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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google rebrands Project Fi to Google Fi and adds support for iPhones, currently in beta, and the “majority” of Android devices — Looks like the MVNO is here to stay — Three years after it first launched, Google is making its cell service a little more official today.
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Tweets: @googlefi, @ow, @backlon, @shiraovide, @ow, @thurrott, @dcseifert, @rdrv3, and @wired
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon announces new blockchain services: Amazon Quantum Ledger Database, in preview today, and AWS Managed Blockchain — Amazon last year dismissed the idea of getting into the blockchain with AWS, but today that's changed. The company announced a new service called Amazon Quantum Ledger Database …
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Tweets: @kateclarktweets, @semil, and @iankar_
| Bloomberg: |
AWS debuts Amazon FSx for Windows File Server, to sway customers from Microsoft, and Glacier Deep Archive as a cheaper data storage option, coming in 2019 — - Internet giant seeks to maintain lead in cloud computing — New tools aim to lower costs, win business from Microsoft
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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
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Tweets: @awscloud, @ryan, and @dinvesting
| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Amid worries about demand for iPhone XR, Apple VP of product marketing Greg Joswiak says it's “been our most popular iPhone” every day since it became available — Apple's iPhone XR has been outselling the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max every day since the cheaper, colorful phone hit the market last month.
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| Larry Cermak / The Block: |
Steemit, a social network that rewards users with its own cryptocurrency, says it's laying off nearly 70% of its team, after its currency declined 96% — Steemit, the company behind a blogging website that uses the Steem blockchain and cryptocurrency to reward publishers and curators …
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Steemit, CoinDesk, The Information, Bitcoin Magazine, ETHNews, TechCrunch, CryptoGlobe, and SludgeFeed
Tweets: @hasufl, @koush, @alexstamos, @jason, @hasufl, @mdudas, @julianhosp, @chrismessina, @thestalwart, and @howardlindzon
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
DOJ indicts two Iranian nationals for creating and deploying the SamSam ransomware, which caused $30M in losses and had 200+ victims — U.S. federal prosectors have indicted two Iranian nationals for creating and deploying the notorious SamSam ransomware. — Faramarz Shahi Savandi, 34 …
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Tweets: @campuscodi, @lookner, @campuscodi, @x0rz, @bluestein, @ustreasury, and @kevincollier
| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Instagram begins rolling out a tool that describes photos for visually impaired users using AI or user descriptions — They'll know what they're seeing — Instagram announced today that it's rolling out new features that'll make the app easier to use for people with visual impairments.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook is launching its “Today In” local news section in 400 US cities, after beginning testing it in January — Facebook has a new area of its app it will have to police for fake news and biased sensationalism. Facebook is launching “Today In”, its local news aggregator …
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Facebook, Digital Trends, Android Police, The Hill, CNET, Engadget, VentureBeat, Reuters, and Neowin. Tweets: @joshconstine
| Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News: |
The DOJ indicts eight men on charges related to a global ad fraud scheme discovered with the help of about 15 tech companies, including Google and White Ops — In August 2017, the FBI organized a secret meeting of digital advertising and cybersecurity experts in a secure room in a Manhattan federal building.
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Tweets: @nypdoneill, @simonowens, @peterjukes, @ericgeller, and @buzzfeedben
| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
LG puts Brian Kwon, head of its hugely profitable home entertainment business, in charge of its struggling smartphone division — Mission impossible: a new executive at LG is charged with fixing the company's long-time loss-making smartphone division following a leadership change.
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Starting next year, YouTube says its original content will be free and supported by ads, instead of being behind a premium paywall — YouTube has concluded that its investments in original programming should have a home on the free, ad-supported side — not just tucked behind a paywall.
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Tweets: @bingchen and @martinsfp
| Jessi Hempel / LinkedIn: |
Silicon Valley should move past its glowing perception of the Zuckerberg-Sandberg paradigm, where the challenges created by a brash CEO are tackled by the COO — Sheryl Sandberg had been working at Facebook for just 13 days the first time we sat down for an interview.
Tweets: @danroth, @wnd, @katies, @mekosoff, @melissagira, @work_matters, @kerrymflynn, and @mekosoff
| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Google CEO Sundar Pichai to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on December 5 regarding claims the company is biased against conservatives — Google chief executive Sundar Pichai is set to testify to Congress in December, facing off against lawmakers for the first time at a hearing …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon says it is phasing out sponsored product ads on baby registries, which attach a small “sponsored” label, after some users found them deceptive — Unwanted gifts arrive after friends say company's baby registries tricked them — Kima Nieves recently received two Aveeno bath …
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Engadget, The Verge, Quartz, Telegraph, and Fast Company
| Katie Notopoulos / BuzzFeed News: |
Pew survey of 743 US teens: 81% feel social media makes them more connected, 69% say it helps diversify friend groups; 26% say it makes them feel worse — The vast majority of teens in a new survey believe social media is actually good for them, a Pew Research Center report shows.
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Tweets: @zck, @margarita, @pewinternet, @pewinternet, @pewinternet, @pewinternet, @pewinternet, @pewinternet, @mat, @mims, and @katienotopoulos
| Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed News: |
Ex-Facebook staffer Mark Luckie posts 2,500-word memo detailing Facebook's “black people problem”, originally shared internally before his last day in November — In a 2,500 word internal memo released publicly this morning, former Facebook employee Mark S. Luckie delivered …
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Facebook, CNBC, Washington Post, The Verge, Axios, Silicon Valley Business …, Mercury News, Socialnomics, Fortune, Deadline, and Gizmodo
Tweets: @marksluckie, @marksluckie, @_imearchibong, @caseynewton, @marksluckie, @panzer, @donie, @ericajoy, @_imearchibong, @_imearchibong, @sheeraf, @rashadrobinson, @juliacarriew, @marksluckie, @daveleebbc, @ekp, @cattsmall, @sidneyfussell, @marksluckie, @marksluckie, @siegfriendo, @ckrewson, @shaft, @jackiehluo, @cwarzel, @jeffgiesea, @alyssabereznak, @sarahnemerson, @mikeisaac, @rmac18, @alexeheath, and @ericajoy
| Akanksha Rana / Reuters: |
Box reports Q3 revenue of $155.9M, up 20.6% YoY, vs. $154.6M est., a net loss of $40.2M, down from $42.9M a year ago, 90K+ paying customers, up from 87K in Q2 — (Reuters) - Box Inc's quarterly revenue topped Wall Street estimates on Wednesday and the company reported a smaller-than-expected loss …
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