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The European Commission has fined Google €1.49B for “abusive practices in online advertising” and breaching EU antitrust rules — The European Commission has fined Google €1.49 billion for breaching EU antitrust rules. Google has abused its market dominance by imposing …
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Google says it will start asking Android users in Europe to choose their preferred web browser and search apps in response to EU Commission antitrust concerns — For nearly a decade, we've been in discussions with the European Commission about the way some of our products work.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google unveils Stadia, a game streaming service for Chrome, Android, and TVs that lets users “instantly” play games, coming in 2019 with 4K HDR support at 60FPS — With Project Stream in October, Google's rumored work on a game streaming service was all but confirmed.
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| Richard Leadbetter / Eurogamer.net: |
Interview with Google VPs Phil Harrison and Majd Bakar on Stadia's infrastructure, its controller, how it integrates with YouTube, games as links, and more — Streaming has proved to be one of the most disruptive technologies to hit the media landscape in the last decade.| Richard Leadbetter / Eurogamer.net: |
Google Stadia hands-on: controller response is the best from a cloud system to date, though with some latency, and the feel of the controller is Xbox-like — We've talked elsewhere in our Google Stadia coverage about the fact that it's not a console, it's what Google calls a ‘cloud native’ system …
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Apple launches new AirPods with hands-free “Hey Siri” and more talk time for $159, with wireless charging case for $199, available to order today — New AirPods Are Powered by the New H1 Chip and Feature 50 Percent More Talk Time, Hands-Free “Hey Siri” and the Option of a Wireless Charging Case
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Facebook settles with ACLU over allegedly discriminatory ads for employment, housing, and credit, paying ~$5M and making changes to prevent discrimination — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), has reached a historic settlement with Facebook over advertising practices that allegedly discriminated against minorities.
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Facebook announces that it would stop allowing ad targeting to race, gender, and age groups in the housing, jobs, or credit categories by the end of the year — After years of criticism, Facebook announced on Tuesday that it would stop allowing advertisers in key categories to show … | Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Kaspersky Lab says it has filed an antitrust complaint against Apple in Russia, alleging monopolistic App Store policies regarding parental control apps — Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab today announced in a blog post that it has filed an antitrust complaint against Apple with the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service.
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says it will support three media literacy programs in the US and Europe that aim to combat fake news and train young people to seek reliable news sources — Just days before Apple's big March 25th event where it will unveil a new subscription news service, the company has revealed plans …
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| Manish Singh / VentureBeat: |
Opera adds unlimited VPN service to its Android browser for free, with 256-bit encryption and no data logging — Opera today added its free VPN service to its Android browser. The Norwegian browser maker, which went public last year, also addressed concerns about potential hidden costs of using its free VPN offering.
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Some Australian telcos have blocked access to 4chan, 8chan, Voat, Zerohedge, and video hosting platform Liveleak for continuing to host Christchurch footage — Several websites including 4chan have been blocked by major Australian telcos for continuing to host footage of the Christchurch terrorist attack.
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Kickstarter CEO and co-founder Perry Chen steps down but will remain chairman of the board; Head of Design and Product Aziz Hasan promoted to interim CEO — Kickstarter CEO Perry Chen issued an open letter on the site's blog today, noting that he will be stepping down from his role.
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A roundup of the 88 companies that launched at YC's Winter 2019 Demo Day 2, including ride-sharing, insurance, developer tool, and crypto trading startups — Today was the second half of Y Combinator's two-day Demo Day for its Winter 2019 class. Over 85 startups pitched on stage yesterday, and another huge batch launched today.| ABC: |
Sources: Uber used a spyware program code-named Surfcam to steal drivers from an Australian rival by tracking their cars online and scraping driver details — Four Corners By Sean Nicholls, Peter Cronau and Mary Fallon — International rideshare giant Uber used a secret spyware program …
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Amazon adds a built-in light to its entry-level Kindle, now available to preorder for $89.99, ships April 10 — You should probably just invest in a Paperwhite, though — Amazon is announcing an update to its entry-level Kindle (you know, the one that's just called “Kindle” …
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| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Profile of Eduardo Saverin's B Capital VC firm, which has made ~20 investments since launching in 2015 with a $360M fund, as it prepares to raise a larger fund — hen Eduardo Saverin greets entrepreneurs who come to visit him in his 8th-floor offices at the Singapore Land Tower, the 36-year-old knows he'll get asked the question.| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Blameless, which offers a site reliability engineering (SRE) platform for enterprises, comes out of stealth with $20M from investors including Accel — Sight Reliable Engineering (SRE) is an extension of DevOps designed for more complex environments. The problem is that this type of approach …
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