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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google announces Chat, a carrier messaging service based on Universal RCS, as a replacement to SMS, with typing indicators, full-res images, video, group texts — A top-tier Android phone can cost upwards of a thousand dollars, and for that money, you'll get some amazing features.
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Google's App Engine can no longer be used for domain-fronting, which let services use its network to avoid state-level internet blocks — Domain-fronting is now a thing of the past — App developers won't be able to use Google to get around internet censorship anymore.
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| CNNMoney: |
Investigation: 300+ organizations' ads ran on extremist YouTube channels despite many advertisers saying they use YouTube's sensitive subject exclusion filter — Advocates say YouTube is collecting kids' data — Ads from over 300 companies and organizations — including tech giants … | Cameron Johnson / Netflix Media Center: |
Netflix launches vertical preview videos for mobile, each about 30 seconds long, on iOS now and coming soon to Android; users can swipe to see next preview — One of the best ways to know if you'll like a new series or movie is to watch a quick trailer. Today, we are excited … | Todd Spangler / Variety: |
MoviePass parent to sell 10.5M shares at $2.75, 28.2% below Wednesday's $3.83 closing price, as auditor has “substantial doubt” about MoviePass' future — Shares of Helios and Matheson Analytics, the majority owner of MoviePass, plummeted more than 40% in early trading Thursday …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple open sources FoundationDB core, three years after acquiring the database company — Apple owned-company FoundationDB today announced that the FoundationDB core has been open sourced with the goal of building an open community with all major development done in the open.
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| Bloomberg: |
An investigation of data-mining company Palantir, cofounded by Peter Thiel, which works with government agencies and law enforcement to help track US citizens — Peter Thiel's data-mining company is using War on Terror tools to track American citizens. The scary thing? Palantir is desperate for new customers.
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| Scott Stein / CNET: |
Nintendo Labo, the build-your-own cardboard kits with accompanying software for Nintendo Switch, is great for families; Variety Kit offers more than Robot Kit — We spent a week with Labo and its crazy folding forms. Here's what Nintendo's ode to papercraft...
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
eBay updates its apps to let sellers scan barcodes to autofill some product information — It's usually a pain to list your goods on an auction site, especially if it's your first time. You have to describe them, choose photos and (worst of all) choose a starting price that will reel …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon introduces Alexa Blueprints that let anyone create custom Alexa skills and responses without coding — Amazon this morning is introducing “Alexa Blueprints,” a new way for any Alexa owner to create their own customized Alexa skills or responses, without needing to know how to code.
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Tweets: @sims and @tomwarren
| Becky Peterson / Business Insider: |
Filings show Qualcomm's layoffs will happen on or around June 19, will impact ~1,231 employees at its San Diego HQ, 269 in its San Jose and Santa Clara offices — - Qualcomm will layoff a total of 1,500 employees across its San Diego and Bay Area locations, according to WARN filings with the state of California.
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Reuters, Qualcomm, Bloomberg, SiliconANGLE, Reuters, Bloomberg, CNET, Axios, Patently Apple, AppleInsider, Light Reading, Cult of Mac, 9to5Mac, Fortune, MacDailyNews, Wall Street Journal, Inquirer, ZDNet, The Verge, Engadget, CNBC, and FierceWireless. Tweets: @sambeal. Thanks:@lexnfx
| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Oculus begins rolling out GDPR-compliant changes including a user-facing Privacy Center, updated ToS, and new Code of Conduct for users — While Facebook is still struggling to regain user trust following a data fiasco that ultimately brought Zuckerberg to testify in front of Congress … | David Ingram / Reuters: |
| Stephen Schenck / Android Police: |
New budget Moto handsets: €250 G6 with dual cameras and USB-C, bigger €300 G6 Plus, €200 G6 Play with larger battery, €150 E5, €170 E5 Plus, and E5 Play — For smartphone fans who enjoy a good spoiler, we started the year off with a pretty substantial one …
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| Ryan Faughnder / Los Angeles Times: |
Sources: Netflix has considered buying movie theaters in New York and Los Angeles; it decided not to pursue LA-based Landmark Theatres due to high price — Netflix, the global streaming giant that has dramatically changed the TV industry and clashed with movie theater owners …
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CNET, Gizmodo, SlashGear, The Verge, and IndieWire
Tweets: @scott_tobias, @awallenstein, @jessicakiang, @cityofthetown, and @rfaughnder
| Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg / Wall Street Journal: |
Former Time Inc. COO Jen Wong joins Reddit as COO, will focus on business strategy, revenue growth, and user growth — Wong departed Time Inc. after it was acquired by Meredith Corp. in January — Digital media veteran Jen Wong has been named Reddit's chief operating officer effective immediately, the company said Thursday.| Chloe Cornish / Financial Times: |
Interview with Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum's 24-year-old founder, on his “weird” 2017, which saw ether's market cap reach $125B+, the broader crypto market, more — Up in San Francisco's Monterey Heights district stands a modest detached house; a house that would be perfectly ordinary …
Tweets: @mdudas, @alecurussell, @chloencornish, @maxseddon, @ftlifearts, and @jonrussell
| Bloomberg: |
Interview with Jeff Wilke, who runs Amazon's worldwide consumer division and has been Bezos' right-hand man for 18 years, on its usage of USPS and more — Retail chief Jeff Wilke talks about the company's AI ambitions and downplays Trump concerns. — Donald Trump has hammered Amazon.com …
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