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Amazon announces it's acquiring mesh WiFi company eero to make it easier for customers to set up and connect their smart home devices — Amazon announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire eero, a company that offers products and services for high-performing, reliable, and simple home WiFi
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LinkedIn debuts LinkedIn Live, a new live video broadcast service, as an invite-only beta in the US — LinkedIn — the social network for the working world with close to 600 million users globally — says that video is the fastest-growing format on its platform alongside original written work, shared news and other content.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Longtime Apple employee and iPhone exec Frank Casanova named as Apple's first head of product marketing for AR — - Company is betting on augmented reality as major initiative — Apple veteran Casanova helped market the iPhone via carriers — Apple Inc. assigned a longtime iPhone executive … | Recode: |
Q&A with Roger McNamee, former mentor to Mark Zuckerberg, and author of Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe, on Silicon Valley's abuse of user trust — McNamee was an adviser to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and helped recruit Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, but now he's speaking out against the social giant.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Sensor Tower: US iPhone users spent $79 on average on apps last year, up 36% from $58 in 2017 and up from $33 in 2015 — Apple's push to get developers to build subscription-based apps is now having a notable impact on App Store revenues. According to a new report from Sensor Tower due …
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| Antonio Regalado / MIT Technology Review: |
Study: by the start of 2019, over 26M consumers have added their DNA to four leading commercial ancestry and health databases, primarily AncestryDNA — The genetic genie is out of the bottle. And it's not going back. — As many people purchased consumer DNA tests in 2018 …
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| Will Knight / MIT Technology Review: |
Trump signs American AI Initiative executive order that will prioritize federal funding for AI, create resources for AI researchers, establish standards, more — Artificial intelligence may have been invented in the United States, but other nations, including China, Canada, and France …
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| Neil Cybart / Above Avalon: |
As search interest in AirPods grew 500% YoY during the 2018 holiday season, they are becoming a cultural phenomenon with memes, videos, and tweets — Apple has a hit on its hands, or maybe we should say in its ears. AirPods have become the second best-selling Apple product out of the gate of all time.
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Paris-based mobile-only car rental startup Virtuo raises €20M Series B from Iris Capital, Balderton Capital, and Raise Ventures, plans UK and EU expansion — Virtuo, the Paris-headquartered car rentals startup, has raised €20 million in Series B funding.
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Axonius, which helps businesses track and secure their connected devices, raises $13M Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners — As hackers get smarter and the magnitude of their damage expands, a growing number of cybersecurity firms are trying to persuade legacy companies to rethink their security strategy.
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Inside Israeli private intelligence company Psy-Group, which provided clients influence campaigns on social media using avatars, before shuttering in Feb. 2018 — Inside a plot to influence American elections, starting with one small-town race. — One evening in 2016 …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Google Fi SIM cards for calls and texts are now available at 500+ Best Buy stores for $9.99 each, with a $10 credit toward service within a week of activation — They cost $10, but you get it back as a service credit — Google Fi is taking a big step into retail today …
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| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
Research details an AI system that diagnosed common medical conditions in childhood with high accuracy after analyzing records of nearly 600K Chinese patients — Each year, millions of Americans walk out of a doctor's office with a misdiagnosis. Physicians try to be systematic …
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| Becky Peterson / Business Insider: |
Profile of Goldman Sachs partner Tammy Kiely, who helped Qualcomm navigate Broadcom's hostile takeover attempt and has worked on other big semiconductor deals — - Tammy Kiely, a partner at Goldman Sachs, made a name for herself in the esoteric but politically charged world of semiconductors.
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| Bill Bostock / Business Insider: |
Apple and Google's mobile app stores host Absher, an app from the Saudi government to help men in the country track and dictate where women can travel — - Apple and Google have been criticized by rights groups for hosting Absher, an app which allows men in Saudi Arabia to track and control where women travel.
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| Jeff Grubb / VentureBeat: |
Sony Interactive Entertainment names Jim Ryan president and CEO, taking over from John Kodera, who will become deputy president, as the two swap roles — Sony's gaming business has a new leader stepping in to take the top job. Jim Ryan will take over as SIE president and CEO beginning April 1.
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