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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google Smart Lock on iOS now leverages Secure Enclave to enable the iPhone's use as a physical 2FA key to sign in to Google apps via Chrome on nearby devices — Last year, Google announced that all Android 7+ devices can be used as two-factor authentication when signing into Gmail, Drive, and other first-party services.
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Tweets: @sundarpichai, @mrisher, and @howelloneill
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
In a tweet, Trump criticizes Apple for refusing to unlock phones of violent criminals and says his administration helps Apple “all of the time” on trade — - In a tweet, president Donald Trump addressed the conflict between the FBI and Apple over locked iPhones used by the suspected Pensacola shooter.
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Tweets: @realdonaldtrump, @aclu, @lydiadepillis, @karaswisher, @gabrieldance, @bradmossesq, @astepanovich, and @chadloder
| New York Times: |
Sources: Apple is preparing for a legal fight with the DOJ, similar to San Bernardino, which was not legally resolved before FBI dropped the case — The Silicon Valley giant is preparing for a legal fight over encryption, even as it works to reduce tensions with the Justice Department.
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Politico, Bloomberg, Threatpost, MacDailyNews, VICE, PhoneArena, Business Insider, iPhone Hacks, iMore, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, 9to5Mac, and Cult of Mac
Tweets: @karaswisher and @reneritchie
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
In a Q&A, Jack Dorsey discusses Twitter's thinking around an edit button and says “we'll probably never do it” — You've got to live with your mistakes, which includes joining Twitter — Twitter users have been asking for the option to edit tweets ever since the service launched in 2006 …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft begins rolling out its Chromium-based Edge browser, available now for Windows and macOS — Right on schedule, Microsoft today launched its new Edge browser based on Google's Chromium open source project. You can download Chromium Edge now for Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 … | Jonathan Lai / Andreessen Horowitz: |
How cloud-native gaming on platforms like Google's Stadia has the potential to usher in entirely new gameplay experiences and business models — Much of the buzz around cloud gaming has centered on its potential to “kill the console”—to remove the need for local hardware to play games.
Tweets: @patrickmoorhead, @sjsivak, @a16z, and @tocelot
| Bloomberg: |
US and China sign a “phase one” trade deal that seeks to limit theft of American tech and trade secrets by Chinese companies, such as through joint ventures — - White House ceremony caps three years of acrimonious talks — Big issues of Beijing's state-run economy left for phase two
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| Blake Hester / Polygon: |
Former Microsoft employees and third-party developers reflect on the rise and fall of Microsoft Kinect, which was once billed as the future of Xbox — For a moment a decade ago, the game industry looked like a very different place — Illustrations by Cobysoft Joe for Polygon
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ExtremeTech. Tweets: @simulacracid, @samitsarkar, @papakipos, @johntdrake, @phacktweets, and @genepark
| Nicholas Thompson / Wired: |
Interview with US CTO Michael Kratsios on the government's recent regulatory framework for AI, the potential for an AI cold war with China, and more — In a WIRED Q&A, the US chief technology officer warns against overregulating tech, underestimating the Chinese, and losing America's lead in quantum computing.
Tweets: @sarahnemerson, @wiredbusiness, @nxthompson, and @wired
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Cloudflare says it will provide its security services free for US political campaigns, including DDoS mitigation, load balancing, and anti-bot protections — Network security giant Cloudflare said it will provide its free security tools and services to U.S. political campaigns … | Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Facebook will now notify users via email and the Facebook App when their account is used to login into a third-party app or website — It's pretty easy to forget where you use your Facebook credentials to log in, especially since using it is as easy as clicking a single button.
