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GSMA says it has canceled Mobile World Congress after the coronavirus made it “impossible” to hold the event — MWC 2020 is no more — The world's biggest phone show, Mobile World Congress, is no longer taking place this year. After coronavirus threatened to throw MWC into chaos …
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Senator Gillibrand proposes creating a government agency to protect internet privacy, similar to a bill proposed by a pair of California House Democrats — - New York Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand just became the latest lawmaker to propose digital privacy legislation.
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Snapchat is testing a redesign with a navigation bar, a top news section, and a more accessible Snap Map, three years after its last, widely panned redesign — A new home for the Snap Map and its original shows — plus a new test of news briefs — Snap is working on two significant tests …
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| Mia Sato / Input: |
How teens are using Instagram to create eBay-like thrift shops, with the Story highlight area as a FAQ page, and comments for bidding — Carly Shipman, who hails from the suburbs of Chicago, lives the typical life of a high schooler. She goes to class every day, then to track practice in the afternoon.
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| New York Times: |
Andy Rubin's Essential Products, which raised $330M to build smartphones and was valued at $1B, says it is ceasing operations — The smartphone company founded by Mr. Rubin, a former Google executive, struggled to win over customers. — SAN FRANCISCO — Essential Products …
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| Theodore Schleifer / Vox: |
Larry Ellison is hosting a fundraiser for Donald Trump next week; while Ellison has consistently backed Republicans, he wasn't a major Trump donor until now — Larry Ellison risks blowback from his employees at Oracle. Phillip Faraone/Getty Images — It's the most significant endorsement …
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| Eileen Yu / ZDNet: |
Alibaba Q3: total revenue of $23.1B, up 38% YoY; net income $7.49B, up 58% YoY; cloud revenue grows 62% YoY to hit $1.53B — Alibaba's cloud revenue exceeds 10 billion yuan for the first time in a single quarter, growing 62% to hit 10.72 billion yuan for its third quarter …
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| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Uber pilots booking rides with a phone call, not via the app, in Arizona, by dialing 1-833-USE-UBER and talking to a human operator — Uber is piloting a different way to order one of its cars beyond its apps or voice assistants, and it's one you might be familiar with if you ever had to order a cab before 2009 or so.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google's Area 120 launches GameSnacks, which offers casual games for low memory devices on 2G and 3G, launching initially in Indonesia on Gojek's GoGames — A new project called GameSnacks is launching today from Google's in-house incubator, Area 120, with the goal of bringing fast-loading … | Taylor Lorenz / New York Times: |
The Bloomberg campaign is working with Meme 2020, whose lead strategist is the CEO of Jerry Media, to create sponsored posts on influential Instagram accounts — A campaign of sponsored content for the candidate flourished suddenly on Instagram. A new outfit, called Meme 2020, is behind it.| Kyle Wilson / VICE: |
A bot called Lsjbot is responsible for 24M out of 29.5M edits and 99.2% of articles for Wikipedia Cebuano edition; all but 5 of the top 35 editors are also bots — Kyle Wilson is an administrator on the English Wikipedia and a global user renamer . He does not receive payment …
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| Christina Farr / CNBC: |
Sources: Google's scattered health care projects unify under Google Health, which now has over 500 employees and is led by former Geisinger CEO David Feinberg — - More than 500 people now work at Google Health, mostly out of the Palo Alto offices formerly occupied by smart home group Nest.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Intuition Robotics, which makes companion robots for elderly people, raises $36M Series B co-led by Sparx Group and OurCrowd — Israeli robotics startup Intuition Robotics has raised $36 million in a series B round of funding co-led by Sparx Group and OurCrowd, with participation from Samsung Next …
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Astranis raises $90M Series B from a16z and others to launch its first commercial satellites through which it wants to provide broadband internet — YC-backed Astranis has raised $90 million of new combined debt and equity funding in a Series B round led Venrock, with a sizeable contribution … | Robert Stevens / Decrypt: |
Crypto lending and borrowing service BlockFi raises $30M Series B led by Valar Ventures, bringing its total raised to over $100M — The latest funding round pushed BlockFi's total funding to over $100 million. — Ethereum — Crypto lending and borrowing service BlockFi today announced …
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| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Broadcom unveils Wi-Fi 6E chip designed to deliver 2 Gbps+ speeds with better battery life, says it will also improve Bluetooth audio performance and range — With a Wi-Fi 6E processor called BCM4389, Broadcom is aiming to take advantage of new 6 GHz spectrum coming online through multiple devices.
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| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
Democratic senators propose the Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence Act that would place a moratorium on facial recognition use by federal agencies, police — Two Democratic U.S. Senators today proposed legislation that requires a moratorium on facial recognition use by federal agencies …
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| Sarah Holder / CityLab: |
Nextdoor launches new app for public agencies like police, fire departments, and city halls, allowing them to post updates and push out geotargeted alerts — The neighborhood social network's new app is aimed at public agencies, and it lets local law enforcement more easily tap into the online community.
Tweets: @sarahsholder, @nextdoor, @citylab, @sarahsholder, @citylab, @math_rachel, @rickpaulas, @derektmead, and @hypervisible
| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Cisco meets Q2 expectations with revenue of $12B, non-GAAP net income of $3.3B, flat YoY, stock down 4%+ after hours — - Cisco beat expectations on the top and bottom lines for last quarter. — The stock fell 4% after hours as investors digested the company's lackluster growth.
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