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| Stuart Dredge / Music Ally: |
Spotify files an anti-trust complaint against Apple with the European Commission, claiming App Store rules limit choice and stifle competition — Spotify is filing a complaint against Apple with the European Commission, accusing the latter company of anticompetitive behaviour in the way it manages …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple's video service will feature mostly content from partners at launch, with the first slew of its own shows coming later in the year — - IPhone maker is said to push for HBO, Showtime and Starz deals — Magazine bundle, Apple Pay upgrades are also coming this month
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USA Today, Philip Elmer-DeWitt, iDownloadBlog.com, 9to5Mac, VentureBeat, Cult of Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, Fortune, Engadget, MacRumors, BGR, TechCrunch, and iPhone Hacks
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft demos its Project xCloud game streaming service with Forza Horizon 4 streaming to an Android phone, ahead of Google's “future of gaming” event — Entering public trials later this year — Microsoft has provided a live demonstration of its upcoming Project xCloud game streaming service.
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Xbox Wire, Android Authority, YouTube, AppleInsider, Thurrott, Windows Central, ExtremeTech, Neowin, TechSpot, Engadget, TechCrunch, TouchArcade, and MSPoweruser
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Twitter now launches a Snapchat style camera when users swipe left on their timeline, designed to promote sharing of photos, videos, and live footage — Twitter is rolling out the redesign to its camera feature TechCrunch reported on a month ago that's designed to let you capture photos …
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Engadget, CNET, Variety, 9to5Mac, Firstpost, SlashGear, iPhone Hacks, KnowTechie, MacStories, iDownloadBlog.com, and AppAdvice.com
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| Nick Bastone / Business Insider: |
Sources: Google has moved dozens of employees out of its laptop and tablet division, scaling back the size of its in-house hardware group — - Google appears to be trimming the size of its laptop and tablet hardware group, telling dozens of engineers and program managers to find other roles … | Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Google quietly adds DuckDuckGo and other privacy-focused search engines as an option for Chrome users in more than 60 markets — In an update to the chromium engine, which underpins Google's popular Chrome browser, the search giant has quietly updated the lists of default search engines … | Olivia Solon / NBC News: |
IBM and other companies are using Creative Commons Flickr photos to train facial recognition software without the consent of people in the photos — People's faces are being used without their permission, in order to power technology that could eventually be used to surveil them, legal experts say.
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| Theodore Schleifer / Recode: |
TPG Growth places Bill McGlashan, a managing partner who championed social responsibility, on leave after DOJ charges him in the college admissions scandal — “The way the world works these days is unbelievable.” — One of Silicon Valley's most prominent private equity investors …
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| Shannon Liao / The Verge: |
Users from around the world are reporting difficulties accessing Facebook and Instagram, with major outages in North America, Mexico, and Europe — While you can open the apps, they're missing major functions — Facebook and Instagram appear to be partially down for some users around the world today.
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downdetector.com, CNET, downdetector.com, USA Today, BleepingComputer, Business Insider, Bloomberg, CBS Philly, Android Police, Mashable, The Wrap, and Houston Chronicle
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Verizon's 5G service to launch on April 11 in Chicago and Minneapolis and cost $85-$105 for its unlimited plans — The first phone available will be the Moto Z3 with the 5G Moto Mod — Verizon's 5G network is coming. After months of vague statements, the carrier has finally announced …
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| Mayank Parmar / Windows Latest: |
Windows 10 can now automatically uninstall problematic updates that can cause boot up failures — If your computer runs into Windows problems and automatic recovery attempts are unsuccessful, Windows 10 will now automatically remove the botched updates. — In a new support document …
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ZDNet, Thurrott, KnowTechie, MSPoweruser, Geek.com, Techdows, Tom's Hardware, Ubergizmo, Slashdot, Ars Technica, and Dark Reading
| Bloomberg: |
Former Gigafactory security manager Sean Gouthro describes a campaign by Elon Musk and Tesla to intimidate alleged leaker Martin Tripp — It started with a Twitter meltdown and ended with a fake mass shooter. A former security manager says the company also spied and spread misinformation.
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Tweets: @charlottejee, @scottmcgrew, @josephfcox, @lopezlinette, @yoda, and @cgrantwsj
| Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic: |
Discord, a chat app first designed for gamers, has become popular among influencers, YouTubers, and others by letting them create customized private communities — Over the past few months, seemingly all the pet- and animal-themed Instagram accounts I follow have begun interspersing their videos with pleas.
Tweets: @taylorlorenz, @blakeir, @greylockvc, @gregisenberg, @mattdpearce, @theatltech, @taylorlorenz, @taylorlorenz, and @taylorlorenz
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
AT&T is upping DirecTV prices, with a base package hike of $10/month, for the second time since it argued its Time Warner merger would allow it to lower prices — - AT&T Confirms DirecTV Now Price Hikes, Launches New ‘Slimmer’ Bundles With HBO That Omit Many Cable Channels| Bloomberg: |
Court documents: Larry Page worried he would lose control of Google in 2011 and seemed to make a “veiled threat” to quit over the issue — - Page feared co-founder Brin might sell voting shares in 2011 — Court documents shed new light on controversial class C stock
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Researchers find mobile adware, dubbed SimBad, hidden in over 200 Android games with more than 150M downloads — Security researchers have found a new kind of mobile adware hidden in hundreds of Android apps, and downloaded more than 150 million times from Google Play.| Colin Lecher / The Verge: |
ACLU releases documents showing ICE lets over 9,200 employees access a controversial license plate database with little oversight — The ACLU published the emails today — Immigration and Customs Enforcement allows thousands of employees to access a controversial license plate database …
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CNET, Wired, ACLU of Northern CA, Washington Post, TechCrunch, BuzzFeed News, The Hill, and The Next Web
Tweets: @wired, @matt_cagle, @matt_cagle, @aclu, @geoffreyfowler, @matt_cagle, and @tonyromm
| Nathaniel Mott / Tom's Hardware: |
US CPSC announces expanded recall of 78,500 HP laptops due to battery issues; announcement was delayed from January due to government shutdown — The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced that HP expanded its recall of the batteries used in some of its notebooks and mobile workstations due to “fire and burn hazards.”
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U.S. Consumer Product …, CNET, and The Verge
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Chrome 73 for desktops starts rolling out with Mac Dark Mode support and begins testing Auto Picture-in-Picture for “installed” Progressive Web Apps — The latest release of Google Chrome is rolling out today for Mac, Windows, and Linux. On desktops, Chrome 73 introduces … | Adam Satariano / New York Times: |
Following a growing global chorus to regulate Big Tech, Britain publishes a report arguing for stronger oversight and stricter acquisition rules — LONDON — The expanding power of technology companies has become a talking point in the United States presidential race, a subject of debate …
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Washington Post, GOV.UK, The Register, FinTech Futures, and Reuters
Tweets: @jessefelder, @puiwingtam, @nytimesbusiness, and @karaswisher
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
SalesHero, a platform that combines robotic process automation with AI, raises $14.5M Series A led by Atomico, rebrands itself as Automation Hero — SalesHero, a platform that meshes robotic process automation (RPA) with artificial intelligence (AI) to help businesses automate repetitive …
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TechCrunch, FinSMEs, and Tech.eu
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