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| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
Investigation shows how easy and affordable obtaining cellphone customers' real-time location data can be, as T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T peddle it to middlemen — T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T are selling access to their customers' location data, and that data is ending up in the hands …
Tweets: @josephfcox, @kaleighrogers, @ericgeller, @karlbode, @ronwyden, @ronwyden, @jason_koebler, @jason_koebler, @josephfcox, and @jason_koebler
| 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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Tweets: @thekenyeung, @mattrosoff, @ow, @charlesarthur, and @samkimasia
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Apple erred on China and “S” cycles, XR, and growth strategies, but reasons for optimism remain as headwinds, like cheap battery swaps, will fade — As rare as last week's Apple revenue warning from CEO Tim Cook may have been — the company last issued a revenue warning in June 2002 …
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CNBC, 9to5Mac, The Guardian, hypebot, Abacus, Macworld, The Ringer, Computerworld, Technology Personalized, Techdirt, and TechCrunch
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| Kate Rooney / CNBC: |
Plaid, which links US bank accounts to popular fintech apps like Venmo and Robinhood, is buying competitor Quovo, source says for ~$200M — - Plaid, which links one quarter of U.S. bank accounts to popular fintech apps, is buying a similar data company called Quovo.
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Plaid - Blog, Bloomberg, Business Insider, TechCrunch, and Reuters
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| Andrew Ross Sorkin / New York Times: |
Lambda School, which trains students online to be software engineers in exchange for a share of future income, raises $30M Series B from Bedrock, GV, YC, others — Income Sharing Agreements are gaining the attention of higher education and Wall Street. One early success story is getting a boost from venture capital.| Axios: |
Amazon is quietly piloting a program for brands like Folgers to pay to send free samples to Amazon users, who are likely to enjoy them based on order history — Amazon is quietly piloting a program to let brands like Maybelline and Folgers pay to send free samples to consumers … | Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Yubico unveils the first Lightning security key for iPhones, which has received Apple's approval and is slated to launch this year — The Apple-approved device is currently in private preview, aiming to launch sometime this year — Yubico has announced a new version of its popular Security Key …
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| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Over a dozen ex-Facebook employees detail how the company's leaders and stacked ranking performance reviews foster a culture where any dissent is discouraged — - More than a dozen former Facebook employees detailed how the company's leadership and its performance review system has created a culture where any dissent is discouraged.| Melissa Eddy / New York Times: |
Twenty-year-old German man admits to stealing and publishing data on hundreds of lawmakers, journalists, and other figures from every party except far-right AfD — BERLIN — A young German man admitted to stealing and publishing online the personal data of hundreds of lawmakers …
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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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Tweets: @tmobile, @verizonnews, @jbrodkin, @patricknorton, @chillmage, @jbrodkin, @johnlegere, @harrymccracken, and @cnet
| 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 … | Washington Post: |
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| Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
Hands-on with Fossil's Kate Spade Scallop Smartwatch 2, which has GPS, NFC, and heart-rate sensors and will be in stores January 28 starting at $295 — Gallery: Kate Spade Scallop Smartwatch 2 hands-on | 7 Photos … Gallery: Kate Spade Scallop Smartwatch 2 press images | 6 Photos
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
IBM unveils its first commercial quantum computer, a 20-qubit system that combines quantum and classical computing parts and is still lacking breakthrough speed — At CES, IBM today announced its first commercial quantum computer for use outside of the lab.| 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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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Alibaba acquires Berlin-based Data Artisans, which provides distributed systems and large-scale data streaming services for enterprises, for €90M — Alibaba has paid €90 million ($103 million) to acquire Data Artisans, a Berlin-based startup that provides distributed systems …
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SiliconANGLE, data Artisans Blog, Alizila.com, Datanami, EU-Startups, and DEVCLASS
| 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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Tweets: @stephennellis, @hardocp, and @chillmage
| Jeff Grubb / VentureBeat: |
Sensor Tower: December was Fortnite's biggest month so far on iOS with $44M in revenue, up 83% over November, and 16% more than the previous top month of July — Fortnite was an unstoppable force in 2018. And throughout the year, the only game you could really compare it to was itself.
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Digital Trends, Sensor Tower Blog, GameSpot, and GamesIndustry.biz
| 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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The Verge, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Mac Observer, CordCutters, Digital Trends, MacRumors, and TechHive. Tweets: @reckless. Thanks:@ohmdee
| Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic: |
Instagram accounts were allegedly coordinating sharing of child porn using hashtags, then a viral campaign spotlighted it, and finally Instagram banned the tags — A hashtag war has been brewing on Instagram between users who appear to be trading child pornography and the memers intent on stopping them.
Tweets: @joshconstine, @taylorlorenz, @taylorlorenz, @taylorlorenz, and @taylorlorenz
| 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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Tweets: @htcvive, @nickstatt, @cymaticbruce, @jank0, @cnet, @cnet, @cnet, @cnet, and @markhachman. Thanks:@rogerwcheng
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Hulu says it passed 25M subscribers at the end of 2018, a ~47% YoY increase, with avg. daily watch time up 20% for the year; ad revenue rose 45%+ YoY to ~$1.5B — Hulu is keeping its pedal to metal in the streaming TV race: The company said it ended 2018 with more than 25 million total subscribers … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Amid a legal fight in LA over alleged data-mining practices, IBM's Weather Company unveils hyperlocal weather forecasts, which tap users' smartphone sensor data — While IBM is getting sued by the city of Los Angeles, accusing it of covertly mining user data in the Weather Channel app in the US … | Wall Street Journal: |
London's Heathrow airport is halting aircraft departures due to drone sighting, weeks after UK's Gatwick airport shuttered because of alleged drone sighting — London Heathrow airport, one of the world's busiest international aviation hubs, said it was temporarily halting departing flights after a nearby drone sighting late Tuesday.| 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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