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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Live blog of Samsung's Unpacked event in San Francisco, where new Galaxy S10 devices, a foldable phone, and more have been announced — Will we finally see more of the folding phone, too? — Samsung is gearing up to hold a huge keynote where we're expecting quite a lot of phones.
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PCWorld, CNET, Android Authority, XDA Developers, Android Police, The Verge, The Next Web, iMore, ZDNet, CNET, TechCrunch, IGN, Samsung Global Newsroom, Engadget, Mashable, Axios, ZDNet, Engadget, Wired, and Mashable
Tweets: @laurengoode, @andrewmartonik, and @jank0
| YouTube: |
Live stream of Samsung's Unpacked event — Welcome to the next generation. #SamsungEvent #Unpacked http://www.samsung.com To view the YouTube streams on a desktop or laptop computer you'll need: • Mos...
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Samsung debuts Galaxy Fold, a foldable smartphone with 4.6" folded and 7.3" unfolded displays, 7nm processor, 12GB RAM, three-app multitasking, 6 cameras, more — Samsung first teased its foldable phone back in November, and at the company's Galaxy Unpacked event today it's further detailing its foldable plans.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Samsung debuts S10 and S10+ with dual front cameras including 16MP ultrawide, fingerprint sensors under displays, bigger batteries, from $899 and $999 — At the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco this morning, Samsung unveiled a smartphone series ten years in the making: The Galaxy S10.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to let developers port their iPad apps to Mac using a new SDK that will be released as early as June at WWDC — - This year, it will be easier to turn iPad apps into Mac apps — App merger initiative comes as Apple plans its own Mac chips
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| Karen Weise / New York Times: |
Microsoft says Russia-linked Fancy Bear targeted European research groups and think tanks that work on issues including election security and nuclear policy — SEATTLE — A group of hackers associated with Russian intelligence targeted civil society groups across Europe ahead of May elections there, Microsoft said on Tuesday.
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Tweets: @politicoeurope, @microsofteu, @olivia_gazis, @jsaryuszwolski, @donie, and @cnn
| Harvard Law Today: |
Mark Zuckerberg talks to Harvard professor Jonathan Zittrain about encryption, “information fiduciaries”, and more, as part of Zuckerberg's 2019 challenge — Should Facebook be considered an “information fiduciary” when it comes to the privacy of its clients?
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CNBC, The Verge, CNET, NBC News, and The Mac Observer
Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @facebook, @joshsternberg, @drewharwell, @sfiegerman, @bernstein, @kurtwagner8, @kurtwagner8, @rmac18, @rmac18, @caseynewton, and @sarahfrier
| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Xiaomi debuts Mi 9 with three rear cameras, 6.39" AMOLED display, Snapdragon 855, 6GB RAM, and 20W wireless charging, for ~$446 in China, shipping on Feb. 26 — Xiaomi has officially launched the Mi 9 at an event in China after months of teasers. The triple-camera flagship is powered …
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| K.G Orphanides / WIRED UK: |
Investigation: YouTube is monetizing sexualized videos of minors, many with comments from predators; Epic Games pauses all pre-roll ads following inquiry — Scores of YouTube videos with tens of millions of views are being inundated with comments by paedophiles, with adverts from major brands running alongside the disturbing content
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| eMarketer: |
eMarketer predicts that US digital ad spending will surpass traditional in 2019, growing 19% YoY to $129.34B, of which mobile will account for ~$87B — Amazon's ad business to grow more than 50%, taking bite out of duopoly — This year will mark a major milestone in the world of advertising.| Dani Deahl / The Verge: |
SoundCloud adds a self-distribution feature to its Premier tier, currently in beta, that lets artists publish and monetize their songs on other platforms — SoundCloud announced today that it is adding distribution to its self-monetization Premier program.| Nick Bastone / Business Insider: |
Google says the built-in microphone in Nest Secure devices, which it had never disclosed earlier in the tech specs, was “never intended to be a secret” — - In early February, Google announced that Assistant would work with its home security and alarm system, Nest Secure.
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Tweets: @joshelman, @arrington, @matthewstoller, @wongmjane, @mattmcgee, @ckindel, @zeynep, and @karissabe
| Chloe Bryan / Mashable: |
A look at “Reply Guys”, a mostly harmless but annoying Twitter phenomenon where one or two men reply to every tweet from a woman — On Twitter, a place where a lot of bad things happen, there's a mostly harmless but decidedly annoying phenomenon.
Tweets: @sbarolo, @the_shitface, @taylorlorenz, @chloebryan, @amandamull, @edyong209, @raxkingisdead, @taylorlorenz, and @taylorlorenz
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft launches its new Office app, preinstalled on Windows 10 and replacing My Office, to better promote the free online versions of Office to consumers — A new app to push online Office apps and more — Microsoft is making a new Office app available to Windows 10 users today.
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TECHCOMMUNITY.MICROSOFT.COM, Thurrott, and Windows Central
| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Keith Rabois is leaving Khosla Ventures and joining Peter Thiel's Founders Fund to become its ninth partner — Venture capitalist Keith Rabois is leaving Khosla Ventures in order to join Founders Fund as a partner, Axios has learned. — Why it matters: Rabois is responsible … | Rhett Jones / Gizmodo: |
Pinterest says it's stopped returning vaccine-related search results as most spread anti-vax disinformation, part of its broader approach against “false cures” — The anti-vaccination movement has become so widespread that the World Health Organization added it to its list of the top threats to global health in 2019.| Nicole Kobie / WIRED UK: |
Citymapper announces a £30-£40/month subscription service for London transport with access to its Ride car-sharing service, TfL trains, and Santander bikes — The company's transport as a service plan combines Transport for London services with other ways of getting around the city under one subscription
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Citymapper, TechCrunch, Engadget, 9to5Mac, and The Verge
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
WinRAR, a file compression app with ~500M users, has fixed a 14-year-old flaw that made it possible for attackers to run code when targets open a malicious file — If you're one of the 500 million utility users, now would be a good time to patch. — WinRAR, a Windows file compression program …
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ZDNet, Check Point Research, and The Mac Observer
| Facebook: |
Facebook introduces new location controls for Android, letting users limit location data collection, and will prompt iOS and Android users to check settings — Android and iOS are by far the two most popular mobile operating systems, but their location settings work differently.
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BetaNews, The Verge, Thurrott, Adweek, CNBC, Mashable, iPhone in Canada Blog, Axios, and MSPoweruser. Tweets: @shiraovide
| Natasha Korecki / Politico: |
Analysis of data from social platforms: Democratic 2020 candidates are being targeted by a coordinated campaign of misinformation focused on sensitive issues — A coordinated barrage of social media attacks suggests the involvement of foreign state actors.Sponsor Posts
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