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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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Tweets: @markgurman and @julieverhage
| 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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| 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 … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Twitter now launches a Snapchat style camera when users swipe left on their timeline, designed to promote 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, videos …
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Engadget, CNET, 9to5Mac, Variety, Firstpost, SlashGear, iPhone Hacks, KnowTechie, MacStories, iDownloadBlog.com, and AppAdvice.com
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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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
| 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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The Verge. Tweets: @charlottejee, @scottmcgrew, @yoda, @josephfcox, @lopezlinette, and @cgrantwsj
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google's Lookout app, which can help blind/visually impaired users identify objects, text, and people around them, is now available for Pixel phones in the US — One of the more impressive announcements that Google made at I/O 2018 was “Lookout.” This app helps the visually impaired …
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The Keyword, CNET, Android Police, KnowTechie, Geek.com, Mashable, and Engadget
| 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
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Business Insider, MacRumors, The Verge, Fortune, iDownloadBlog.com, and TechSpot
| 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, and The Hill
Tweets: @wired, @matt_cagle, @matt_cagle, @aclu, @geoffreyfowler, @matt_cagle, and @tonyromm
| 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.| 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 …, The Verge, and CNET
| 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 … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
New York-based Glia, which develops a customer service platform that unifies voice, video, and chatbots, raises $20M Series B led by Insight Venture Partners — Multimodality is fast becoming the norm in the $350 billion customer service industry. According to research published last year …
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| 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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FinSMEs, TechCrunch, and Tech.eu
| 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, The Register, GOV.UK, FinTech Futures, and Reuters
Tweets: @jessefelder, @nytimesbusiness, @puiwingtam, and @karaswisher
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