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| Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
Hands-on with the Galaxy S10 and S10+: in-screen fingerprint readers works well and the materials feel classy, but it doesn't feel like a huge update — The new screens take up basically the entire front of the phones. The 6.1-inch and 6.4-inch Quad HD+ panels sport tiny hole-punch cutouts for their selfie cameras.| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Samsung unveils Galaxy S10 5G, arriving late in first half of 2019, initially just on Verizon in US, with 6.7" Infinity-O display, better 3D depth sensing, more — Advance leaks revealed most of the new Galaxy S10 lineup before Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event today, but one version …
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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: |
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| Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post: |
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| Stefan Etienne / The Verge: |
| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
| 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: |
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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, @kurtwagner8, @neerajka, @drewharwell, @rmac18, @joshsternberg, @rmac18, and @richardjnieva
| 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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| K.G Orphanides / WIRED UK: |
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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, @caro_milanesi, @rogerwcheng, @hiphopwired, @caro_milanesi, and @greengart
| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
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| Reuters: |
Sources: Lyft expects to be valued at between $20B and $25B in its IPO and plans to launch its IPO roadshow during the week of March 18 — (Reuters) - Lyft Inc plans to launch the roadshow for its initial public offering (IPO) during the week of March 18, making it the first U.S. ride-hailing company …
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| 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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Wall Street Journal, CNBC, The Guardian, Pacific Standard, and The Hill
Tweets: @stephaniemlee, @stefaniei, @bluechoochoo, and @stefaniei
| Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic: |
Kids googling themselves for the first time face shock, frustration, and sometimes excitement at content parents had been posting about them since their birth — Googling yourself has become a rite of passage. — For several months, Cara has been working up the courage to approach her mom about what she saw on Instagram.
Tweets: @theatlantic, @marinakoren, @histoftech, @inthefade, @aliettedb, @eveewing, @mkonnikova, @titusofgaul, and @kaludiasays
| 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.
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Thurrott, The Verge, 9to5Mac, Adweek, Engadget, and iPhone Hacks
Tweets: @twittersupport, @lolding, @monteiro, and @jack
| Ariel / Appfigures: |
Apple's Shazam removes all third-party SDKs, except for Microsoft's HockeyApp, in latest iOS update; uninstalled SDKs include DoubleClick, Facebook Ads, AdMob — Shazam, the song identification app Apple bought for $400M, recently released an update to its iOS app that got rid of all 3rd party SDKs the app was using except for one.| David McCabe / Axios: |
Source: Google is reorganizing its global lobbying operations, including adding resources to emerging markets, in response to global regulatory challenges — Google's top policy executive is reorganizing the company's worldwide influence operation, according to an internal email obtained by Axios.Sponsor Posts
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