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| Sam Kim / Bloomberg: |
Samsung forecasts decline in Q4 operating profit to ~$9.65B, below analyst estimates of ~$12.4B, due to weak memory chip demand and competition in smartphones — Samsung Electronics Co. posted fourth-quarter profit below estimates as demand for memory chips slumps amid deteriorating relations between the U.S. and China.
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| Manish Singh / VentureBeat: |
Samsung unveils two 13.3" laptops: the Notebook 9 Pro, price TBA, and the Notebook Flash, starting at $350 with a fingerprint scanner and Windows 10 Home — Samsung kicks off each year by unveiling a range of laptops at the CES trade show. CES 2019, which officially started today, is no different.| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Samsung says Google is bringing some of its services to Bixby, including Gmail, YouTube, Google Maps, and Google Play, but does not offer a time frame — Bixby took centerstage at today's big Samsung CES presser. The company has been pushing to make its smart assistant a kind … | Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Sony says its new 4K and 8K TVs launching later this year, which run Android TV, will support AirPlay 2 and HomeKit — Soon you'll be able to tell Siri to play something on Android TV — In yet another surprise amid Apple's sudden expansion of AirPlay 2 across popular TV brands here at CES …
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| CoinDesk: |
Coinbase says it's halted Ethereum Classic transactions, withdrawals, and deposits, after a 51% attack on the cryptocurrency led to coin double-spending — Crypto exchange Coinbase has halted all ethereum classic transactions, withdrawals and deposits due to a series of blockchain history reorganizations on the network.
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| Washington Post: |
Facebook is investigating whether News for Democracy, a left-leaning organization backed by Reid Hoffman, violated its community standards and ad policies — Facebook said it is investigating whether an organization backed by Internet billionaire and Democratic megadonor Reid Hoffman violated … | New York Times: |
A Facebook ad campaign associating Roy Moore with calls for a state alcohol ban during Alabama's Senate race was a false flag operation by Democratic activists — The “Dry Alabama” Facebook page, illustrated with stark images of car wrecks and videos of families ruined by drink … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Intel demos its first 10nm Ice Lake chip, which is based on its Sunny Cove architecture, says PCs with the processor will ship by the end of 2019 — Dell promises an Ice Lake laptop for end of 2019 — Intel announced a major rethink of its chip design back in December, just before it finally delivers 10nm chips for PCs and laptops.
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| Amir Efrati / The Information: |
Leaked docs from last March: Uber projected net revenue of $14.2B by 2019, up 2X from 2017, and its 2019 EBITDA losses to shrink to $500M from ~$1.7B in 2018 — When Wall Street banks last fall were pitching to take Uber public, some suggested the ride-hailing giant could hit the public market with a valuation of $120 billion.| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
HTC unveils Vive Pro Eye, a new VR headset with eye-tracking capabilities, coming in April, and teases the Vive Cosmos, a new consumer-friendly headset — HTC wants to make it easier for everyone to get into virtual reality. And it hopes to do it through the Vive Cosmos.
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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
AT&T has rolled out software updates to some Android phones changing its branding of 4G LTE to “5G E”, says that 5G with mmWave technology will be branded “5G+” — AT&T starts swapping out “4G” status bar icons with “5GE.” — There's a new cellular network technology …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Kroger partners with Microsoft, rolls out a pilot project in two stores with digital shelves, guided shopping, personalized ads, and “pick-to-light” shelf tech — Microsoft and Kroger are taking a leaf out of Amazon's book by building futuristic “connected” grocery stores.
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Tweets: @satyanadella, @krogernews, @a_riley17, @dinabass, and @shiraovide
| Matthew Hughes / The Next Web: |
GitHub now gives users of its free plan access to unlimited private repositories, but those repos are limited to three collaborators apiece — Due to a scheduling error, we published this story one day before the embargo lifted. This feature isn't live yet, but Github will formally unveil it tomorrow.
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| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
Amazon's Ring unveils a $199 Door View Cam, which captures peephole video and detects knocks, alongside several new devices for smart outdoor lighting and more — Amazon's Ring today unveiled a series of new products including the Door View Cam for live video from the peephole of your front door …
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google expects Assistant to be on 1B devices by end of Jan., up from 500M last May, says global active users up 4X YoY, and feature phones will get Assistant — Active users have quadrupled since last year, but Google won't disclose a concrete number — As CES kicks off …
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Tweets: @google, @benbajarin, @johnwilson, @johnwilson, @backlon, and @suka_hiroaki
| Sean O'Kane / The Verge: |
Audi spins out its VR division into a new startup called Holoride that announces a partnership with Disney to make VR experiences for back seat passengers — Blasting bad guys from the back seat of an E-Tron — iIron Man needs help. He's being chased through outer space by some of Thanos' baddies …
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Tweets: @rachelmetz, @transscribe, @jessplsz, and @pierce
| Financial Times: |
Sources: SoftBank has radically scaled back plans for fresh investment in WeWork, is now planning a $2B investment, down from $16B considered late last year — Japan's SoftBank has radically scaled back plans for fresh investment in WeWork, the lossmaking shared-office provider …
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