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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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| 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 … | Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Clutter, an on-demand physical storage company that manages the pickup, storage, and retrieval of your belongings, raises $200M Series D led by the Vision Fund — There's plenty of speculation right now around apparently disgruntled investors in SoftBank's Vision Fund … | 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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| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
YouTube says it has terminated 400+ channels and deleted tens of millions of comments in response to concerns about its videos being used to exploit children — And it's deleted tens of millions of comments — YouTube has terminated more than 400 channels and deleted tens of millions … | Bloomberg: |
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
The Galaxy Fold is Samsung's Google Glass: an exciting technical showcase that is hitting the market too soon and makes no sense as a consumer device yet — Nice technical showcase, Samsung — The foldable Galaxy Fold phone-tablet hybrid is Samsung's Google Glass: an exciting technical showcase …
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Samsung Galaxy S10 appears to be the first non-Pixel or Android One device to ship with Google's Digital Wellbeing; Nokia 6 and 8 got the feature in an update — Leading up to the launch of Android Pie, Google's new Digital Wellbeing tools were one of the most exciting additions.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
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| 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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The Keyword, Android Authority, TechCrunch, CNN, Bloomberg, and Mashable
| Hadas Gold / CNN: |
Mark Zuckerberg is meeting with UK Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright in CA after refusing to appear before the UK committee investigating online disinformation — (CNN Business)Mark Zuckerberg is finally coming face to face with a top UK official who'd like to regulate Facebook.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Personal homepage startup About.me is acquired by Oakland-based Broadly, which lets customers talk to and review small businesses, for an undisclosed sum — Personal homepage startup About.me has been acquired. Again! The company, once bought by Aol for a reported $35 million … | 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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| 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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| 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. — Lyft Founders to Tighten Grip With Supervoting Shares
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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, The Guardian, CNBC, USA Today, and Silicon Republic
| 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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Samsung US Newsroom and Mashable
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