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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google says Android users in UK and France can, later this month, opt in to RCS Chat services provided directly by Google instead of waiting for carrier support — That seems like yet another minor status check-in on the service meant to replace SMS, but in fact it's a huge shift in strategy …
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| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
Ripple to take a 8-10% stake in the money transfer service MoneyGram, which will use the digital currency XRP as part of its day-to-day operations — Cryptocurrency company Ripple on Monday announced a major partnership with MoneyGram, which will see the money transfer service use …
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Kuo: Apple to launch three iPhones in 2020, high-end 5.4" and 6.7" models with 5G and a lower-end 6.1" model; Apple's 5G modem to be ready by 2022 or 2023 — Apple plans to release three new iPhones in the second half of 2020, including high-end 5.4-inch and 6.7-inch models with OLED displays …
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Atlassian says it has spent over $1B to acquire more than 20 companies, publishes its term sheet document used for acquisitions — KEY POINTS — Atlassian has done spent more than $1 billion in acquisitions and expects to do more deals in the future. — It wants to streamline …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Nvidia says it will collaborate with Arm to bring CUDA acceleration to Arm CPUs and will share its AI and high-performance computing software with Arm by 2020 — At the International Supercomputing Conference (ISC) in Frankfurt, Germany this week, Santa Clara-based chipmaker Nvidia announced …
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| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
Instagram says it is testing new features that make it easier for users to regain access to hacked accounts, will rollout a username freezing feature to iOS — Motherboard previously reported how hackers were holding high-profile Instagram accounts for ransom, and how some influencers had to turn to white-hat hackers for help.
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| Bloomberg: |
YouTube Kids, intended as a haven from the dangers of the main YouTube site, is used by just 20M+ people a week, compared to the main site's 2B+ monthly users — There's a safer version of YouTube, but the company knows most children don't watch it — In late May, the advocacy group …
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| Danny Palmer / ZDNet: |
Europol, FBI, Bitdefender, and others release free tool to decrypt GandCrab ransomware, thought to have infected 1.5M+ Windows PCs since January 2018 — Shortly after those behind GandCrab announced they are retiring, researchers have released a new tool which nullifies all versions of the ransomware.
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| Roger Vincent / Los Angeles Times: |
Tech giants like Google, Amazon, and Netflix are reshaping LA's real estate market as they pour hundreds of millions into campuses for their entertainment units — Google's January announcement that it would take over much of the failed Westside Pavilion shopping center, which is becoming offices …
Tweets: @cbresocal, @rcmoya84, @latimes, @latimes, and @latimes
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Clockwise, which uses AI to free up blocks of time in the calendars of both individuals and organizations, raises $11M Series A co-led by Greylock and Accel — Almost every organization, regardless of size, is inundated with meetings, so much so it's often hard to find dedicated time do actual work.| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple adds support for Picture in Picture to tvOS 13 beta 2, letting Apple TV users leave the currently playing video in a thumbnail while navigating the OS — Although strangely not mentioned in Apple's WWDC keynote, tvOS 13 beta 2 has a nice surprise: support for Picture-in-Picture video playback.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
After pulling Huawei notebooks from its online store last month, Microsoft now says it's “resuming the sale of existing inventory of Huawei devices” — Gone one month, back the next — Microsoft removed Huawei's laptop lineup from its online store last month …
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