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Biden’s Visit to North Carolina Highlights Investment in Internet Access
Biden’s visit to North Carolina highlights the importance of investment in internet access. Learn how improved connectivity can benefit communities and individuals.
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Amber Alert mobile system working despite glitches, but could be tweaked, experts say
[ad_1] Some people received duplicate alerts on their mobile phones, some not until hours after the incident, and some as far away as Manitoba. But despite those glitches, the Amber Alert sent out Thursday to locate a missing 11-year-old Brampton, Ont., girl shows the mobile emergency system seems to be doing what it was intended to do, experts say. …
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Why investors can trust that Nvidia’s stock is bottoming
[ad_1] Investors can trust that Nvidia’s stock has bottomed following its upbeat earnings report for a few key reasons, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday after the chipmaker’s shares gained 1.82 percent. The first is CEO Jensen Huang’s own outlook for his industry, which he put quite simply on the post-earnings conference call: “The world needs…
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New York’s image is tarnished after Amazon exit, says business group
[ad_1] Drew Angerer | Getty Images Activists and community members who opposed Amazon’s plan to move into Queens rally in celebration of Amazon’s decision to pull out of the deal, in the Long Island City neighborhood, February 14, 2019 in the Queens borough of New York City. Wylde said the government had to put something…
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Pirate Bay ALERT: Millions face JAIL threat for downloading illegal content
[ad_1] Pirate Bay users have been put on alert about a major piracy shake-up which may see millions face up to two years in jail for breaching copyright. The Pirate Bay has become the world’s most popular torrent download site ever since launching back in 2003. Dubbed “the galaxy’s most resilient BitTorrent” site, the Pirate…
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Suncor taps winged thugs to scare off warmth-seeking ravens at oilsands plant
[ad_1] The Suncor Fort McMurray base plant had a raven problem. More than 700 would try and sleep overnight in the facility, which is several kilometres long. They would poop and cough up pellets, undigested food, creating safety concerns and a big mess. But two winged thugs, a hawk and owl, were the answer. Now they’re getting soaring reviews…
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Apple acquires talking Barbie voicetech startup PullString – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Apple has just bought up the talent it needs to make talking toys a part of Siri, HomePod, and its voice strategy. Apple has reportedly acquired PullString, also known as ToyTalk, according to Axios’ Dan Primack and Ina Fried. The company makes voice experience design tools, artificial intelligence to power those experiences, and toys…
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Uber sues New York City over license cap
[ad_1] Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A driver uses an Uber Technologies car service app on a mobile device while driving in Washington, D.C. Uber sued New York City on Friday over the City Council’s vote last August to impose a year-long cap on new licenses for ride-hailing vehicles. Uber’s lawsuit seeks to reverse…
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How to get your home closer to zero waste
[ad_1] Hello there! This is our weekly newsletter on all things environmental, where we highlight trends and solutions that are moving us to a more sustainable world. (Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Thursday.) This week: Getting your home down to zero waste How to become a fish detective Sunny ways: solar power in the…
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Sustainability rating drops for Clearwater’s offshore lobster fishery
[ad_1] Clearwater Seafoods’ offshore lobster fishery in Eastern Canada has lost its “recommended” rating from Ocean Wise, a seafood sustainability recommendation program of the Vancouver Aquarium. It’s more fallout from a 2018 conviction for what the Crown called a “gross violation” of a Canadian fisheries regulation by Halifax-based Clearwater. Another sustainability rating looms In a separate action, the…
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Deploy the space harpoon – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Watch out, starwhales. There’s a new weapon for the interstellar dwellers whom you threaten with your planet-crushing gigaflippers, undergoing testing as we speak. This small-scale version may only be good for removing dangerous orbital debris, but in time it will pierce your hypercarbon hides and irredeemable sun-hearts. Literally a space harpoon. (Credit: Airbus) However,…
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Year in space put U.S. astronaut’s disease defenses on alert
[ad_1] Nearly a year in space put astronaut Scott Kelly’s immune system on high alert and changed the activity of some of his genes compared to his Earth-bound identical twin, researchers said Friday. Scientists don’t know if the changes were good or bad but results from a unique NASA twins study are raising new questions…
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We would never sell to Apple
[ad_1] Most CEOs would not balk at the idea of Apple buying their company. But Epic Systems CEO Judy Faulkner is not like most CEOs. In January, CNBC’s Jim Cramer suggested that Apple should consider buying Epic, one of the largest private health IT companies in the world. The move would help Apple convince customers…
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Real estate buyers ‘freaking out’ about Amazon NYC exit
[ad_1] Karlheinz Irlmeier | Getty Images Historic Pepsi-Cola neon sign on the Long Island City waterfront in Queens, New York City. New York State Sen. Michael Gianaris, a Democrat whose district includes Long Island City, defended his opposition in a separate CNBC interview on Friday, saying, “when they [Amazon] come in and take over a…
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Uber reports full-year 2018 financial results
[ad_1] In 2018, Dara Khosrowshahi’s first full year as Uber’s CEO, the company narrowed losses and continued to grow revenue, though at a slower pace than in the previous year. According to the private company’s self-reported financials, full-year revenue for 2018 was $11.3 billion, up 43 percent year over year. Gross bookings, or the amount…
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As GE and Amazon move on, Google expands presence in Boston and NYC – TechCrunch
[ad_1] NYC and Boston were handed huge setbacks this week when Amazon and GE decided to bail on their commitments to build headquarters in the respective cities on the same day. But it’s worth pointing out that while these large tech organizations were pulling out, Google was expanding in both locations. Yesterday upon hearing about Amazon’s…
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Apollo affiliates to buy stake in Cox Media Group TV stations
[ad_1] Apollo Global Management will buy a majority stake Cox Media Group’s broadcast TV stations, Cox announced Friday. Cox Enterprises will still maintain a minority stake, according to the company. Both companies will form a new company headquartered in Atlanta to operate the stations, according to the press release. In addition to the TV stations,…
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Apple’s biggest mistake has been not buying Netflix, strategist says
[ad_1] Apple is reportedly planning to launch its own streaming service in April, which will feature free original content for device owners. The service is expected to include content from CBS and Viacom, among other production studios. Last week, J.P. Morgan analyst Samik Chatterjee said in a note that Apple should acquire Netflix to boost…
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China’s pouring serious money into potential rivals of SpaceX, Blue Origin
[ad_1] Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin have long dominated the news with their respective advances in private space travel industry. But two private Chinese companies are also making big moves and gaining billions in investments as China’s state space agency announces its own ambitious goals. Here’s what’s going on in the global…
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China’s pouring serious money into potential rivals of SpaceX, Blue Origin
[ad_1] Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin have long dominated the news with their respective advances in private space travel industry. But two private Chinese companies are also making big moves and gaining billions in investments as China’s state space agency announces its own ambitious goals. Here’s what’s going on in the global…
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China’s pouring serious money into potential rivals of SpaceX, Blue Origin
[ad_1] Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin have long dominated the news with their respective advances in private space travel industry. But two private Chinese companies are also making big moves and gaining billions in investments as China’s state space agency announces its own ambitious goals. Here’s what’s going on in the global…
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How it makes money and how it compares to Fortnite
[ad_1] Investors seem to think so. Shares of EA tanked 13 percent on Feb. 6 after it cited “intense competition” in gaming and reported a revenue miss for the fiscal third quarter of 2019. But investors seemed to forget all about that just two days later when EA said millions of people were flocking to…
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NY state senator Michael Gianaris defends stopping Amazon deal
[ad_1] Andrew Lichtenstein | Corbis News | Getty Images New York’s city council holds its second hearing questioning the city and state’s deal that gave Amazon three billion dollars to move a second headquarters to Long Island City in Queens. City council members criticized Amazon for its anti-union policies and its alleged cooperation with immigration…
