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Big trends and takeaways from the 2010s: the “capital as a moat” model has failed, machine learning has become table stakes for tech companies, and more — My friend Steve Kane suggested I take a longer view in my pair of year end posts this year: … And so I will.
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| ProPublica: |
IRS amends its deal with tax prep software firms, now barred from hiding free products from search, and ends its ban on making its own online filing system — Finding free online tax filing should be easier this year for millions of Americans. — The IRS announced significant changes Monday … | Fox Business: |
WSJ: Cloud Hopper, a hacking campaign by Chinese state-sponsored group APT10, was larger than formerly known, and may have been active as late as November 2019 — The hackers seemed to be everywhere. — In one of the largest-ever corporate espionage efforts, cyberattackers alleged … | Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Trump signs TRACED Act into law to increase robocall fines, extend statute of limitations from 1 to 4 years, and require carriers to deploy STIR/SHAKEN protocol — The Pallone-Thrune TRACED Act, a bipartisan bit of legislation that should make life harder for the villains behind robocalls, was signed into law today by the president.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
ProtonMail launches E2E encrypted calendar app ProtonCalendar in public beta, tied to users' paid ProtonMail accounts, encrypting event info and participants — Encrypted email provider ProtonMail has officially launched its new calendar in public beta. The move is part of the Swiss …
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Sensor Tower: $277M was spent on apps across Google Play and App Store on Christmas Day, up 11.3% YoY; PUBG, the top grossing game, earned $8.5M, up 431% YoY — Consumer spending on mobile games grew 8% to $210 million on Christmas, according to a report by mobile analyst firm Sensor Tower.| Brenda Goh / Reuters: |
Huawei's Rotating Chairman Eric Xu estimates the company's 2019 revenue grew 18% YoY to $122B, says it shipped 240M smartphones, but forecasts “difficult” 2020 — SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Huawei Technologies on Tuesday said its full-year revenue would likely jump 18% in 2019 to 850 billion yuan …
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| Bloomberg: |
Uber, Postmates sue CA to block AB-5, days ahead of bill taking effect, say law unconstitutionally targets gig economy companies and benefits other industries — - Companies call labor rights measure unfair, unconstitutional — A.B. 5 will qualify many contractors for employment benefits
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| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
Twitter execs including VP of Product Kayvon Beykpour talk about their focus on Lists and Topics, which help new users find tweets relevant to their interests — The service now lets you follow subjects you love—from anime to archaeology—and is upgrading its long-dormant lists feature.
Tweets: @kayvz, @harrymccracken, @dsgnrsteve, @yun, @carnage4life, and @harrymccracken. Thanks:@technologizer
| Joanna Glasner / Crunchbase News: |
Analysis: VC funding in North American consumer electronics startups was $1.74B in 2019 vs. $2.45B in 2018, with significant slowdown at the Series B stage — Venture investors love technology. But lately they've been much less keen on the kind you buy in a box and take home from the store.| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Microsoft wins court order to seize 50 domains run by North Korean cyber-espionage group Thallium, the fourth APT Microsoft has combated with this tactic — Microsoft takes control of 50 domains operated by Thallium (APT37), a North Korean cyber-espionage group.
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Microsoft on the Issues, CyberScoop, CNN, Financial Times, Gizmodo, CNN, HackRead, Tom's Hardware, CNET, New York Post, WinBuzzer, Dark Reading, Beyond Search, GeekWire, Softpedia News, CNBC, PYMNTS.com, SiliconANGLE, CircleID, Reuters, Input, MSPoweruser, Seeking Alpha, and BleepingComputer
Tweets: @jfslowik, @tomburt45, @rungrage, @w7voa, @blaw, @cristingoodwin, and @campuscodi
| Toby Sterling / Reuters: |
2018 tax filings: Alphabet will no longer use the IP licensing scheme commonly called the “Double Irish, Dutch sandwich”, which had let it delay paying US taxes — AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Alphabet (GOOGL.O), the parent company of Google, will no longer use the intellectual property …
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