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Facebook Developers, ZDNet, and Android Central
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Zinier, which provides workplace automation tools, raises $90M Series C led by ICONIQ Capital, bringing its total raised to $100M+ — It's anticipated that workplace automation tools will see an uptick in adoption in the next few years. One company leading the charge is San Francisco-based Zinier …
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FinSMEs, SiliconANGLE, Yahoo Finance, and Silicon Valley Business …
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Visa's Plaid acquisition will pay off if Visa can leverage Plaid's fintech network and make it worthwhile for banks to build out the APIs Plaid needs — Before the network, there is the job. — In the case of Visa, or, to be more exact, the Bank Americard that would eventually be spun …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
6Sense, which helps automate B2B sales processes with AI, raises $40M Series C led by Insight Partners, bringing its total raised to $105M — Business-to-business buyers are typically 57% of the way to a buying decision before they engage with sales and marketing departments.
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| Sophia Kunthara / Crunchbase News: |
Austin-based startup FlashParking, which develops a parking management platform, raises $60M from L Catterton — Austin-based startup FlashParking has raised $60 million from L Catterton's Growth Fund, the company announced Wednesday. — FlashParking sells its parking technology to parking garage owners or managers.
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TechCrunch and Austin Business Journal
| Yuan Yang / Financial Times: |
A look at how US pressure, driven by national security and trade concerns, has led to China seeking increased technological self-sufficiency — The acrimony between China and the US over technology transfers has created plenty of losers during the past year.
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South China Morning Post. Tweets: @bentarnoff, @yuanfenyang, @yuanfenyang, @yuanfenyang, @yuanfenyang, @financialtimes, @bentarnoff, and @yuanfenyang
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Amid an antitrust probe and protests by small merchants, Jeff Bezos travels to India to announce a further $1B investment into Amazon's operations over 5 years — India welcomed Jeff Bezos this week with an antitrust probe. On top of that, thousands of small merchants who typically compete …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Sophos researchers find 25 “fleeceware” apps on the Play Store, installed by 600M+ users, that abuse the apps' free trial mechanic to charge obscene fees — A new set of 25 Android apps caught illegally charging users at the end of a trial period.| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
YouTube for iOS adds filters for its Subscriptions tab, letting users sort videos via tags like All, Today, Unwatched, Continue Watching, Live, and Posts — Last year, Google made YouTube's Home tab more manageable by adding a carousel of personalized topics.
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TechCrunch, Android Central, iDownloadBlog.com, and Tubefilter
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Google acquires no-code app development platform AppSheet, which had raised ~$19M to date, with plans to migrate AppSheet services to Google Cloud — Google is on something of a buying spree. On the heels of its acquisition of retail inventory management startup Pointy …
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Google Cloud Blog, AppSheet Blog, and DEVCLASS
Tweets: @ritakozlov_, @chriszeoli, @fintanr, @sarthakgh, @googlecloud, and @mcwm
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
French mobile payments app Lydia raises $45M Series B led by Tencent and says it has 3M users in France — French startup Lydia is raising a $45 million Series B round (€40 million). Tencent is leading the round with existing investors CNP Assurances, XAnge and New Alpha also participating.| Crunchbase News: |
Analysis: European startups raised over $36B from VCs in 2019, up 25% from 2018 to reach a five-year high, and more than double the amount raised in 2015 — Venture capital deals in the United States and China tend to get the most attention, but VC dollars flowing to Europe have quietly been on the rise.| Thomas Germain / Consumer Reports: |
New study shows how popular apps including Grindr, OkCupid, Tinder, and the period-tracking apps Clue and MyDays share intimate user data with data brokers — A new study shows how information about your sexuality, religion, and location is sent straight from phones to data brokers
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AdExchanger, The Guardian, Forbrukerrådet, TechCrunch, KnowTechie, Slashdot, ComputerWeekly.com, The Overspill, SecurityWeek, and The Verge
Tweets: @finnmyrstad, @consumerreports, @privacyint, @nytimesbusiness, @picture_play, @nytimesbusiness, @nytimes, @saliltripathi, @livingstone_s, @swodinsky, @profcarroll, and @frankpallone. Thanks:@thomasgermain
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