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Rivian announces $700 million investment round led by Amazon
[ad_1] Electric truck start-up and potential Tesla rival Rivian announced a $700 million investment round led by Amazon on Friday. The announcement comes just months after the Michigan-based company unveiled both an electric pickup truck and sport utility vehicle at the LA Auto Show in November. “This investment is an important milestone for Rivian and…
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Amazon held 11th hour meeting before pulling the plug on NYC HQ2: Rpts
[ad_1] Leonard Ortiz | Digital First Media | Getty Images Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon, speaks to a group of Amazon employees that are veterans during an Amazon Veterans Day celebration on Monday, November 12, 2018. Amazon held 11th hour meetings with New York and trade union officials before pulling the plug on…
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Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs proposed cut of Toronto taxes for smart city
[ad_1] Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs proposed taking a portion of Toronto property taxes, development fees and increased land value to build a smart city on the eastern waterfront, The Toronto Star reported. According to internal documents obtained by the Star, Sidewalks Labs plans to argue it is “entitled to … a share in the uptick in…
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Apple acquires AI marketing start-up DataTiger: report
[ad_1] Apple has acquired AI-assisted marketing startup DataTiger, according to Bloomberg. Founded in 2017 and based in London, DataTiger says it sells software services that provide artificial intelligence-assisted marketing. Apple has continued to focus more on selling services, not just hardware products like iPhones, and it may be looking for new ways to tell consumers…
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Amazon will compete with FedEx and UPS to become logistics company
[ad_1] Fitzgerald pointed out that FedEx has 700 planes, while Amazon only has 40. “In a given week, Amazon flies 671 flights. The FedEx number of flights per week is closer to 13,000,” Fitzgerald said. “Amazon is a revolutionary e-commerce company, but that doesn’t mean that Amazon can just suddenly decide to become competitive with…
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Samsung is preparing to launch a sports smartwatch and AirPods-like earbuds – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Samsung’s newest product launch happens next week, but already the Korean tech giant has revealed its entire upcoming range of wearable devices that will seemingly be unveiled alongside the Galaxy S10. That’s because the company’s Galaxy Wearable’s app was uploaded today with support for a range of unreleased products which include wireless earbuds, a sports-focused smartwatch,…
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Surgeons insert telescopic lens into Quebec City woman’s eye in Canadian first
[ad_1] A Quebec City surgical team has successfully implanted a telescopic lens in the eye of a woman with macular degeneration in what the ophthalmologist who operated on her says is a Canadian first. “My biggest dream, and I think about this often, is to see the faces of my grandchildren,” said Jacqueline Rioux, who started having…
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ChargedUp picks up £1.2M seed to grow its mobile charging network across UK – TechCrunch
[ad_1] ChargedUp, a U.K. startup that offers a mobile charging network that takes inspiration from bike-sharing, has closed £1.2 million in seed investment. Leading the round is Sir John Hegarty’s fund The Garage, and the ex-Innocent Smoothie founders fund JamJar. The funding will be used to grow the offering across the U.K. and for international…
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Apple Watch rival as leak reveals new Samsung Galaxy Watch could arrive next week
[ad_1] The Apple Watch has long reigned supreme in the world of wearables thanks to its combination of intuitive software and well-built hardware. Many manufacturers, including Samsung, have attempted to challenge the product from the Cupertino-based firm by offering alternatives. The South Korean OEM last updated its line of wearables back in August when it…
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Mi Pay App Arrives With Latest MIUI 10 Global Beta ROM: Report
[ad_1] Photo Credit: FoneArena Mi Pay app is now in testing with the latest MIUI Global Beta update Xiaomi announced its plans to start testing its payments service in India in December last year to counter the likes of Google Pay and other similar services. The company partnered with ICICI Bank and PayU to launch…
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P20 Pro and Mate 20 Pro update – These phones just helped Huawei achieve a major victory
[ad_1] Huawei P20 Pro debuted back in March last year, meaning the phone is almost a year old. However, the device remains one of the best Android products around thanks to its fast performance, huge battery and capable camera system. Meanwhile, the Mate 20 Pro was shown off in October and certainly improved upon the…
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Galaxy S9 prices plummet as big new update announced by Samsung
[ad_1] With the impending launch of the Samsung Galaxy S10, it seems now is a very good time to buy a Galaxy S9. This current flagship is now more affordable than ever with some retailers selling it at a huge discount. In fact, you can pick up this device for just £574 on Amazon’s site and…
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Paytm Wants to Cash in on Amazon’s India Distress
[ad_1] India’s online retail industry has been in turmoil since the government implemented stringent new rules to rein in major players like Amazon.com and Walmart’s Flipkart. Amid the uproar, Vijay Shekhar Sharma – whose two-year-old Paytm Mall is backed by Alibaba Group Holding – is quietly devising ways to outstrip his rivals. The new regime forbids retailers…
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These slimy, hungry blobs may have been the Earth’s first creepy crawlies
[ad_1] Scientists think they’ve found evidence of extremely ancient organisms that could crawl and wriggle their way through the mud — extraordinary at a time when simple bacteria were previously thought to be the only living things on Earth. The researchers discovered what appear to be fossilized tunnels bored by hungry blobs creeping through the mud on the floor of a…
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OnePlus 5, OnePlus 5T, OnePlus 3T, and Other OnePlus Phones to Get Google Duo Integration
[ad_1] OnePlus has expanded its partnership with Google and announced native integration of Google Duo in its smartphones. The company says that it will bring native Google Duo support to OnePlus 3, OnePlus 3T, OnePlus 5, OnePlus 5T, One Plus 6, and OnePlus 6T phones in the near future via an upcoming OxygenOS update. The…
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Latest OnePlus 6 and 6T news will not please its Android rivals one bit
[ad_1] OnePlus had a busy year launching some of the best and most affordable smartphones of 2018. Over the past 12 months the Chinese firm released devices including the OnePlus 6, OnePlus 6T and 6T McLaren edition. Now it seems all that work may have paid off with a recent report from leading analyst firm,…
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China Ride-Hailing Giant Didi to Lay Off 15 Percent Staff This Year: Report
[ad_1] Didi Chuxing will lay off 15 percent of its staff or about 2,000 people this year, a source said, marking the ride-hailing firm’s first major cut back as it grapples with regulatory scrutiny and public backlash over the murder of two of its users. Didi CEO Cheng Wei said at a meeting with management…
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China Ride-Hailing Giant Didi to Lay Off 15 Percent Staff This Year: Report
[ad_1] Didi Chuxing will lay off 15 percent of its staff or about 2,000 people this year, a source said, marking the ride-hailing firm’s first major cut back as it grapples with regulatory scrutiny and public backlash over the murder of two of its users. Didi CEO Cheng Wei said at a meeting with management…
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UBC studying past volcanic activity in B.C. for glimpse into climate change future
[ad_1] Scientists are trying to reconstruct what the environment and climate of southwest British Columbia looked like over the past two million years by studying volcanoes that erupted under the glaciers. Alex Wilson, a University of British Columbia PhD student and part of the research team, said in order to make predictions about the climate…
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Inuit hunters use new radar maps to navigate rough ice
[ad_1] When George Angohiatok is looking for a big bear near Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, he heads out to the roughest sea ice. His elders taught him that’s where they are. Angohiatok’s wife drew one of the hamlet’s six polar bear tags this winter, so out he went. Conditions were so rough, he had to turn around and…
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Supreme Court finds teacher who used camera pen guilty of voyeurism
[ad_1] The Supreme Court of Canada says a London, Ont., teacher who secretly filmed female students’ chests with a camera pen is guilty of voyeurism — a ruling that could have an impact on future privacy-related cases. At issue in the case was whether the students — youths aged 14 to 18 — had a reasonable expectation of privacy when they were being…
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Federal government says it must fight ‘grave risks’ of climate change at Sask. carbon tax challenge
[ad_1] Canada must have the latitude to address the national and international concerns posed by climate change, according to a lawyer for the federal government. “Despite Saskatchewan’s view to the contrary, the rapidly increasing accumulation of CO2 in the atmosphere, the grave risks posed by climate change… to do our part to achieve significant reductions…
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Central Alberta town commits to recycling and selling wastewater
