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Judge orders a temporary block on Microsoft's JEDI cloud contract with Pentagon, in response to a suit filed by Amazon — - A judge ordered Thursday a temporary block on the JEDI cloud contract in response to a lawsuit filed by Amazon. — Last month, Amazon filed a motion asking the court …
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DOJ announces a 16-count superseding indictment against Huawei and its CFO Meng Wanzhou that includes charges of racketeering and conspiracy to steal IP — Ratcheting up its pressure campaign against Huawei and its affiliates, the Department of Justice and the FBI announced today …
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Researchers: Voatz, the voting app used in W. Virginia and four other states, has elementary security flaws that could let an attacker intercept and alter votes — A mobile voting app being used in West Virginia and other states has elementary security flaws that would allow someone …
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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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| 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.
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| 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 …
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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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| 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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| 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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| 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 … | 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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| 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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| Zoe Schiffer / The Verge: |
The CEO of Clinc, an AI chatbot maker that has raised $59M and whose clients include Walmart, resigned following an investigation into sexual misconduct — At an AI startup with deep ties to the University of Michigan, employees allege a pattern of sexual harassment by the CEO
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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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Moscow court fines Twitter and Facebook ~$63K for refusing to store data on Russian citizens inside Russia, the largest such fine issued under internet use laws — MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Moscow fined Twitter and Facebook 4 million rubles each Thursday for refusing to store the personal data … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Walmart is shutting down Jet black, its personal shopping service in NYC, on February 21, after struggling to find adoption or additional investment — Walmart is shutting down its personal shopping service, Jet black, on February 21, after struggling to find adoption or additional investment.
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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.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Datometry raises $17M Series B led by WRVI Capital to virtualize data warehouses, following its $10M Series A in June 2017 — Warehouse virtualization, alternatively known as logical data warehousing and data federation, offers advantages over traditional data warehousing solutions in that it's faster and cheaper to market.
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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 … Sponsor Posts
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