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February 4, 2019, 3:55 PM
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| Mark Zuckerberg: |
On Facebook's 15th anniversary, Zuckerberg says it will spend more on safety and security in 2019 than it had revenue at its IPO, pans critics' “negative” focus — Fifteen years ago today, I launched the first version of the Facebook website from my college dorm.
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Slack says it has submitted a confidential draft IPO filing with the SEC — Slack confidentially filed to go public, according to a press release published Monday. — Slack is one of a number of tech IPOs expected in 2019, including Uber, Lyft and Airbnb. — Here is the full release from Slack:
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Instant Tethering, launched in 2017 to let Chrome OS easily share a Pixel's cell connection, is coming to dozens of non-Google Chrome OS and Android devices — Google introduced Instant Tethering in 2017 to let Chrome OS devices automatically share an Android phone's cellular connection.| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google announces Live Transcribe, a near-real time transcriber, and Sound Amplifier; both are Pixel 3 accessibility features and available as apps on Play store — It's also releasing a Sound Amplifier feature — both only on Android — Google is announcing two new features for Android phones today …
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| Alex Hern / The Guardian: |
After the death of a British teen, Instagram head announces plans to debut “sensitivity screens” to blur images of self-harm unless users click to reveal them — Facebook-owned app promises changes to better shield users from self-harm images — Instagram will introduce …
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| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
Crypto exchange Kraken acquires British trading startup Crypto Facilities in a deal worth at least $100M, says it is raising $100M from its largest customers — The cryptocurrency exchange Kraken says it has paid “nine figures” to acquire Crypto Facilities, a British trading firm that specializes in derivatives.
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Kraken Blog, CoinDesk, The Block, FinSMEs, Financial Post, TechCrunch, Ethereum World News, NullTX, NewsBTC, and CryptoGlobe. Tweets: @jonnymoetrades. Thanks:@jeffjohnroberts
| Erik Schatzker / Bloomberg: |
How a US-based manufacturer of an “indestructible” smartphone screen helped FBI in its Huawei sting after the Chinese giant allegedly tried to steal its secrets — The sample looked like an ordinary piece of glass, 4 inches square and transparent on both sides.
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| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Avi Bar-Zeev, veteran AR/VR pioneer and Hololens co-inventor, left Apple's AR team this past month; he joined the company in June 2016 — AR/VR pioneer and Hololens co-inventor Avi Bar-Zeev left Apple last month, Variety has learned. Bar-Zeev had been working on Apple's augmented reality headset … | Julia Fioretti / Reuters: |
Tencent-backed Maoyan Entertainment, China's biggest movie-ticketing platform by sales, fell 1.1% in its Hong Kong debut after raising $250M in its IPO — HONG KONG (Reuters) - Tencent-backed Maoyan Entertainment, China's biggest movie-ticketing platform by sales, fell 1.1 percent …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft acquires DataSense, a data management platform used by schools across the US, and the team behind it, from BrightBytes for an undisclosed sum — One of Microsoft's oldest and biggest verticals for its Azure cloud business has been education, and today it announced an acquisition …
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| Nat Levy / GeekWire: |
New filing: Amazon spent $1.65B on acquisitions in 2018, headlined by Ring and PillPack deals — Amazon spent $1.65 billion on acquisitions in 2018, according to a new regulatory filing from the company. That makes it the second most acquisitive year in the company's history by dollar volume … | New York Times: |
The Instagram egg account, with 10M+ followers, was started by an advertising professional; a Hulu ad based on the egg debuted Sunday promoting mental health — He works in advertising. — When Chris Godfrey learned in early January that the record for “likes” on an Instagram post was held …
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| Alex Heath / Cheddar: |
Sources: Facebook hires the team behind Chainspace, a startup building tech for decentralized “smart contracts”, its first blockchain acquisition — Facebook has made its first acquisition in the blockchain space. — The social network has quietly hired the team behind Chainspace …
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| Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
India proposes new rules for apps like TikTok with user generated content and 5M+ users, requires a local office, proactive removal of content, more — Bid to make platforms take responsibility for all content posted to their sites — The Indian government is targeting the Chinese social media apps …
Tweets: @pratikpoddar and @manan
| Yuji Nakamura / Bloomberg: |
Amid a relatively weak-looking lineup of games for 2019, Sony reports operating income in games fell 14% YoY to ~$666M for the holiday quarter; stock drops 8%+ — Sony Corp. reported weaker profits in the PlayStation business and cut its annual revenue forecast, triggering the steepest share decline in almost three and a half years.
