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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Samsung debuts 6.1" Galaxy S10 and 6.4" Galaxy S10+ with triple rear cameras, in-screen fingerprint sensors, priced from $899 and $999 respectively, out Mar. 8 — 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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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Samsung says the Bixby button on the Galaxy S10 can be remapped to open a third-party app with either a single or double press of the button — Use that extra button for whatever you want — Samsung will allow buyers of its new Galaxy S10 smartphones to use the Bixby key to open whatever app they want.| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
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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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| 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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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Disney joins Nestle, Epic Games, and others in pulling ad spending from YouTube following details about a “pedophile ring” in YouTube comments — - YouTube faces criticism for recommending videos of minors — Nestle, Epic Games also among companies stopping ad purchases
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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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| 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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Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @facebook, @sfiegerman, @sarahfrier, @kurtwagner8, @bernstein, @caseynewton, and @kurtwagner8
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Lyft plans to list its IPO shares on Nasdaq around the end of March and is expected to make its IPO filing public as early as next week — The ride-hailing company is expected to make its IPO filing public as early as next week.
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| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Samsung debuts a basic Galaxy Fit band and Galaxy Watch Active, a simpler $200 version of its watch, shipping March 8 with blood pressure tracking coming later — Leaking every new product ahead of the official unveiling event has a way of making the formal announcements dull …
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Tweets: @mikefeibus, @rogerwcheng, and @hiphopwired
| 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.
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| TechCrunch: |
Twitter opens applications for twttr, its beta program focused on conversations with rounded, indented, and color-coded replies, hidden engagement icons, more — Twitter today is opening up applications for its new testing program, first announced at CES in January.| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Samsung's head of mobile DJ Koh says its Galaxy Home smart speaker, originally unveiled in August 2018, will launch by April — Samsung's long-awaited Galaxy Home speaker will launch by April, the company's co-CEO said Wednesday. — DJ Koh, the head of Samsung's mobile business …
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| 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, @chloebryan, @the_shitface, @taylorlorenz, @amandamull, @raxkingisdead, @taylorlorenz, @edyong209, and @taylorlorenz
| 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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