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| Will Cathcart / Washington Post: |
WhatsApp sues NSO Group after investigating an attack from last year that sent malware to 1,400 devices and targeted 100+ human rights defenders and journalists — Will Cathcart is head of WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook. — In May, WhatsApp announced that we had detected and blocked …
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| Peter Kafka / Vox: |
HBO Max to launch in May and cost $15 a month, same as the existing HBO; AT&T plans to bundle free subscriptions for some customers of its other services — HBOMax, WarnerMedia's new streaming service, will feature all of HBO's shows, like Game of Thrones, plus new programing. HBO
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Spotify launches a dedicated Spotify Kids app available in a beta test period in Ireland for its Spotify Premium Family plan subscribers — Spotify is trying to sell more multi-account family-plan subscriptions — by setting up a special “playground of sound” just for kids.
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Spotify, The Verge, CNET, Android Police, Engadget, Yahoo Finance, and Thurrott. Tweets: @alexhern
| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Report: Apple will use Qualcomm's X55 5G modem in all three 2020 iPhones — Apple's 2020 iPhones will all use Qualcomm's newest and fastest 5G-capable modem chip, claims a new report out of Asia today. — Apple is expected to launch three iPhones next year in 5.4-inch, 6.1-inch, and 6.7-inch sizes.| Steven Russolillo / Wall Street Journal: |
CoinList, which helps startups raise money through token sales, raises $10M led by Polychain Capital with participation from Jack Dorsey — The company raised $10 million in a new funding round, with the Twitter CEO investing for the first time — Twitter Inc. Chief Executive Jack Dorsey …
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The Next Web, CoinDesk, Bitcoinist.com, Cointelegraph, Altcoin Magazine, and The Block
| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Sony says Q2 operating profit jumped 16% to $2.56B, as the PlayStation 4 has sold 102.8M units in total, surpassing the original PlayStation — Sony's PlayStation 4 has become the second best-selling console of all time, surpassing the original PlayStation, which sold 102.5 million units.
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The Verge, Thurrott, Reuters, GameSpot, and Firstpost Tech
| Kate Clark / TechCrunch: |
Slack rival Quill, which promises more focused team messaging, raised $2M seed led by Sam Altman and $12.5M Series A led by Index Ventures partner Sarah Cannon — Slack created a new solution for workplace communication, one copied by many, even Microsoft.
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WebProNews. Tweets: @zavaindar, @gaberivera, @somospostpc, @kateclarktweets, and @dinsmore_steele
| Raffi Khatchadourian / New Yorker: |
A profile of the defunct cybersecurity company Tiversa, whose CEO is facing federal charges for falsifying evidence about data breaches to extort clients — Tiversa dominated an emerging online market—before it was accused of fraud, extortion, and manipulating the federal government. — I. THE FOOTBALL
Tweets: @htemmal, @raffiwriter, @newyorker, and @hatr
| Jason Gurwin / The Streamable: |
Sony says it will shut down its PlayStation Vue live TV subscription service on January 30 — After much reports about trying to find a buyer, it seems that PlayStation Vue has decided to shut down the service instead. The service, which launched in 2015, was one of the first Live TV Streaming Services …
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PlayStation.Blog, Ars Technica, The Verge, Variety, and IGN
Tweets: @getfandom, @nextgenplayer, @sherman4949, @jank0, @pkafka, and @pkafka. Thanks:@thestreamable
| Stan Schroeder / Mashable: |
Xiaomi's first high end smartwatch looks a lot like the Apple Watch, with a button and twisting control knob on the right side — Xiaomi's November 5 event is shaping up to be a pretty big one. — On Monday we wrote about the company's upcoming 108-megapixel phone, but now the company …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Duality, which uses homomorphic encryption to provide privacy-preserving data analysis tools, raises $16M led by Intel Capital — The ubiquity of APIs and cloud solutions have opened up a world of interesting ways for businesses to create a service without having to build every part of it themselves.| Alfred Ng / CNET: |
Uber refuses to provide LA with real-time location data on its scooters, sues the city, requests restraining order in case LA decides to suspend Uber's license — The ride-hailing company doesn't want to share everything with the city's government. — Los Angeles wants a peek …
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Tweets: @therideshareguy, @davidzipper, @k_trendacosta, @awalkerinla, and @gregbensinger
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
MX Player, a streaming and offline video app popular in India, raises ~$111M Series A led by Tencent; source: MX Player has a post-money valuation of $500M — MX Player, a popular video app that offers both local playback and streaming services, said on Wednesday that it has raised $110.8 million …
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KrASIA, The Economic Times, and Entrackr
Tweets: @tsuvik, @dinsmore_steele, @satyan, @jonrussell, and @akm1410
| BBC: |
Facebook agrees to pay a £500K fine to the UK for its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal but makes no admission of liability — Facebook has agreed to pay a £500,000 fine imposed by the UK's data protection watchdog for its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal.| Chris Krycho: |
The current state of Apple's developer documentation, in which many parts of the ecosystem are entirely undocumented, is shocking — If you want developers to love your platform, then you need to take this seriously. If it isn't documented, it isn't done.
