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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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| 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.
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Samsung promises to thoroughly inspect Galaxy Fold review units with faulty screens, says removing the top protective layer from the 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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| 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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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Pinterest opens up 25% on its first day of trading after raising $1.43B in its IPO at a valuation of $10B — Pinterest began its first day of trading Thursday at $23.75, up 25%. — The bump pushed Pinterest's market cap above $12 billion after it was initially priced at $19 per share, which had valued it at $10 billion.
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| Tom Wilson / Reuters: |
Report: VC investments in crypto and blockchain startups have totaled $850M so far this year; Coinbase estimated to have revenue of ~$520M in 2018 — LONDON (Reuters) - Major finance and tech firms are pouring money into startups building technology to develop the crypto market … | Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Zoom opens up ~80% on its first day of trading after raising $356.8M in its IPO at a valuation of $9.2B — Videoconferencing software company Zoom made its debut on the Nasdaq on Thursday under the ticker symbol “ZM,” and surged 80 percent to $65. — The initial pop gives Zoom a stock market value of $16.7 billion.
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| Apple: |
Apple opens Material Recovery Lab in Austin to study future recycling processes, expands iPhone recycling program to Best Buy stores in US, KPN in Netherlands — Cupertino, California — Apple today announced a major expansion of its recycling programs, quadrupling the number of locations US customers …
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Kuo: All new 2019 iPhones will feature a 12MP front camera, the 6.5" and 5.8" OLED iPhones will have a triple-camera system with a new super-wide 12MP lens — Kuo today said that Apple plans to upgrade the front camera in the 2019 iPhones from 7-megapixels to 12-megapixels.
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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 …
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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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| 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.
Tweets: @sbanjo, @sbanjo, and @davidramli
| 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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| 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.
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| 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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| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Uber is testing new push alerts and Lyft rolls out continuous driver background checks after a woman was murdered allegedly by a man posing as her Uber driver — In-app reminders to verify your driver's car and license plate — This week, Uber and Lyft rolled out new safety measures designed …
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| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
Phantom Auto raises $13M Series A to expand to delivery bots its teleoperation business, which lets remote drivers take control of autonomous vehicles — Remote driving startup Phantom Auto has raised $13.5 million of financing in a Series A round led by Bessemer Venture Partners … | 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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| 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.Sponsor Posts
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