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Google plans to build three new undersea fiber optic cables and add five new cloud regions in Montreal, Netherlands, Los Angeles, Finland, and Hong Kong — At Google, we've spent $30 billion improving our infrastructure over three years, and we're not done yet.| Diane Bartz / Reuters: |
Sources: US lawmakers, citing national security concerns, urge AT&T to cut commercial ties with Huawei and oppose China Mobile's plans to enter the US — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers are urging AT&T Inc, the No. 2 wireless carrier, to cut commercial ties to Chinese phone maker … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Google and Coursera launch program to train more IT support professionals, written by Googlers and subsidized by Google, available globally for $49/month — After a big fundraise and subsequent reorganization last year at Coursera — which saw a change of CEO, as well as the departure of its COO …
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| Saqib Shah / Engadget: |
Contraceptive app Natural Cycles, used by over 500K women, reported to regulator by Swedish hospital after reportedly causing 37 unwanted pregnancies — A contraceptive app used by more than 500,000 women has come under fire after reportedly causing 37 unwanted pregnancies.
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Tweets: @bspeed8, @joshtpm, and @morninggloria
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China Labor Watch report finds some workers at Catcher iPhone plant worked around noxious chemicals when safety equipment was not present; Apple, Catcher deny — Rights group alleges 14 violations of Apple supplier standards — Apple says it investigated claims, found no standards breached
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| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
IBM and Maersk form joint venture to launch a blockchain-based platform for the global supply chain and will create a new company to commercialize it — IBM and Maersk have been collaborating on creating a blockchain platform for the global supply chain. Now the duo will create a new company to commercialize the platform broadly.
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| Richard Chirgwin / The Register: |
Google Cast protocol bug causing temporary Wi-Fi outages on many routers; some router vendors are releasing firmware fixes; Google says fix is coming — Router vendors sling firmware to protect users from packet floods — Wi-Fi router vendors have started issuing patches to defend their products against Google Chromecast devices.| Olivia Zaleski / Bloomberg: |
Instacart acquires Toronto-based coupon and voice-shopping startup Unata; sources: the deal totals about $65M — Unata makes voice-ordering software for grocery chains — Deal will help Instacart expand to more markets in Canada — Instacart Inc. said it agreed to acquire Toronto-based …
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TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, BetaKit, PR Newswire, VentureBeat, Food Dive, and PYMNTS.com. Tweets: @instacart
| James Yan / Counterpoint Research: |
Apple's iPhone 7 Plus was the second-best selling phone in China last year, behind the OPPO R9s, with iPhone 7 in fifth-place, according to market data report — The competition in China 2017, the biggest smartphone market around the globe in terms of sales volume, has become increasingly fierce …
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| Steven Sinofsky / Learning By Shipping: |
CES 2018 notes: massive investment in voice control across all platforms and gadgets, steady progress in “home of the future” tech, evolution of wireless, more — Suggested reading: Read the intro then scan through looking for pictures that are in your area of interest.| Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed: |
Twitter again disputes claims from a Project Veritas undercover video aimed at the company, saying “We do not proactively review DMs. Period.” — “We do not proactively review DMs. Period.” — On Monday, conservative activist and filmmaker James O'Keefe published undercover footage …
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TechCrunch, YouTube, MacRumors, BetaNews, Neowin, Project Veritas, The Next Web, MacDailyNews, International Business Times, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @netik, @johnpaczkowski, @cwarzel, and @passantino
| Sherisse Pham / CNNMoney: |
Alibaba and Microsoft's AI programs beat humans for the first time on a Stanford University reading comprehension test — Jack Ma: 'We shouldn't fear AI' — The robots are coming, and they can read. — Artificial intelligence programs built by Alibaba (BABA) and Microsoft (MSFT) …
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Tweets: @pranavrajpurkar and @peteratmsr
| Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
Collaboration software provider Smartsheet acquires UK-based AI startup Converse.AI that lets its customers build chatbots to automate business processes — Collaboration software provider Smartsheet Inc. today said it's acquiring a British artificial intelligence firm called Converse.AI Inc …
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