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| Mitchel Broussard / MacRumors: |
Report details Huawei's efforts to steal Apple's IP, including pressing suppliers for Apple Watch details, copying a MacBook Pro component, debriefing new hires — Last month, the United States Justice Department announced a series of criminal charges against Chinese smartphone maker Huawei …
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| Tripp Mickle / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: recent leadership changes at Apple have rattled rank-and-file employees and led several projects to be put on hold as new managers reassess priorities — The moves reflect an effort to diversify the company's revenue streams and reduce its reliance on iPhone sales
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Kuo: MacBook Pro with 16"-to-16.5" screen and new design, 31.6" “6k3k” monitor, upgradeable Mac Pro, iPhones with bilateral charging, new iPad mini out in 2019 — Reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is out with a wide-reaching new investor note this evening.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google publishes 30-page paper on how it combats disinformation across YouTube, Search, News, Ads: product improvements, experience with spam, context for users — Over the weekend, Google presented a white paper at the Munich Security Conference detailing how it fights disinformation across its largest services.
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
UK parliament's report on fake news and disinformation says “digital gangster” Facebook deliberately broke laws, calls for antitrust, data abuse investigations — A final report by a British parliamentary committee which spent months last year investigating online political disinformation makes …
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| Sydney Morning Herald: |
Australia's PM says the country's parliament and three largest political parties have been hacked by a “sophisticated state actor” ahead of a federal election — Prime Minister Scott Morrison has revealed Australia's political parties suffered cyber attacks alongside … | Theodore Schleifer / Recode: |
Behind the scenes at Mithril Capital, Peter Thiel's other fund, primarily run by Ajay Royan, which sources describe as an investment firm in disarray — A dozen former employees, investors in the fund, and other people close to the matter describe an investment firm in disarray.
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| Kevin Kelly / Wired: |
How AR could enable the “mirrorworld,” a virtual parallel of the real world where all things and places are machine-readable and have a full-sized digital twin — EVERY DECEMBER, ADAM Savage—star of the TV show MythBusters—releases a video reviewing his “favorite things” from the previous year.| Reed Stevenson / Bloomberg: |
Profile of Recruit Holdings, once a scandal-plagued Japanese internet pioneer that now has a ~$46B valuation and 350 apps that span many categories — It was one of the most infamous companies in Japan, rocking the nation with a corporate scandal that ousted a prime minister and then nearly collapsing under a mountain of debt.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Days after Greenpeace dings Amazon's “dirty cloud” in report the company disputes, Amazon debuts initiative to make half of its shipments carbon neutral by 2030 — Perhaps hoping to distract from Greenpeace's latest report on its “dirty cloud, Amazon this morning announced …
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Day One, SlashGear, GeekWire, VentureBeat, Engadget, and The Hill
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
London-based GoCardless, which processes recurring direct debit payments, raises $75M Series E co-led by GV and PE firm Adams Street Partners — - CEO Hiroki Takeuchi voiced his frustrations with Brexit, labeling the current situation as a “joke.” — British online payments start … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Saudi Arabia PIF and Mubadala, the biggest outside investors in SoftBank's Vision Fund, have complained about high valuations paid for tech companies — High valuations of Vision Fund investments—and the decision-making role of SoftBank chief Masayoshi Son—have led to concerns
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