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Sources: Apple was concerned about Intel as a sole supplier for its 5G iPhone planned for next year, prompting the settlement with Qualcomm — Intel pulls out of 5G smartphone chips as iPhone maker commits to rival — The Apple logo is seen outside an Apple store in Bordeaux, France.
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Intel says it is exiting the 5G smartphone modem business as “it has become apparent that there is no clear path to profitability and positive returns” — Intel Corporation today announced its intention to exit the 5G smartphone modem business and complete an assessment …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Several journalists have reported their Samsung Galaxy Fold review unit's screen breaking after a day or two of use — Yikes — Look closely at the picture above, and you can see a small bulge right on the crease of my Galaxy Fold review unit. It's just enough to slightly distort the screen, and I can feel it under my finger.
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft unveils the Surface Hub 2S, an update to the original Hub that's 60% slimmer and 40% lighter with a 50" 3840x2560 display, shipping in June for $9,000 — We've known Microsoft had something new and Surfacey up its sleeve for this week. Turns out the company's finally ready to unveil the long-promised Surface 2S.
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| Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times: |
Interviews with YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki and employees shed light on her stewardship and what has been a difficult year so far, with a myriad of scandals — Even by the nightmarish standards of the empire she oversees, Susan Wojcicki, the chief executive officer of YouTube, has had a dreadful start to 2019.
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| Guilherme Rambo / 9to5Mac: |
Sources: Apple is working on a combined Find My Friends and Find My iPhone app, for iOS and macOS, and a Tile-like tracking device — Apple is working on a new app that's going to replace the Find My Friends and Find My iPhone apps. With codename “GreenTorch”, the app is currently being tested by engineers at the company.
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Sources: Apple is developing its own lidar sensor and has also held talks with four possible lidar suppliers to evaluate their tech for use in self-driving cars — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc has held talks with at least four companies as possible suppliers for next-generation lidar sensors … | Colin Lecher / The Verge: |
A report by AI Now Institute finds that about 80% of AI professors are men, while just 15% of AI research staff at Facebook and 10% at Google are women — A new report explores AI's ‘diversity crisis’ — The artificial intelligence industry is facing a “diversity crisis,” …
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| Edmund Lee / New York Times: |
Hulu remains Netflix's strongest competitor, despite stiff competition, as sources say its $6/month streaming service makes $15+/subscriber/month due to ads — With 148 million subscribers and a value of $157 billion, Netflix is the leader in streaming. But Hulu, now controlled by Disney, has something Netflix doesn't: ads.| Emily Dreyfuss / Wired: |
At TED 2019 interview, Jack Dorsey evaded pointed questions about the state of Twitter by providing vague answers, frustrating the interviewers and the audience — ON TUESDAY, JACK Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter, came to TED 2019 to answer for the sins of his platform.
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UK government announces that porn websites will have to introduce age-checks by July 15; sites failing to comply will face being blocked by ISPs — An age-check scheme designed to stop under-18s viewing pornographic websites will come into force on 15 July.
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| Dennis Schaal / Skift: |
A deep dive into Google Maps and its potential to become an all-encompassing, ubiquitous “super app” in the West, similar to WeChat in China — Consumers in the West reach almost reflexively for the Google Maps app as the service becomes a nearly ubiquitous utility despite a dearth of messaging and payments.| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Google quietly rolls out a budgeting feature for Google Play that lets users track expenses and specify a spending limit — We've all gone on in-app buying sprees before, but Google wants to ensure your next binge doesn't break the bank. To that end, it's introducing a new budgeting feature …
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Cisco's Talos: state-backed hackers are continuing to brazenly hijack domains, targeting key infrastructure of several countries, in a months-long DNS campaign — Despite widespread attention since January, DNS campaign shows no signs of abating. — The wave of domain hijacking attacks besetting …
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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Indian IT outsourcing giant Wipro is investigating reports that its own IT systems have been hacked and are being used to launch attacks on its customers — Indian information technology (IT) outsourcing and consulting giant Wipro Ltd. [NYSE:WIT] is investigating reports that its own …
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Krebs on Security, The Economic Times, The Economic Times, Reuters, CSO, Dark Reading, Moneycontrol, The Register, Forbes, Livemint, ZDNet, and OODA Loop
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| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Sources: a team at Facebook Reality Labs has been working on a voice assistant since 2018 and has contacted vendors in the smart speaker supply chain — - Facebook is working on a voice assistant to rival the likes of Amazon's Alexa, Apple's Siri and the Google Assistant, people familiar with the matter told CNBC.| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google announces support for Signed Exchanges in Chrome, which will show the original, correct URL for a page in the address bar for AMP pages — It's only supported on Chrome right now — When you click a link on your phone with a little lightning bolt next to it in Google search, you're getting something in the AMP format.| Abrar Al-Heeti / CNET: |
T-Mobile CEO John Legere denies the “premise” of a report that DOJ staff told T-Mobile and Sprint their merger likely wouldn't get approved as structured — T-Mobile CEO John Legere denied reports Tuesday that staff in the US Department of Justice told T-Mobile and Sprint … | Wall Street Journal: |
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| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai says he opposes China Mobile's plan to enter the US market and will hold a vote on whether to deny its application in May — (Reuters) - Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai said on Wednesday he opposes China Mobile Ltd's bid to provide U.S. telecommunications services … | Christine Fisher / Engadget: |
T-Mobile and Comcast say they're rolling out call verification for calls made between their networks, using STIR/SHAKEN protocol, for some Samsung and LG phones — In an attempt to fight robocalls, T-Mobile and Comcast are teaming up to bring their customers call verification.
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