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Sources: 2nd generation Snap Spectacles to ship in Q3 with improved performance; 3rd gen planned for 2019 with two cameras for 3D-like depth effects in videos — Snap Inc. plans to launch a second version of its Spectacles glasses this year followed by a more ambitious third version equipped …
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Former recruiter sues Google, says YouTube set minority hiring quotas, stopped hiring white and Asian males last year for tech jobs, fired him for complaining — A former employee alleges tech firm set quotas for hiring minorities — YouTube last year stopped hiring white and Asian males …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram may be preparing to launch audio and video calling within its direct messaging system according to files and icons buried in its APK — Instagram wants to be your phone, not just your camera. And it wants to be better at it than Snapchat. Files buried in Instagram …
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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
GitHub hit with the largest ever DDoS attack of 1.35Tbps on Feb. 28; attacker abused publicly accessible memcached instances, taking the site down for 6+ mins — ON WEDNESDAY, AT about 12:15pm ET, 1.35 terabits per second of traffic hit the developer platform GitHub all at once.
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| Robert Hackett / Fortune: |
Garrett Camp proposes Eco, a cryptocurrency that would run on verified nodes at universities and research institutes and have collective mining incentives — In November, Garrett Camp had just returned from his first trip to Africa—an “eye-opening” experience, he said …
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Toyota is teaming up with two other Japanese companies to form a $2.8B Tokyo-based company to develop software for self-driving cars — New company's goal is software of high enough quality to be used in passenger cars — TOKYO— Toyota Motor Corp. TM -.94% said it would spend nearly $3 billion …
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Rovio misses on Q4 revenue of €73.9M vs €77.33M estimated and announces closure of a year-old London office, departure of head of games unit; stock down 9%+ — Gaming and entertainment company Rovio continues to have a very hard time of it as it faces the music on the waning popularity … | John McCrank / Reuters: |
Equifax expects $200M in 2018 loses from the data breach, says 2.4M additional customers were affected by 2017 cyber attack — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Equifax Inc (EFX.N) said on Friday it expects $275 million in costs in 2018 related to the credit reporting company's massive data breach last year … | Deutsche Welle: |
Germany says hackers infiltrated government computers; sources point to Russian group APT28, say malware could have been in the system for up to a year — German security services have admitted they uncovered a cyberattack on the government in December. Sources say the malware had been planted … | Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
VMware reports mixed results with Q4 revenue of $2.31B, up 14% YoY, loss of $440M, a $970M tax-law charge, and record full-year revenue of $7.92B, up 12% YoY — VMware continues to deliver strong growth as it is a go-to vendor in hybrid cloud deployments. — Hybrid cloud and virtualization …
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Microsoft launches Soundscape as a free iPhone app in US and UK that uses 3D audio to help the visually impaired locate points of interest — In recent years, Microsoft has worked on a number of projects to assist people with visual impairments. Those have taken the form of everything … | Dana Cimilluca / Wall Street Journal: |
Microchip Technology to acquire Microsemi, the largest US commercial supplier of military and aerospace semiconductor equipment, for ~$8.35B — Microchip to pay $68.78 a share for Microsemi, or $8.3 billion — Microchip Technology Inc. MCHP .10% agreed to buy Microsemi Corp. MSCC -.92% …
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