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Apple says it will remove all 181 vaping-related apps from its App Store, after experts attribute a variety of lung injuries and fatalities to e-cigarettes — Amid growing health concerns over e-cigarettes, Apple will remove all 181 vaping-related apps from its mobile App Store this morning, Axios has learned.
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Amazon says it has filed a protest of the Pentagon's decision to award the JEDI contract to Microsoft, claiming “unmistakable bias”, and “errors” in process — - Oracle and IBM were removed from the competition earlier this year, and last month Amazon was knocked out.
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Source: Google rushed to publicly announce a now cancelled project with National Institutes of Health without properly vetting the data for privacy concerns — Fumbled project with NIH highlights potential pitfalls of Google's ambitions with sensitive health data
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UK's Labour party pledges free broadband for all by 2030, by nationalizing part of BT and introducing a tax on tech giants, if it wins the general election — Labour has promised to give every home and business in the UK free full-fibre broadband by 2030, if it wins the general election.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google says it is now rolling out support for RCS messages in the Android Messages app to all of its users in the US — Google today announced that it is now rolling out to all of its users in the U.S. support for Rich Communication Services messages (you can think of it as the next generation of SMS) …
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TikTok says it has started allowing some users to add links to their profile bios and send their viewers to shopping sites — TikTok is beginning to dabble in social commerce. The short-form video app said it has started to allow some users to add links to e-commerce sites … | Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Nvidia reports Q3 revenues of $3.01B, down 5% YoY, compared to $2.91B expected, with gaming revenue down 6% YoY at $1.66B and data center revenue of $726M — Jen-Hsun Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp. — Nvidia shares seesawed in extended trading on Thursday … | Dave Gershgorn / OneZero: |
Docs show surveillance robots from Knightscope collect data using tools like facial recognition, automatic license plate readers, and wireless device detection — OneZero obtained a presentation that reveals how Knightscope uses facial recognition and license plate readers to track individuals
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Sources: the 50 AGs investigating Google are preparing to expand their antitrust investigation beyond Google's ad business into search and Android businesses — - The 50 attorneys general investigating Google are preparing to expand their antitrust investigation into the company's search …
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Microsoft plans to launch its xCloud game streaming service in the US in 2020, with plans to expand xCloud preview to Canada, India, Japan, and Western Europe — More countries are getting access to xCloud next year, too — Microsoft is planning to launch its xCloud game streaming service in 2020 …
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Sources: Apple signed on 200,000 subscribers to Apple News+ in its first 48 hours in March but has since struggled to add customers — - Apple signed on 200,000 subscribers to Apple News+ in its first 48 hours in March, but has been stuck in neutral since that time, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Sources: FCC plans to scrap and replace the Electronic Comment Filing System, used for public feedback, after the fake comments controversy — After years of so-called “upgrades” that have failed to allay oversight lawmakers' concerns about the integrity of its public comment system … | Sarah Emerson / OneZero: |
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