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The European Commission has fined Google €1.49B for “abusive practices in online advertising” and breaching EU antitrust rules — The European Commission has fined Google €1.49 billion for breaching EU antitrust rules. Google has abused its market dominance by imposing …
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Report: Apple approved production of its wireless charging AirPower mat earlier this year, after announcing it in 2017 with a 2018 launch date — The Wall Street Journal today reports that Apple approved production of its long-awaited wireless charging mat AirPower earlier this year …
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Apple launches new AirPods with hands-free “Hey Siri” and more talk time for $159, with wireless charging case for $199, available to order today — New AirPods Are Powered by the New H1 Chip and Feature 50 Percent More Talk Time, Hands-Free “Hey Siri” and the Option of a Wireless Charging Case
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Sources: WSJ plans to join the new paid tier of Apple News to be announced on Monday, expected to cost $10/month; NYT and The Washington Post have opted out — SAN FRANCISCO — The Wall Street Journal plans to join a new paid subscription news service run by Apple, according to two people familiar …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Google's Stadia could be the future of gaming but the announcement left questions unanswered, like cost and subscription, launch date, or available games — A lot of questions remain unanswered — “The future of gaming is not a box,” according to Google. “It's a place.”
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
By integrating Stadia into YouTube, Google plans to cement YouTube's dominance, as 200M users already watch gaming content there every day — Google's starting a revolution just to keep things as they are — Yesterday, Google announced plans for a new game-streaming service called Stadia.
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Oculus announces $399 Rift S, developed alongside Lenovo, with higher-res 1280x1440 displays and improved optics, available in spring — After years of high-profile onstage announcements, Oculus has decided to quietly deliver the successor to its flagship Rift virtual reality headset …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Facebook begins rolling out threaded messages to Messenger users around the world, activated by long-pressing on a message — Facebook Messenger aficionados, good news: It just got easier to respond to your best buds' messages with hot takes. — Facebook today announced that message replies …
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Inside Airbnb's “guerrilla war” against US local governments, which often face a slew of lawsuits from the company when they try to collect occupancy taxes — “READ MY LIPS: We want to pay taxes," Chris Lehane, Airbnb's global head of public policy, told the nation's mayors in 2016.| Patrick Howell O'Neill / Gizmodo: |
AT&T and Comcast say they successfully tested anti-robocall protocol SHAKEN/STIR, which adds a verified status to calls authenticated across networks — We live in a robocall hell with an epidemic of 26.3 billion fraudulent calls made to U.S. numbers in 2018.| Manish Singh / VentureBeat: |
Opera adds unlimited VPN service to its Android browser for free, with 256-bit encryption and no data logging — Opera today added its free VPN service to its Android browser. The Norwegian browser maker, which went public last year, also addressed concerns about potential hidden costs of using its free VPN offering.
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Epic says Fortnite has 250M registered players, up from 200M in December, releases a free cross-platform SDK to help developers launch, operate, and scale games — When Tim Sweeney built ZZT in 1991, he didn't know how to program graphics. Instead of coding actual characters and objects into his game … | Nick Statt / The Verge: |
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Apple updates App Store guidelines to mandate new apps are built on iOS 12.1 SDK or later and support iPhone XS Max and 12.9-inch iPad Pro, starting March 27 — Apple today announced that all new and updated iPhone and iPad apps submitted to the App Store on and after March 27 …
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| Michelle Toh / CNN: |
Profile of Connie Chan, a16z's first partner promoted from within, who has built a reputation for sourcing deals with startups like Pinterest and Lime — Hong Kong (CNN Business)For years, venture capital powerhouse Andreessen Horowitz stood by a steadfast rule: to become a general partner at the firm …
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Khronos Group releases OpenXR 0.90 specification for AR and VR hardware standards; supporters include Google, HTC, Microsoft, Oculus, Samsung, Unity, and Valve — The Khronos Group has announced the ratification and public release of the OpenXR .90 provisional specification …
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Uber says Freight, which connects truck drivers to shipping companies, is expanding to Europe, starting in the Netherlands — Uber Freight, the newly spun out Uber business unit that helps truck drivers connect with shipping companies, is kicking off its global expansion plans.
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Amazon adds a built-in light to its entry-level Kindle, now available to preorder for $89.99, shipping April 10 — You should probably just invest in a Paperwhite, though — Amazon is announcing an update to its entry-level Kindle (you know, the one that's just called “Kindle” …
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| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Boston-based Optimus Ride says it will deploy its autonomous shuttle service in NYC from Q2 2019, running in closed loops at the Brooklyn Navy Yard — Boston-based Optimus Ride will deploy an autonomous shuttle service at the Brooklyn Navy Yard later this year — Autonomous vehicles are finally coming to the Big Apple.
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Amazon vendors say Amazon is more aggressively blocking ads of unprofitable products and telling them to lower wholesale prices for ads to be reinstated — - In recent months, Amazon has been more aggressively enforcing its policy of suspending ads if the product being promoted doesn't make money.
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Walmart's CTO Jeremy King is leaving the company to start a “new adventure”, to be replaced by Senior VP of Customer Technology Fiona Tan — Walmart's chief technology officer Jeremy King is leaving the company, according to a memo obtained by CNBC.| Scott Stein / CNET: |
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