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Apple revises guidance for its fiscal 2019 Q1 downwards due to weakness in some markets, particularly China; stock opens down 10% — To Apple investors: — Today we are revising our guidance for Apple's fiscal 2019 first quarter, which ended on December 29. We now expect the following:
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| Steve Kovach / CNBC: |
Apple lowers revenue guidance to $84B after previously projecting $89B-$93B, because of fewer iPhone upgrades than expected — Apple has lowered its Q1 guidance in a letter to investors from CEO Tim Cook Wednesday. — Apple stock was halted in after-hours trading just prior to the announcement …
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| Campbell Kwan / ZDNet: |
USB-IF recommends a USB Type-C authentication program to protect against non-compliant USB chargers and USB malware risks, at the moment a connection is made — USB-IF announced it will roll out a USB Type-C authentication program to protect against non-compliant USB chargers and USB malware risks.
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft adds two new Microsoft 365 security and compliance focused bundles and expands availability of its MyAnalytics “fitness tracker for work” service — Microsoft is adding new Microsoft 365 packages to its subscription-service roster, as well as expanding availability …
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| Nellie Bowles / New York Times: |
Obituary of Karen Sparck Jones, a self-taught programmer whose 1972 research paper on natural language processing laid the groundwork for modern search engines — A pioneer of computer science for work combining statistics and linguistics, and an advocate for women in the field.
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| Nicole Lee / Engadget: |
Vuzix opens preorders for its $1,000 Vuzix Blade smart glasses that have a 8MP camera, micro-SD card slot, and are compatible with Alexa — Vuzix has been making smart glasses for well over a decade, primarily for enterprise use such as medical applications or stocking shelves in warehouses.
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Inside Beijing-based Beyondsoft and its “censorship factories”, with 4,000+ staff monitoring online content for media companies eager to please China's censors — Thousands of low-wage workers in “censorship factories” trawl the online world for forbidden content … | Brady Dale / CoinDesk: |
BitTorrent announces its own crypto tokens that users can pay or trade with other users for faster downloads — BitTorrent, which pioneered peer-to-peer technology for sharing files on the internet, is creating its own cryptocurrency. — Issued by the Singapore-based BitTorrent Foundation …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Voicebot data shows Alexa skills in the US grew to 56,750 in 2018, up 120% YoY; Amazon releases year-end list of Alexa's “top” skills made up of games and more — Amazon Alexa had a good year as a developer platform - at least in terms of the number of voice apps being built for Alexa …
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Thoughts on the state of crypto in 2018, which marked the start of a crypto recession, and predictions for 2019 as experts now focus on adoption and usage — My thoughts on the state of crypto in 2018 and where we're headed — As another year wraps up, I started writing an email … | Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Google says automatic spam protection within the default Android Messages app has begun rolling out to some users; the spam protection is opt-out by default — The feature collects phone numbers, and that means privacy concerns — Google has confirmed that automatic spam protection within … | Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
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