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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Several journalists have reported their Samsung Galaxy Fold review unit's screen breaking after a day or two of use — Yikes — Look closely at the picture above, and you can see a small bulge right on the crease of my Galaxy Fold review unit. It's just enough to slightly distort the screen, and I can feel it under my finger.
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| The Verge: |
Samsung responds to reports of display issues in Galaxy Fold, says removing the top protective layer or adding adhesives to the main display may cause damage — Also: be careful with that screen cover — Samsung has released an official statement addressing reports of display issues with the upcoming Galaxy Fold.
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| Rob Price / Business Insider: |
Facebook says it unintentionally collected email contacts of 1.5M users who used email password verification, will notify affected users and delete contacts — - Exclusive: Facebook said that it has “unintentionally uploaded” the email contacts of 1.5 million new Facebook users since May 2016.
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| Paul Gennai / The Keyword: |
Google will display options for five alternative search apps and browsers when Android users in EU open Google Play to comply with European Commission's orders — People have always been able to customize their Android devices to suit their preferences. That includes personalizing the design …
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| Sam Rutherford / Gizmodo: |
T-Mobile's no-fee Money banking app gets a nationwide rollout, offers T-Mobile customers 4% interest rate on the first $3,000 — While it's not quite a pivot, it seems more and more tech companies are straying out of their lane and into the finance world. T-Mobile has decided to join … | Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Sources: a team at Facebook Reality Labs has been working on a voice assistant since 2018 and has contacted vendors in the smart speaker supply chain — - Facebook is working on a voice assistant to rival the likes of Amazon's Alexa, Apple's Siri and the Google Assistant, people familiar with the matter told CNBC.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: ByteDance, which is adding thousands of employees to its 40K staff, expects a net loss of ~$1B in 2018 and revenues of $18B this year and $29B in 2020 — Most nights, from around 7 till midnight, Sydney Jade is on TikTok, the smartphone app of the moment.| Jeremy Kaplan / Digital Trends: |
A look at Microsoft's hardware design labs and how the company designed the Surface Hub 2S — Building 33 on Microsoft's campus in Redmond, Washington, houses a conference room unlike any you've ever seen. It includes an enormous glowing sphere, a buckyball for a boardroom.| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Security researcher takes over a subdomain that Windows 8 and Windows 10 use to deliver RSS-based news and updates to Live Tiles — Subdomain currently in the possession of a German security researcher, preventing any abuse. — Microsoft has lost control over a crucial subdomain …
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| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Pinterest prices its IPO at $19 per share, above the top end of the expected range, valuing the company at $10B — Pinterest raised $1.43 billion in its IPO after pricing the offering at $19 a share on Wednesday, valuing the company at $10 billion. — Pinterest, which is expected …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Hacker shares source code of tools from Iranian cyber-espionage unit APT34, alleged personal info of Iranian intelligence officers, and more on Telegram — APT34 hacking tools and victim data leaked on a secretive Telegram channel since last month. — In an incident reminiscent …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Twitter says it has acquired highlight sharing app Highly, which will shut down its iOS and Slack app on April 26 — Quotes from articles are much more eye-catching than links on Twitter, so the social giant is scooping up the team behind highlight-sharing app Highly.| Nathan Ingraham / Engadget: |
Google and Amazon end their streaming video spat: YouTube will come to Fire TV and Prime Video will work with Chromecast and Android TV — Google and Amazon haven't historically been the best of friends, at least when it comes to their respective streaming video services.| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Cisco's Talos: state-backed hackers are continuing to brazenly hijack domains, targeting key infrastructure of several countries, in a months-long DNS campaign — Despite widespread attention since January, DNS campaign shows no signs of abating. — The wave of domain hijacking attacks besetting …
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| Foreign Affairs: |
The US intelligence community must adapt to rapid technological changes like advances in AI, which are eroding traditional advantages of US intelligence — Why U.S. Intelligence Agencies Must Adapt or Fail — For U.S. intelligence agencies, the twenty-first century began with a shock … | Alex Hern / The Guardian: |
Facebook permanently bans far-right individuals and groups, like the British National Party, the English Defence League, and Britain First — Swath of organisations and individuals permanently banned for being ‘dangerous’ — Facebook has permanently banned a swath of far-right organisations …
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| BuzzFeed News: |
Investigation finds six Android apps from DU Group, a major Chinese developer, that have been committing large-scale ad fraud and abusing user permissions — A host of popular Android apps from a major Chinese developer, including a selfie app with more than 50 million downloads … | David Shepardson / Reuters: |
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai says he opposes China Mobile's plan to enter the US market and will hold a vote on whether to deny its application in May — (Reuters) - Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai said on Wednesday he opposes China Mobile Ltd's bid to provide U.S. telecommunications services …
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| Reuters: |
Sources: Amazon plans to close its marketplace in China by mid-July, after struggling to get a foothold in a competitive market; AWS and Kindle sales to remain — (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc plans to close its domestic marketplace business in China by mid-July, people familiar …
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Salesforce says it's buying MapAnything, which helps companies make location-based workflows on Salesforce's platform; MapAnything has raised more than $84M — Salesforce announced today it's buying another company built on its platform. This time it's MapAnything, which as the name implies … | CNBC: |
Zoom prices its IPO at $36 per share, above the expected range, valuing the business at $9.2B — Videoconferencing company Zoom priced its IPO at $36 a share, above of its already increased range and valuing the business at $9.2 billion. — Zoom, which is slated to start trading on Thursday …
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