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| Chris Velazco / Engadget: |
Hands-on with Samsung's new S20 lineup: 120Hz refresh rate makes the screens stand out, the Ultra is significantly bigger, and the cameras are ambitious — If you were planning to buy a premium Android smartphone this year, you can rest easy knowing they'll all come with more or less the same things.
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Tweets: @andrewmartonik and @geoffreyfowler
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Samsung announces the 6.2" Galaxy S20, 6.7" Galaxy S20 Plus, and 6.9" Galaxy S20 Ultra, with starting prices ranging from $1,000 to $1,600, coming March 6 — Samsung has announced its latest flagship phones: the Galaxy S20, Galaxy S20 Plus, and Galaxy S20 Ultra.
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Tweets: @samitsarkar, @rdrv3, @chillmage, @joannastern, @pierce, @starfire2258, @rdrv3, @laurengoode, and @thekenyeung
| Andrew Morse / CNET: |
Flipboard launches Flipboard TV, an in-app feature that offers professional short-form video, for $2.99/mo; will be a Galaxy S20 exclusive for first 3 months — Flipboard , the popular news aggregator app, is introducing a new subscription video service. Called Flipboard TV …
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Digital Trends, The Verge, Fast Company, Android Police, Yahoo Finance, and Wired
Tweets: @harrymccracken and @caseynewton
| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
US judge rules in favor of T-Mobile-Sprint merger, clearing one of the final hurdles for the deal; Sprint's stock closes up 77.5% — - A U.S. District judge ruled in favor of Sprint's $26 billion deal to merge with T-Mobile. — The ruling clears one of the final hurdles for the deal …
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| Peter Kafka / Vox: |
The T-Mobile + Sprint deal is good for you if you like paying more for your wireless plan — The Department of Justice has blessed the merger between Sprint and T-Mobile. Photo illustration by Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images — Competition among the four big wireless carriers kept prices low for years.
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New York Times, Techdirt, NBC News, Silicon Valley Business …, The Register, CNBC, and Yahoo Finance
| Greg Miller / Washington Post: |
Sources: CIA secretly owned Crypto AG, the leading supplier of encryption systems globally, and could read allies' and adversaries' communications for decades — For more than half a century, governments all over the world trusted a single company to keep the communications of their spies, soldiers and diplomats secret.
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| Kadhim Shubber / Financial Times: |
The FTC is asking Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft about acquisitions from the past decade that were small enough to not be reported to the gov't — FTC to review acquisitions made by Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft — The Federal Trade Commission …
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| Bojan Pancevski / Wall Street Journal: |
US officials claim Huawei has, for over a decade, been able to covertly access mobile-phone networks globally through back doors designed for law enforcement — Trump administration ramps up push for allies to block Chinese company — U.S. officials say Huawei Technologies Co …
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Axios, Yahoo Finance, Gizmodo, Digital Trends, CNET, Ars Technica, The Verge, and Input
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft shows how containerized and dual-screen apps will work in Windows 10X with a new emulator and SDK and also refreshes its Android-based Duo SDK — Microsoft is delivering its promised Windows 10X emulator and SDK, plus a refresh of its Android-based Duo SDK as its next milestones along its dual-screen device path.
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Tweets: @tomwarren, @stroughtonsmith, @tomwarren, @stevesi, @tomwarren, @maryjofoley, @maryjofoley, and @thurrott
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Airbnb had a $322M net loss for the nine months through Sept. 2019, down from a $200M profit a year earlier, raising concerns ahead of its expected IPO — Coronavirus impact also could delay closely watched markets debut — Airbnb Inc. swung to a loss for the first nine months …
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Business Insider and CNBC
Tweets: @modestproposal1, @mjb_sf, @thecitywanderer, @danprimack, @joshconstine, @lisaabramowicz1, and @bgurley
| Bloomberg: |
The number of companies skipping MWC over coronavirus keeps rising, with Facebook, AT&T, Cisco, Sony, Intel, Amazon, Nvidia, and MediaTek among those missing it — - Organizers meet Friday to discuss situation and plan response — Event draws more than 100,000 visitors from across the world
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VentureBeat, CNET, Axios, Android Police, Android Central, Android Central, Windows Central, International Business Times, Android Authority, and Computerworld
Tweets: @markgurman, @kawaljit, @business, and @fredericl
| Dani Deahl / The Verge: |
Following the Fold fiasco, Samsung promises the Galaxy Z Flip won't have the same issues due to its flexible glass display and new hinge design — A ‘fiber shield’ in the hinge traps dust — Samsung announced its newest folding phone, the Z Flip, at its annual Galaxy event today … | Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
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Tweets: @mkbhd, @patrickmoorhead, @jessicanaziri, @joannastern, and @stephennellis
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft backtracks on forcibly installing the Bing extension in Chrome for Office 365 ProPlus enterprise customers and changing the default search engine — Sanity prevails: Microsoft is no longer planning to automatically deploy its Microsoft Search in Bing browser extension to Office 365 ProPlus users.
