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Apple launches new iPod touch with A10 Fusion chip, support for Group FaceTime, and a 256GB storage option, available to order now starting at $199 — Featuring Support for Group FaceTime and AR Experiences — Cupertino, California — Apple today introduced the new iPod touch with enhancements to power …
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| Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times: |
Leaked doc: Google has ~121K temporary and contract workers globally, compared with ~102K full-time staff, raising concerns about its growing reliance on them — SAN FRANCISCO — Mindy Cruz had an offer for a full-time position at another big tech company when she accepted a temporary job as a recruiter at Google in 2017.
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| Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Amazon will stop ordering from thousands of small suppliers in the next few months, focusing on wholesale purchases from major brands like P&G and Lego — - Thousands of mom-and-pops will lose bulk orders from company — Big brands like P&G and Lego will be immune from the changes
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| Matthew Wall / BBC: |
Since GDPR, Ireland's Data Protection Commission says it has launched 19 cross-border investigations, 11 of which focus on Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram — Social media giant Facebook and its subsidiaries Instagram and WhatsApp have been the subject of most data investigations in the Republic … | Maciej Cegłowski / Idle Words: |
A behind-the-scenes account on what it was like to provide basic cybersecurity training to 41 Democratic Congressional campaigns from late 2017 to 2018 — You know how it happens. You try to secure one Congressional campaign, and then another, and pretty soon you can't stop.
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Meta View acquires the assets of AR pioneer Meta, says it will continue to provide support for owners of Meta 2 devices but will not offer it for sale — New spatial computing company Meta View today announced it has acquired the assets of Meta, a pioneer in augmented reality head-mounted displays.| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
Dell updates the XPS 13 2-in-1 with a new design, Intel's 10th Gen processors, webcam above the screen, new keyboard and larger touchpad, starting at $1,000 — I don't throw the word “perfect” around a lot, but that was honestly the best way to describe the latest XPS 13.
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| Bloomberg: |
Neolix, a Chinese driverless vehicle company, is mass producing autonomous delivery vans, expects to manufacture a thousand vans in its first year — - Chinese startup begins mass production of robo-delivery vans — Besides Neolix, Silicon Valley's Nuro is testing similar tech — Forget drones.
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| Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat: |
Intel Capital leads $17 million round in automotive sensor maker TriEye — Automotive sensor company TriEye today announced a $17 million round that will be used to develop its sensors for low-visibility situations for connected and autonomous vehicles. — Based in Tel Aviv …
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| Geoff Colvin / Fortune: |
A look at AT&T's grand vision of transforming into a “modern media company” spanning multiple content networks, distribution channels, and customer data streams — Bellhead CEO Randall Stephenson is taking on Netflix and Comcast simultaneously. It won't be easy.| Christine Fisher / Engadget: |
A Deep Instinct-commissioned art piece of a laptop containing six pieces of malware that have caused an estimated $95B in damages sells for $1.3M+ at auction — Today, bidding on a laptop packed with some of the world's most dangerous malware closed at $1.345 million.
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| Paul Karp / The Guardian: |
FOIA doc: Australian police can use new encryption legislation to compel social media giants, telcos, retailers, and Wi-Fi providers to provide info on users — Exclusive: Documents reveal rushed encryption legislation allows police to compel wifi providers to turn over information about users
Tweets: @recordio_, @nick__nobody, and @mehreenfaruqi
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Alibaba is considering raising $20B via a second listing in Hong Kong, after raising a record-breaking $25B in its 2014 market debut on the NYSE — - It's said to be angling for Hong Kong in the second half — The offering comes after the Hong Kong exchange relaxes rules
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| Michael J. Coren / Quartz: |
Pl@ntNet, a social collaborative app for identifying plants, shows how good social media can be without the engagement imperative — Pl@ntNet (pronounced plant-net) is the only social app that always makes me happier. Likened to Shazam for plants, it was developed a decade ago by a consortium … Sponsor Posts
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