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Sources: Facebook's data-sharing deals under federal criminal investigation; an NY grand jury subpoenaed at least two device-makers who partnered with Facebook — Federal prosecutors are conducting a criminal investigation into data deals Facebook struck with some of the world's largest …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google debuts the first preview of Android Q to devs, available on all Pixel devices, with granular privacy settings, better support for foldable devices, more — Google today launched Android Q Beta 1, available for download now at google.com/android/beta.
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| Emma Haruka Iwao / Google Cloud Blog: |
Google breaks world record for the most accurate value of pi, first time using cloud computing, calculating 31.4T digits after a ~112-day computation — Try GCP — Get $300 free credit to spend over 12 months. — Free Trial — TM title , and the first time the record …
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| Erin Griffith / New York Times: |
As Lyft, Pinterest, Postmates, Slack, and Uber prepare to go public, VCs are preparing to invest in a new wave of startups created by employees enriched by IPOs — SAN FRANCISCO — Riley Newman, a former head of data science at Airbnb, set out in mid-2017 to raise a venture capital fund that would invest in a multitude of tech trends.| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google says it removed 2.3B bad ads in 2018, down 28% from 2017 and terminated ~1M bad advertiser accounts, including ~734K publishers and app developers — Around this time of year, Google shares how many “bad ads” it killed the year before. And every year, the number grows. But not this time.
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| Aaron Tilley / The Information: |
Apple has acquired Laserlike, a small Silicon Valley-based ML startup, likely to strengthen its AI efforts; Laserlike had raised $24M+, per Crunchbase — Apple has acquired Laserlike, a small Silicon Valley-based machine learning startup, which could help strengthen the company's artificial … | Benedict Evans: |
There are parallels between Facebook's response to organized abuse of its platform and Microsoft's response to malware on Windows and Office 20 years ago — - There are strong parallels between organised abuse of Facebook and FB's attempts to respond, in the last 24 months …
Tweets: @benedictevans and @stevesi
| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
HTC's subscription service Viveport Infinity, which gives access to a catalog of 600+ VR apps and games, will launch on April 2nd and cost $13/month or $99/year — HTC is nearly ready to launch its unlimited Viveport Infinity service after months of teasing.
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| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Google is shutting down its Spotlight Stories VR film studio, part of Google's ATAP group, according to an email from the studio's executive producer — Google is shutting down its Spotlight Stories immersive entertainment unit, according to an email sent out by Spotlight Stories executive producer Karen Dufilho Wednesday evening.
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| Shannon Liao / The Verge: |
Facebook says it is working to bring its services back online as users around the world report issues with Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Oculus, and WhatsApp — While you can open the apps, they're missing major functions — Facebook and Instagram appear to be partially down for some users around the world today.
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| Maureen Farrell / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: a consortium that includes SoftBank and at least one automaker is in late-stage talks to invest $1B or more into Uber's self-driving vehicle unit — A consortium that includes SoftBank Group is in late-stage talks to invest $1 billion or more into Uber Technologies' self-driving vehicle unit.
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| Parmy Olson / Forbes: |
Profile of Peter Szulczewski, co-founder of Wish, the most downloaded shopping app worldwide with a valuation of $8.7B+, and a revenue of $1.9B last year — n a sun-filled San Francisco afternoon, Peter Szulczewski is climbing the stairs to the top of a Sansome Street skyscraper …
Tweets: @forbes, @lauramandaro, @jrichlive, @thecadclub, @forbes, @justglew, @kobegatsby, @forbes, and @parmy
| Miriam Posner / New Yorker: |
How supply-chain management software from companies like SAP optimizes for production needs but can create a bullwhip effect on factory workers from a distance — This past December, the workers'-rights organization China Labor Watch published a report about conditions in Chinese toy factories.
Tweets: @newyorker, @newyorker, and @libshipwreck
| Stuart Dredge / Music Ally: |
Spotify files an anti-trust complaint against Apple with the European Commission, claiming App Store rules limit choice and stifle competition — Spotify is filing a complaint against Apple with the European Commission, accusing the latter company of anticompetitive behaviour in the way it manages …
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Tweets: @greyham, @ow, @viticci, @ipadinsightblog, @reckless, @carnage4life, @jeremiahlee, @fsf, @jamesliamcook, @carnage4life, @i0n1c, @ow, @ingridlunden, @alexhern, @eldsjal, @m4tt, and @pkafka
| Tiffany Hsu / New York Times: |
Amazon has delisted two books that claimed to hold cures for autism, following a letter from Rep. Schiff criticizing anti-vaccine misinformation on the platform — Amazon has removed the online listings for two books that claim to contain cures for autism, a move that follows recent efforts … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Twitter's mobile app is rolling out a Snapchat-style camera designed to promote sharing photos, videos, and live footage when users swipe left on their timeline — Twitter is rolling out the redesign to its camera feature TechCrunch reported on a month ago that's designed to let you capture photos …
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| Li Tao / South China Morning Post: |
Huawei says it has developed its own OS for both smartphones and computers in case those developed by US companies are no longer available — Huawei Technologies, the largest smartphone vendor in China, said it has developed its own operating systems (OS) for both smartphones and computers …
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Adthena, which offers an AI-driven search marketing intelligence platform, raises $14M Series A, says it has over 250 customers including Volvo and HSBC — Marketers are increasingly using AI to streamline workflows and automate monotonous tasks. According to an Adobe survey … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Polarr, which develops a hardware-agnostic AI stack to enable computational photography on a range of devices, raises $11.5M Series A led by Threshold Ventures — Polarr, a six-year-old San Francisco computer vision startup cofounded by Stanford graduate and Google veterans Borui Wang and Derek Yan …
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