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| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Facebook says it's banning all ads for cryptocurrencies, ICOs, and binary options to avoid “misleading or deceptive promotional practices” — It's an “intentionally broad” policy aimed at stopping scammers. — Facebook is banning all ads that promote cryptocurrencies …
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Sources: Apple is delaying some planned iOS updates, including improvements to core apps, to next year in order to focus on performance and reliability issues — Apple has shaken up its iOS software plans for 2018, delaying some features to next year in an effort to put more focus …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: US DoJ and SEC are investigating whether Apple violated securities laws concerning its disclosures about update that slowed iPhones with old batteries — The U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating whether Apple Inc. violated securities laws concerning …
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ZDNet, Engadget, Quartz, CNNMoney, Reuters, BuzzFeed, SlashGear, The Hill, Ars Technica, Silicon Valley Business …, MacRumors, PhoneDog.com, CNET, AppleInsider, USA Today, iPhone Hacks, Ubergizmo, iDownloadBlog.com, Tom's Guide, VentureBeat, Neowin, MSPoweruser, Patently Apple, SiliconBeat, The Verge, Business Insider, CRN, MacDailyNews, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, AppAdvice.com, Seeking Alpha, iPhone in Canada Blog, and Axios
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| Matthew Leising / Bloomberg: |
Source: US regulators subpoenaed Bitfinex and subsidiary Tether amid doubts that Tether's USDT, which the firm says is pegged to USD, has sufficient reserves — Firms say they routinely get ‘legal process’ from regulators — Tether has yet to verify that it holds $2.3 billion in reserve
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Tweets: @bitfinexed, @ncweaver, @satoshilite, @satoshilite, @erikvoorhees, @nouriel, @whatbitcoindid, and @ncweaver
| Red Hat: |
Red Hat to acquire Kubernetes and containers startup, CoreOS, for $250M — With CoreOS, Red Hat doubles down on technology to help customers build, run and manage containerized applications in hybrid and multicloud environments — Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google says it removed 700,000+ apps from the Play Store last year for policy violations, up 70% YoY, credits new machine learning techniques for the increase — Google today shared details of Google Play's efforts to protect Android users with its teams of engineers, policy experts …
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Android Developers Blog, SiliconANGLE, Engadget, The Verge, Gizmodo, Neowin, Greenbot, and 9to5Google. Tweets: @thurrott
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Snap debuts new styles for its Bitmoji called Bitmoji Deluxe, now offers 40 skin tones, up from 25, twice as many hair colors, and 50 hair treatment options — Now you can customize your Snapchat Bitmoji avatar with 40 skin tones, 50 hair colors, 50 hair treatment options and more so it looks …
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Snap Inc., The Verge, International Business Times, Tubefilter, Adweek, Business Insider, iMore, SlashGear, Gotta Be Mobile, 9to5Mac, Mashable, CNET, and Android Police
Tweets: @joshconstine and @joshconstine
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Verizon has dropped all plans to sell phones made by Huawei, including the new Mate 10 Pro, after facing pressure from the US government — Carriers pressured by U.S. government to avoid handset maker — Perceived threat draws Trump team proposal for nationalization
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Android Police, Droid Life, DSLreports, Neowin, Digital Trends, CNET, Ubergizmo, Business Insider, eWeek, The Verge, Phandroid, Tom's Guide, PhoneDog.com, Ars Technica, Gizmodo, RCR Wireless News, Mashable, SlashGear, Engadget, TechSpot, 9to5Google, Inquirer, Android and Me, Seeking Alpha, Digital Photography Review, and Android Beat
| Jeff Cox / CNBC: |
Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase partner to cut employee healthcare costs, will create a company targeting healthcare technology solutions — - Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase on Tuesday announced plans to partner on ways to cut health care costs and improve services for U.S. employees.