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
US court overturns FCC's attempt to deny tribal residents broadband subsidies, says FCC failed to provide evidence and ignored harm of limiting broadband access — Court: FCC failed to provide evidence and ignored harm to broadband access. — A federal appeals court has overturned Ajit Pai's attempt … | Kate Clark / TechCrunch: |
Interview with Bird CEO Travis VanderZanden on scooter startup copycats, unit economics, safety, Bird Platform, electric bikes, seasonality, and more — Bird's electric scooters were on full display at the Upfront Summit in Malibu last week, a two-day event that brings together the likes of Hollywood …
Tweets: @maestromobile
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Chicago-based Robotics Process Automation startup Catalytic raises $30M Series B, bringing its total raised to almost $42M — Robotics Process Automation (RPA) is as hot as any enterprise technology at the moment, as companies look for ways to marry their legacy systems with a more modern flavor of automation.
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Business Wire, VentureBeat, and FinSMEs
| BBC: |
UK police seize 60+ devices suspected of being used in attacks by Webstresser, a now-shuttered DDoS service, and plans action against 400+ Webstresser customers — UK police have seized more than 60 computers and other gadgets suspected of being used to carry out web attacks.| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Periscope says users can now add up to three guests as voice call-ins to a stream, “like a talkshow”, and is working on letting the guests share video — Periscope is paving the way for broadcasters to host talk shows and invite viewers to go beyond comments and hearts by joining the conversation with their voices.
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The Verge, CNET, TechCrunch, Periscope, and Mashable
| Jez Corden / Windows Central: |
Microsoft will announce Xbox Live SDK, which will enable cross-platform play on iOS, Android, Switch, Xbox, and Windows PCs, at GDC 2019 — At GDC 2019, Microsoft is set to debut a new cross-platform development platform with the goal of bringing Xbox Live support to games on Android, iOS …
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GDC SF 2019, Ars Technica, PCWorld, GeekWire, Engadget, USA Today, Eurogamer.net, Android Police, The Verge, Geek.com, [H]ardOCP, USgamer.net, Gamasutra, Thurrott, 9to5Google, OnMSFT.com, Cult of Mac, TechSpot, Mashable, iPhone Hacks, MacRumors, VG247, XDA Developers, Tom's Guide, TouchArcade, Fossbytes, KnowTechie, Pocket-lint, VentureBeat, WinBuzzer, Firstpost, Softpedia News, Twinfinite, Forbes, Telecoms.com, Polygon, GamesIndustry.biz, GameSpot, Neowin, Android Authority, Inquirer, iPhone in Canada Blog, SlashGear, Digital Trends, IGN, MSPoweruser, CNET, destructoid, and bit-tech.net
Tweets: @avers_g4gmedia, @scully1888, and @benbajarin
| Aaron van Wirdum / Bitcoin Magazine: |
Chainalysis: two hacker groups are responsible for almost 60% of publicly reported cryptocurrency hacks and stole around $1B to date — Two “prominent professional hacking groups” are responsible for the majority of publicly reported hacks of cryptocurrency exchanges and other cryptocurrency organizations …
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| Reuters: |
Ultimate Software Group, which makes HR management software for the cloud, to be bought by an investor group led by PE firm Hellman & Friedman for about $11B — (Reuters) - Ultimate Software Group Inc said on Monday it agreed to be bought by an investor group led by private equity firm Hellman & Friedman for about $11 billion.
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