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Instagram briefly replaces vertical feed with horizontal scrolling for many users, says it was meant to be a small test that “went broader than we anticipated” — The new layout was caused by a bug, according to the company — Instagram has quietly started testing a horizontal feed …
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| Sankalp Phartiyal / Reuters: |
Source: Apple will begin assembling its top-end iPhones in India through the local unit of Foxconn as early as 2019 — Sankalp Phartiyal, Sudarshan Varadhan — MUMBAI/DELHI (Reuters) - Apple Inc will begin assembling its top-end iPhones in India through the local unit of Foxconn as early as 2019 … | Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Source: Epic Games has earned $3B in profits in 2018, fueled by the continued success of Fortnite — Epic Games had as good a year in 2018 as any company in tech. Fortnite became the world's most popular game, growing the company's valuation to $15 billion but it has helped the company pile up cash, too.
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Reid Hoffman says he wasn't aware of disinformation campaign in Alabama race, apologizes for funding group linked to it; source says Hoffman invested $750K — Internet billionaire Reid Hoffman apologized on Wednesday for funding a group linked to a “highly disturbing” effort …
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| Don Reisinger / Fortune: |
Amazon announces a record-breaking holiday season with the number of voice-activated shopping orders placed using Alexa tripling YoY — Shoppers are increasingly using their voices to buy products online. — Amazon on Wednesday said that the number of voice-activated orders placed via …
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| Kate Clark / TechCrunch: |
Carta, a startup which helps companies manage cap tables, valuations, portfolio investments, and equity plans, has raised $80M Series D at a valuation of $800M — Startups supporting startups are blazing a new trail with support from venture capitalists. — Co-working spaces like The Wing … | Wall Street Journal: |
Analysis: SEC and state regulators brought 90+ crypto-related cases in the past two years, recovering just ~$36M; cases increased as the market crashed — SEC and state regulators have brought more than 90 crypto cases over the past two years, but tracing funds is hard because of the elusive nature of the currency
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| Manny Fernandez / New York Times: |
A look at Austin's growing tech hub, which is now home to Army Futures Command, aimed at modernizing US Army's weapons and equipment and developing new tech — AUSTIN, Tex. — Walking distance from the pink dome of the Texas Capitol building, there were whiskey samples, tamales and Nerf guns.
Tweets: @josephkopser, @nytimes, @are5, and @bobmetcalfe
| Masha Borak / Abacus: |
Farmers in China are finding fame by live streaming their work; Alibaba has announced plans to incubate 1,000 farmer live streamers for its Taobao marketplace — Taobao wants to help farmers live stream themselves out of poverty — When most people think about countryside life … | Aftab Ahmed / Reuters: |
India tightens rules for e-commerce firms like Amazon, banning exclusive agreements with sellers and the sale of products from firms the platform has a stake in — Aftab Ahmed, Sankalp Phartiyal — NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) - India will ban e-commerce companies such as Amazon.com …
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| Max Read / New York Magazine: |
The internet now feels increasingly fake as trust declines and users begin to understand how bots fake page views, conversations, and more — In late November, the Justice Department unsealed indictments against eight people accused of fleecing advertisers of $36 million …
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| Meng Jing / South China Morning Post: |
China's Airbnb rival Xiaozhu says it will install facial recognition-enabled smart locks at 80% of listings in Chengdu, its second largest market by revenue — Home sharing site plans to introduce face scanning for check in at 80 per cent of its listings in southwest China's Chengdu city
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