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| Angela Moon / Reuters: |
Source: Google will stop collaborating and providing Huawei with technical support for Android and Google services, including Google Play — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google has suspended business with Huawei that requires the transfer of hardware, software and technical services except …
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| Ben Brody / Bloomberg: |
Sources: after Trump's ban, chipmakers including Intel, Qualcomm, Xilinx, and Broadcom have told employees they will not supply Huawei until further notice — Alphabet Inc.'s Google will end business relationships that involve the transfer of non-public hardware, software and technical services …
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| Security Research Labs: |
Many Ethereum nodes running popular clients like Parity and Geth take months to apply security patches, which may leave the network vulnerable to 51% attacks — SRLabs research suggests that security vulnerabilities remain unpatched for many Ethereum blockchain participants for extended periods of time …
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| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
Sam Altman talks about his years at Y Combinator, OpenAI's ambitions to create a friendly general artificial intelligence, and its “capped profit” model — Earlier this year, founder-investor Sam Altman left his high-profile role as the president of Y Combinator to become the CEO of OpenAI …
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| Cal Newport / New Yorker: |
The IndieWeb, a loose collective of developers and techno-utopians, aims to create alternatives to mass social media via projects like Micro.blog and Mastodon — In the summer of 2016, I gave a talk at a small tedx conference in northern Virginia. I began by admitting that I've never …
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| Eric Niiler / Wired: |
Meteorologists say interference from 5G phones could reduce the accuracy of weather forecasts by 30%, equivalent to the quality of predictions in the 1980s — IF YOU HAD a choice between a better, faster cell phone signal and an accurate weather forecast, which would you pick?
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Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao shares how the exchange reacted to the hack and theft of 7000 bitcoins, steps taken afterwards, and lessons learned — In this article, I will share a recap of what occurred in the past two weeks, including lessons learned, stress dealt with, and wisdom gained.
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CryptoGlobe. Tweets: @doveywan, @binance, @mustachetommy, @mdudas, @panama_tj, and @satoshiflipper
| Nick Summers / Engadget: |
Inside the small but highly organized community on Habbo, a role playing game and social networking service that launched in 2001 and outlived many competitors — The once-massive social game trundles on. — “I'm Unicorn_farts and welcome to your official Habbo Intelligence Agency Training Session!”| Danielle Abril / Fortune: |
By 2023, Uber Eats may own 25% of the forecasted $191B global food delivery market, but DoorDash and GrubHub make more in sales, and DoorDash is growing fastest — Investor sentiment in Uber is rapidly sinking. Since last week's initial public offering, the company's stock has nosedived …
Tweets: @ranimolla, @asanwal, and @carnage4life
| Scott Gilbertson / Ars Technica: |
Opera's Reborn 3 is a major update with a clean visual redesign and futuristic-feeling features like Opera Flow for simple syncing and blockchain-based tools — While not as innovative as its mobile brethren, new release closes the gap with Vivaldi. — When Opera Software unveiled … | Beth Kowitt / Fortune: |
32 current and former employees on the cultural shift inside Google and the decline in trust and communication between the rank and file and the management — Some employees say Google is losing touch with its “Don't be evil” motto. What happens when an empowered tech workforce rebels?
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Beyond Search. Tweets: @polina_marinova, @mhbergen, @bethkowitt, @mer__edith, @rj_gallagher, @women2, @jppullen, and @jonathanvanian
| T.C. Sottek / The Verge: |
By making its Avoid Player feature for Dota 2 part of its premium Battle Pass subscription, Valve is now charging players a minimum of $9.99 to avoid harassers — Dota 2 is no longer free to play if you want to have the best experience. In this year's Dota 2 “Battle Pass” …
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