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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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| 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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| 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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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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