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Sources: Amazon is interested in buying prepaid cellphone wireless service Boost Mobile from T-Mobile and Sprint — (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is interested in buying prepaid cellphone wireless service Boost Mobile from U.S. carriers T-Mobile US Inc and Sprint Corp, two sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
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| Nick Summers / Engadget: |
Microsoft is bringing its Xbox Game Pass subscription service to Windows 10 PCs with a “curated library” of more than 100 titles; details to be revealed at E3 — PC players, rejoice: Microsoft is bringing its previously-Xbox exclusive subscription service, Xbox Game Pass, to Windows 10.
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Xbox Wire, The Verge, The Verge, Windows Central, Polygon, Windows Experience Blog, Windows Central, Xbox Live's Major Nelson, Thurrott, Digital Trends, ExtremeTech, Destructoid, GameSpot, The Next Web, GeekWire, WinBuzzer, Siliconera, IGN, BGR, SlashGear, Geek.com, Neowin, OnMSFT.com, KnowTechie, PCWorld, MSPoweruser, VG247, Windows Central, TechSpot, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, IGN, VentureBeat, CNET, Ars Technica, Blue's News, 9to5Toys, and Gamasutra
Tweets: @xbox, @hdkirin, @benjisales, @kdinjenzen, @unyshek, @majornelson, @mrjonyuen, @klobrille, and @klobrille
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft says devs can now bring Win32 games to the Microsoft Store, a shift away from the store's previous Universal Windows Platform requirement for games — It's been a long time coming — Microsoft had a dream with Windows 8 that involved universal Windows apps that would span across phones …
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Android Authority, WinBuzzer, OnMSFT.com, and Slashdot
Tweets: @gcaughey, @tomwarren, @arcadio_g_s, @mehedih_, @krakn3dfx, @backlon, @diekus, and @tomwarren
| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Uber reports Q1 revenue of $3.1B, up 20% YoY, gross bookings of $14.65B, up 34%, net loss of $1.01B; Uber Eats revenue grew 31% to $239M, gross bookings up 108% — KEY POINTS — The company reported total revenue of $3.10 billion, at the top end of its preliminary estimates for the quarter.
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| David Ruddock / Android Police: |
Source: Galaxy Note 10 will lose the headphone jack and exterior buttons like volume and power will be replaced by capacitive or pressure-sensitive areas — Speaking to a source familiar with the company's plans, Android Police has learned that Samsung will likely begin its wind-down of the headphone jack …
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Android Authority, The Verge, 9to5Google, Forbes, Droid Life, The Next Web, SlashGear, Thurrott, Android Beat, XDA Developers, Android Central, Pocket-lint, TechnoBuffalo, Phandroid, Gotta Be Mobile, MSPoweruser, Neowin, CNET, Ars Technica, and Slashdot
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| BuzzFeed News: |
Investigation: US universities, foundations, and retirement plans back funds that invest millions in Chinese surveillance tech companies Megvii and SenseTime — Millions of dollars from US university endowments, foundations, and retirement plans have helped fund two billion-dollar Chinese …
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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Google's new policies for Chrome extensions and Drive API will limit the ability of extensions and 3rd party apps to access personal data, starting this summer — AFTER YEARS OF issues with rogue Chrome extensions, hijacks, and malware, Google announced a slew of new policies Thursday to ensure the little browser applets are secure.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
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| Sam Meredith / CNBC: |
An open letter signed by 47 companies, including Apple, Google, Microsoft, and WhatsApp, condemns proposal from the UK's GCHQ to eavesdrop on encrypted messages — KEY POINTS — In an open letter to GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters), 47 signatories including Apple …
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Tweets: @thebitfi, @rossamcmahon, @libertyhq, @alexhern, @themclg, and @bricksilk
| Jay Greene / Washington Post: |
Salesforce changes its acceptable-use policy to bar gun-selling retailers from using its software if they sell military-style rifles — Business-software giant Salesforce instituted a new policy barring retail customers from using its technology to sell semiautomatic weapons and some other firearms.
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| Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE: |
Intuit says it is acquiring Origami Logic, an Accel-backed marketing analytics startup that has raised over $64M in funding, in a deal expected to close Q4 2019 — Financial software powerhouse Intuit Inc. today announced that it's buying Origami Logic Inc., an Accel-backed marketing analytics startup.
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Intuit Inc., ZDNet, Silicon Valley Business …, and Intuit
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Cloud-to-cloud backup and restore vendor OwnBackup raises $23.25M Series C co-led by IVP and Vertex Ventures, bringing the total raised to ~$50M — OwnBackup, a cloud-to-cloud backup and restore vendor with offices in the U.K., New Jersey, and Tel Aviv, today announced that it's secured $23.25 million …
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SiliconANGLE, FinSMEs, Database Trends …, and VentureBeat
| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Dell reports Q1 net income of $329M on revenue of $21.9B, up 3% YoY, below analyst estimates of $22.24B, as server and networking revenue fell 9% YoY to $4.2B — The company cited slower demand in China and large enterprise opportunities. Earnings in the quarter were better than expected, but sales fell short.
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| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
The YouTube channel of Indian music production company T-Series becomes the first to cross 100M subscribers after a months-long race with PewDiePie — Beating PewDiePie in the process — T-Series is the first YouTube channel to reach more than 100 million subscribers after months of racing to the top.| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Nreal unveils a $499 consumer version of its Light AR glasses that are compatible with any phone using the Snapdragon 855 chip, available later this year — Chinese augmented reality upstart Nreal announced a $499 consumer version of its Light AR glasses at the Augmented World Expo (AWE) in Santa Clara, Calif. Thursday.| Mark Sweney / The Guardian: |
Netflix and Amazon made £1.1B in revenue from ~17.7M UK subscribers in 2018, while streaming services of UK's four main commercial broadcasters made ~£530M — Without a major British rival, TV and film fans are turning to the Silicon Valley giants
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FierceVideo, Variety, and Variety
| IDC: |
Global wearables shipments reached 49.6M units in Q1 2019, up 55.2% YoY as ear-worn devices grew 135.1%; Huawei grew 282.2%, Samsung 151.6%, and Apple 49.5% — Global shipments of wearable devices reached 49.6 million units during the first quarter of 2019 (1Q19), up 55.2% …
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CNET, MacRumors, VentureBeat, 9to5Google, Cult of Mac, PYMNTS.com, and Seeking Alpha
| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
VMware reports Q1 revenue of $2.27B, up 13% YoY, beating analyst estimates of $2.24B, and net income of $505M, including a gain of $132M from Pivotal — VMware also reported an unexpected gain of $132 million from its investment in Pivotal Software. — VMware delivered strong …
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VMware, Inc., SiliconANGLE, and Forbes
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Weights & Biases, which is building development tools for machine learning for customers like OpenAI, GitHub, and Stanford, raises $15M Series B — Weights & Biases, a startup building development tools for machine learning, has raised $15 million in its second round of funding.
Tweets: @ohmdee
| Chantal Allam / WRAL TechWire: |
Genstar Capital buys a majority stake in Prometheus Group, a Raleigh-based plant maintenance operations and optimization software company, at a $1B+ valuation — RALEIGH - In just 13 years, Prometheus Group has transformed itself from a “one-man consulting shop” to a “unicorn” - a privately held startup valued at over $1 billion.| Brian Dowling / Xconomy: |
Insight Partners buys a majority share in Boston-based threat intelligence company Recorded Future for $780M, the highest ever price for a threat intel firm — Recorded Future is being acquired by tech investor Insight Partners in a $780 million all-cash deal, the cyber-threat intelligence company announced this morning.
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