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Two sources say that after political and community opposition in New York City, Amazon executives have had internal discussions to explore alternatives for HQ2 — Amazon.com is reconsidering its plan to bring 25,000 jobs to a new campus in New York City following a wave of opposition from local politicians …
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Sprint sues AT&T over its “5G Evolution” branding, claims it is false and deceptive advertising that is damaging the reputation of actual 5G — After AT&T decided to start rolling out “5G Evolution” branding on phones and networks that use 4G LTE Advanced technology …
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Amazon launches Amazon Live, a streaming site, and Amazon Live Creator, a free iOS app, for hosts from Amazon and brands to showcase available products — Amazon is taking on QVC with the launch of Amazon Live, which features live-streamed video shows from Amazon talent as well as those from brands …
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Facebook acquires computer vision startup GrokStyle, whose tech is used in IKEA's app to let users find furniture similar to that in their photos — Facebook Inc. said it acquired visual shopping and artificial intelligence startup GrokStyle Inc. in a move to bolster the social-media company's own AI work.
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Google warns about two iOS zero-day vulnerabilities that hackers have been actively exploiting; the vulnerabilities have been fixed in iOS 12.1.4 — iOS users are advised to update to iOS 12.1.4; release which also fixes infamous FaceTime bug. — A Google top security engineer …
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Alex Stamos and 19 people who knew him professionally over the course of his career talk about his work at various startups, Yahoo, Facebook, and now, Stanford — Alex Stamos, whose highest degree is a BS in computer science and electrical engineering, delivered his first academic lecture.| Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg: |
DoorDash says it stands behind its pay policy, which uses tips to help cover what it owes delivery drivers, similar to the policy Instacart reversed this week — Startups like to test boundaries. At their best, they push technological ones. At their worst, they breach legal or ethical limits.| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Google unveils Adiantum, a new form of encryption for data on lower-end smartphones and other devices with insufficient processing power — Google officially unveiled a new form of encryption today, designed to secure data stored on lower-end smartphones and other devices with insufficient processing power.
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IAC's Vimeo generated $160M in revenue in 2018, up from $103.3M in 2017 as its subscribers grew to 952,000, up 9% YoY — (Reuters) - Online video platform Vimeo's revenue jumped 54 percent last year as its subscriber base surpassed 950,000, its parent group IAC said on Thursday.
| Sarah Schmid Stevenson / Xconomy: |
Everdays, which lets users create and share memorial announcements and build private social networks to commemorate loved ones, raises $12M Series A — Mark Alhermizi first found startup success with Gas Station TV, a Birmingham, MI-based company that broadcasted from gas station pumps …
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Jeff Bezos publishes letters from National Enquirer owner AMI that he says show threats to publish his nude photos unless he stops probing AMI's reporting — Something unusual happened to me yesterday. Actually, for me it wasn't just unusual—it was a first. I was made an offer I couldn't refuse.
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| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
JUMP says more than 63,000 people took 625,000 rides on its bikes in San Francisco in the past year and each bike saw an average of seven rides per day — In the past year, more than 63,000 people took 625,000 rides on JUMP bikes in San Francisco, JUMP announced today.
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