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Waymo is piloting self-driving cargo trucks in Atlanta for carrying cargo bound for Google's data centers starting next week — Waymo's mission has always been to make it safe and easy for people and things to move around. So far, the focus has mostly been on people …
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Sources: Barack and Michelle Obama are nearing a content deal with Netflix for a series of shows; Apple and Amazon also expressed interest — WASHINGTON — Former President Barack Obama is in advanced negotiations with Netflix to produce a series of high-profile shows that will provide …
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| Natt Garun / The Verge: |
Jack Dorsey says Twitter is working on getting users to verify themselves; product director says it would help users spot suspicious accounts easier — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said in a Periscope livestream today that the company is working to allow any user to become verified.
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Gizmodo, Axios, Fortune, The Next Web, Quartz, Recode, CNBC, New York Magazine, TechSpot, Yourstory.com, BetaNews, 9to5Google, and Mashable
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Report: Snap CEO Evan Spiegel sent a company-wide note to employees several months ago outlining goal to break even in 2018 — Snap CEO Evan Spiegel sent a company-wide note to employees “several months ago” outlining a zealous goal to break even in 2018, according to The Information.
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The Information, Seeking Alpha, Business Insider, and The Verge
Tweets: @cityofthetown and @theinformation
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
CIRP report finds that Android brand loyalty rate in the US has remained at a steady high since 2016, at 91% today, while iOS has a loyalty rate of 86% — Samsung's new Galaxy S9 may not quite live up to the iPhone X when it comes to Samsung's implementation of a Face ID-style system or its odd take on AR emoji.
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XDA Developers, Android Authority, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, ZDNet, PYMNTS.com, iPhone Hacks, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Verge, MacRumors, AndroidHeadlines.com, HotHardware, and Softpedia News. Tweets: @benbajarin
| Maria Temming / Science News: |
Study of 4.5M+ tweets from 2006 to 2017 confirms inaccurate news spreads faster and further than true stories, and humans, not bots, are primarily to blame — An analysis of 4.5 million tweets shows falsehoods are 70 percent more likely to get shared — There's been a lot of talk …
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Tweets: @alexmorash, @jbenton, @yayitsrob, @yayitsrob, @sulliview, @coreypud, @jeff_lleru, @hadip, and @sciencenews
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Twitter appoints Parag Agrawal as new CTO, replacing Adam Messinger, who left in late 2016; his appointment was announced internally in October — - Twitter's COO Anthony Noto announced his plan to leave in January to become CEO of SoFi in January. — Twitter on Thursday updated its website …
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Yourstory.com, Reuters, and MediaNama
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Dropbox announces deeper integration with Salesforce ahead of IPO, enabling Dropbox folders to be embedded in Salesforce Commerce Cloud and Marketing Cloud — Dropbox is not messing around. Two weeks ago it announced its IPO. Just last week it announced a big partnership with Google …
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BetaNews, Dropbox Blog, ZDNet, VentureBeat, and Seeking Alpha
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Facebook strikes a licensing deal with Warner Music, the last major label holdout, to use Warner's music in videos and messages on Facebook — Just weeks after signing a large licensing deal with leading indy label representative ICE, Facebook has continued its march into the world of music … | New York Times: |
After mob violence, Sri Lanka ordered ISPs to temporarily block access to Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Viber for “spreading hate speeches and amplifying them” — MUMBAI — In many countries, Facebook is contending with a darkening reputation as a vehicle for disinformation and false news.| Wall Street Journal: |
Qualcomm names independent director Jeffrey Henderson as non-executive chairman, replacing executive chairman Paul Jacobs, who will stay on the board — In letter to U.S. lawmakers, Broadcom argues a combined company 'strongly supports America's national security interests'
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VentureBeat, Axios, FierceWireless, MarketWatch, Barron's Online, PE Hub Blog, and Seeking Alpha
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google says it is taking the lessons it has learned from AMP and is applying them to web standards that could allow instant loading for non-AMP web content — Can the most contentious piece of the web form the basis of a new standard? — In a blog post today, Google is announcing …
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AppleInsider, Search Engine Roundtable, Android Authority, ZDNet, Search Engine Journal, 9to5Google, SiliconANGLE, CNET, Search Engine Land, TechCrunch, Mashable, Accelerated Mobile …, Slashdot, and Engadget
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