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HQ Trivia, the company behind the once popular live mobile trivia game, is shutting down — New York (CNN Business)It's over for HQ Trivia. — The company behind the once popular live mobile trivia game is shutting down, CNN Business has learned. HQ will part ways with 25 full-time employees.
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| Mark Sullivan / Fast Company: |
Source: Apple is not happy with the QTM 525 mm-wave antenna module Qualcomm is offering for this year's 5G iPhones and is trying to design its own antenna — In a year where the 5G radio will be the new iPhone's spotlight feature, Apple has decided to design the phone's antenna itself.| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
Facebook to allow influencers to produce sponsored content for US politicians and political campaigns, if the posts are clearly identified as paid partnerships — Bloomberg's bad memes might just be the beginning — Facebook will allow influencers to produce sponsored content …
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| Chase DiFeliciantonio / San Francisco Chronicle: |
Facebook canceled its Global Marketing Summit, scheduled for March 9-12 at San Francisco's Moscone Center, due to coronavirus concerns — Facebook will cancel its Global Marketing Summit slated to take place in in San Francisco next month because of coronavirus concerns.| Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE: |
Target's Shipt delivery app workers describe a culture of retaliation and fear, say its algorithm pushes them to buy gifts for customers to boost their ratings — In late October, Ashley Johnson, a single mom and seasoned gig worker in a quiet Seattle suburb, tweeted about the decline …
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| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Google says it is restructuring its Cloud business, including eliminating some roles; source says fewer than 50 employees are affected — - Google is restructuring its Cloud group internally, which will include eliminating some roles, a Google spokesperson confirmed to CNBC.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Samsung announces partnership with Netflix with bonus content associated with Netflix shows on Galaxy smartphones and deeper device integration — As the streaming battles heat up, Netflix is hoping a new partnership with Samsung will help it fend off rivals.
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Amazon is cutting ties with small delivery firms in the US because they don't meet its delivery standards, putting at least 1,300 drivers out of work — - Illinois, Washington and Kansas firms are among those culled — About 1,300 drivers in several states will lose their jobs| Bloomberg: |
Gerard Williams III, the former Apple exec sued by the company for allegedly poaching employees for his startup Nuvia, claims Apple is poaching his employees — A former Apple Inc. chip executive sued by the iPhone maker for allegedly forming a startup while at Apple and illegally poaching employees accuses …
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| Laura Hautala / CNET: |
Researchers found a now-secured database online with ~900K records of plastic surgery patients, including photos with nudity and identifying information — Thousands of images, videos and records pertaining to plastic surgery patients were left on an unsecured database where they could be viewed …
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| Greg Bensinger / Washington Post: |
Workers on Google's outsourced maps team say they alter maps based not just on history and local laws but also on whims of diplomats and Google executives — The Silicon Valley firm alters maps under political pressure and the inscrutable whims of tech executives| Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Sony PlayStation 5's manufacturing costs may be around $450 per unit due to scarce components — - May wait for Microsoft's Xbox group to make first pricing move — New PlayStation VR headset also planned after PS5 launch — Scarce components have pushed the manufacturing costs …
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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Nonprofits say Facebook's donation tools let them reach big audiences with minimal effort, but give them “virtually useless” data on actual donors — - Groups weigh donor relations versus network's broad reach — Company's fundraising products have generated $3 billion
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| Manoj Kumar / Reuters: |
In a presentation, online retailers in India ask the government to scale back a proposal for 1% tax on each sale made by third-party sellers on their platforms — NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Amazon and Walmart's Flipkart are among online retailers demanding that India scale back a proposed tax …
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Sources: DOD dropped its opposition to the Trump administration's efforts to make it harder for US companies to supply Huawei from overseas facilities — Defense Department drops opposition to tightening Chinese company's access to shipments from U.S. chip makers| Matt Drange / Protocol: |
Gun sales continue on Facebook and Instagram after 2016 ban as sellers keep finding workarounds that evade Facebook's algorithm — Basic workarounds remain popular, underscoring larger challenges for the company. — In early 2016, Facebook took a political stand unlike any it had before …
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