[ad_1] A central Alberta town has committed to recycling wastewater so it can be sold and repurposed for industry use. The town of Thorsby has partnered with Swirltex, an Alberta company that builds water treatment systems, to clean the water in its sewage lagoon. “A lot of communities have plastic or cardboard recycling programs, but…
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Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi to lay off 15% of its workforce
[ad_1] Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing is planning to lay off about 2,000 people, or 15 percent of its workforce, this year, a source familiar with the situation said Friday. That confirmed earlier Chinese media reports that Didi CEO Cheng Wei said in an internal meeting Friday that the company is preparing for difficult times.…
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Yelp downgraded by Citi after disappointing 2019 forecast
[ad_1] Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Yelp Inc. signage is displayed on a monitor on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York. Citi Research downgraded its rating on Yelp shares to neutral from buy, saying the company’s recent 2019 earnings forecasts were “disappointing.” “The topline outlook points to…
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Most controversial topics on Tencent’s WeChat in 2018: Report
[ad_1] The ongoing U.S.-China trade fight, Washington’s sanctions against Chinese telecommunications company ZTE as well as the arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou were among the “sensitive” topics censored on Chinese tech giant Tencent’s WeChat platform in 2018. That’s according to a report published Monday by WeChatscope, a team of researchers from The University of…
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Nvidia reports earnings Thursday, and here’s what analysts think
[ad_1] A little over two weeks after Nvidia issued a negative earnings pre-announcement, analysts expectations continue to be very low for the gaming-card company when it reports after the bell Thursday. Nvidia surprised investors and analysts on Jan. 28 citing macro deterioration in China, data center issues and weaker sales than expected. The stock has…
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Amazon cancelling NYC HQ proves ‘anything is possible’
[ad_1] Amazon will not be building a headquarters in New York City, according to a statement released by the company on Thursday which noted that “a number of state and local politicians have made it clear that they oppose our presence.” The company’s long search for a site of an additional headquarters culminated in a…
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Traders expect Nvidia to see a huge move on earnings
[ad_1] Semiconductors are surging this year. The SMH ETF that tracks the space is up 17 percent in 2019, with a number of names in the group soaring double digits. Nvidia finds itself right in the middle of the pack, rallying 15 percent after a brutal end to 2018 cut the stock in half. The…
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Walmart is putting trailers full of VR technology in its parking lots
[ad_1] Walmart over the next few weeks will be bringing 50-foot tractor-trailers to the parking lots of some of its stores to let customers experience DreamWorks Animation’s “How to Train Your Dragon” using virtual reality technology. Wearing a VR headset and sitting in VR-powered chairs, users will be able to see and feel — and…
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Oracle stock falls after Berkshire dissolves its stake
[ad_1] Oracle stock fell 2 percent on Thursday after Berkshire Hathaway disclosed that it dissolved its stake in the technology company. The news came in a regulatory filing from Berkshire Hathaway, which had held 41.4 million Oracle shares at the end of the third quarter. The shares were worth $2.13 billion at the time. Oracle…
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Twilio, SendGrid CEOs say deal will help serve customers like Airbnb
[ad_1] Twilio’s $2 billion purchase of SendGrid will be a “one plus one equals five” situation as the companies merge their operations to better serve their customers, SendGrid’s CEO told CNBC in a joint interview with the CEO of Twilio. “We believe companies like Airbnb and the 140,000 other … total companies that we serve…
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CenturyLink’s slashed dividend isn’t a huge surprise
[ad_1] If you ask CNBC’s Jim Cramer, reaching for a stock’s dividend yield is one of the dumbest mistakes an investor can make. “If you see a stock sporting a yield that’s well in excess of what you can get elsewhere, I think you should be skeptical,” he said Thursday on “Mad Money.” “Most likely,…
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Amazon backed out of HQ2 deal ‘too quickly’ in ‘sad day’ for NY
[ad_1] New York is missing out on billions of dollars in investments now that Amazon has canceled plans to add corporate offices in the borough of Queens, Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., told CNBC on Thursday. “I think it’s a sad day for New York,” the congressman said on “Closing Bell.” “This was a long-term investment…
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The market’s ‘safe’ stocks might not be so safe anymore
[ad_1] The action in two key stocks — Coca-Cola and Cisco Systems — is telling CNBC’s Jim Cramer that the stocks people have long deemed to be “safe” investments might not be so safe anymore. “The message of today is simple: old-time safety can be illusory,” Cramer said as stocks fell on weak retail data.…
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Facebook is negotiating with FTC to pay multibillion-dollar fine
[ad_1] Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg testifies during a US House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing about Facebook on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, April 11, 2018. Facebook and the Federal Trade Commission are reportedly negotiating what could be a multibillion-dollar fine related to the Cambridge…
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TikTok spotted testing native video ads – TechCrunch
[ad_1] TikTok is testing a new ad product: a sponsored video ad that directs users to the advertiser’s website. The test was spotted in the beta version of the U.S. TikTok app, where a video labeled “Sponsored” from the bike retailer Specialized is showing up in the main feed, along with a blue “Lean More”…
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Zendesk just hired three former Microsoft, Salesforce and Adobe execs – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Today, Zendesk announced it had hired three new executives — Elisabeth Zornes, former general manager of global support for Microsoft Office, as Zendesk’s first chief customer officer; former Adobe executive Colleen Berube as chief information officer and former Salesforce executive Shawna Wolverton as senior vice president, product. The company emphasized that the hirings were…
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Google builds cloud health service for fax machines
[ad_1] Last year at the HIMSS health care conference, former Google CEO and chairman Eric Schmidt noted that health care is still in the “stone age,” and is reliant on fax machines and pagers. This week, at the same conference in Orlando, Google seems to have acknowledged that the medical world’s stone age technology is…
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CBS reaches its 8 million streaming subscribers goal two years early
[ad_1] CBS now has 8 million streaming subscribers, the company announced in its fourth quarter 2018 earnings report Thursday. At a time where numerous media companies are trying to get into the streaming business and ramp up their original direct-to-consumer content, CBS’ disclosure shows it has already been able to gain some traction. The company…
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New York will lose most of the 25,000 jobs promised by Amazon HQ2
[ad_1] Don Emmert | AFP | Getty Images A view of the waterfront of Long Island City in the Queens borough of New York, along the East River, on November 7, 2018. Most of the 25,000 jobs that were supposed to come to Amazon‘s HQ2 in New York City will now go elsewhere, now that…
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Peltarion raises $20M for its AI platform – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Peltarion, a Swedish startup founded by former execs from companies like Spotify, Skype, King, TrueCaller and Google, today announced that it has raised a $20 million Series A funding round led by Euclidean Capital, the family office for hedge fund billionaire James Simons. Previous investors FAM and EQT Ventures also participated, and this round…
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Nvidia earnings Q4 2019
[ad_1] Chipmaker Nvidia will announce earnings for the fourth quarter of its 2019 fiscal year after market close on Thursday. Executives will discuss the results with analysts on a conference call at 5:30 p.m. Eastern time. Here are the key numbers: Earnings: 75 cents per share, excluding certain items, as expected by analysts, according to…
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Facebook’s security team tracks posts, location for ‘BOLO’ threat list
[ad_1] In early 2018, a Facebook user made a public threat on the social network against one of the company’s offices in Europe. Facebook picked up the threat, pulled the user’s data and determined he was in the same country as the office he was targeting. The company informed the authorities about the threat and…
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Google replaces Amazon as Citi’s top pick for US internet companies
[ad_1] Stephen Lam | Reuters Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks on stage during the annual Google I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California, May 8, 2018. Google parent company Alphabet is now Citi’s top pick for U.S. internet companies, knocking Amazon out of the top spot. In a note published early Thursday morning, Citi gave…
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NASA’s Bridenstine on SpaceX and Boeing, the moon and life on Mars
[ad_1] Similarly staggered in timing, SpaceX says its Demo-2 crewed flight will be in July, while Boeing is aiming for no earlier than August. However, Bridenstine says that this does not mean it is certain SpaceX will launch humans before Boeing. “I think there is going to be less time between the uncrewed vehicle for…
