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Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica:
Suspected Golden State Killer caught by searching open source genealogy website GEDmatch for the genetic profile of the DNA from crime scenes  —  “No court order was needed to access that site's large database of genetic blueprints.”  —  To get a leg up in the investigation in the cold case of the …
Shara Tibken / CNET:
Source: Apple is working on AR/VR headset with 8K displays, that will wirelessly connect to a dedicated box powered by Apple's own 5nm CPU, slated for 2020  —  The headset, which would straddle the two technologies and tap into Apple's own chips, is slated for 2020.
Bloomberg:
Sources: T-Mobile-Sprint deal would value Sprint at $24B to $26B; Deutsche Telekom will receive 42% stake and 69% voting interest in the combined company  —  T-Mobile US Inc. and its German owners are advancing toward a deal that would value Sprint Corp. at about $24 billion, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Next major Windows 10 update, dubbed the “April 2018 Update”, to release on April 30 with features like Timeline, Focus Assist, and an updated Edge browser  —  After a brief delay (though Microsoft won't confirm or deny this), Microsoft today announced that the Windows 10 April 2018 Update …
Paul Alcorn / Tom's Hardware:
A look at Intel's problems transitioning from 14nm to 10nm chips as it delays high-volume production of Cannon Lake CPU again, this time from late 2018 to 2019  —  Intel announced its financial results today, and although it posted yet another record quarter, the company unveiled serious production problems with its 10nm process.
Tarunya Govindarajan / Facebook:
Facebook's Messenger Kids gets a sleep mode that lets parents set predetermined off times for the app  —  Messenger Kids was built to give parents more control and to give kids a safer space to message and video chat with close friends and family.  Parental controls are core …
Matthew Green / A Few Thoughts …:
Cryptographer's doubts about Ozzie's CLEAR key-escrow system: securing private keys at OEMs and disabling a phone once law enforcement accesses it are hard  —  Yesterday I happened upon a Wired piece by Steven Levy that covers Ray Ozzie's proposal for “CLEAR”.
Keyan Lu / China Money Network:
Chinese online education platform Knowbox raises $100M Series C led by Yunfeng Capital  —  China's K-12 online education platform Knowbox has raised US$100 million in a series C round led by Yunfeng Capital, the latest in a string of investments in China's online education market.
Emma Dunkley / Financial Times:
Ping An Good Doctor, a Chinese online healthcare platform, raises $1.1B in its Hong Kong IPO  —  Ping An Good Doctor, a Chinese healthcare and technology company, has raised HK$8.77bn ($1.1bn) in the largest Hong Kong flotation this year, paving the way for a string of blockbuster tech listings in the coming months.

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Andrew Trunsky / New York Times:
A profile of Natalie Winters, a Steve Bannon protégée, War Room reporter, and Piers Morgan Uncensored contributor, who now has a White House press pass

Harshita Mary Varghese / Reuters:
Warner Bros. Discovery says John Malone is not seeking re-election to the board of directors and will instead take on the role of chairman emeritus

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Twelve-year-old French policy title Contexte, which had €10.7M in 2024 revenue, plans to launch an EU-focused English-language edition to rival Politico in May

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Jason Del Rey / Recode:
Amazon will raise the US price of Prime for the first time in 4 years, from $99 to $119; change will take effect for new subs May 11 and existing subs June 16
Rene Ritchie / iMore:
Apple to stop production of AirPort Express, Extreme, and Time Capsule Wi-Fi base stations, which were last updated in 2013, but will sell while stock lasts
Damian Collins / UK Parliament:
Disappointed with answers from Facebook's CTO at a parliamentary inquiry, MPs consider using summons power to force Zuckerberg to testify if he enters the UK
Sam Byford / The Verge:
Nintendo reports $1.62B operating profit, up 505% YoY, on strong Switch sales of ~15M units in the year ending March; Shuntaro Furukawa named president and CEO
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