Techmeme: Nvidia's stock has dropped 48.8% since Oct. 1 due to growing chip competition, flat sales, less chip demand for crypto applications, and China trade uncertainty (Danny Crichton/TechCrunch)

J. David Goodman / New York Times:

How Amazon is trying to quell opposition to its new NYC offices by hiring well-connected lobbyists and taking to the streets to hear residents' concerns — Amazon is trying to quell rising opposition to its plan for offices in New York, hiring well-connected lobbyists to make its case …

More: Bloomberg, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Recode, Vox, Fortune, 6sqft, The Hill, TechCrunch, PYMNTS.com, CNBC, New York Post, CNBC, The Guardian, Curbed NY, Gizmodo, Splinter, and The Verge

Tweets: @ocasio2018, @jdavidgoodman, @ocasio2018, @josheidelson, @jdavidgoodman, @chrissmithnymag, @ddayen, @jdavidgoodman, @elephantjournal, @gracerauh, @jdavidgoodman, @rwklose, and @lmatsakis

Ina Fried / Axios:

Apple announces a $1B Austin campus initially for 5,000 workers, new offices in Seattle, San Diego, and Culver City, plus expansion in several other US cities — Apple plans to build a new $1 billion campus in Austin, Texas, adding thousands of jobs, while also setting up new large offices in Seattle …

More: Apple, AppleInsider, TechCrunch, Reuters, 9to5Mac, Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, iPhone Hacks, Apple News aus Cupertino, and CNBC

Tweets: @mikeisaac, @_danielsinclair, and @prdonahue. Thanks:@inafried

Frank Chaparro / The Block:

Sources: stablecoin project Basis, backed by Bain Capital, GV, and a16z, is closing and returning most of the $133M capital raised, due to regulatory issues — One large Basis investor said “this is an extraordinarily talented team with an extremely ambitious vision tackling a very difficult problem.

More: Cointelegraph.com News and SludgeFeed

Tweets: @melt_dem, @mickhagen, @mdudas, @arrington, @whalepanda, @coinfund_al, and @_jillruth

Holly Brockwell / Gizmodo UK:

Source: Samsung Galaxy 10 series will be unveiled Feb. 20, with UK prices starting at £669 for the S10 Lite, £799 for the 6.1-inch model, and £899 for the S10+ — Listen up, Samsung fans: we've got a bumper leak about the upcoming Galaxy S10 for you.

More: Softpedia News, Pocket-lint, Android Beat, SlashGear, BGR India, Gizmochina, CNET, Android and Me, TechSpot, Firstpost, The Next Web, Android Authority, Tom's Guide, and Inquirer. Tweets: @reddit_tweeters

Valentina Palladino / Ars Technica:

LG unveils two Gram laptops ahead of CES: 17" 2.9lb clamshell with 8th gen Intel CPU and claimed 19.5 hour battery for $1,699+, and a 14" 2-in-1 with price TBA — LG will show off all new Gram laptops at CES in January. — We're just a few weeks away from 2019's Consumer Electronics Show …

More: LG Newsroom, The Next Web, Firstpost, The Verge, 9to5Mac, Neowin, The Tech Report, Engadget, TechSpot, Liliputing, AnandTech, and CNET

Joshua Goldman / CNET:

Samsung upgrades its two-in-one Notebook 9 Pen with a new 15-inch option, 8th-gen Core i7 chip, updated S Pen and a promise of 15 hours of battery life — With its updated Notebook 9 Pen two-in-one laptop, Samsung is targeting creative professionals who want the flexibility of both a laptop …

More: The Verge, Gizmodo, Engadget, Windows Central, Digital Trends, BetaNews, and Ars Technica

Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:

Microsoft launches Clarity, a new web analytics product in beta, to compete with A/B testing tools like Google Optimize — Microsoft today launched a new web analytics product in beta. Clarity is designed to help developers understand user behavior at scale, including why users struggle …

More: Bing Blogs, The Next Web, SiliconANGLE, Marketing Land, On MSFT, MSPoweruser, and Neowin

Danny Crichton / TechCrunch:

Nvidia's stock has dropped 48.8% since Oct. 1 due to growing chip competition, flat sales, less chip demand for crypto applications, and China trade uncertainty — Nvidia is a company that has reached the highest highs and the lowest lows, all in the span of a couple of weeks.

More: TechSpot. Tweets: @campuscodi

Bloomberg:

Sources: SoftBank plans to sell its stake in Nvidia early next year, as Nvidia's stock continues to slide, and could make $3B in profit from the trade

More: Investor's Business Daily and Silicon Valley Business …. Tweets: @capitalobserver

Kyle Orland / Ars Technica:

Epic Games, which makes Fortnite, unveils a free SDK, rolling out in 2019, to help developers build cross-platform games that include login and social elements — Online services SDK will roll out slowly through 2019. — Part of the massive success of Fortnite has been the ability …

More: Unreal Engine, Fortnite INTEL, USgamer.net, VG247, Neowin, TechCrunch, GoNintendo, PC Gamer, Polygon, VentureBeat, GameSpot, The Verge, Gamasutra, Windows Central, IGN, and Blue's News

Tweets: @unrealengine, @mattrix, and @chillmage

Gillian Brockell / Washington Post:

Tech companies should automatically turn off irrelevant ads based on info users share, such as ads for baby gear when a pregnant person has a stillborn child — Dear Tech Companies: — I know you knew I was pregnant. It's my fault, I just couldn't resist those Instagram hashtags — #30weekspregnant, #babybump.

