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Sources: Apple Music has been growing at a monthly rate of 2.6% to 3% and had 28M US users in February, compared to Spotify's 26M users and growth of 1.5% to 2% — Apple's music-streaming service has surpassed Spotify's in paid U.S. subscriptions yet lags its Swedish competitor globally.
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Cisco's Talos unit finds 74 groups on Facebook, with around 385,000 members in total, whose members buy and sell hacking tools, stolen card info, and more — This blog was written by Jon Munshaw and Jaeson Schultz. — Cisco Talos is continually working to ensure that our threat intelligence …
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| Rachel Kraus / Mashable: |
Leaked documents show Amazon acquired Eero for $97M, with ten execs receiving a potential of $32.6M in bonuses; Eero had raised $138M, according to PitchBook — Every product here is independently selected by Mashable journalists. If you buy something featured, we may earn an affiliate commission which helps support our work.
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EU charges Valve and five game publishers with geo-blocking games, says they prevented cross-border sales in violation of EU antitrust rules — The European Commission has informed Valve, owner of the “Steam” video game distribution platform, and five videogame publishers …
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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Google pilots a row of ads on the Android TV home screen of Sony smart TVs, Xiaomi's Mi Box 3, and others; users say they cannot disable the ads — Users are reportedly not enjoying Google's “pilot program.” — Google is trying out a new “Pilot Program” that puts a row of advertisements on the Android TV home screen.
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| Jane Wakefield / BBC: |
Study: review of data from previous studies on 17,000 teens finds little evidence of a link between the amount of time they spend on devices and their wellbeing — There is little evidence of a link between the amount of time teenagers spend on devices and their general wellbeing, a study has suggested.
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Netflix's DVD service still has 2.7M US subscribers, many of them in urban areas with good broadband, using it for the rich catalog not available via streaming — (CNN)Remember when Netflix used to be a DVD-by-mail company? Well, for 2.7 million subscribers in the US, it still is.| Sam Kim / Bloomberg: |
Samsung says it expects Q1 operating income of $5.5B, down 60% YoY, its worst drop in more than four years, as chip prices fall and smartphone sales slow — - Chip buyers working through inventories, pushing prices down — Sluggish smartphone demand also hurts bottom line at Samsung| Kendra Chamberlain / FierceWireless: |
Samsung says it has started the mass production of its Exynos line of 5G modem and RF chips — Samsung says it's now mass-producing its Exynos line of 5G modem and RF chips for mobile 5G solutions. — The Exynos multi-mode chipsets include the Exynos Modem 5100, which Samsung announced in August 2018 …
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
How Eva Galperin, who leads EFF's Threat Lab, is advocating for people affected by stalkerware, which gives a bad actor full access to another's device — OVER THE LAST year, Eva Galperin says she's learned the signs: the survivors of domestic abuse who come to her describing how their tormentors seem …
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| Reuters: |
AT&T, Verizon, and South Korea all try to claim they won the race to launch the first mobile 5G network — NEW YORK/SEOUL (Reuters) - When it comes to who triumphed in the multi-billion dollar global race to launch the world's first 5G next generation wireless network, the winner is clear ... depending on who you ask.
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Jeff Bezos and his ex-wife, MacKenzie Bezos, announce a divorce settlement that will leave him with 75% of their Amazon stock and all voting power — In a tweet Thursday, MacKenzie Bezos said that her divorce from Jeff Bezos was finalized and that she would give her ex-husband voting control of her Amazon shares.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google updates ML Kit to let third-party developers add Google's Smart Reply and other natural language processing features to their Android and iOS apps — Announced at I/O 2018, ML Kit brings Google's machine learning to mobile devices. Available for Android and iOS apps …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Snapchat debuts Snap Games platform that lets users play real-time multiplayer games with six-second unskippable ads and rewards — Snap is unlocking a new revenue stream while giving you something to do in between chats and Stories. Today Snapchat debuts its Snap Games platform that lets …
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