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Cisco is taking on Huawei and winning its share of deals, CEO says
[ad_1] Robbins said on Wednesday’s earnings call that, on the basis of its technology alone, customers are choosing Cisco. “I would put our innovation up against theirs and anybody else’s in the world,” he said. Cisco’s fiscal second-quarter results topped estimates for both revenue and earnings, pushing the stock up 3 percent. Infrastructure platforms, Cisco’s…
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Taxing the extremely wealthy ‘makes sense’
[ad_1] Billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist Richard Branson said Thursday that taxing the rich “makes sense,” arguing the extremely affluent have a responsibility to tackle some of the biggest problems in the world, including wealth disparities. “People like myself are incredibly fortunate,” the Virgin Group founder told CNBC’s Morgan Brennan in an interview. “I suspect there…
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Virgin Orbit could replace Air Force satellites in 24 hours
[ad_1] Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson’s space ambitions have expanded from tourism to launching satellites. Branson touted on Thursday the quick turnaround capability that rocket launcher Virgin Orbit may soon be able to provide the U.S. military. “From the government’s point of view, if satellites got lost in any conflict in the future, God…
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First look at Twitter’s Snapchatty new Camera feature – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Twitter has been secretly developing an enhanced camera feature that’s accessible with a swipe from the home screen and allows you to overlay captions on photos, videos, and Live broadcasts before sharing them to the timeline. Twitter is already used by people to post pictures and videos, but as it builds up its profile…
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Amazon says it will not build a headquarters in New York after mounting opposition, Reuters reports
[ad_1] Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images News | Getty Images Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos speaks during the opening ceremony of the media company’s new location. Amazon says it will not build a headquarters in New York following mounting opposition, Reuters reported. This story is developing. Please check back for updates. [ad_2]…
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AWS announces new bare metal instances for companies who want more cloud control – TechCrunch
[ad_1] When you think about Infrastructure as a Service, you typically pay for a virtual machine that resides in a multi-tenant environment. That means, it’s using a set of shared resources. For many companies that approach is fine, but when a customer wants more control, they may prefer a single tenant system where they control…
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SurveyMonkey tanks after Q4 earnings
[ad_1] SurveyMonkey tanked as much as 15 percent Thursday, a day after reporting fourth-quarter earnings results. The company reported a loss per share of 3 cents, exactly in line with Wall Street estimates, and quarterly revenue of $67.9 million, beating out consensus estimates of $65.9 million. The company also announced Tim Maly, who serves as…
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Broadcom founder Henry Nicholas charged with felony drug trafficking
[ad_1] Broadcom co-founder and former CEO Henry Nicholas was charged Wednesday with felony drug trafficking after he was arrested last summer in a Las Vegas hotel suite with what police said were briefcases full of drugs. Nicholas and a woman who was with him, Ashley Christine Fargo, face five drug trafficking and two drug possession…
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Wealthfront joins the battle for deposits with a high-yield cash account
[ad_1] Wealthfront is going after a key banking function: Storing people’s cash. The decade-old fintech company, which began as an automated financial advisor start-up, announced the launch of a cash account Thursday. The move allows Wealthfront to hold customers’ money and return a 2.24 percent yield. “We view the banking industry is the next piece…
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Firefox for iOS gets persistent private browsing tabs – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Firefox for iOS is getting an update today that brings a new layout for its menu and settings, as well as new organization settings in the New Tabs features to iPhone and iPad users. But more importantly, it is also introducing persistent Private Browsing tabs that allow you to keep private browsing tabs alive…
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Electric pickup from Tesla or Rivian is ‘serious problem’ for Detroit
[ad_1] The auto industry’s electric vehicle revolution has only just begun, Morgan Stanley told investors in a note on Thursday, and the highly profitable pickup truck market is next. “An electric pickup truck successfully launched by a new player (i.e. Rivian or Tesla) could be a serious problem for the Detroit based [traditional automakers],” Morgan…
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Zoho’s office suite gets smarter – TechCrunch
[ad_1] As far as big tech companies go, Zoho is a bit different. Not only has it never taken any venture funding, it also offers more than 40 products that range from its online office suite to CRM and HR tools, email, workflow automation services, video conferencing, a bug tracker and everything in-between. You don’t…
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Pirates load hacked paid apps on iPhone
[ad_1] Software pirates have hijacked technology designed by Apple to distribute hacked versions of Spotify, Angry Birds, Pokemon Go, Minecraft and other popular apps on iPhones, Reuters has found. Illicit software distributors such as TutuApp, Panda Helper, AppValley and TweakBox have found ways to use digital certificates to get access to a program Apple introduced…
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Amazon, WesternUnion debut PayCode to sell goods in emerging markets and let shoppers pay in cash – TechCrunch
[ad_1] While Amazon has been methodical (read: a little slow) in launching local versions of its site for various global markets, it has now embarked on a secondary track to snag more business outside the 14 countries where it has built out full operations. Amazon has partnered with WesternUnion to set up a service called…
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PUBG Mobile Zombies Mode Release Date Is February 19: Report
[ad_1] The PUBG Mobile zombies mode release date is February 19 as a part of the 0.11.0 update The PUBG Mobile zombies mode release date is February 19 as a part of the 0.11.0 update. Maintenance for the game will take place a day before on February 18. In addition to this, the anticipated BC…
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Amazon bought US government debt at a record pace last year
[ad_1] But 2018 was unique for Amazon because the company more than tripled its net profit to over $10 billion, producing an unusually large amount of money to invest. Its $41 billion in cash and short-term investments at the end of 2019 was seventh most among non-financial companies in the S&P 500 companies, according to…
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Apple is selling the iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 in Germany again – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Two older iPhone models are back on sale in Apple stores in Germany — but only with Qualcomm chips inside. The iPhone maker was forced to pull the iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 models from shelves in its online shop and physical stores in the country last month, after chipmaker Qualcomm posted security bonds to enforce…
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Apple Adds Two-Factor Authentication Requirement for Developer Accounts
[ad_1] In a bid to secure developer accounts from hackers, Apple has added the requirement of a two-factor authentication (2FA) protocol for all app makers that would protect their Apple IDs. “2FA will be required to sign in to your Apple Developer account and certificates, identifiers and profiles starting February 27. This extra layer of…
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WhatsApp May Soon Let Users Decide Who Can Add Them to Groups
[ad_1] Photo Credit: WABetaInfo WhatsApp group control feature is in early stages of development WhatsApp is working on a new feature that will make it much easier for the users to control if they want to be added to a group. The feature is more like an invitation control mechanism that will let users decide…
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Sky v Virgin Media – New deals make TV and broadband much more affordable
[ad_1] Sky and Virgin customers can get some very good deals as both firms cut prices for a limited time. Sky has just announced a deal which offers its Entertainment and Cinema channels for just £25 per month making it much more affordable than the usual £32 per month. This bundle includes over 1,000 movies…
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WhatsApp Testing Algorithmic Feed For Status, May Ditch Reverse Chronological Feed: Report
[ad_1] WhatsApp might revamp the reverse chronological arrangement of status updates WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new layout to show status updates that will drastically change how stories are populated in the feed. The current iteration of WhatsApp shows the status updates in the order that they were posted, but the company is now…
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Windows 10 update: Microsoft just fixed these problems for fans
[ad_1] Windows 10 is the newest version of Microsoft’s computer software and is hugely popular. The American tech giant consistently adds improvements and fixes to its operating system. The latest update from Microsoft has introduced a number of remedies to existing issues for users running Windows 10 on the October 2018 Update, also known as…
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JP Morgan is rolling out the first U.S. bank-backed cryptocurrency
