug-in that lets users add products from Amazon, Best Buy, eBay, Walmart, Home Depot to a watch list — Mozilla is introducing a duo of new experimental Firefox features today as part of its Test Pilot program.
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Google says Gboard on Android can now use AI to suggest GIFs, emoji, and stickers that are “related to your conversation”, available globally in English — We communicate in pictures more than ever before. Emoji, stickers, or GIFs often get your point across better than just words.
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| Joe Uchill / Axios: |
France's Macron releases an international pact on cyber warfare and security principles that over 50 nations have signed, but not the US, UK, Russia, or China — French President Emmanuel Macron released a international agreement on cybersecurity principles Monday as part of the Paris Peace Forum.| Vibhuti Sharma / Reuters: |
Apple's main supplier for Face ID tech, Lumentum, has slashed its revenue forecasts by about 17%; Apple's stock drops ~5% amid concerns of weak iPhone sales — (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) shares fell to their lowest in more than three months on Monday as the main supplier for its Face ID technology …
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Facebook agrees to cooperate with France in an informal examination of its content moderation practices and give the government access to its internal processes — Facebook and the French government are going to cooperate to look at Facebook's efforts when it comes to moderation.
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In a letter shared by Sen. Ron Wyden, Facebook admits it ignored warnings from government-approved auditor in 2013 that its device partners may misuse user data — Facebook failed to closely monitor device makers after granting them access to the personal data of hundreds of millions of people …
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| Alex Heath / Cheddar: |
Snap VP of Content Nick Bell, who joined the company in 2014 to lead Discover, says he's leaving amid a planned reorg under Chief Strategy Officer Jared Grusd — Another longtime Snap executive is jumping ship. — This time it's Nick Bell, Snap's VP of Content, who told employees that he's leaving on Monday.| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Google open-sources AI algorithms that its researchers say can distinguish between voices with 92% accuracy — Diarization — the process of partitioning out a speech sample into distinctive, homogeneous segments according to who said what — doesn't come as easy to machines as it does to humans …
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Some Google services were temporarily unreachable for some users due to internet traffic being misdirected; Google believes cause was external, will investigate — Internet giant says issue has been resolved and it will conduct an investigation — Google services were temporarily unreachable … | Williams Pelegrin / Android Authority: |
Acer Chromebook Spin 13 review: with fantastic build quality, great performance, comfortable keyboard, and good battery life, it bests the pricier Pixelbook — If you are looking for a Chromebook with high levels of performance, the Chromebook Spin 13 is it.
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SAP announces it will buy user experience management platform Qualtrics, which had planned to go public later this month, for $8B — SAP on Sunday night announced that it will purchase Qualtrics, a U.S.-based maker of survey software that had been expected to go public this week, for $8 billion in cash,
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