| 11:00 PM • | Louise Matsakis / Wired: Google announces it will contribute an additional $3.1M to Wikimedia and give Wikipedia editors free access to Custom Search API and Cloud Vision API |
| 10:35 PM • | Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: New research details how two widely received spam email campaigns over the past few months were made possible by a previously detailed weakness at GoDaddy.com |
| 9:00 PM • | Paresh Dave / Reuters: Google spent $21.2M on US govt lobbying in 2018, up from $18.04M in 2017; Facebook spent $12.62M, up from $11.51M; and Microsoft spent $9.52M, up from $8.5M |
| 7:50 PM • | Rebekah Valentine / GamesIndustry.biz: NPD Group: US video game revenue in 2018 reached a record $43.4B, up 18% YoY, with software earning $35.8B, up 18% YoY, and hardware earning $7.5B, up 15% YoY |
| 6:35 PM • | Sara Fischer / Axios: Viacom to acquire Pluto TV, a free, ad-supported streaming service, for $340M in cash; Pluto TV to operate as an independent subsidiary when the deal closes |
| 6:20 PM • | Pushkala Aripaka / Reuters: IBM beats with Q4 revenue of $21.76B, down 3% YoY, vs. $21.71B analyst estimate, and full-year cloud revenue of $19.2B, up 12% YoY; stock up 6%+ after hours |
| 6:15 PM • | Anthony D'Alessandro / Deadline: The Motion Picture Association of America has added Netflix as a member, the first internet-based service to be added |
| 5:30 PM • | Jon Fingas / Engadget: Twitter begins limited rollout of a new web interface with a two-column layout, keyboard shortcuts, a dedicated emoji button, and a revised trends section |
| 5:20 PM • | Sam Levin / The Guardian: US DoL files complaint against Oracle for discrimination against women and people of color, seeks $400M+ for workers who have suffered pay inequities |
| 5:05 PM • | Ashley Carman / The Verge: Match Group and the media brand Betches have partnered to launch Ship, an iOS dating app that allows users to help their friends pick out potential dates |
| 4:45 PM • | Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google says 30M Chromebooks are used in education, up 5M from May 2018, and that 80M people use its G Suite for Education platform |
| 4:20 PM • | Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: TomTom announces it's selling its telematics unit, which includes fleet management solutions, to automotive giant Bridgestone Europe for €910M |
| 4:15 PM • | Sean Lyngaas / CyberScoop: DHS issues rare “emergency” directive ordering federal agencies to secure credentials for DNS records; sources: six agencies have seen malicious DNS activity |
| 4:05 PM • | Adi Robertson / The Verge: SCOTUS declines to hear case over whether Yelp is responsible for removing defamatory reviews from its site after CA Supreme Court ruled in Yelp's favor in 2018 |
| 3:05 PM • | Dan Primack / Axios: Source: Zynga founder Mark Pincus is raising up to $700M for a new investment fund that will focus on publicly traded tech firms needing strategic restructuring |
| 2:55 PM • | Wall Street Journal: Analysis of millions of Glassdoor reviews finds 400+ companies, including SpaceX and Slack, have unusual single-month increases in mostly positive posts |
| 2:35 PM • | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Google will retire classic Hangouts for G Suite customers in October, after its previous announcement that Hangouts would be split into Hangouts Chat, Meet apps |
| 1:50 PM • | FinSMEs: Hailo, an Israel-based developer of a microprocessor for deep learning on edge devices, expands its Series A by an additional $8.5M to $21M |
| 1:30 PM • | Sara Fischer / Axios: Vox Media is acquiring The Coral Project, an open-source publishing platform housed within the Mozilla Foundation |
| 1:00 PM • | Gabriela Mello / Reuters: Amazon launches direct sales of merchandise in Brazil after months of delays caused by complicated logistics, testy vendor relations, and a complex tax system |
| 12:55 PM • | CNN: Inside Uber's Special Investigations Unit, a 60+ person team handling severe reported incidents, nearly 1,200/week, often leading to stress and emotional trauma |
| 12:35 PM • | Kate Clark / TechCrunch: Online birth control prescription and delivery service The Pill Club raises $51M Series B led by VMG Partners, bringing total raised to $67M |
| 12:23 PM • | Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft unveils Microsoft Classroom Pen, optimized for the Surface Go and sold in packs of 20 to schools, and 7 new PCs from Acer, Dell, Lenovo from $189-$320 |
| 12:19 PM • | Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: Microsoft expands its coding language for visually impaired children, now called Code Jumper, partnering with a non-profit to expand internationally |
| 11:30 AM • | Steven Overly / Politico: Sources: Netflix is in advanced talks to join the Motion Picture Association of America and would be the first internet-based service to do so if it does |
| 11:20 AM • | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Dosh raises $40M, sources say at a $300M valuation, following a $44M Series A nine months ago, as its cash back app has doled out ~$50M to shoppers |
| 11:00 AM • | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Digital identity management firm Keyfactor, formerly Certified Security Solutions, announces $77M in growth funding led by Insight Venture Partners |
| 10:45 AM • | Molly Price / CNET: UPS and Latch, which launched a pilot of their Amazon Key-like delivery service in SF and NYC last year, plan to expand to 10 new US cities by mid-year |
| 9:55 AM • | Jon Russell / TechCrunch: Japanese early stage incubator Digital Garage teams up with Blockstream to develop blockchain-based financial services in Japan |
| 9:40 AM • | Yingzhi Yang / South China Morning Post: A look at Hainan, China's latest free-trade zone with a visa free policy, which offers startups free rent, reduced taxes, and access to govt-backed VC funding |
| 9:30 AM • | Apple: Apple Pay expands to Target, Taco Bell, and other US chains and now covers 74 of the top 100 US merchants |
| 6:25 AM • | Wall Street Journal: Sources: Foxconn is considering producing iPhones in India, a move that could reduce Apple's dependence on China and help lower iPhone prices in India |
| 6:10 AM • | Toby Sterling / Reuters: Dutch navigation company TomTom to sell Telematics, its fleet management business, to Japan's Bridgestone for €910M |
| 5:55 AM • | Takashi Mochizuki / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Apple is likely to drop LCD displays altogether in its 2020 iPhone lineup in favor of OLED displays, which allow for more flexible handset designs |
| 2:20 AM • | Eric Bellman / Wall Street Journal: The rise of mobile video in India is requiring YouTube and others to innovate to better serve Indian users, who average 40+ hours/month of video from data plans |
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