[ad_1] There are three early applications for the JPM Coin, according to Farooq. The first is for international payments for large corporate clients, which now typically happens using wire transfers between financial institutions on decades-old networks like Swift. Instead of sometimes taking more than a day to settle because institutions have cut-off times for transactions…
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Amazon India Launches Amazon Pay UPI on Android
[ad_1] Bill payments and recharges are also supported by Amazon Pay UPI Amazon has announced an extension to its Amazon Pay service in the form of Amazon Pay UPI, in partnership with Axis Bank. Currently launched only on Android, the Amazon Pay UPI allows the e-retailer’s customers to link their bank accounts directly with the…
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Samsung offers FREE Galaxy S9 smartphone ahead of its Galaxy S10 launch
[ad_1] Samsung is giving away Galaxy S9 smartphones ahead of its big Galaxy S10 launch event. The Korean technology firm has just revealed the deal which allows anyone buying select TVs the chance to pick up a Titanium Grey S9, worth over £700, without paying a penny. The deal is available to anyone who purchases…
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Fortnite Update 7.40 Lets You Get Season 8 Battle Pass for Free, But There’s a Catch
[ad_1] This week’s Fortnite update 7.40 lets you get the upcoming Season 8 Battle Pass for free. However there’s a catch. In order to get it, you’ll need to complete a set of challenges by the end of the month. Those who do so, get the Season 8 Battle Pass for free. This was announced…
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Tesla ‘Dog Mode’ for pets and ‘Sentry Mode’ unveiled
[ad_1] Tesla also unveiled “Sentry Mode” to monitor the car’s surroundings while it’s locked and parked. It said in a blog post the feature uses the vehicle’s external cameras to detect surrounding threats and sends alerts to an owner’s Tesla mobile app if an incident occurs. Musk hinted in a tweet on February 7 that…
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Apple Makes It Easier to Manage Subscriptions Via App Store in iOS
[ad_1] Photo Credit: Twitter/ Federico Viticci “Manage Subscriptions” option can now be accessed by tapping on the profile icon in App Store Apple has simplified the process of managing subscriptions in iOS. The path for accessing the subscription management tool has been significantly reduced and it can now be accessed easily in the App Store,…
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Instagram Glitch Causes Follower Counts to Drop by Millions for Some Users, Fix on the Way
[ad_1] Some celebrities on Instagram have lost millions of followers due to a recent glitch Some Instagram users have been reporting a drop in their follower count over the last 24 hours. While everyone was wondering if Instagram is coming down hard on fake followers, Instagram has acknowledged that it is indeed a bug. The…
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Crypto exchange Binance profitable despite bear market, CFO says
[ad_1] Yu Chun Christopher Wong | S3studio | Getty Images A photo illustration of the digital Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, is seen on September 13 2018 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, is still profitable despite last year’s market meltdown, its chief financial officer said. Last year saw the prices…
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Galaxy S10 release – Samsung may have just given fans a reason not to buy one
[ad_1] The Galaxy S10 is almost here with Samsung revealing all in less than a week. This all-new phone will be shown to the world on February 20 at joint Unpacked events in London and San Francisco. All rumours and leaks suggest the S10 will arrive packing some decent upgrades which may include a fully…
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Twitter Testing New Profile Preview Feature on iOS
[ad_1] In an attempt to address the problem of following threaded conversations on its app, micro-blogging site Twitter is reportedly testing an overlay of profile preview that would enable users to see information of any person replying to their tweet-threads. Typically, Twitter does not automatically organise conversations in ways easy to dissect, hence, tweet threads…
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Netflix Valentine’s Day codes revealed – Every combination you need to watch hidden movies
[ad_1] Netflix has over 15,000 different genres that can be filtered (Image: Getty • Netflix) Netflix is an incredibly popular streaming service that has a deluge of engaging content offerings. But sometimes finding the right movie or TV show can be incredibly tricky, especially for special occasions like Valentine’s Day. However, the service allows users…
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Andrew Penn weighs in on profit fall and 5G rollout
[ad_1] Carla Gottgens | Bloomberg | Getty Images Andrew Penn, chief executive officer of Telstra Corp., speaks during a news conference in Melbourne, Australia. Australia’s largest telecom company Telstra will soon be ready to give customers the next-generation of ultra-high speed mobile internet, known as 5G, its CEO said on Thursday. Mobile is the “engine…
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WhatsApp for Android has received a design refresh and here is everything new
[ad_1] WhatsApp is the most popular third-party messaging app in the world and surpasses the likes of Facebook Messenger and WeChat in terms of monthly users. The client is regularly updated by the firm, bringing new features and improvements. While the newest update for WhatsApp is not substantial by any means, it does introduce a…
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OnePlus 6T and OnePlus 6 receive a new update as huge news is announced about these phones
[ad_1] The OnePlus 6T succeeded the OnePlus 6 back in October but was certainly an interative upgrade rather than a radical reimagining of the firm’s formula. That is because the 6T came with a number of similar features to the OnePlus 6 including its processor, camera and build. One of the biggest ways the OnePlus…
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Apple Targets April Launch of Video Streaming Service to Take on Netflix, Prime Video: Report
[ad_1] Apple is targeting an April event to introduce a streaming television service that will likely include subscription TV services from CBS, Viacom, and Lions Gate Entertainment Corp’s Starz among others as well as its own original content, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday. Apple has long hinted at a planned video service,…
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Pixel 3 just helped Google achieve a major victory over its smartphone rivals
[ad_1] Google Pixel 3 was announced back in October and presented Android fans with a number of notable improvements from its predecessor. Pixel 3 comes in two models; the standard Pixel 3 that has a 5.5-inch P-OLED display and the larger Pixel 3 XL that has a 6.3-inch P-OLED panel. Apart from a difference in…
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Pirates Hijack Apple Tech to Distribute Hacked Versions of Spotify, Angry Birds, Pokemon Go, and More
[ad_1] Software pirates have hijacked technology designed by Apple to distribute hacked versions of Spotify, Angry Birds, Pokemon Go, Minecraft, and other popular apps on iPhones, Reuters has found. Illicit software distributors such as TutuApp, Panda Helper, AppValley and TweakBox have found ways to use digital certificates to get access to a program Apple introduced to…
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Instagram down: Social network not working as outage hits hundreds of users
[ad_1] Instagram is a social network that places an emphasis on picture sharing and is hugely popular. But this afternoon it appears users of the popular service have been unable to access it due to an outage. Independent outage monitor Down Detector registered over 360 reports at one time from people insisting they were facing…
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Tottenham v Borussia Dortmund live stream: How to watch Champions League football online
[ad_1] TOTTENHAM VS BORUSSIA DORTMUND Tottenham will be hoping to translate their Premier League successes this season into European glory tonight. The London club are currently third in season standings and are only five points behind Manchester City and Liverpool who both have a tally of 65. Mauricio Pochettino has declared his side are going…
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China will create more data than the US by 2025: IDC report
[ad_1] He said if an advertiser identifies someone who has a cat and targets them through advertisements for cat food, the harm there is minimal. But, when an advertiser targets someone who has an insecurity about their appearance by showing them ads for cosmetic surgery or weight-loss pills not approved by medical boards, that’s when…
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Saskatchewan makes its legal case, arguing federal carbon tax is unconstitutional
[ad_1] Saskatchewan’s legal battle against the carbon tax is not about whether climate change is real, but whether the federal government is violating provincial jurisdiction with its price on pollution, one of the province’s lawyers said Wednesday in its constitutional challenge to Ottawa’s policy. “The government of Saskatchewan is not made up of a bunch of climate…
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Facebook co-founder Sean Parker on Elon Musk AI warnings
[ad_1] But Parker said the main concern for people — especially investors — should be the health sector. “In the U.S., we pay 18 percent of GDP (gross domestic product) every year on health care. Now, we’re bearing a lot of the burden developing drugs for the rest of the world, and we have a…
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Seaport says GM is a leader in China, trucks and autonomous cars
[ad_1] Matthew Busch | Bloomberg | Getty Images Chevrolet Tahoe sports utility vehicles (SUV) wait for final inspection before being driven off the production line at the General Motors Co. (GM) assembly plant in Arlington, Texas. Seaport Global initiated coverage on General Motors Wednesday as a buy with a price target of $48, citing the…
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Equifax mystery: Where is the data?
