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| Chris Hughes / New York Times: |
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes says Mark Zuckerberg's influence is staggering and that it is time to break up Facebook — The last time I saw Mark Zuckerberg — was in the summer of 2017, several months before the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke. We met at Facebook's Menlo Park …
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| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Samsung announces the ISOCELL Bright GW1, a 64-megapixel image sensor for mobile phones, expects it to go into mass production in the second half of this year — Samsung fires new salvo in megapixel wars — Samsung has announced a new image sensor for mobile phones with a higher resolution than anything comparable on the market.
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Samsung Global Newsroom, Engadget, 9to5Google, XDA Developers, Inquirer, BGR, SlashGear, Android Authority, Gizchina, and Neowin
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
At I/O, Google was the opposite of defensive, setting out the case that data collection allows Google to make better products to improve people's lives — For a company famed for its engineering culture, you wouldn't expect a video at Google's annual I/O developer conference to have such emotional resonance.
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| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Verizon report: nation states and affiliated parties carried out 23% of data breaches in 2018, up from 12% in 2017 and 19% in 2016 — Verizon's 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report highlights how nation states and espionage are becoming a worry for businesses and their data.
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Verizon, Securelist, Channel Partners, and Security Boulevard
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook relaxes blockchain ad rules, letting users promote crypto-related news, education, and events without pre-approval, after imposing a ban in 2018 — Facebook still won't let you advertise for cryptocurrencies, exchanges, binaries, or ICOs without prior approval.
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Facebook, PaymentsSource, Coinspeaker, Reuters, CoinDesk, SludgeFeed, CoinGeek, CryptoGlobe, FutureSin, Ethereum World News, NewsBTC, SiliconANGLE, The Block, Adweek, Decrypt, CryptoSlate, Engadget, and Cointelegraph. Tweets: @joshconstine
| Julie Verhage / Bloomberg: |
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google says it will soon weight Play Store app ratings to favor reviews from more recent releases, viewable by end users starting in August — Two years ago, Apple changed the way its app store ratings worked by allowing developers to decide whether or not their ratings would be reset …
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Android Developers Blog, XDA Developers, GamesIndustry.biz, Firstpost Tech, Android Authority, ProgrammableWeb.com, Droid Life, CNET, and Slashdot. Tweets: @mishaalrahman
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google to add “pending transactions” payment option to the Play Store, letting users pay for apps at a retail store by showing a payment code on their device — Today, the Android platform sees more app downloads than iOS, but Apple's App Store continually dominates in terms of revenue.
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CNET, 9to5Google, PYMNTS.com, BuzzFeed News, Engadget, and Firstpost Tech. Tweets: @jillianiles
| Jonathan Browning / Bloomberg: |
In a UK court filing, Amazon says hackers siphoned money from ~100 seller accounts over a period of six months last year — - Amazon asked U.K. court for bank details linked to hackers — Hackers break into about 100 accounts, according to documents
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| AnandTech: |
Intel shares its chip roadmap through 2023, says the 10nm product family will be available from the middle of this year, plans first 7nm product for 2021 — At Intel's Investor Day today, CEO Bob Swan and Murthy Renduchintala spoke to the ability of the company with respect to its manufacturing capabilities.
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Intel Newsroom, The Verge, PCWorld, Reuters, Neowin, MSPoweruser, SiliconANGLE, Engadget, PC Gamer, and Tom's Hardware. Thanks:@iancutress
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft's Kevin Gallo talks about how the company is trying to undo the divide between UWP and Win32, future of Microsoft's app store, and more — Is Microsoft's UWP going away? Is the Microsoft Store on its way out? Microsoft Corporate VP Kevin Gallo explains the latest twists …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
ChowNow, a food-ordering platform that helps independent restaurants accept online orders, raises $21M Series C, bringing its total raised to more than $60M — ChowNow, whose food-ordering platform makes it easier for local restaurants to accept online orders, has raised $21 million …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Google unveils Mini-apps, a “new capability” for Google Search and Assistant that delivers interactive and dynamically updated content in search results — During the Tuesday keynote that kicked off Google's I/O 2019 developer conference, the Mountain View company unveiled a slew …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Inside Microsoft's Envisioning Center, which houses some of its prototype work including projection tech, AI for meetings, and desks that double as touchscreens — Every few years, Microsoft creates a video that looks at the future of productivity. This usually involves giant screens … | Liam Tung / ZDNet: |
Microsoft says it has gained FIDO2 certification for Windows Hello, Windows 10's biometric authentication system, for the Windows 10 May 2019 update — Microsoft moves 800 million people closer to a no-password world. — Microsoft has passed another milestone on its quest to kill off passwords.| Alfred Ng / CNET: |
In the first settlement of its kind, judge orders a New York landlord to provide tenants who opposed exclusively using Latch smart locks with physical keys — The physical key has prevailed over the smart lock for a group of tenants with privacy concerns. — In a settlement released Tuesday … | Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Google's paid music services, YouTube Music and Google Play Music, have passed 15M subscribers, far behind Apple's 50M+ and Spotify's 100M+ — - Figure includes users of YouTube Music and Google Play Music — Google's paid music services have eclipsed 15 million subscribers …
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Wall Street Journal, Pocketnow, Engadget, AppleInsider, 9to5Google, iPhone Hacks, The Verge, and Thurrott. Tweets: @lucas_shaw
| Washington Post: |
Republican Sen. Josh Hawley introduces a bill banning “loot boxes” and pay-to-win schemes in games aimed at those under 18 — Video games popular among kids would be prohibited from offering “loot boxes” or randomized assortments of digital weapons, clothing and other items …
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Senator Josh Hawley, Kotaku, Business Insider, GamesIndustry.biz, The Verge, PC Games Insider, The Hill, New World Notes, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Android Police, IGN, Forbes, VG247, Engadget, Polygon, and Axios
Tweets: @drift0r, @jasoninquires, @lam_barrett, @jasonschreier, @tonyromm, @matthewstoller, and @tonyromm
| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Epson unveils the Moverio BT-30C smart glasses, which use Android devices and Windows PCs as their primary compute vehicle via USB-C, shipping in June for $499 — The BT-30C comes at a price point that may entice enterprises to dabble more with augmented and mixed reality apps.| Nat Levy / GeekWire: |
Redfin launches Redfin Direct, a feature that lets homebuyers make offers on homes directly online without an agent, starting in Boston — Redfin quietly launched a new feature that lets homebuyers without an agent make offers on homes directly through its website, bringing back an initiative …
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| Peter Grant / Wall Street Journal: |
VTS, a commercial real estate leasing and asset management platform, raises $90M Series D led by Brookfield Ventures; sources: the funding values VTS at $1B — Brookfield Asset Management and GLP lead round, which values VTS at $1 billion — The real-estate technology firm VTS raised $90 million …
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Crunchbase News, VTS, GlobeSt, and The Real Deal New York
| James Kynge / Financial Times: |
Alibaba to allow more vendors outside China to use AliExpress to sell goods internationally, starting with retailers in Russia, Turkey, Italy, and Spain — Alibaba, the Chinese ecommerce group, is overhauling the business model of a fast-growing subsidiary in a bid to offer … Sponsor Posts
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