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Hackers dump private info of Angela Merkel and hundreds of other German politicians including email addresses, phone numbers, and personal chat transcripts — - Leak includes emails, chat transcripts, photos, phone numbers — Hack is ‘elaborate’ social-engineering attack, IT expert says| M.G. Siegler / 500ish Words: |
As the law of large numbers catches up with Apple, it faces a rocky but pivotal year where it needs to transition into a services company earlier than planned — Yesterday's updated guidance wasn't just about China... The results are in. Actually, they're not in. And that was a major problem yesterday for Apple.| Wall Street Journal: |
A pullback in spending by Chinese consumers is taking a toll on electronics makers like Apple, e-commerce companies like Alibaba, and other sectors — Buyers are deferring major or discretionary purchases, their confidence dented by a shaky economy and trade fight with U.S.| Tim Cook / Apple: |
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Marriott says a total of 383M records were stolen in its hack, less than the initial estimate of 500M, but 5M+ unencrypted passport numbers were accessed — Hotel chain says fewer total customers were affected than initially feared but analysts warn data could be intelligence trove| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
PepsiCo says it will roll out a fleet of snack-carrying robots called “snackbots” to deliver snacks and beverages on University of the Pacific's campus in CA — Order on the app, pick up around campus — Today, PepsiCo announced that it will be rolling out a fleet … | New York Times: |
Los Angeles sues the company behind the Weather Channel app, which is owned by IBM, for slyly using location data for commercial purposes — The Weather Channel app deceptively collected, shared and profited from the location information of millions of American consumers … | Sijia Jiang / Reuters: |
Internal memo shows that Huawei demoted two employees and cut their monthly pay for using an iPhone to send New Year greetings from its official Twitter account — HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies [HWT.UL] has punished two employees for New Year greetings sent … | Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Sophia Genetics, developer of AI based SaaS platform for genomic diagnostics, raises $77M Series E, bringing its total raised to $140M — Another sizeable cash injection for big data biotech: Sophia Genetics has announced a $77 million Series E funding round, bringing its total raised … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon debuts Showroom, a visual design tool that allows users to place furniture into a virtual living room, customize the décor, and then shop the look — Amazon just over a year ago launched its first in-home furniture brands, with private labels Rivet and Stone & Beam.| Kate Clark / TechCrunch: |
Square hires Blizzard Entertainment's Amrita Ahuja as CFO three months after long-time CFO Sarah Friar exited for the CEO job at Nextdoor — Founder and chief executive Jack Dorsey says Square has poached Amrita Ahuja from Blizzard Entertainment, a division of the gaming company Activision Blizzard … | Mark Mulligan / Music Industry Blog: |
Research: 55% of consumers regularly watch music videos on YouTube, compared to a combined 37% for all free audio streaming services — Firstly, happy new year to you all. Now on to the first post of 2019. — The Article 13 debate that shaped so much of the latter part of 2018 will continue … | Amy Feldman / Forbes: |
Profile of Transfix, an online freight marketplace for truckers and shippers that has raised $78M and is valued at around $800M — t 12, Drew McElroy was in trucking. His parents ran a freight brokerage operation out of a spare bedroom in Milltown, New Jersey—connecting truck owners … | Manish Singh / VentureBeat: |
Tracxn: India's tech startups have raised $10.5B in 924 rounds of funding in 2018, slightly ahead of $10.4B raised in 1,141 rounds in 2017 — India's tech startups closed 2018 on a record high note, securing several major deals to further cement the nation's position on the world map.
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