[ad_1] If this leading theory is right, the only people who needed to worry about the Equifax breach were people in sensitive government positions or with lots of access, influence and power: future senators, overseas CIA officers, people who oversee U.S. corporate data centers or senior financial executives of technology companies, for instance. The fevered…
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Cisco earnings Q2 2019
[ad_1] Adam Galica | CNBC Chuck Robbins, CEO of Cisco, speaking at the 2019 WEF in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 23rd, 2019. Cisco shares rose in extended trading on Wednesday after the manufacturer of networking equipment reported quarterly revenue and earnings that beat analysts’ estimates. Here are the key numbers for Cisco’s fiscal second quarter:…
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The Opportunity Mars rover’s greatest shots and discoveries – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Opportunity’s mission is complete, and the rover that was supposed to last 90 days closes the book on 15 years of exploration. It’s sad, but it’s also a great time to look back on the mission and see some of its greatest hits. Here are 25 images showing where it came from, where it…
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The market may not be able to handle this perfect storm
[ad_1] With all of the investors fretting about the trade war with China and the Federal Reserve’s plans for interest rates, what CNBC’s Jim Cramer is really worried about here is jeans. “Yep, I think the biggest threat to this bull market is denim,” he said Wednesday on “Mad Money” as stocks rose on hopes…
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Tesla is not ‘quite out of the woods yet’: Morgan Stanley’s Adam Jonas
[ad_1] Tesla has made progress reducing its cash burn but the electric-car maker is not “quite out of the woods yet,” Morgan Stanley’s Adam Jonas told CNBC on Wednesday. The auto analyst expects Tesla to burn about $600 million, possibly as much as $1 billion, in cash in the first quarter, but said a partnership…
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SoftBank an incredible opportunity, says Light Street’s Glen Katcher
[ad_1] Some of the best investments that Silicon Valley has been chasing after can be found on just one stock: Softbank, hedge funder Glen Kacher told CNBC on Wednesday. The founder and chief investment officer of Light Street Capital, based in Palo Alto, California, called the Japanese conglomerate an “incredible opportunity.” SoftBank is the firm’s…
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Nintendo makes the old new again with Mario, Zelda, Tetris titles for Switch – TechCrunch
[ad_1] The afternoon brought an eventful series of announcements from Nintendo in one of its Direct video promos, and 2019 is looking to be a banner year for the Switch. Here’s everything the company announced, from Super Mario Maker 2 to the unexpected remake of Game Boy classic Link’s Awakening. The stream cold opened with…
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Apple streaming services event set for March 25: Reports
[ad_1] Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an Apple launch event in the Brooklyn borough of New York, October 30, 2018. Apple is holding an event on March 25 to announce new services, including streaming video and subscription news, according to reports in BuzzFeed and Bloomberg. Adding new subscription services would…
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Digital Currency Group CEO says most cryptocurrencies will fail, but bitcoin is still king
[ad_1] A bear market could be just the beginning of the pain for most cryptocurrencies, according to one widely followed industry expert. Barry Silbert, CEO and founder of Digital Currency Group, said besides bitcoin the majority of the once blazing hot crypto market will eventually be worthless. “I’m not a believer in the vast majority…
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Nintendo announces Super Mario Maker 2 for Switch, so goodbye forever – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Nintendo has ruined my life, and all our lives, by announcing Super Mario Maker 2, the sequel to the level-constructing game on Wii U that produced thousands of devious levels for those who think the “real” games aren’t hard enough. Gamers have been asking for this basically since the Switch was first rumored. Mario…
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Markets will have ‘negative surprises’ in coming months: Morgan Creek
[ad_1] Morgan Creek Capital CEO Mark Yusko, who has a bearish outlook for the year, told CNBC on Wednesday that the market is a rubber ball bouncing down the stairs toward a “bad place.” While each of the major U.S. indexes has gained about 10 percent year to date, the hedge-fund veteran foresees bad news…
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Yelp Q4 earnings 2018
[ad_1] Yelp shares jumped more than 7 percent after releasing its earnings report Wednesday where it announced it is increasing its share buyback by $250 million. The company handily beat analyst expectations on both revenue and earnings per share. Here are the numbers Yelp posted compared to analyst expectations: Earnings per share: $0.37 per share…
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Two ways GM and Amazon can make money on Rivian’s electric pickups
[ad_1] The reported investment automaker General Motors and online giant Amazon made in an electric pickup truck major could yield two very different payouts for such different companies, say two auto industry analysts. Neither Amazon nor General Motors commented on reports on Tuesday that each company had taken a stake in the Michigan-based startup that…
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Apple and IBM CEOs join Trump’s advisory board on workforce policy
[ad_1] Apple CEO Tim Cook and IBM CEO Ginni Rometty are among the 25 members appointed to the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board, which will work “to develop and implement a strategy to revamp the American workforce to better meet the challenges of the 21st century,” according to the announcement. The board will be co-chaired…
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Wattpad’s latest deal will turn its stories into TV shows and movies in Korea – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Wattpad’s ambitions to grow beyond a storytelling community for young adults took another leap forward today with the announcement of a new partnership that will help expand its reach in Asia. The company has teamed up with Huayi Brothers in Korea, who will now be Wattpad’s exclusive entertainment partner in the region. The two…
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SEC files insider trading lawsuit against former Apple lawyer
[ad_1] Levoff was put on leave from Apple in July 2018 and terminated in September, the SEC lawsuit says. “After being contacted by authorities last summer we conducted a thorough investigation with the help of outside legal experts, which resulted in termination,” Apple said in a statement Wednesday. Before his termination, Levoff was “responsible for…
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Opportunity Mars Rover goes to its last rest after extraordinary 14-year mission – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Opportunity, one of two rovers sent to Mars in 2004, is officially offline for good, NASA and JPL officials announced today at a special press conference. “I declare the Opportunity mission as complete, and with it the Mars Exploration Rover mission as complete,” said NASA’s Thomas Zurbuchen. The cause of Opportunity’s demise was a…
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Apple targeting April launch for video service
[ad_1] Apple is in the final stages of preparing its new streaming video service, which will feature free original content for device owners and a subscription platform for existing digital services. But don’t expect Netflix to be a part of it, and HBO’s participation is also in doubt, according to people familiar with the matter.…
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Xnor’s saltine-sized, solar-powered AI hardware redefines the edge – TechCrunch
[ad_1] “If AI is so easy, why isn’t there any in this room?” asks Ali Farhadi, founder and CEO of Xnor, gesturing around the conference room overlooking Lake Union in Seattle. And it’s true — despite a handful of displays, phones, and other gadgets, the only things really capable of doing any kind of AI-type…
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Google says it’ll invest $13B in U.S. data centers and offices this year – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Google today announced that it will invest $13 billion in data centers and offices across the U.S. in 2019. That’s up from $9 billion in investments last year. Many of these investments will go to states like Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio, Texas, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Virginia, where Google plans new or expanded data centers.…
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Netflix will double subscribers in 10 years to 335 million
[ad_1] Netflix is only getting started in its quest to conquer the globe, if the stock market’s expectations are to be believed. Credit Suisse, in a note to investors on Wednesday titled “What the Market is Implying for Subscribers,” outlined why Netflix is expected to more than double its subscriber growth in the next decade.…
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Google will spend $13 billion on real estate moves in 2019
[ad_1] The company didn’t say home much each location will cost or provide information on tax incentives from local communities. Ruth Porat, finance chief of Google parent Alphabet, said on the company’s earnings call earlier this month that she expects the “capex growth rate in 2019 to moderate quite significantly.” Pichai said the plans will…
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Apple’s subscription fix – TechCrunch
[ad_1] The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. Apple’s iOS update makes it easier to get to your subscriptions Moving the Manage Subscriptions menu so that it’s just…
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How to use iPhone Automatic Reader mode to browse the web without ads
[ad_1] Open Safari and visit a website with a bunch of text. You can even try it right here if you have this article open on your iPhone or iPad. Now scroll to the top of the page where you see the URL bar and tap the icon on the far left with 4 lines…
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BMW’s US boss slams tariffs as US factory approaches record production
[ad_1] BMW’s North American boss has some tough words on tariffs, as automakers await a potentially pivotal decision on tariffs from the Trump administration. The U.S. Commerce Department is expected to deliver a report within days that many industry experts say could deem auto imports into the United States a threat to national security and…
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Audio tech supplier to Rolls Royce and Xiaomi secures another $13.2M in funding – TechCrunch
[ad_1] As autonomous driving eventually transforms cars from transportation devices to mobile theaters or conference rooms we will need better audio inside them. And we’ve already seen that VCs like Andreessen Horowitz say ‘audio is the future.’ So it’s interesting that Swedish sound pioneer Dirac has completed a new $13.2 million round of financing led…
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Block Kit helps deliver more visually appealing content in Slack – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Slack has become a critical communications tool for many organizations. One of the things that has driven its rapid success has been the ability to connect to external enterprise apps inside of Slack, giving employees what is essentially a centralized workhub. This ability has led to some unintended consequences around formatting issues, which Slack…
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Pentagon warns of ‘weaponization of space’ by China and Russia: Report
