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Google was never really serious about tablets, with years of scattershot reboots; its decision to stop making tablets was rational but could be shortsighted — Google's getting out of the tablet hardware business, canceling two different tablets it was building and reassigning those employees to other projects.
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| Nat Levy / GeekWire: |
Leaked Microsoft memo says Slack, AWS, Google Docs, PagerDuty, and even GitHub are prohibited or discouraged from internal use, primarily over security concerns — As Slack makes its stock market debut, there's a major company that won't be allowing its employees to use the business collaboration …
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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Inside Apple's app review unit, where 300+ staffers check every app and update, escalate controversial cases to an executive review board led by Phil Schiller — KEY POINTS — Every single app and update on Apple's App Store platforms is approved by an Apple employee working in a division called App Review.| Anna Baydakova / CoinDesk: |
FATF says its members, including US and EU countries, should adopt regulations within 12 months requiring crypto exchanges share customer info when moving funds — A powerful intergovernmental organization devoted to combating money laundering and terrorism financing has finalized …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
NASA says it was hacked in April 2018 via an unauthorized Raspberry Pi on the network; hackers had access for nearly a year, stealing Mars mission-related data — NASA described the hackers as an “advanced persistent threat,” a term generally used for nation-state hacking groups.
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| Francesco Canepa / Reuters: |
France is creating a task force of G7 central banks to study how cryptocurrencies like Libra can be governed by anti-money laundering and other regulations — FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Three European central bankers are claiming oversight over Facebook's planned virtual currency to ensure …
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| Kate O'Keeffe / Wall Street Journal: |
US adds five major Chinese supercomputer developers to the export restrictions list, citing national security concerns — Commerce Department puts five Chinese developers on entity list, citing national-security concerns — WASHINGTON—The Commerce Department is taking aim …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Less than a day after breaching $10K, Bitcoin climbs to $11K+, as the unveiling of Libra and increased institutional support spur hopes of mainstream adoption — The world's most popular cryptocurrency gets a boost from Facebook's plan to launch Libra — Bitcoin rose over $10,000 …
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Tweets: @foldablehuman, @rjparkerjr09, @iamjosephyoung, @apompliano, @ceterispar1bus, @cryptomanran, @fundstrat, and @mdudas
| Karen Hao / MIT Technology Review: |
A look at the blossoming machine-learning community in Africa, where IBM and Google are trying to use AI to tackle challenges like hunger, poverty, and disease — In the last few years, the machine-learning community has blossomed, applying the technology to challenges like food security and health care.
Tweets: @techreview
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Legal tech startup Atrium's business model incentivizes efficiency over milking billable hours, as most law firms do, giving it a leg up in automating busywork — Law firms have little incentive to build or buy software that will save their lawyers time since they often bill clients by the hour.
Tweets: @joshconstine
| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Owners of Jibo, a social robot designed to be loved, on their attachment to the robot companion and their slow mourning knowing its servers will go dark soon — The story of Jibo — The robot showed up at Kenneth Williams' doorstep when he needed it most.
Tweets: @ashleyrcarman, @joannastern, @jake_k, @caseynewton, @iroqu0isp1iskin, @verge, @katienotopoulos, and @dcseifert
| Kaitlyn Tiffany / Vox: |
How the firearms industry relies on female influencers to skirt the restrictions imposed by social media platforms on advertising guns and related services — Companies can't advertise on social media — so they have female influencers do it for them. — When Kimberly Matte captions …
Tweets: @fraying, @dancharvey, and @kozinets
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