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Analysis: Apple removed or restricted 11 of the 17 most downloaded screen-time apps over the past year; two app developers made an antitrust complaint to EU — SAN FRANCISCO — They all tell a similar story: They ran apps that helped people limit the time they and their children spent on iPhones.
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| Loren Grush / The Verge: |
FCC gives SpaceX permission to fly some Starlink satellites at a lower orbit than planned earlier, enabling SpaceX to launch first internet satellites in May — Changing the destination for more than 1,500 satellites — The Federal Communications Commission has approved SpaceX's request …
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| Marco Arment / Marco.org: |
Overcast introduces a new clip-sharing feature, allowing users to share audio or video clips, up to a minute each, from any public podcast — Sharing podcasts has never been easy, but I've always tried to lead the way with Overcast, with publicly shareable episode links and optional recommendations …
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| New York Times: |
Officials say FBI, DHS, NSA, and the US Cyber Command task forces, formed before midterms to combat foreign interference in elections, have been made permanent — WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. director warned anew on Friday about Russia's continued meddling in American elections, calling it a “significant counterintelligence threat.”
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| Rebecca Mead / New Yorker: |
A deep look at how Airbnb has influenced the housing market and transformed neighborhoods in Barcelona, where 1.5M visitors stay in Airbnbs annually — In the tourist-clogged city, some locals see the service as a pestilence. — In 1904, the city of Barcelona received a petition … | Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Slack files for an IPO via direct listing, reports loss of $138M on $400M revenue for FY 2019 ending Jan. 31, compared to $140M loss and $220M revenue for 2018 — - Slack follows several tech companies that have already debuted on the public market in 2019, including Lyft, PagerDuty, Pinterest and Zoom.
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| Julie Verhage / Bloomberg: |
Source: E*Trade is preparing to let customers trade cryptocurrencies on its platform starting with Bitcoin and Ethereum, will consider adding other currencies — - The brokerage giant will offer Bitcoin and Ethereum trades — Service will compete with startups like Coinbase and Robinhood
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| Mara Hvistendahl / Wired: |
Inside the criminal investigation of an IT support technician who ordered his wife's murder on a dark web site, which was a scam, and then killed her himself — ON A BRISK day in March 2016, Stephen Allwine walked into a Wendy's in Minneapolis. The smell of old fryer grease hung in the air …
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| Adam Rogers / Wired: |
How Cambridge Systematics, a transportation consultancy, used location data from 5M cell phones in Los Angeles to help the city revamp its bus transit system — THE GRAY BUSES that roll along Los Angeles' Orange Line don't look like other buses: They're 60 feet long, and their streamlined design means they don't just stop.
Tweets: @streetsblogden, @jetjocko, and @imeluny
| Anushree Singh / The Economic Times: |
How Paytm Mall, against the wishes of its investors, went after Flipkart and Amazon, failed, and is now trying to become a wholesale platform for merchants — In December last year, when board members of Indian e-commerce company Paytm Mall met to take stock of its business, they were in for a shock.
Tweets: @jasuja and @adadithya
| Aaron Gordon / Jalopnik: |
As car companies roll out semi-autonomous features, regulators must recognize the need for retraining drivers, akin to industry-wide solutions in aviation — The future of driving is supposed to feel like flying. The names some car companies give their newest technology—Autopilot …
Tweets: @a_w_gordon, @a_w_gordon, @joshelman, @a_w_gordon, and @a_w_gordon
| Iris Deng / South China Morning Post: |
The National Library of China to archive over 200B public posts on Weibo and 210M news stories published on Sina.com — Sina, which had 462 million active users on Weibo at the end of 2018, was chosen as first partner for the initiative because of its enormous trove of data …
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