[ad_1] The U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) this week made an extensive report public about military expansion in space, especially focusing on the increasing “weaponization of space” by China and Russia. DIA, which acts as the Pentagon’s top intelligence arm, explains in detail “key counterspace concepts” in the report, including: Cyberspace threats, “directed energy weapons,”…
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How Amazon makes money
[ad_1] Amazon reported record profit in 2018, earning $10.1 billion in net income compared with just $3 billion the prior year. Considering the company hardly recorded any profit until 2016, this sudden cash influx represents a new era for Amazon. So what’s changed? Despite Amazon’s dominance in e-commerce, online sales are not actually a main…
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Apple’s iOS update makes it easier to get to your subscriptions – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Apple has made a small but important change to iOS that will allow users an easier way to manage their app subscriptions. In the latest release of the mobile operating system (iOS 12.1.4 and 12.2 beta), the company has relocated the “Manage Subscriptions” setting so it’s only one click away when you tap on…
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Private equity is on a spending blitz in cloud software
[ad_1] In the past, private equity buyers were more focused on cutting costs in favor of profits, often leading to big cuts in headcount. Of late, the playbook has changed: Now they’re focused on growth. The biggest announced deal in 2019 came earlier this month, when an investor group led by Hellman & Friedman agreed…
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The next Tesla may be target of GM and Amazon, Morgan Stanley says
[ad_1] Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images RJ Scaringe, founder and chief executive officer of Rivian Automotive, speaks after unveiling the R1S electric sports utility vehicle (SUV). The Amazon and GM deal would value Rivian between $1 billion and $2 billion, according to Reuters on Tuesday. Morgan Stanley believes Amazon’s involvement represents the e-commerce giant…
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DJI creates no-fly zones around airports in 32 European countries
[ad_1] Chinese drone maker DJI will roll out a system in 32 European countries this month to prevent its drones entering airport flightpaths. The Chinese firm said Tuesday that its state of the art geofencing will be implemented into drones’ GPS systems, using complex shapes and three-dimensional “bow tie” zones around runways. The decision from…
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Huawei ads in New Zealand newspapers say 5G ban will hit customers
[ad_1] Alvin Chan, SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images The logo of Huawei is seen in a smartphone. Huawei has taken out full-page commercials in New Zealand newspapers that compare banning the company from 5G networks to the sport of rugby without the country’s famous team. “5G without Huawei is like rugby without New…
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Google Estimated to Have Paid Apple Nearly $9.5 Billion in 2018: Goldman Sachs
[ad_1] To remain the default search engine on iOS devices, Google paid Apple nearly $9.5 billion (roughly Rs. 67,000 crores) in traffic acquisition costs (TAC) in 2018, thereby contributing massively to the iPhone maker’s services revenue, estimates Goldman Sachs. Apple is focusing on services revenue amid slowing iPhone sales in emerging markets like China. According…
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Fiverr acquires ClearVoice to double down on content marketing – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Fiverr is acquiring ClearVoice, a company that helps customers like Intuit and Carfax find professionals to write promotional content. The two companies seem like a natural fit, since they both operate marketplaces for freelancers. Fiverr covers a much broader swath of freelance work, but CEO Micha Kaufman (pictured above) said the marketplace’s professional writing…
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Consumers don’t trust tech companies with health data: Rock Health
[ad_1] The average American would rather share their health data with pharmaceutical companies, health insurers and the government than tech companies like Amazon and Facebook. That’s according to the latest results of a new survey of 4,000 diverse participants from Rock Health, which conducts research and invests in health tech companies. The survey, which was…
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DJI is updating its geofencing system across Europe after Gatwick drone debacle – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Following the pre-Christmas drone debacle in the UK — which plunged thousands of people into travel misery after repeated drone sightings closed the runway at Gatwick, and later also briefly suspended departures at Heathrow — consumer drone maker DJI has announced it’s upgrading its geofencing system across Europe. It says its Geospatial Environment Online (GEO) 2.0…
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Malware for macOS Uses Windows EXE Files to Evade Detection, Install Adware
[ad_1] Trend Micro Security has discovered a new form of malware that targets macOS but masquerades as a Windows executable file. This allows it to evade detection by Apple’s own Gatekeeper security tool, since Windows EXE files are typically disregarded because of their inability to run. The malware, however, does execute these files using a…
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Self-driving tractor-trailer truck start-up valued at $1 billion
[ad_1] Autonomous trucking company TuSimple has achieved unicorn status on Wall Street with a fresh funding round that values the start-up at $1 billion. The company said Wednesday it raised $95 million in a series D funding led by Sina Corp. and Composite Capital, a Hong Kong-based investment firm, as it prepares to expand its…
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Acer Aspire 5 Slim A515-52G Review
[ad_1] Acer is a popular player in the laptop market with products at all levels, but it tends to be known more for its budget offerings. This company has truly embraced the ultra-thin trend and we’ve seen several models in its Swift, Spin, Switch, and Aspire lines over the past few years that are extremely…
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Millennial brides force David’s Bridal to try something new
[ad_1] David’s Bridal already has something old: 60 years in the bridal industry. Now, having emerged from three months in bankruptcy proceedings, it is trying something new as start-up competition and millennial brides upend its market. The retailer filed for bankruptcy in November, saddled in debt that partially stemmed from its $1.08 billion sale to…
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Apple, Google Called On to Stop Offering Saudi App That Tracks Women
[ad_1] Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is asking the chief executives of Apple and Google to immediately stop offering a Saudi e-government app that allows men in Saudi Arabia to track and control the movement of women. In a letter sent to the tech giants Monday, Wyden urged them to prevent their app stores from being…
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Ford executive raises doubts about VW deal for electric vehicles
[ad_1] VW has committed more than $50 billion to develop more than 50 pure battery-electric vehicles by 2025. They would be sold through the German automaker’s dozen different passenger car brands, including Porsche and Audi, as well as the flagship Volkswagen marque. But the majority of the products will target mainstream markets using a high-volume…
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Sean Parker says Amazon is not guaranteeing you any privacy
[ad_1] Sean Parker, founding president of Facebook, said Amazon is not guaranteeing users any privacy. This is a breaking news story. Check back later for updates. Parker, who is also the founder of Napster, was speaking on stage at the Milken Institute MENA Summit with CNBC’s Hadley Gamble on Wednesday. Facebook is facing mounting regulatory…
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HP Spectre Folio, Spectre x360 13 Premium Laptops Launched in India
[ad_1] HP has expanded the company’s lineup of premium laptops in India by launching the HP Spectre Folio in India, as well as new models of the HP Spectre x360. Both the laptops are powered by 8th Gen Intel processors and are claimed to provide an amalgam of attractive design and powerful hardware. The HP Spectre…
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How to Help Your Kids Strike a Balance Between Screen Time and the Real World
[ad_1] When it comes to kids and screens, it often feels as though parents are wearing headphones with conflicting messages piped into each ear. On one side: a steady drumbeat of increasingly dire warnings about game addictions and the developmental consequences of letting kids spend too much time on devices. On the other side: the…
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Instagram lost followers: Fans asking why they’re losing followers tonight
[ad_1] It’s unclear if tonight’s changes to Instagram are meant to be happening or if it is something that is down to an internal error. No statement has been shared by the company, who remain silent on what is happening to online accounts. And whatever it is, Instagram users are losing followers, some affected more…
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Samsung Galaxy Note 9 deal – This phablet just got more affordable
[ad_1] Galaxy Note 9 debuted back in August and remains one of the most capable Android handsets around. That is because the device has a gorgeous display, a huge battery and a capable camera system. Note 9 comes with a 6.4-inch AMOLED panel that has the resolution of 1440×2960 and a density of 516-pixels-per-inch. Moreover,…
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Latest Virgin Media TV update offers good and bad news for customers
[ad_1] The 4K Ultra HD revolution continues to grow with many platforms now offering TV shows and movies and in this ultimate format. Sky, Netflix, YouTube and Amazon all now beam 4K content into homes and Virgin Media has just announced it’s increasing the amount of programmes available in 4K. The TV and broadband firm says that…
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Apple Watch and Galaxy Watch rival as Sony launches its radical new Wena smartwatch
[ad_1] The Apple Watch still leads the way when it comes to wearables but this popular tech timepiece may soon be challenged by a radical new rival. Sony has just announced the launch of its unique Wena concept which are a range of clever straps which attach to your current watch face. The concept is…
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Apple May Launch News Subscription Service on March 25 Amid Clashes With Publishers Over Revenue: Reports
[ad_1] Apple is reportedly planning to host its first major product event of 2019 next month, where it is expected to talk about subscription services. There is speculation that we might hear about the company’s long rumoured Apple News subscription service at the event, however a report claims Apple is facing some resistance over the…
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BT broadband deals: New offers from Virgin Media rival come with a free Amazon Echo
[ad_1] BT regularly introduces new offers and discounts for its broadband offerings in an attempt to make them more appealing to customers looking to switch provider or upgrade their internet. The firm is giving away a free Amazon Echo and reward cards to up to £120 with certain packages. The most affordable offering from the…
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Sky TV price rise – Why some customers will face higher bills from TODAY
[ad_1] There’s bad news for some Sky customers today with the firm announcing a price rise. The increase is coming to anyone who enjoys streaming Sky Sports via the NOW TV service. Until now a Sky Sports Day Pass would have cost you £7.99 and a Week Pass £12.99 but that price is changing. From…
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Gmail update: One of this client’s most useful tools is about to get even better