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Tweets: @ariannahuff, @nataliesurely, @keithchaput, @davidklion, @erikbryn, @matthewstoller, @hels, @pourmecoffee, @parkermolloy, @afrakt, @afrakt, @jhweissmann, @b_fung, @joshsisk, and @melflashman
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon rolls out SMS messaging feature for Alexa devices that lets users send text messages via voice, currently only available to Android users in US — Amazon announced today it's launching a new messaging feature for Alexa devices in the U.S. that will allow you to send texts - yes …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Source: Apple to curtail iPhone X production in the first quarter to ~20M handsets, down from ~40M initially planned, due to weak demand — Company will offer its first report on iPhone X sales when it reports earnings Thursday — Apple Inc. AAPL -2.07% is slashing planned production … | Theodore Schleifer / Recode: |
Dog-walking app Wag accepts $300M in deal expected to give SoftBank 45% of the company and says cofounder Josh Viner will step aside as CEO — Hilary Schneider, a former top Yahoo executive, is the new CEO. — The dog-walking company Wag is replacing its CEO as it prepares to accept … | Jeff Teper / Microsoft Tech Community: |
Microsoft updates iOS Office apps with real-time co-authoring, iPad drag and drop support, universal link support, and OneDrive support for the iOS Files app — Today's post was written by Jeff Teper, corporate vice president for OneDrive, SharePoint and Office.
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MacRumors, Thurrott.com, Office Blogs, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, The Mac Observer, Digital Trends, Neowin, and MSPoweruser. Tweets: @steven_aquino. Thanks:@rhoge
| Hamza Shaban / Washington Post: |
Over 100 child advocates, pediatric and medical experts urge Facebook to discontinue Messenger Kids, saying it poses health and development risk to children — More than 100 child advocates, civil society groups, medical experts and other individuals are urging Facebook to discontinue …
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BGR, Engadget, Ubergizmo, The Verge, The Next Web, Wired, Android Authority, Gizmodo, New York Times, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechSpot, and The Guardian. Tweets: @caseynewton. Thanks:@hshaban
| Nico Grant / Bloomberg: |
Google partners with MobileIron, which offers a cybersecurity tool for phones, to create a new marketplace for cloud services to challenge Amazon — The tool will increase Google G Suite's application offerings — Alphabet Inc.'s Google is launching a digital store offering cloud-based software …
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| AppleInsider: |
Apple Pay accepted at 1 out of 2 US stores, says Apple VP Jennifer Bailey — Speaking at NRF 2018 Retail's Big Show in New York earlier this month, Apple Pay VP Jennifer Bailey presented a speech detailing how iPhone changed the retail landscape, and outlined the tech company's ongoing efforts in the mobile payment marketplace.| Pavel Alpeyev / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Line Corp., creator of Japan's biggest messaging app, is expanding into cryptocurrency trading, insurance, and other financial services — Japan's biggest messenger creates a financial holdings company — Line applied for cryptocurrency exchange license in Japan
Tweets: @joonian
| Evelyn Cheng / CNBC: |
SEC announces it has obtained a court order to halt and recover the assets of Dallas-based “decentralized bank” AriseBank's ICO, which allegedly raised ~$600M — - U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announces it has obtained a court order to halt AriseBank's initial coin offering.
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Wall Street Journal, Slate, Bloomberg, Wired, CoinDesk, Business Insider, Reuters, Finextra Research Headlines, Gizmodo, PYMNTS.com, CoinDesk, Cointelegraph.com News, and Seeking Alpha. Tweets: @jason
| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
Pinterest hires Chuck Rosenberg, Google's computer vision research lead, to be the company's head of computer vision and lead its visual search engineering team — Pinterest today announced it has hired Google computer vision research lead Chuck Rosenberg to be the company's head …
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| Guilherme Rambo / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 11.3, now in beta, allows approval of family purchases using Face ID; biometric authentication of family purchases previously possible only via Touch ID — iPhone X owners with children have been complaining for a while about the impossibility of approving purchases using Face ID.| Kif Leswing / Business Insider: |
Andrew Ng raises $175M AI fund from Sequoia, Greylock, SoftBank, others, and makes first public investment in Landing.AI, a startup using AI in manufacturing — - Andrew Ng is one of the world's most respected artificial intelligence researchers and executives.
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