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Snopes pulls out of Facebook partnership, says Facebook's closed, manual fact-checking entry system is too labor intensive and fails to benefit the whole web — Snopes is no longer debunking misinformation in partnership with Facebook. In a statement published Friday …
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| Peter Kafka / Recode: |
Source: Spotify in advanced talks to acquire popular podcast producer Gimlet for $200M+; Gimlet would be Spotify's first purchase of an original content maker — Spotify wants to break out of the music streaming business. Gimlet, the company behind shows like Crimetown and Reply All, can help.
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| Nitasha Tiku / Wired: |
Google's internal 2018 employee satisfaction survey: 74% of staffers “positive” that the top exec team can effectively lead in the future, down from 92% in 2017 — GOOGLE IS A data-obsessed company, but the recent cascade of employee activism can be hard to quantify.
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Gizmodo, Bloomberg, 9to5Google, and Business Insider
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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Court filing: widow of crypto exchange QuadrigaCX founder says it can't access most of $137M worth of coins in cold wallets to which only founder had the keys — Troubled Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX owes its customers $190 million and cannot access most of the funds, according to a court filing obtained by CoinDesk.
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| Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: |
Report: Bill Stasior no longer in charge of Siri as team's strategy shifts from minor updates to long-term research as part new Apple AI chief's restructuring — Apple executive Bill Stasior, who has led the Siri team since joining the company in 2012, has been removed as head of the project … | Sara Ashley O'Brien / CNN: |
As NYC's driver minimum wage law goes into effect, Uber increases its prices and Lyft sues NYC's Taxi and Limousine Commission and says prices will increase — New York (CNN Business)Uber and Lyft customers will have to pay more for their rides as a result of the first-of-its-kind driver minimum wage law in New York City.| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Google bans 29 apps downloaded 4.3M+ times from the Play Store after researchers discovered they were being used to perform malicious acts like serve scam ads — The 29 apps concealed their malice and were hard for many infected users to uninstall. — Google has banned dozens …
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Huawei's Mobile World Congress invite hints that the company will show off a foldable 5G smartphone on February 24 — Whether gimmicky or great, foldable devices will get their time in the spotlight this year — Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is traditionally the year's biggest show …
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Pandaily, Gizchina, BGR, Tom's Guide, 9to5Google, Forbes, TechCrunch, Droid Life, TechSpot, Patently Mobile, iPhone Hacks, CNET, and Engadget. Tweets: @huaweimobile
| Brian Fung / Washington Post: |
In day one of arguments, the FCC faced tough questions from a three-judge panel on its definition of broadband and potential issues for public safety agencies — The Federal Communications Commission faced sharp questioning from a trio of appellate court judges Friday as the agency sought …
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Ars Technica, New York Times, Wired, Reuters, 9to5Mac, The Verge, The Nokia Blog, and Silicon Florist. Tweets: @hshaban
| Josh Dzieza / The Verge: |
Days after saying it is reconsidering plans for a Wisconsin plant, Foxconn now says the plan is back on after its Chairman's “personal conversation” with Trump — At some point — Days after Foxconn's Louis Woo told Reuters that the company is no longer planning to build …
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CNBC, ExtremeTech, Neowin, VentureBeat, Fortune, 9to5Mac, Boing Boing, Associated Press, Engadget, CNN, New York Times, Gizmodo, Patently Apple, TechCrunch, and naked capitalism
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| Christina Farr / CNBC: |
Sources: Alphabet's Verily is looking for partners to co-develop shoes with embedded sensors to track the wearer's movement, weight, and detect falls — - Alphabet's Verily has been showing off a prototype of shoes that can track weight, movement, and potentially even detect falls.
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SiliconANGLE, iPhone Hacks, Digital Trends, TechSpot, Business Insider, PYMNTS.com, SlashGear, Engadget, CNET, 9to5Google, and The Verge. Thanks:@mattrosoff
| Todd Haselton / CNBC: |
Apple apologizes for Group FaceTime bug, says it's now fixed and a software update will re-enable the feature next week, promises better bug reporting practices — - Apple apologizes for a massive FaceTime bug that let people eavesdrop on others, even if they never answered a FaceTime call.
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Tweets: @stevekovach and @apollozac
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Facebook says Apple has restored its access to enterprise certificates, bringing internal apps back online — Update: In a leaked memo obtained by Business Insider, Facebook continues to defend its Research app, as well as its decision to distribute it via enterprise certificates. Read the details below.
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ZDNet, TechCrunch, Business Insider, The Verge, Forbes, BrianMadden.com, Redmond Pie, TechCrunch, The Verge, TechSpot, AppleInsider, Firstpost, and bit-tech.net
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
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Tweets: @chronic, @caseynewton, @horwitz, @markgurman, @chillmage, @chillmage, @sarahjeong, @inafried, @db, @matthewstoller, @tomwarren, @chrismessina, and @chronic
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New York Times, Electronic Frontier Foundation, The Mac Observer, Digital Trends, and Mashable
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| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
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| Amazon.com, Inc.: |
Amazon reports Q4 revenue of $72.4B, up 20% YoY, AWS revenue of $7.43B, up 45% YoY, and net income of $3.0B, up 58% YoY — Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2018. — Operating cash flow increased 67% to $30.7 billion …
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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Twitter says it removed thousands of malicious accounts that originated in Iran, Russia, and Venezuela for spreading disinformation about the 2018 midterms — Twitter revealed Thursday that it had removed thousands of malicious accounts thought to have originated in Iran …
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