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Sam Kim / Bloomberg:
Sources: Samsung is working on two new foldable smartphones, a vertical clamshell-like device with an extra outside screen and another that folds like Mate X  —  - Device that folds from top to bottom is next in line  — ‘Outfolding’ model may also challenge Huawei, Xiaomi
Tom Randall / Bloomberg:
Waymo starts selling lidar sensors to customers who don't compete with its robotaxi business, expects increased production of sensors to lower costs  —  Alphabet Inc.'s self-driving car unit, Waymo, is getting into the sensor business.  —  Waymo is set on Wednesday to begin selling …
Jon Fingas / Engadget:
Google is testing shoppable sponsored ads within image search results that highlight products available for sale, with details like prices and brands  —  Google is borrowing a few cues from Instagram and Pinterest to encourage more shopping in its search results.
Shannon Liao / The Verge:
Report: hackers believed to be sponsored by the Chinese government targeted over two dozen universities in an apparent bid to access maritime military research  —  Chinese hackers singled out over two dozen universities in the US and around the world in an apparent bid to gain access …
Natt Garun / The Verge:
Fitbit announces new $160 Versa Lite smartwatch, Inspire and Inspire HR lower-cost fitness trackers, and discontinues the Zip, Flex 2, Alta, and Alta HR  —  It's also discontinuing the Zip, Flex 2, Alta, and Alta HR  —  Fitbit's renewed take on the smartwatch appeared to have worked with the Versa …
Sylvie Corbet / Associated Press:
France unveils a 3% tax on large internet companies with over €25M in French revenues, affecting about 30 companies; law is expected to pass in coming months  —  PARIS (AP) — The French government on Wednesday unveiled plans to slap a 3 percent tax on the French revenues of internet giants like Google, Amazon and Facebook.
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littleBits founder claims the central focus of the recent 60 Minutes segment on women and computing was changed from her company to Code.org during production  —  How 60 Minutes cut women's voices from a segment on . . . girls and women  —  I must have spent four hours on the phone on Monday.
Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:
Internal doc: iPhones with batteries installed by third-party repair shops are now eligible for being repaired at Apple Stores and authorized service providers  —  iPhones with aftermarket batteries installed by third-party repair shops are now eligible for service at Genius Bars …
James Vincent / The Verge:
Google unveils a trio of new hardware devices for AI development under the Coral brand, including a $149.99 development board and $74.99 USB accelerator  —  They're designed to help prototype AI products  —  Google continues to expand its range of AI products and services with a trio …
James Vincent / The Verge:
Google announces TensorFlow Privacy, an open source module for the machine learning framework that lets developers safeguard data with differential privacy  —  The company's new TensorFlow Privacy module lets devs safeguard data with differential privacy  —  Google has announced a new module …
More: CNET and TensorFlow
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat:
Zinier, which wants to automate field service management for the telecom and gas industries, raises $22M Series B led by Accel  —  Zinier, a startup that's setting out to bring automation to the field service management (FSM) realm, has raised $22 million in a series B round of funding led by Accel …
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Kamala Harris, who has mostly avoided interviews over the past few months, readies a media blitz, including the Call Her Daddy podcast, The View, and 60 Minutes

Financial Times:
Sources: New York Sun owner Dovid Efune is close to striking a deal to buy The Telegraph for £550M+, more than what others like National World offered

Committee to Protect Journalists:
At least 128 journalists and media workers, all but five of them Palestinian, have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war in the year since the October 7 attack

More News

Patricia Sullivan / Washington Post:
Proposed agreement from Amazon HQ2 winner Arlington County, Virginia says Amazon must only meet specific office space targets to get about $23M in incentives
Matt Wales / Eurogamer.net:
Valve faces criticism for its hands-off approach to content moderation as upcoming game glorifying rape and sexual assault is listed on Steam

Earlier Picks

Brian Barrett / Wired:
How Corning is working to create truly bendable, ultra-thin glass, as Samsung and others announce folding phones with plastic polymer screens
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Echo owners can now ask Alexa to control their Roku devices via a new skill, months after a similar capability came to Google Assistant-powered devices
Megan Wollerton / CNET:
August View wireless video doorbell unveiled with 1440p recording, 24/7 live video streaming, and rechargeable battery, available for $230 from March 28
Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:
Apple acquired the patent portfolio of failed smart home security startup Lighthouse AI, including those related to visual authentication, late last year
Aliya Ram / Financial Times:
Report: 40% of 2,830 AI startups in Europe do not use AI programs in their products; ~8% of EU startups were AI companies in 2018, up from ~3% in 2015
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