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Twitter says it does not block or remove controversial tweets of world leaders because it would hide important information people should see and debate — There's been a lot of discussion about political figures and world leaders on Twitter, and we want to share our stance.
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Tweets: @jack, @bfriedmandc, @davechensky, @kfury, @emilybell, @tomcoates, @sethabramson, @tvietor08, @jwherrman, @jwherrman, @cwarzel, @stevekovach, @tomcoates, @pkafka, and @mikeisaac
| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
Google says Assistant is available on 400M+ devices, while it sold more than one Home every second since Home Mini Oct. launch, which translates to 6M+ speakers — Google Assistant is now available on 400 million devices, including more than 6 million Home smart speakers sold since the Home Mini first became available last October.
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Tweets: @stevesi, @jasonfalter, and @peard33
| Louise Matsakis / Wired: |
Experts: human damage to undersea fiber optic cables would be less severe than military warns; of ~428 cables, one is damaged every couple days, often by nature — IT MIGHT SEEM like nightmare scenario. A terrorist organization or nefarious nation state decides to derail the global internet … | Theodore Schleifer / Recode: |
Sources: Benchmark, GV sold ~14.5% of their Uber stakes, worth ~$900M, ~$350M respectively; Garrett Camp sold ~15% for ~$400M; Menlo sold ~46%, First Round ~38% — Google Ventures, or GV, also sold several hundred million dollars of stock in the transaction.
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| Douglas Busvine / Reuters: |
How infosec researcher Daniel Gruss and his team discovered the Meltdown CPU flaw and developed the KAISER tool to patch Meltdown on Windows, Mac, and Linux — FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Daniel Gruss didn't sleep much the night he hacked his own computer and exposed a flaw in most of the chips …
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cyber.wtf, The Verge, Tech Times, Fedora Magazine, The Register, Slate, Krebs on Security, and Zoho Blog. Tweets: @lee_holmes
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
New US Customs guidelines for border searches of devices still allow search of info stored locally, need “reasonable suspicion” to move info to external devices — The US Customs and Border Protection agency has updated its guidelines for electronic border searches …
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Sources on how Snap's hub-and-spoke org structure, with Evan Spiegel at the center of all decision-making, has employees on edge amid major overhaul of Snapchat — This fall, employees on Snap's product team received a surprising message from CEO Evan Spiegel: stop what you're working on, they were told.
Tweets: @skweird, @harrymccracken, @joshconstine, @caseynewton, and @willoremus
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Web developers and Google's own apps are increasingly diverging from open web ethos by optimizing for Google-developed standards that first ship in Chrome — Chrome-only sites are a problem — Chrome is now the most popular browser across all devices, thanks to Android's popularity …
Tweets: @chartier, @tomstuart, @mattrosoff, @dhh, @vivaldibrowser, and @ow
| Daniel Cooper / Engadget: |
What to expect at CES 2018: from energy efficient laptops, high-end TVs, and self-driving car tech to AR/VR gaming, robots, and smart home tech — It's January, which means that Las Vegas, or the bit that pretends not to be Las Vegas for tax reasons, will play host to CES.
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Bloomberg, Digital Trends, Quartz, GeekWire, Silicon Valley Business …, ZDNet, SiliconANGLE, VentureBeat, and Windows Central. Tweets: @yoda
| Steven Millward / Tech in Asia: |
Report: China's tech funding rose to record $58.8B in 2017, up from $56.1B in 2016; logistics and transportation sector raised the highest at $16.8B — China's startups and tech giants pulled in a record US$58.8 billion from investors in 2017, according to the Tech in Asia database.| Serena Ng / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: sales at Jessica Alba's Honest Company, which reached $300M in 2016, were flat in 2017; CEO says firm is culling products to focus on core categories — Sales fell flat in 2017, hurt by recalls and product changes; new CEO says startup is 'getting out of businesses we can't win in'
Tweets: @wsj
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon announces Alexa Mobile Accessory Kit for wearables and Alexa Premium Voice Development Kit to improve far-field voice reception in third-party hardware — Amazon wants to bring Alexa to more devices than smart speakers, Fire TV and various other consumer electronics for the home, like alarm clocks.
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Slate, Recode, SlashGear, Android Central, Tech Times, AFTVnews, CNET, MSPoweruser, PYMNTS.com, Android Police, PhoneDog.com, Voicebot, SiliconANGLE, ZDNet, Amazon Developer Services, Amazon Developer Services, The Verge, and TechRepublic. Tweets: @joshconstine
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