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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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Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Engadget, The Verge, Business Insider, MacRumors, TheStreet, iDownloadBlog.com, Bloomberg, MSPoweruser, PYMNTS.com, Crowdfund Insider, Fortune, CNBC, PaymentsSource, iPhone Hacks, NFC World, and The Block
Tweets: @mims, @lisaabramowicz1, @viticci, @intrinsicinv, @mgsiegler, @mayazi, @martinsfp, and @mims
| 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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| Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
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| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
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| Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post: |
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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 — 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, @histoftech, @vasko_dagama, @inthefade, @aliettedb, @eveewing, @mkonnikova, @marinakoren, @titusofgaul, @tedonprivacy, and @kaludiasays
| 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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| 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.| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
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Tweets: @caro_milanesi, @holly, @jon4lakers, @mkbhd, @vladsavov, @washingtonpost, @cnet, @daniel_rubino, @cnet, @munkimatt, @daveleebbc, @pardesoteric, and @gartenberg
| 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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Microsoft Dynamics 365, The Verge, TechCrunch, Engadget, WinBuzzer, Thurrott, VentureBeat, and MSPoweruser. Tweets: @tomwarren
| 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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| 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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BBC, The Verge, Business Insider, Yahoo Finance, Engadget, The Guardian, Washington Post, IT PRO, and Fortune
Tweets: @bbcpolitics and @riptari
| 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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The Verge, The Next Web, TechCrunch, CNBC, NullTX, Fortune, CoinSpeaker, CryptoGlobe, Mashable, Business Insider, and Cointelegraph
Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @facebook, @sfiegerman, @neerajka, @richardjnieva, @joshsternberg, @drewharwell, @bernstein, @kurtwagner8, @kurtwagner8, @rmac18, @rmac18, @caseynewton, and @sarahfrier
| 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, Samsung Electronics America, The Verge, CNET, Mashable, and 9to5Google
Tweets: @caro_milanesi, @caro_milanesi, @hiphopwired, @greengart, @mikefeibus, and @rogerwcheng
| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
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CNET and Engadget
Tweets: @cnetnews, @phonescoop, @geoffreyfowler, @katebevan, @reneritchie, @officialjoelf, @iamrishvan, and @fjeronimo
| 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 Verge, CNBC, The Guardian, 9to5Mac, Silicon Republic, and Engadget
Tweets: @stephaniemlee, @stefaniei, @stefaniei, and @bluechoochoo
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
HTC announces the Vive Focus Plus standalone headset with Snapdragon 835 and two controllers that support six degrees of freedom tracking, available in Q2 — The Vive Focus Plus will be available in Q2 of this year — HTC has announced the Vive Focus Plus, a new version …
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Digital Trends, VentureBeat, CNET, Engadget, Variety, TechRadar.com, Tom's Hardware, and UploadVR
| 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 … | 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.| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
Opensignal report: average US 4G download speeds are 18.1MBps, ranked 47th among 77 countries in a large-scale study on 94M+ devices across 2018 — A new report from Opensignal today takes an in-depth look at global 4G network performance across 77 countries.
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Android Authority, ZDNet, MobileSyrup, OpenSignal Blog, PhoneArena, BBC, Telecoms.com, and iClarified
| 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.Sponsor Posts
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