Tweets: @chiefsucker, @grady_booch, @damienpetrilli, @upfrontezine, @migueldeicaza, and @carnage4life
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Samsung says SmartThings has over 45M monthly active users and works with more than 5,000 devices, as it announces new developer and partner programs — Today at the 2019 Samsung Developer Conference in San Jose, Samsung announced that SmartThings, the Seoul company's internet of things … | Katie Williams / Sensor Tower Blog: |
Analysis: Nintendo's new Mario Kart Tour game had 123.9M downloads in its launch month across iOS and Android, the second best ever behind Pokemon GO's 163M — Mario Kart Tour, powerhouse developer Nintendo's latest mobile game, has had the second-biggest launch month in history in terms of downloads.
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Sensor Tower Blog, Pocket Gamer.biz, GamesIndustry.biz, Android Headlines, Hollywood Reporter, and Bloomberg. Tweets: @kart_tour
| James Thorne / GeekWire: |
Twistle, which provides a platform to automate healthcare provider and patient communication, raises $16M Series A led by Health Enterprise Partners — Health tech startup Twistle landed $16 million to fund a platform that makes it easier for hospitals to communicate with patients.| Donie O'Sullivan / CNN: |
Activist registers as a candidate in California's 2022 gubernatorial election merely to run false Facebook ads, in a challenge to its controversial policy — New York (CNN Business)A San Francisco man is going to extreme lengths to call out Facebook's controversial policy of allowing politicians to run false ads on its platform.
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USA Today, The Guardian, Politico, CNN, SiliconANGLE, Inc.com, and The Parallax
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| Brendan Sinclair / GamesIndustry.biz: |
EA partners with Valve to bring its EA Access subscription service to Steam next spring and launch games on Steam starting with Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order — SVP Mike Blank talks about the need to reduce fragmentation as EA pledges to bring Jedi Fallen Order, EA Access to Valve's storefront
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Electronic Arts Inc., YouTube, The Verge, GameSpot, VG247, The Next Web, TechSpot, Digital Trends, OnMSFT.com, Neowin, Firstpost Tech, and MSPoweruser
Tweets: @gibiz and @toadsanime
| Emily Stewart / Vox: |
A look at Sen. Josh Hawley's war against Big Tech, which could portend the GOP's future approach to Silicon Valley as he draws bipartisan support on some issues — Facebook's biggest problem in Washington might not be Elizabeth Warren. — Tech has become one of the major issues of political debate heading into 2020.
Tweets: @freedaaron, @voxdotcom, @voxdotcom, @recode, @sivavaid, and @recode
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple releases watchOS 6.1 with support for AirPods Pro, and Watch Series 1 and Series 2, which were excluded from initial release of watchOS 6 — Apple today is releasing watchOS 6.1 to the public after developer beta testing. The update includes performance improvements …
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Thurrott, iMore, The Verge, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Gotta Be Mobile, and The Verge. Tweets: @apollozac
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