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Sources: Apple plans an April or May launch date for its video streaming service, but Netflix won't participate and HBO hasn't committed — - Apple is targeting April to debut a new streaming product that will include original content free for Apple device owners and a platform to subscribe to other digital media services.| Sara Salinas / CNBC: |
SEC charges Gene Levoff, Apple's ex-VP of Corporate Law, with insider trading, alleging he traded on earnings info in 2015 and 2016; Levoff was fired in Sept. — - Gene Levoff, senior director of corporate law and corporate secretary until September, “traded on material nonpublic information …
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| Kate Fazzini / CNBC: |
Google says it will spend $13B this year on expanding data centers and offices across the US, adding a new office in Virginia as it doubles its workforce there — - Google doubled capital spending in 2018, but CFO Ruth Porat said that should “moderate” this year.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
In filing to CA's DMV, Apple says its test drivers disengaged its self driving vehicles' autonomous mode about once per mile, compared to Waymo's ~11,017 miles — - California disengagement report suggests company is lagging — Tech giant has worked on the technology for about three years
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| Catherine Shu / TechCrunch: |
Instagram says it is working to resolve an issue causing some users to see a change in follower numbers; some users have reported losing thousands of followers — Instagram confirmed today that an issue has been causing some accounts' follower numbers to change.
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| Axios: |
After Khashoggi's murder, Saudi Arabia and SoftBank seem unlikely to lose out on many deals; sources say a $500M Softbank-led investment in Flexport is underway — Let's call it: Neither SoftBank nor Saudi Arabia will face any significant U.S. investment losses over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.| Peter Kafka / Recode: |
Apple has signed many publishers to its upcoming news service with a 50% revenue split, sources say, but that split likely won't satisfy major newspapers — Magazine publishers are on board with Apple's new subscription news service. Newspapers aren't. — Apple says it wants to help save journalism.| John Paczkowski / BuzzFeed: |
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Twitter says it is testing a pop-up menu to view previews of profiles without leaving the timeline in its iOS app — Twitter announced today that it is testing a new way to quickly preview profiles in its iOS app. With this change, you can now get a quick glimpse at another user's profile without having … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Amazon now lets users create and submit custom Alexa skills for certification and publication in the US Skills Store — Anyone can create a trivia game and share it on the Alexa store — Amazon is now letting anyone create and publish Alexa skills into the Alexa skills store.
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
US DOJ charges former Air Force counter-intel officer Monica Witt with aiding Iranian cyber operations against the US and sanctions two Iranian companies — Prosecutors have brought charges against a former Air Force officer for allegedly spying for Iran, the Justice Department confirmed Wednesday.
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
EU negotiations on Copyright Directive overhaul come to a close, with Article 11 and 13 largely intact; legislation now heads to EU Parliament for approval — The hated Articles 11 and 13 remain intact after final efforts to remove them failed — Last-minute negotiations over the wording …
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| Kate Fazzini / CNBC: |
After the Equifax breach, experts are puzzled about why data from 143M Americans didn't end up for sale online; one theory suggests a nation-state is using it — - Equifax's data breach on Sept. 7, 2017, stunned markets and American consumers, but where the data of those 143 million people disappeared to has remained a mystery.| Erin Griffith / New York Times: |
CB Insights identifies 50 startups that might become unicorns, many of them niche software startups focused on farming, banking, and life sciences — Uber and Airbnb were part of an early generation of tech start-ups that quickly reached $1 billion in value. The up-and-coming generation is looking very different.| Clive Thompson / New York Times: |
A detailed history of the important but under-recognized roles women have played in computer coding, from Ada Lovelace through to today — Computer programming once had much better gender balance than it does today. What went wrong? — As a teenager in Maryland in the 1950s … | Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
Democratic lawmakers step up scrutiny of T-Mobile-Sprint merger, which they say reduces competition, as two days of Congressional hearings begin — WASHINGTON — When T-Mobile announced its intention to buy Sprint last April, the prospects for the $26 billion deal winning regulatory approval appeared strong.
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| Dan Monk / WCPO: |
Grocery store chain Kroger is launching Kroger Pay, a QR-based mobile payments service, in Columbus, OH, and Colorado today, nationwide later this year — Kroger Pay to roll out nationally this year — The Kroger Co. debuted a new mobile payment option Wednesday that is launching in Columbus … | Lucinda Shen / Fortune: |
Second Measure, which analyzes credit card transactions for consumer behavior insights, raises $20M Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Goldman Sachs — In a time when the internet seems to have information on just about everything, getting data earlier than most can be the edge needed for a winning investment.
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple has informed members of its Developer Program that they must enable two-factor authentication on their accounts by Feb. 27 — Apple today has informed members of its Developer Program that they must enable two-factor authentication on their account by the end of this month.| The Guardian: |
Facebook criticized by health experts for allowing the rise of closed groups rife with anti-vaccination misinformation, some with 150,000+ members — Experts are calling on company to counter closed groups where members can post misinformation without challenge
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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Researcher finds remote exploit in Xiaomi's popular M365 scooter, used by Bird, Lime, and others, letting hacker install malware over Bluetooth and gain control — The fleets of electric scooters that have inundated cities are alarming enough as is. Now add cybersercurity concerns to the list … | Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
Slack makes Block Kit, its tool for building visually appealing apps, generally available and introduces Block Kit Builder, for designing and testing apps — Slack today made its Block Kit tool for building more visually appealing apps generally available.
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