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April 23, 2019, 11:55 AM

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Russell Brandom / The Verge:

Facebook hires Jennifer Newstead, a legal advisor for the US State Department who helped craft the Patriot Act, as its general counsel, replacing Colin Stretch — 'Jennifer is a seasoned leader whose global perspective and experience will help us fulfill our mission,' says Sheryl Sandberg

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James Thorne / GeekWire:

Facebook names John Pinette, a former Vulcan and Gates Ventures exec, as its VP of global communications, replacing Caryn Marooney, who is leaving after 8 years

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Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet:

The EU has voted to interconnect border control, migration, and law enforcement systems into a searchable biometrics database of 350M+ EU and non-EU citizens — EU Parliament green-lights the creation of the Common Identity Repository (CIR), a gigantic biometrics database.

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Todd Haselton / CNBC:

Samsung says it is delaying the release of the Galaxy Fold past the original April 26 launch date, will announce a new release date “in the coming weeks” — - Samsung says the phones broke when some reviewers removed a screen protector on the device.

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Kate Clark / TechCrunch:

KeepTruckin, which develops hardware and software that helps truck drivers manage their vehicles and cargo, raises $149M Series D at a $1.25B valuation — KeepTruckin, a developer of hardware and software that helps truck drivers manage their vehicles and cargo, has raised $149 million in Series D funding.

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Law360:

AT&T and Sprint say they have settled a lawsuit over AT&T's “5G Evolution” branding; source: AT&T will continue to use the branding in its ads and marketing — Law360 (April 22, 2019, 3:41 PM EDT) — Sprint and AT&T said Monday they have agreed to settle Sprint's lawsuit seeking …

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Tweets: @reckless, @karlbode, and @mcwm

Ben Fox Rubin / CNET:

Amazon launches Key in-garage delivery service and expands Key to 13 more US cities — Amazon Key faced a bumpy start in late 2017, with plenty of folks mocking the program's concept of delivering packages inside people's homes. — But, a year and a half later and following a slight name change …

More: ZDNet, The Verge, Digital Trends, TechCrunch, Android Police, VentureBeat, Business Wire, Engadget, SlashGear, and Fast Company

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Twitter Q1 beats with revenue of $787M, up 18% YoY and net income of $191M, reports MAUs of 330M, up 9M QoQ but down 6M YoY; stock up 16%+ — Social networking and media platform Twitter today reported its results for the first quarter of the year, and it's a strong one.

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Ben Munster / Decrypt:

Interviews with contractors who write crypto white papers reveal startups routinely force them to fabricate business models, inflate funding budgets, and more — We dive into this murky industry to find out who writes these things, what goes into the research and how much it really costs to get one written.

More: Cointelegraph and CoinGeek

Tweets: @notsofast, @dcsilver, @ben_munster, and @mdudas

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Short-form looping video app Byte, developed by the creator of Vine, sends first 100 invites to its closed beta, says it will expand to more testers soon — Twitter shut down Dom Hoffman's app Vine, giving away the short-form video goldmine to China's TikTok.

More: Gizmodo, CNET, 9to5Google, MSPoweruser, 9to5Mac, Engadget, Digital Trends, Business Insider, and Social Media Today

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Ian Cutress / AnandTech:

Intel debuts 9th Gen Core chips: 34 desktop CPUs with minor enhancements and more cores at the high end, as well as 45W H-Series, best suited for gaming laptops — How Intel has launched its range of ninth generation processors has been an odd and awkward one.

More: Engadget, The Verge, Windows Central, Gizmodo, and PCWorld. Thanks:@iancutress

Alan Levin / Bloomberg:

Alphabet's drone delivery business, Wing, is the first drone operator to get FAA approval as an airline — - Google offshoot becomes only drone firm approved as an airline — Wing's new status clears way for others seeking drone commerce — An offshoot of Alphabet Inc.'s Google …

More: Mashable and WRAL TechWire

ProPublica:

How Turbotax uses dark patterns on its website to trick lower-income Americans, who are eligible to file taxes for free, into paying for its filing service — Did you know that if you make less than $66,000 a year, you can prepare and file your taxes for free? — No? That's no accident.

More: CNET and Slashdot

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Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch:

After ditching Nvidia, Tesla unveils its own custom chip for enabling “full self-driving” features, says all newly made Model S, 3, and X vehicles include it — The Tesla computer, a new custom chip designed to enable full self-driving capabilities, is now in all new Model 3 …

More: The Verge, Bloomberg, Android Authority, The Next Web, Reuters, Bloomberg, MarketWatch, SiliconANGLE, Telegraph, Engadget, PYMNTS.com, Axios, MarketWatch, and VentureBeat

Tweets: @kirstenkorosec and @aapltree

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:

A look at Tesla's first self-driving chip, manufactured by Samsung, which can be installed into existing Teslas, but the cost to do so is unknown

More: MIT Technology Review, Inquirer, The Verge, Business Insider, Gizmodo, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, USA Today, Fortune, Inc42 Media, Neowin, Reuters, CNN, GeekWire, and Telegraph

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:

Harness, a continuous app delivery and release platform for engineering and DevOps teams, raises $60M Series B co-led by IVP, GV, and ServiceNow Ventures — Harness, a San Francisco startup developing a continuous app delivery and release platform for engineering and DevOps teams …

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