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Judge orders a temporary block on Microsoft's JEDI cloud contract with Pentagon, in response to a suit filed by Amazon — - A judge ordered Thursday a temporary block on the JEDI cloud contract in response to a lawsuit filed by Amazon. — Last month, Amazon filed a motion asking the court …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
YouTube TV to end support for subscriptions through Apple in-app purchases on March 13 — YouTube today sent out emails to customers who are subscribed to its YouTube TV service through Apple's App Store, letting them know that App Store subscriptions are going to be discontinued in March.| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
DOJ has charged the owner of Helix, a dark web Bitcoin mixer service operating from 2014-2017, for allegedly laundering bitcoins worth $300M+ at the time — This is the first case the DOJ has brought against a Bitcoin mixer. — US authorities have arrested and charged an Ohio man for running a …
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Researchers: Voatz, the voting app used in W. Virginia and four other states, has elementary security flaws that could let an attacker intercept and alter votes — A mobile voting app being used in West Virginia and other states has elementary security flaws that would allow someone … | Danny Crichton / TechCrunch: |
DOJ announces a 16-count superseding indictment against Huawei and its CFO Meng Wanzhou that includes charges of racketeering and conspiracy to steal IP — Ratcheting up its pressure campaign against Huawei and its affiliates, the Department of Justice and the FBI announced today …
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California Supreme Court rules that Apple violated CA law by not paying employees at its stores for time spent on mandatory bag and iPhone searches — Listen — Apple Inc. violated California law when it failed to pay employees for time they spend waiting for mandatory bag and iPhone searches …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Google has removed 500+ malicious Chrome extensions from its Web Store, likely affecting millions of users, that were part of a long-running ad fraud network — A network of malicious Chrome extensions was injecting malicious ads in millions of Chrome installs.
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Social Science One and Facebook say they are now making a dataset with ~38M URLs available to academic researchers, two years after announcing the initiative — We are excited to announce that Social Science One and Facebook have completed, and are now making available to academic researchers …
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Larry Ellison is hosting a fundraiser for Donald Trump next week; while Ellison has consistently backed Republicans, he wasn't a major Trump donor until now — Larry Ellison risks blowback from his employees at Oracle. Phillip Faraone/Getty Images — It's the most significant endorsement …
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| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Nvidia reports Q4 revenue of $3.11B, up 41% YoY, gaming revenue of $1.4B, data center revenue of $968M, and net income of $950M; stock up 6%+ after hours — Nvidia said it expects Q1 revenue of $3 billion, plus or minus two percent, above market estimates for $2.85 billion in revenue.
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The Bloomberg campaign is working with Meme 2020, whose lead strategist is the CEO of Jerry Media, to create sponsored posts on influential Instagram accounts — A campaign of sponsored content for the candidate flourished suddenly on Instagram. A new outfit, called Meme 2020, is behind it.
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| Zoe Schiffer / The Verge: |
The CEO of Clinc, an AI chatbot maker that has raised $59M and whose clients include Walmart, resigned following an investigation into sexual misconduct — At an AI startup with deep ties to the University of Michigan, employees allege a pattern of sexual harassment by the CEO
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Boston-based Flywire, which helps universities, hospitals, and businesses accept payments made in foreign currencies, raises $120M Series E at a $1B valuation — Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is leading a new funding round for payments startup Flywire. The deal will add $120 million … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook's NPE Team releases Hobbi, a photo and video sharing app designed for documenting personal projects and hobbies — Facebook is adding another app to its group of experimental projects from the NPE Team, an initiative it announced last year focused on rapidly trying out new ideas in social to see how users react.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google's Area 120 launches GameSnacks, which offers casual games for low memory devices on 2G and 3G, launching initially in Indonesia on Gojek's GoGames — A new project called GameSnacks is launching today from Google's in-house incubator, Area 120, with the goal of bringing fast-loading …
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Walmart is shutting down Jet black, its personal shopping service in NYC, on February 21, after struggling to find adoption or additional investment — Walmart is shutting down its personal shopping service, Jet black, on February 21, after struggling to find adoption or additional investment.
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Cybersecurity company Praetorian raises $10M Series A from McKinsey and Bill Wood Ventures — Praetorian, an Austin-based cybersecurity company, announced this morning a $10 million Series A round of funding. — A few things stood out to me about this round. For one, its investors.| Yordan / GSMArena.com: |
Xiaomi launches 5G flagships Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro, with 6.67" 90hz displays and 108MP cameras; Mi 10 Pro comes with 10x hybrid zoom and 20MP ultrawide angle lens — The Xiaomi Mi 10 and Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro are finally official with four cameras apiece and Snapdragon 865.
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