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| Daniel Funke / Poynter: |
Snopes pulls out of Facebook partnership, says Facebook's closed, manual fact-checking entry system is too labor intensive and fails to benefit the whole web — Snopes is no longer debunking misinformation in partnership with Facebook. In a statement published Friday …
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| Peter Kafka / Recode: |
Source: Spotify in advanced talks to acquire popular podcast producer Gimlet for $200M+; Gimlet would be Spotify's first purchase of an original content maker — Spotify wants to break out of the music streaming business. Gimlet, the company behind shows like Crimetown and Reply All, can help.
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Wall Street Journal, Nieman Lab, Ars Technica, New York Times, The Verge, Hot Pod News, and Hollywood Reporter
Tweets: @pkafka, @dcseifert, @pkafka, @ethan_kraft, @ilyamarritz, @wsj, @evoterra, and @kristoforlawson
| Nitasha Tiku / Wired: |
Google's internal 2018 employee satisfaction survey: 74% of staffers “positive” that the top exec team can effectively lead in the future, down from 92% in 2017 — GOOGLE IS A data-obsessed company, but the recent cascade of employee activism can be hard to quantify.
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Gizmodo, Bloomberg, 9to5Google, and Business Insider
Tweets: @nitashatiku, @wired, and @nitashatiku
| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Court filing: widow of crypto exchange QuadrigaCX founder says it can't access most of $137M worth of coins in cold wallets to which only founder had the keys — Troubled Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX owes its customers $190 million and cannot access most of the funds, according to a court filing obtained by CoinDesk.
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Tweets: @nathanielpopper, @needacoin, @danielnazer, @melt_dem, @coindesk, @ummjackson, @haseeb, and @mdudas
| Sara Ashley O'Brien / CNN: |
Uber and Lyft say customers in NYC will have to pay more for their rides as a first-of-its-kind driver minimum wage law goes into effect — New York (CNN Business)Uber and Lyft customers will have to pay more for their rides as a result of the first-of-its-kind driver minimum wage law in New York City.| Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: |
Report: Bill Stasior no longer in charge of Siri as team's strategy shifts from minor updates to long-term research as part new Apple AI chief's restructuring — Apple executive Bill Stasior, who has led the Siri team since joining the company in 2012, has been removed as head of the project … | Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Huawei's Mobile World Congress invite hints that the company will show off a foldable 5G smartphone on February 24 — Whether gimmicky or great, foldable devices will get their time in the spotlight this year — Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is traditionally the year's biggest show …
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BGR, Gizchina, Forbes, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, Droid Life, Tom's Guide, TechSpot, Patently Mobile, iPhone Hacks, CNET, Telecoms.com, and Engadget. Tweets: @huaweimobile
| Todd Haselton / CNBC: |
Apple apologizes for Group FaceTime bug, says it's now fixed and a software update will re-enable the feature next week, promises better bug reporting practices — - Apple apologizes for a massive FaceTime bug that let people eavesdrop on others, even if they never answered a FaceTime call.
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Tweets: @stevekovach and @apollozac
| Christina Farr / CNBC: |
Sources: Alphabet's Verily is looking for partners to co-develop shoes with embedded sensors to track the wearer's movement, weight, and detect falls — - Alphabet's Verily has been showing off a prototype of shoes that can track weight, movement, and potentially even detect falls.
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SiliconANGLE, CNET, Engadget, iPhone Hacks, Digital Trends, TechSpot, 9to5Google, Business Insider, PYMNTS.com, SlashGear, and The Verge. Thanks:@mattrosoff
| Josh Dzieza / The Verge: |
Days after saying it is reconsidering plans for a Wisconsin plant, Foxconn now says the plan is back on after its Chairman's “personal conversation” with Trump — At some point — Days after Foxconn's Louis Woo told Reuters that the company is no longer planning to build …
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CNBC, 9to5Mac, Fortune, ExtremeTech, Neowin, VentureBeat, Associated Press, Boing Boing, Engadget, CNN, New York Times, Gizmodo, Patently Apple, TechCrunch, and naked capitalism
Tweets: @reckless, @reckless, and @stevekovach
| Brian Fung / Washington Post: |
In day one of arguments, the FCC faced tough questions from a three-judge panel on its definition of broadband and potential issues for public safety agencies — The Federal Communications Commission faced sharp questioning from a trio of appellate court judges Friday as the agency sought …
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New York Times, Wired, Reuters, 9to5Mac, The Verge, The Nokia Blog, and Silicon Florist. Tweets: @hshaban
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Facebook says Apple has restored its access to enterprise certificates, bringing internal apps back online — Update: In a leaked memo obtained by Business Insider, Facebook continues to defend its Research app, as well as its decision to distribute it via enterprise certificates. Read the details below.
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ZDNet, TechCrunch, Business Insider, The Verge, The Verge, Redmond Pie, Forbes, BrianMadden.com, TechCrunch, TechSpot, AppleInsider, Firstpost, and bit-tech.net
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
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Tweets: @chronic, @caseynewton, @horwitz, @markgurman, @chillmage, @chillmage, @sarahjeong, @inafried, @db, @matthewstoller, @tomwarren, and @chrismessina
| Shannon Palus / Slate: |
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New York Times, Electronic Frontier Foundation, The Mac Observer, Digital Trends, Gizmodo, and Mashable
Tweets: @willoremus, @shanpalus, @profcarroll, @daveleebbc, @chrissyfarr, and @levynews
| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
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Tweets: @puiwingtam, @mikeisaac, @swiftonsecurity, @robaeprice, @db, @robaeprice, @chronic, @mikeisaac, and @mikeisaac
| Salvador Hernandez / BuzzFeed News: |
DNA testing firm FamilyTreeDNA is working with the FBI and allowing agents to search its 1M+ DNA profiles, raising user concerns about data privacy — Family Tree DNA, one of the largest private genetic testing companies whose home-testing kits enable people to trace their ancestry and locate relatives …
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The Register, PR Newswire, Bloomberg, The Hill, Gizmodo, MIT Technology Review, KnowTechie, Rolling Stone, Engadget, Lifehacker, and BGR
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Amazon reports Q4 revenue of $72.4B, up 20% YoY, AWS revenue of $7.43B, up 45% YoY, and net income of $3.0B, up 58% YoY — Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2018. — Operating cash flow increased 67% to $30.7 billion …
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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Twitter says it removed thousands of malicious accounts that originated in Iran, Russia, and Venezuela for spreading disinformation about the 2018 midterms — Twitter revealed Thursday that it had removed thousands of malicious accounts thought to have originated in Iran …
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New York Times, Twitter, TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, Adweek, Twitter, Reuters, Social Media Today, Facebook, Engadget, Mashable, DFRLab, Business Insider, Gizmodo, Reuters, The Register, Threatpost, Geek News Central, and Recode
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