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January 10, 2019, 2:45 PM

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Timothy W. Martin / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Samsung plans to unveil a fully functional foldable screen phone and the 10th anniversary Galaxy S10 phone lineup on February 20  —  Tech giant to also unveil its 10th anniversary flagship phones at events in San Francisco and London  —  SEOUL— Samsung Electronics Co. plans …
Sam Byford / The Verge:
Samsung announces Unpacked event on February 20 at 11AM PT at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, hinting at launch of Galaxy S10 series  —  ‘Fully functional’ foldable phone also expected to break cover  —  Samsung has announced the date of its next Unpacked event …
Sam Biddle / The Intercept:
Sources say Ring provided unfiltered access to unencrypted videos in cloud and live feeds to its teams in Ukraine and US, including feeds from inside houses  —  The “smart home” of the 21st century isn't just supposed to be a monument to convenience, we're told, but also to protection …
Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal:
Adviser to EU court backs Google, says search engines shouldn't be forced to apply “right to be forgotten” beyond the bloc's borders  —  Recommendation largely backs Google, which appealed a French order to apply the EU right to searches globally
Matthew Handrahan / GamesIndustry.biz:
UK-based Improbable says a recent change in Unity Engine's ToS on “streaming and cloud gaming restrictions” makes Improbable's cloud-based SpatialOS illegal  —  Update: Spilt Milk Studios has taken its upcoming title Lazarus offline until the dispute is solved, but Bossa's Worlds Adrift is “operating as normal”
Tom Krazit / GeekWire:
AWS launches Amazon DocumentDB, a new document database offering that is compatible with MongoDB version 3.6  —  The latest managed database to emerge from Amazon Web Services is based around MongoDB, setting up a new confrontation between the cloud giant and the company behind that open-source project.
Andrii Degeler / Tech.eu:
French-founded Talentsoft, which develops a cloud-based HR platform, raises $50M led by Francisco Partners and says it now has 2,000 customers  —  French-founded HR tech company Talentsoft has raised $50 million in a funding round led by Francisco Partners, with participation from Bpifrance and Goldman Sachs.
Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
US-Indian online education startup Emeritus, which partners with universities to offer digital courses, raises $40M Series C led by Sequoia India  —  The funding streak for educational startups in Asia continues into 2019 after Emeritus, a U.S-Indian company that partners with universities …

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