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| Gethin Chamberlain / The Guardian: |
Following China Labor Watch probe, Amazon admits its own audit found many workers were hired and paid illegally at a Foxconn factory that makes Kindle and Echo — US tech giant admits audit of Foxconn factory in Hengyang found irregularities — Amazon has admitted that thousands …
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| Mishaal Rahman / XDA Developers: |
Leaked photos of Google Pixel 3 XL show glass back and display notch, dual front-facing camera sensors, single rear camera, 4GB of RAM, Snapdragon 845 SoC — Late last night, XDA Senior Member meraz9000 blindsided us with real-life pictures of a Google Pixel 3 XL prototype.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Airbnb to pilot new Open Homes program in San Jose, CA that will let residents register as “standby” hosts for emergencies, attend in-person training, more — Airbnb — the travel startup that lets individuals rent out private homes or rooms in private homes to people as an alternative …
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| Laura Kate Dale / Kotaku UK: |
EA is testing a multi-device game streaming service, announces Origin Access Premier, a $14.99/mo tier for its subscription program with access to all new games — During EA's E3 press conference today, the company made a pair of small announcement about the future of how you'll be able to play their games.
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| Nathaniel Meyersohn / CNNMoney: |
Survey: 17% of business school graduates in the US are working in tech, compared to 12% in finance; in 2008, 20% worked in finance while 12% worked in tech — 5 stunning stats on Amazon — Ten years after the financial crisis, Silicon Valley has replaced Wall Street as the place to be.
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| Financial Times: |
Chainalysis: long-term investors sold ~$30B worth of bitcoins from November to April as ratio of bitcoins held by investors vs traders fell from ~3x to ~1.2x — On the final day in his insurance job last week after 14 years in the sector, Donnie wore a T-shirt emblazoned with a rocket logo …
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| Mars Woo / DealStreetAsia: |
Taiwan-based M17 Entertainment, maker of livestreaming and dating apps, delays NYSE debut after pricing its IPO and raising $60M, less than originally expected — Taiwan-based M17 Entertainment, the parent company of Singapore's dating and networking app Paktor, has delayed its scheduled trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
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TechCrunch
| Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic: |
A look at some Instagram “thread” accounts aimed at teens and tweens that have racked up thousands of followers in recent months by offering self-help tips — How does a Google-averse generation figure out how to deal with acne, fake friends, and boy trouble? On Instagram, of course.
Tweets: @elcush
| Martin Arnold / Financial Times: |
How Swift, a decades old bank co-op which handles half of the world's cross-border payments, is trying to fend off a challenge from blockchain startup Ripple — A rivalry is raging that looks set to decide how cross-border payments are handled for decades to come.
Tweets: @bgarlinghouse
| Jon Christian / Motherboard: |
Some 3rd-party repair shops say they are seeing iPhone 7 and 7 Plus devices with audio chip problems that can lead to the phone getting stuck on the boot screen — People who repair Apple products say that a grayed-out speaker icon is a symptom of “loop disease,” which can affect aging iPhone 7 and 7 Plus devices.
Tweets: @jason_koebler
| Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
Unproven facial recognition tech is the latest tool that is being increasingly marketed by security contractors to US schools terrified of shootings — The facial-recognition cameras installed near the bounce houses at the Warehouse, an after-school recreation center in Bloomington, Ind. …
Tweets: @tracyjan, @funnymonkey, @drewharwell, @lizzadwoskin, @bfeldman89, @drewharwell, and @kirstenberg
| Rollo Romig / The California Sunday Magazine: |
Profile of Indian IT outsourcing giant Infosys, which dominates H-1B visa applications and is facing new challenges amid rising automation and Trump's rhetoric — Indian IT companies keep US businesses running. But is the Indian IT miracle over?
Tweets: @calsunday
| Mark Sullivan / Fast Company: |
Source: Apple Watch to get touch-sensitive solid-state buttons that use Taptic Engine to simulate clicks this or next year, buttons may act as health sensors — The Apple Watch will be getting solid state buttons that don't move up and down but rather sense the touch of a finger …
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