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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Report: Apple and Goldman Sachs plan to start issuing a joint credit card in spring, which will be paired with special money management features in Wallet app — Apple and Goldman Sachs are readying a joint credit card, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
WSJ: Apple partnered with Ant Financial's Alipay to offer its customers in China up to two years of interest-free financing to buy products in its online store — - In an effort to boost falling sales in the region, Apple introduced two-year financing to Alipay users who buy their products.
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| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé is retiring, and will be replaced by the VP of Sales and Marketing Doug Bowser on April 15 — To be replaced by marketing boss Doug Bowser — One of Nintendo's most public faces is leaving the company.
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AT&T says it is pulling all advertising from YouTube, after reports of pedophiles openly using the platform; Nestle and Epic Games have also pulled ads — - AT&T and Hasbro are pulling ads from YouTube following reports that pedophiles have latched onto videos of young children and lurk in the comments section.
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| Maureen Farrell / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Pinterest has confidentially filed for an IPO, seeking a valuation of at least $12B — Pinterest has confidentially filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering, joining a parade of highly valued technology startups planning to list their shares in 2019.
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| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Freight logistics startup Flexport raises a $1B round led by SoftBank's Vision Fund, source says at a valuation of $3.2B — His startup operates its own 747 aircraft and employs 1,066 people across 11 offices and four warehouses around the world. He's tackling a market he calls …
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| 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 — For several months, Cara has been working up the courage to approach her mom about what she saw on Instagram.
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft previews Dynamics 365 AI and mixed reality services and applications on iOS, Android, and HoloLens for remote assistance, customized bots, and more — Microsoft is readying new Dynamics 365 AI- and mixed-reality-centric services and applications for remote-assistance, customized bots and more.
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
DoorDash says it has raised $400M in new VC funding at a $7.1B post-money valuation, up from a $4B valuation in August — On-demand food delivery company DoorDash has raised $400 million in new venture capital funding at a $7.1 billion post-money valuation.| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Samsung says it will extend Bixby button remapping to all Galaxy phones on Android Pie in a future software update, after confirming the feature for the S10 — That includes the S8, S9, and Note line — The Bixby button saga has been an ongoing blemish on an otherwise sterling smartphone record …
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| David McCabe / Axios: |
Google says it will no longer enforce mandatory arbitration for current and future employees starting March 21; change won't apply to many temporary staff — Google will no longer require current and future employees to take disputes with the company to arbitration, it said Thursday.
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| Nicole Nguyen / BuzzFeed News: |
Singapore Airlines and American Airlines confirm that some seat screens have embedded cameras but say they are disabled, after a photo of one goes viral — A viral photo showing a camera in a Singapore Airlines in-flight TV display recently caused an uproar online.
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Developers and Intel officials expect Apple to move to ARM-based Macs as soon as next year; Bloomberg report suggests first ARM-based Mac arriving in 2020 — Apple is widely expected to move its Mac line to custom ARM-based chips in the coming years. — What we're hearing …
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| Sam Dean / Los Angeles Times: |
Investigation finds Facebook still lets users target ads based around interest in neo-Nazis; Facebook says it will remove the seldom-used audience groupings — Facebook makes money by charging advertisers to reach just the right audience for their message — even when that audience …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Lyft launches Shared Saver, a carpool option that it says is its “most affordable”, letting riders lock prices even during peak hours, in Denver and San Jose — Lyft today announced what it says is its “most affordable” ride option yet: Shared Saver.| Sara Salinas / CNBC: |
Zillow says CEO Spencer Rascoff is stepping down, to be replaced by co-founder and former CEO Rich Barton, as the company announces Q4 earnings — - Rascoff, also a co-founder, served as CEO for nearly a decade. He recently oversaw a tumultuous transition for Zillow as the home buying platform moved … | Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Google partners with US government departments and pharmacies to help fight the opioid crisis by showing drug disposal locations inside Google Maps — Google is partnering with government departments and pharmacies to help tackle the U.S. opioid crisis by showing drug disposal locations directly inside Google Maps.
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| Aaron Mak / Slate: |
Police across the US are increasingly using “reverse location search warrants” to force tech companies to hand over location data of anyone near a crime scene — Police departments are using “reverse location search warrants” to force Google to hand over data on anyone near a crime scene.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon says it will fund computer science classes in 1,000+ US high schools in all 50 states as part of its Future Engineer program — Amazon's recent investments in NYC educational initiatives will continue, despite the company pulling its HQ2 plans for the area. But the company isn't stopping there.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Armorblox, which uses natural language processing to protect against cyber attacks by analyzing sensitive info in emails and documents, raises $16.5M Series A — Natural language processing (NLP) — the branch of AI that helps computers understand and manipulate human language … Sponsor Posts
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