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| Alan Boyle / GeekWire: |
Sources: Apple has acquired Seattle-based Xnor.ai, which develops low-power, edge-based AI image recognition tools, for around $200M — Apple has acquired Xnor.ai, a Seattle startup specializing in low-power, edge-based artificial intelligence tools, sources with knowledge of the deal told GeekWire.
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| 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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| 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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| 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 …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Internal memo: Mozilla lays off ~70 after its 2019 plans to boost revenue streams outside of search, like new subscription products, did not pan out — Mozilla laid off about 70 employees today, TechCrunch has learned. — In an internal memo, Mozilla chairwoman and interim CEO Mitchell …
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| 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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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube launches Profile cards that show user's public information and comment history on the current channel, starting with Android — Last September, YouTube began testing a new feature called profile cards, which showed a user's public information and comment history on the current channel.
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
US and China trade deal will clamp down on counterfeit and pirated goods, some of which end up on Amazon and other platforms — - The new trade agreement includes provisions that seek to help prevent the sale of counterfeit goods on e-commerce platforms. — The countries agreed … | Bloomberg: |
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Cloudflare says it will provide free security services 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 …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google sets timeline for phasing out support for Chrome Apps across all operating systems by July 2022; the change won't affect Chrome extensions — Back in 2016, Google announced that it was killing Chrome Apps in favor of the web. This process began with that category disappearing … | 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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| Kashmir Hill / New York Times: |
As companies comply with privacy laws like GDPR and CCPA, many have insecure practices for giving users their data and some outsource user identity verification — A new California privacy law gives consumers the right to see and delete their data. But getting access often requires giving up more personal details.
Tweets: @kashhill, @privacyguru, @gushurwitz, @profcarroll, @josephfcox, @nytimesbusiness, and @kashhill
| 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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| 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: @sjsivak, @patrickmoorhead, @a16z, and @tocelot
| 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.| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Zinier, which provides workplace automation tools, raises $90M Series C led by ICONIQ Capital, bringing its total raised to $120M+ — 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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TechCrunch, Silicon Valley Business …, SiliconANGLE, and FinSMEs
| 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
| Ellen Zavian / Washington Post: |
The e-sports industry is increasingly coming under tax scrutiny by US states, amid ever-rising sums of prize money and an uptick in interstate competitions — Ask a professional gamer how they'd label their occupation and they may have several suggestions, not particularly caring which you choose.
Tweets: @leadergrev, @walldo, and @launcherwp
| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Productboard, a platform for product managers, raises $45M Series B led by Sequoia and Bessemer Venture Partners, source says at a $350M post-money valuation — Covering venture capital, software and startups — He now runs one of Silicon Valley's buzziest software startups.Sponsor Posts
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