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How US-based companies are moving manufacturing out of mainland China while their Chinese counterparts are “de-Americanizing” their supply chains — - Electronics makers shift from China to side-step Trump tariffs — Tech giants like Huawei are ‘de-Americanizing’ supply chains
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Source: Airbnb's revenue grew 40% in 2018, and it booked 91M nights in Q1 2019 for an overall bookings value of $9.4B, up 31% YoY, had about $3.5B in cash in Q1 — (Reuters) - Airbnb Inc recorded $9.4 billion in total booking value in the first quarter, up 31% from the year-ago quarter … | Thomas Ricker / The Verge: |
Ikea says it is creating a new business unit, Ikea Home smart, with end-to-end responsibility for its portfolio of smart devices — ‘We are just getting started’ — Ikea is formalizing what has recently become all too obvious: the company is making a major bet on smart home tech as a source of new revenue.
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Sources: the US Department of Commerce to extend Huawei's license to buy US goods, which expires on August 19, by another 90 days — SINGAPORE/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department is expected to extend a reprieve given to Huawei Technologies that permits the Chinese firm … | Reuters: |
Segway-Ninebot unveils the semi-autonomous KickScooter T60 that it says can return itself to charging stations, expected to be available in Q1 2020 for ~$1,420 — BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Segway-Ninebot Group, a Beijing-based electric scooter maker, on Friday unveiled a scooter … | Duncan Leatherdale / BBC: |
A look at What3words, a location sharing app that divides the world into 57 trillion three meter squares, and assigns them a unique, random three-word address — Police have urged everyone to download a smartphone app they say has already saved several lives. What is it and how does it work?
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Bakkt says it plans to launch its physically-settled bitcoin futures contracts on Sept. 23, after getting approval from NY state's financial regulator — Bakkt has been cleared to launch. — The Intercontinental Exchange's young subsidiary announced Friday that it had acquired …
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Some Defcon attendees discuss why people are still getting hacked and what the cybersecurity community needs to do better — The cybersecurity industry is worth billions of dollars, and tens of thousands of people attend Black Hat and Def Con every year. So, are we getting any safer?| David Gilbert / VICE: |
Gab experienced a huge growth spurt in H1 2019 as SimilarWeb data shows its traffic between January and July grew almost 200% and unique visitors are up 180% — Gab has experienced a huge growth spurt in the first half of 2019, a worrying sign of the spread of hateful ideologies and radicalization online.| Sam Biddle / The Intercept: |
In internal letter, Facebook moderators in Austin claim Accenture managers pressured on-site counselors to divulge info on trauma sessions; one counselor quit — Nearly 1,500 miles from the Menlo Park headquarters of Facebook, at a company outpost in Austin, Texas, moderators toil around … | GameSpot: |
Interview with Microsoft's Executive VP of Gaming Phil Spencer on how xCloud is years away from becoming mainstream, how it fits into Xbox's repertoire, more — Cloudy skies. — Xbox head Phil Spencer is a busy man, his mind occupied by the next generation of Xbox consoles and helping to build new development teams.
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YouTube changes policy: copyright owners will no longer be able to monetize creator videos with very short or unintentional uses of music via its manual tool — YouTube is making a change to its copyright enforcement policies around music used in videos, which may result in an increased number …
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