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TECHCOMMUNITY.MICROSOFT.COM, Computerworld, Yahoo Finance, Windows Central, Microsoft Docs, TechSpot, BleepingComputer, Neowin, 9to5Google, Ars Technica, WinBuzzer, and PCWorld
Tweets: @maryjofoley and @bradchacos
| Emily McCormick / Yahoo Finance: |
Lyft reports Q4 revenue of $1.02B, up 52% YoY, an adjusted EBITDA loss of $130.7M vs $251.1M in Q4 2018, and 22.9M active riders, up 23% YoY — LYFT) reported fourth-quarter results that beat consensus expectations, topping $1 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time as riders grew more than expected.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple releases a Catalyst-based Swift Playgrounds app for the Mac, which was built from the existing iPad version of the app — Apple today released a Catalyst-based Swift Playgrounds app for the Mac, which was built from the existing Swift Playgrounds app for the iPad.
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Mac App Store, iMore, Apple Must, AppAdvice.com, and MacStories
Tweets: @armadsen, @capttaco, @bigzaphod, and @gregheo
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
As part of Apple News' 2020 election coverage, Apple says Siri can now answer election-related questions, including sharing live election results from AP — Apple's built-in voice assistant won't help you figure out who to vote for, but it will be able to update you on different races around … | Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Source: Spotify is paying close to $200M upfront for the Ringer, to be followed by more than $50M later — - Streamer has spent more than $600 million on podcast deals — Sports columnist Bill Simmons founded the Ringer in 2016 — Spotify Technology SA is paying close …
Tweets: @stocktwits, @jbenton, @tvgrimreaper, @austinj, @lindaholmes, and @sarthakgh
| Joan E. Solsman / CNET: |
Nielsen: streaming makes up 19% of US TV watching, with Netflix comprising 31% of streaming on TVs, followed by 21% on YouTube, 12% on Hulu, and 8% on Amazon — Netflix is big and it's getting bigger. And we're not just watching it on our phones and tablets: That dominance translates …
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Insights - Nielsen, Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, The Streamable, Mashable, and Thurrott
Tweets: @scottcowley, @randfish, and @jtoeman
| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Sources: Hollar, an online dollar store that raised $75M+ and hoped shoppers ordering multiple things at once would offset shipping costs, is expected to close — Hollar, an e-commerce company that raised more than $75 million in VC funding, is expected to wind down soon, Axios has learned from multiple sources.
Tweets: @danprimack
| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Google partners with non-profit Defending Digital Campaigns to offer its Advanced Protection tools, including Titan keys, to US political campaigns for free — Candidates can also get trained up on how to use Advanced Protection to keep their accounts safe.
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The Keyword, The Verge, and Engadget
Tweets: @wired, @zackwhittaker, @mrisher, @martijn_grooten, @kimzetter, @fbajak, and @campuscodi. Thanks:@aaronjstein
| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
Search warrant reveals how Apple uses hashes of previously identified child abuse images to flag, evaluate, and, if needed, intercept emails — Apple is well known for the secretive ways it sometimes operates, whether that's in protecting its iOS platform or how it deals with egregious criminals …
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Input, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac, Business Insider, and The Next Web
Tweets: @zackwhittaker, @iblametom, and @iblametom
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Sources: Snapchat will launch tools and custom content around mental health and wellness in a few months, including a search tool surfacing helpful resources — Snapchat is launching a new set of tools and custom content around mental health and wellness, sources tell Axios.| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Hazelcast, which develops a speedy in-memory computing platform, raises $50M Series D and debt co-led by EBRD and DEG, following its $21M Series C in June 2019 — In-memory computing startups are hot stuff at the moment. You needn't look further for evidence than Hazelcast … | Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Google Chrome will block “insecurely-downloaded files” in coming months, as part of efforts to get devs to migrate to HTTPS, will begin warning users in April — The warnings start in April — Google has revealed plans to initially warn Chrome users about “insecure” downloads and eventually block them outright.
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