More: Firstpost, BBC, Sydney Morning Herald, Telegraph, Pretty 52, The Independent, Big Think, The Hill, Scary Mommy, ABC, Slate, Fossbytes, BuzzFeed News, BBC, Newser, and CNBC

Tweets: @gbrockell, @robjective, @lookwhatimade, @mboorstein, @gbrockell, and @fizapirani

Peter Bright / Ars Technica:

Intel unveils its next CPU architecture, Sunny Cove, built to execute more instructions in parallel with lower latency, better cryptography support, and more — Finally, a move away from just bundling more cores together. — In 2019, Intel will release Core and Xeon chips built around a new architecture …

More: AnandTech, Intel Newsroom, ZDNet, Engadget, MIT Technology Review, SiliconANGLE, Forbes, 9to5Mac, iPhone Hacks, MacRumors, MSPoweruser, Liliputing, Thurrott, Neowin, Gizmodo, PCWorld, and VentureBeat

Tweets: @alexsnaps, @mjpt777, @_markel___, @intel, @devindra, @devindra, @tomshardware, @dcseifert, and @ow

Brian Barrett / Wired:

Intel demos Foverus, a new way to build 3D chips by stacking logic chips atop one another, with a new power delivery process, without sacrificing performance

More: The Verge, Intel Newsroom, Firstpost, Ars Technica, BGR, CNET, Engadget, PC Gamer, TechSpot, and AnandTech

Tweets: @vladsavov, @benbajarin, @stshank, and @wired

Nick Statt / The Verge:

Google begins letting Android users donate to select US nonprofits through the Play Store, with 100% of donations going to the organization — Turning its mobile app store into a vehicle for charitable giving — Google is launching a new feature for Android phones today through …

More: The Keyword, Android Police, The Next Web, SlashGear, TechCrunch, Digital Trends, and 9to5Google

Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk:

SEC settles with the former CEO and COO of AriseBank, which it sued in January for alleged fraud and issuing unregistered securities during an ICO, for $2.7M+ — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has settled charges with two former executives of AriseBank, which was hit with a token sale fraud lawsuit in early 2018.

More: U.S. Securities …, SiliconANGLE, Cointelegraph.com News, Crypto Briefing, and The Block

Tweets: @sec_enforcement, @coindesk, and @sec_enforcement

Jon Russell / TechCrunch:

Southeast Asian ride hailing service Grab raises $150M from Yamaha Motor as part of its ongoing Series H round, which is targeted at $3B — Grab, the Southeast Asia ride-hailing firm that bought out Uber's local business, has added another investor to its rolling cast of backers …

More: Business Wire. Tweets: @jonrussell

Ryan Browne / CNBC:

McAfee: a coordinated cyber espionage campaign focused on defense organizations sent malware via targeted phishing messages to at least 87 firms in 24 countries — - The infiltration campaign — called “Operation Sharpshooter” — targeted defense and government organizations, McAfee says.

More: McAfee Blogs, The Register, Softpedia News, Dark Reading, PYMNTS.com, BleepingComputer, and Threatpost

Tweets: @dmbisson and @mcafee_labs

Ron Miller / TechCrunch:

Oracle files suit in federal court against US government over $10B Pentagon JEDI cloud contract, arguing that awarding it to one vendor is unfair and illegal — Oracle filed suit in federal court last week alleging yet again that the decade-long $10 billion Pentagon JEDI contract with its single-vendor award is unfair and illegal.

More: SiliconANGLE, CRN, DCD, SDxCentral, Federal News Network, The Register, Federal Computer Week, and IT PRO

Corbin Davenport / Android Police:

Amazon starts selling the 3rd-gen Chromecast as well as the older Chromecast Ultra, nearly a year after it promised to sell Chromecast devices again — Amazon pulled the Chromecast from its online store in 2015, after it instated a new rule that only streaming devices that supported Prime Video could be sold.

More: The Verge and 9to5Google

Gerry Smith / Bloomberg:

Sources: Apple plans to relaunch Texture as a paid news subscription service, built into the Apple News app, as soon as spring 2019, but publishers remain wary — - Texture is set to evolve into Apple News subscription feature — Media executives remain wary of Apple's latest media foray

More: Axios, Good e-Reader, Macworld, iDownloadBlog.com, InvestorPlace, SlashGear, TechCrunch, Variety, iPhone in Canada Blog, Engadget, MacRumors, MSPoweruser, AppleInsider, CNET, Cult of Mac, iPhone Hacks, 9to5Mac, and MacDailyNews

Tweets: @jbenton, @ohmdee, @jbenton, @gerryfsmith, @gerryfsmith, and @shiraovide

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