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Former Google exec alleges that he was pushed out in April after he lobbied for a human rights program to formalize Google's free speech and privacy principles — Ross LaJeunesse left the tech giant in April after lobbying for a human rights program for two years
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| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Current and former Googlers share how HR changes and lack of transparency made 2019 a turning point for company culture, as Alphabet grew beyond 100,000 workers — - Google employees shared why 2019 was a pivotal year for the company's history. — Former workers shared why they left the company …
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WebProNews. Tweets: @mhbergen, @marceloplima, @stevesi, @blueharv, @neojipc, @ginnymarvin, and @willfoia
| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Dell debuts a new Latitude 9510 laptop with built-in 5G, to launch March 26, and says a spring update to its Mobile Connect software will enable iOS mirroring — Ahead of next week's CES in Las Vegas, Dell today announced two PC updates that will improve its appeal to users of mobile devices … | Luke Larsen / Digital Trends: |
Dell debuts updated XPS 13 with Intel 10th-gen processors, Intel's Iris Plus graphics, 16:10 screen, larger touchpad, available January 7 starting at $999 — When you're on top of the world, you have every reason to play it safe. That's where Dell has been for the past few years with its XPS laptops.| Andrei Frumusanu / AnandTech: |
Imagination Technologies says it has inked a new multi-year IP licensing agreement with Apple, replacing an agreement first announced in February 2014 — Today Imagination Technologies has announced that Apple the two companies have signed a new multi-year licensing with the company …
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| Zoe Schiffer / The Verge: |
In its first transparency report, TikTok says it received most requests for user data and content takedowns from India and USA, claims zero requests from China — The highest number of requests came from India and the US — TikTok released its first transparency report yesterday …
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TikTok, Engadget, Threatpost, ZDNet, CNET, Wccftech, MediaNama, CyberScoop, TechSpot, infosecurity-magazine.com, Inc42 Media, Business Insider, Input, 9to5Mac, Quartz, Social Media Today, Reclaim The Net, Firstpost Tech, Washington Post, iPhone in Canada Blog, NBC News, IT Management, and Newsroom | TikTok
| Ryne Hager / Android Police: |
Google says it is disabling Xiaomi integrations on its devices after a Xiaomi security camera user said his Google Nest Hub showed feeds from random homes — So-called “smart” security cameras have had some pretty dumb security problems recently, but a recent report regarding …
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The Verge, CNET, XDA Developers, Pocket-lint, ExtremeTech, Boing Boing, 9to5Google, PiunikaWeb, SlashGear, Android Central, MSPoweruser, and Slashdot. Tweets: @tallshmo
| Ben Sisario / New York Times: |
Q&A with Jimmy Iovine about music industry's reconciliation with tech in the last decade, why streaming music services are like utilities with low margins, more — The record executive who made the leap to Silicon Valley looks back on the decade in the music business, and sees a major problem on the horizon.
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iMore, 9to5Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, and AppleInsider
Tweets: @ballmatthew, @mattrosoff, @aservais1, @punchdouble, @nytimesmusic, and @drgonzo123
| New York Times: |
Current and former workers say Oyo's growth in India is fueled by questionable practices like imposing hidden fees, padding listings, and withholding payments — Backed by SoftBank, Oyo aims to be the world's biggest hotel chain. But its growth was fueled by questionable practices, employees said.
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Android Authority. Tweets: @vindugoel, @vindugoel, @vindugoel, @vindugoel, @nytimes, @newyscruggs, @hkanji, @eliotwb, @robaeprice, @karan_singhs, @raju, and @mattzeitlin
| Steven Sinofsky / Learning By Shipping: |
An inside look at the Windows business at the start of last decade, as PC sales grew at 3% in 2009 vs. historic 10%+, and the disruption of the PC felt imminent — As we rang in the new year, 2010 a decade ago, what did the Windows business look like as we planned Windows 8? An annotated twitter thread.| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Sensor Tower: $277M was spent on apps across Google Play and App Store on Christmas Day, up 11.3% YoY; PUBG, the top grossing game, earned $8.5M, up 431% YoY — Consumer spending on mobile games grew 8% to $210 million on Christmas, according to a report by mobile analyst firm Sensor Tower.
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Sensor Tower Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, GamesIndustry.biz, TechSpot, and Cult of Mac
Tweets: @modestproposal1 and @dez_blanchfield
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Home robot startup Trifo raises $15M Series B and launches a $799 autonomous vacuum cleaner called Lucy — Home robots are an unsolved challenge in the field of AI and machine learning. Despite the fact that 52% of people believe machines will perform most human activities in the next three decades, technical barriers remain.Sponsor Posts
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