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Survey of 1,000 tech industry workers: 51% believe “Trump has a point when it comes to the media producing fake news” and 59% favor working with the US military — A new study by BuzzFeed News and Lucid surveyed tech workers on their attitudes toward the media.| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Xiaomi says that its flagship Mi 9 is coming to Europe on Feb. 28 for €499, and an updated Mi Mix 3 with Snapdragon 855 and 5G modem launches in May for €599 — The Xiaomi Mi 9 went official in China just a few days ago, and now the company is announcing launch details for its latest flagship in Europe.
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AT&T CEO on 5G deployment, how 5G may replace broadband in 3 to 5 years, new applications it will enable, and leveraging Time Warner for its streaming services — Stephenson talks about sports gambling, the potential of 5G, and buying Time Warner. — On the latest episode of Recode Media …
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Report: 30.4% of e-sports viewers in Q4 2018 were women, up from 23.9% in 2016 — Women's viewership of esports grew from 23.9 percent of all watchers in 2016 to 30.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2018, according to a report by market researcher Interpret.| Vivienne Walt / Fortune: |
An overview of Google's efforts to scale its business in India, where falling data prices and rising smartphone penetration have opened up big new opportunities — Patchy Internet, multiple languages, low smartphone penetration: But a big opportunity. — It is already dark in the New Delhi suburb … | New York Times: |
Lawsuit alleges a NYC Airbnb scheme bypassed Airbnb policy to generate $20M in revenues by creating more than 100 misleading host accounts and 18 corporations — Multiple misleading identities, more than 100 host accounts and 18 corporations were created to run an illegal hotel business in Manhattan …
Tweets: @clarajeffery, @jeffreyatucker, @jeremyunger1, @adamconover, and @douglascarswell
| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
From April 1, Viber to start charging chatbot operators $4.5K per month to send up to 500K messages, as part of a controversial new strategy — Viber, the messaging app down by Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten, is poised to implement a controversial new strategy that will see it charge companies that run chatbots on its platform.| Wired: |
Social media companies should gain more in-house knowledge about mental health to realize the impact of recommendation algorithms on users with mental illness — IT'S TROUBLING ENOUGH that British teenager Molly Russell sought out images of suicide and self-harm online before she took her own life in 2017.
Tweets: @wildpalmsltd, @jvitak, @marylgray, @johndcook, and @wired
| Rita Liao / TechCrunch: |
Eyeing international expansion, China-based selfie app maker Meitu acquires a 31% stake in game publishing company Dreamscape Horizon for ~$340M — China's largest selfie app maker Meitu has been busy working to diversify itself beyond the beauty arena in China.| Farhad Manjoo / New York Times: |
Netflix uses subtitles and dubs in many languages to widen audiences for its shows because its subscription model incentivizes it to appeal to global customers — Instead of trying to sell American ideas to a foreign audience, it's aiming to sell international ideas to a global audience.
Tweets: @went1955
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
What to expect at MWC 2019: new flagships from Sony, LG, and Chinese companies, foldable phones from Huawei and others, return of HoloLens, and a lot of 5G hype — 5G's early steps will continue, and the Galaxy Fold could get some competition — In the next few days … | Daniel Palmer / CoinDesk: |
CipherTrace, which provides blockchain analytics and forensics services that regulators and governments use to stop money laundering, raises $15M — Blockchain and cryptocurrency security firm CipherTrace has raised $15 million in funding from investors including Mike Novogratz's Galaxy Digital, the firm announced Tuesday.Sponsor Posts
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Zoho Workplace gets yet another security boost: The addition of Zoho Vault — Information is the new currency. More than ever, safeguarding sensitive data is now paramount. A data breach can not only damage …
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