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| Elizabeth Gurdus / CNBC: |
Tim Cook says Apple will start $1B fund to promote advanced manufacturing jobs in US and announce the first investment later this month — Apple CEO Tim Cook said that his company will start a $1 billion fund to promote advanced manufacturing jobs in the United States. — “We're announcing it today.
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| Facebook: |
Facebook posts Q1 revenue of $8.03B, up 49% YoY, as DAUs reach 1.28B, up 18% YoY, and MAUs reach 1.94B, up 17% YoY — Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) today reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2017. — “We had a good start to 2017,” said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook founder and CEO.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
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| Bloomberg: |
Source: Qualcomm plans to ask the International Trade Commission to halt iPhone imports from Asia into the US as part of ongoing patent dispute — Appeal to trade agency could pressure Apple in legal fight — ITC has authority to halt product shipments into U.S. market
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Judge says Waymo has yet to offer “smoking gun” that Uber knew of stolen docs after Waymo said Levandowski made deal with Uber, took 9.7GB data — Lawyers for Google's former self-driving car unit showed internal Uber emails Wednesday that it says bolster its case …
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| Biz Carson / Business Insider: |
A look at the history, allegations, and tech in Waymo's lawsuit against Uber as the companies head to trial — “This is not your garden variety trade secrets case. This is a case that involves what potentially may be the most lucrative business in history, and Google is trying to keep its main competitor on the sidelines."
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Google says it has disabled the accounts responsible for the widespread phishing email that mimicked Google Docs' design — If someone invites you to edit a file in Google Docs today, don't open it — it may be spam from a phishing scheme that's been spreading quickly this afternoon.
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| Taylor Rhodes / The Official Rackspace Blog: |
Rackspace CEO Taylor Rhodes says he has resigned to become CEO of an unnamed smaller private firm; Rackspace president Jeff Cotten will become interim CEO — This morning, I announced to my fellow Rackers the toughest decision I've ever had to make: I'm leaving the company that I love …
| Mark Zuckerberg: |
Facebook to add 3,000 people to its community operations team to review reports of inappropriate content, after several high-profile violent video incidents — Over the last few weeks, we've seen people hurting themselves and others on Facebook — either live or in video posted later.
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Google: |
Google rolling out new anti-phishing security check in Gmail for Android with pop-up warnings when users click on suspicious links — Google today has announced a new security feature for Gmail on Android that makes it easier for users to protect themselves against phishing attempts.
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G Suite Update Alerts, Android Police, Engadget, and The Next Web
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
WhatsApp service restored after two-hour outage — It's been a bit of a rough day if you enjoy using the internet. Google Docs experienced a widespread phishing attack, sending the internet into panic. Now WhatsApp has been down for more than an hour, and users of the popular Facebook … | Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
App Annie: 35% of Snapchat users can't be found on Facebook, 46% can't be found on Instagram on an average day in Q4, suggesting users are loyal to Snapchat — App Annie Says 46% of Snapchat users aren't found on Instagram — Snap's sales pitch hinges on having loyal group of fans
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| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
Bonsai raises $7.6M Series B from Microsoft Ventures, Samsung, and others to help companies build AI for their own businesses — AI startup Bonsai has raised $7.6 million to grow its platform that simplifies open-source machine learning library TensorFlow to help businesses construct …
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