[ad_1] Gmail is Google’s email programme that is used for personal and work purposes across the world. Google has always boasted of the software’s security features that prevent against the likes of spam, phishing messages and malware. In fact, the firm claims Gmail currently blocks more than 99 percent of these kinds of messages. But…
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WhatsApp for Android Update Brings Revamped Settings Section, Network Usage Info
[ad_1] WhatsApp for Android has received a new beta update that introduces a redesigned ‘Settings’ menu with a slightly different layout and has also brought new icons for a variety of tools. The WhatsApp update is now live for beta testers on the app’s Android version that has the build number v2.19.45. The redesigned ‘Settings’…
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Google Chrome for Android could receive this monumental redesign before iPhone
[ad_1] Google Chrome is the American tech giant’s internet programme that is incredibly popular. In fact, the browser far surpasses the likes of Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox and Safari in terms of monthly users. The client is regularly updated by Google and it appears the latest of which could deliver a dark mode for Android…
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Biologists make surprise discovery of southern mountain caribou calf
[ad_1] Biologists made a surprising discovery last week when they found a female caribou calf wandering in the Purcell Mountains near Kimberley, B.C. They thought all of the southern mountain caribou were accounted for when they began an operation in January to gather the remaining caribou in the Kootenays and relocate them to a pen north of Revelstoke, in a desperate attempt…
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Demand for memory chips in Asia might be picking up soon, analysts say
[ad_1] The analysts also cited the potential impact of the U.S.-China trade talks that are taking place in Beijing this week. “The trade talks are very important to the tech sentiment,” said Credit Suisse’s Abrams. “A number of companies have held off capital investment projects (whether to stay in China or shift overseas) and also…
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Twitter trolls stoked debates about immigrants and pipelines in Canada, data show
[ad_1] Twitter trolls linked to suspected foreign influence campaigns stoked controversy over pipelines and immigration in Canada, according to a CBC/Radio-Canada analysis of 9.6 million tweets from accounts since deleted. Roughly 21,600 tweets from those troll accounts directly targeted Canadians — many of them with messages critical of Canadian pipeline projects and tweets that highlighted divisions over…
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By 2080, the climate in these Canadian cities will look nothing like it does today
[ad_1] The average summertime temperature in Edmonton is around 15 C. It’s comfortable and familiar for residents. But in 60 years, that temperature is forecast to rise by almost 5 C, more reminiscent of the climate just outside St. Paul, Minn. That’s just one of many specific geographic conclusions in a new study published in…
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Remote South Georgia Island returns to ‘paradise for birds’ after rat-killing program, says Calgary naturalist
[ad_1] Brian Keating, The Homestretch‘s naturalist, says the South Georgia Island archipelago near Antarctica is once again a haven for birds after a program to kill the rats that were accidentally brought there by whaling expeditions almost 250 years ago. “As of last year, they declared South Georgia rat-free. It took $14 million and 10…
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Apple hosts heart health night at Union Square San Francisco store
[ad_1] Apple hosted its first health-focused event at its Union Square store in San Francisco on Monday evening. It started with a panel on the topic of heart health and ended with an walk around the block to demonstrate the activity features on the Apple Watch. Apple has not previously hosted any dedicated health events…
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California Gov. Newsom calls for ‘new data dividend’ for consumers
[ad_1] LOS ANGELES — In his first state of the state address on Tuesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed “a new data dividend” that could potentially allow residents to get paid for providing access to their data. “California’s consumers should also be able to share in the wealth that is created from their data,” Newsom…
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Lego launches clothes for adults but you can only buy it on Snapchat
[ad_1] The line of Lego streetwear, which includes sweatshirts, t-shirts and caps, shows the Lego logo in a muted palette of grey, white and black. The company’s social media innovation lead Lea Sandell said in a statement emailed to CNBC that the company it wanted to tap into “the sense of style and nostalgia” of…
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey admits between Twitter and danger to people
[ad_1] Burhaan Kinu | Hindustan Times | Getty Images CEO of Twitter, Jack Patrick Dorsey, speaks during an exclusive interview with Hindustan Times at Twitter India office, at the Crescent, on November 14, 2018 in New Delhi, India. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said Tuesday that he recognizes there is a link between activity on his…
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Donde Search picks up $6 million to help fashion retailers with visual search – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Donde Search has just closed a $6 million Series A investment led by Matrix Partners, with participation from previous investors such as senior leaders from AliExpress, Google and Waze. Donde first launched in 2014 as a consumer-facing app that helped users search and discover apparel items based on visual characteristics rather than text-based searches.…
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Activision Blizzard Earnings Q4 2018
[ad_1] Troy Harvey | Bloomberg | Getty Images Attendees play the Activision Blizzard Inc. Call Of Duty: Black Ops 4 video game at the company’s booth during the E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Tuesday, June 12, 2018. Activision Blizzard reported mixed fourth-quarter results Tuesday and offered weak guidance for the…
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Google and IBM still trying desperately to move cloud market share needle – TechCrunch
[ad_1] When it comes to the cloud market, there are few known knows. For instance, we know that AWS is the market leader with around 32 percent of market share. We know Microsoft is far back in second place with around 14 percent, the only other company in double digits. We also know that IBM…
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Amazon, General Motors are in talks to invest in Tesla rival Rivian: Reuters, citing sources
[ad_1] Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images RJ Scaringe, founder and chief executive officer of Rivian Automotive Inc., unveils the R1T electric pickup truck, left, and R1S electric sports utility vehicle (SUV) during a reveal event at AutoMobility LA ahead of the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California. Amazon and General Motors are…
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We won’t compete with you
[ad_1] Executives from Microsoft and Google, Amazon’s two top rivals in the cloud business, both hit on a key theme in their presentations at a financial event on Tuesday: They’re not going to compete with their own customers. The notion isn’t theoretical. As Amazon has grown and expanded, it has introduced products that can be…
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Facebook shares could be on the road to new highs, trader says
[ad_1] Facebook shares are rising, and that has one trader hitting the buy button on the stock. The stock is up 15 percent since reporting earnings Jan. 30, leading Todd Gordon, founder of TradingAnalysis.com, to believe new highs could come sooner than investors think. “We have a gap that’s yet to be closed, which is…
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Icy temperatures bring ‘alien’ light pillars to Alberta night sky
[ad_1] Icy weather gripping Western Canada is illuminating the night sky above Alberta with strange columns of light. Darlene Tanner, a photographer who specializes in capturing storms and other night sky sights, has been among the skywatchers lucky enough to glimpse a strange phenomenon called light pillars. “You just have to be out there to actually see them,” Tanner said…
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Instagram is now testing a web version of Direct messages – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Insta-chat addicts, rejoice. You could soon be trading memes and emojis from your computer. Instagram is internally testing a web version of Instagram Direct messaging that lets people chat without the app. If, or more likely, when this rolls out publicly, users on a desktop or laptop PC or Mac, a non-Android or iPhone,…
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How to ask Siri for directions with Waze on your iPhone
[ad_1] Google‘s Waze updated its iPhone app on Tuesday with support for Siri Shortcuts, which means you can now ask Siri to open Waze and find you directions somewhere without even picking up your phone. It’s convenient if you’re driving and want to use Waze instead of Apple Maps. By the way, if you’re new…
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Facebook and Google still offer the best value for mobile advertisers (Singular report) – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Among mobile ad networks, Facebook and Google remain the best bet for advertisers, according to the latest ROI Index from marketing startup Singular. To pull this year’s index together, Singular says it sampled $1.5 billion in ad spending (from the $10 billion in spending that the company optimizes annually) and measured which networks are…
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Apple subscription news service would reportedly split revenue 50-50
[ad_1] Jason Lee | Reuters Apple CEO Tim Cook attends the annual session of China Development Forum (CDF) 2018 at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China March 26, 2018. Apple is planning an all-you-can-read subscription news service in partnership with publishers, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. Apple would bundle news…
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DARPA wants smart bandages for wounded warriors – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Nowhere is prompt and effective medical treatment more important than on the battlefield, where injuries are severe and conditions dangerous. DARPA thinks that outcomes can be improved by the use of intelligent bandages and other systems that predict and automatically react to the patient’s needs. Ordinary cuts and scrapes just need a bit of…
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Ex-Facebook director Don Graham says he trusts executives there
[ad_1] Facebook is making great strides in beefing up election security and addressing data privacy concerns on the platform, according to Don Graham, former board member at the social network. “The people I know at Facebook are terrific. I admire them. I trust them. Whatever else is done in this country, the people at Facebook…
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No change in CEO confidence since Powell speech
[ad_1] CEO confidence has been flat since Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell announced last month that the agency would be “patient” in determining future interest rate hikes, IBM‘s Ginni Rometty told CNBC Tuesday. “I think it’s been fairly steady and I hear from all of my colleagues that everyone is still planning … both ways”…
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Devialet’s Phantom Reactor turns music into an emotional experience – TechCrunch
[ad_1] French startup Devialet has done it again. The new Phantom Reactor is a smaller, more effective speaker that packs in everything that made Devialet speakers good in the first place. Devialet’s first speaker, the Phantom, attracted rave reviews a few years ago. The egg-shaped speaker promised no background noise, no saturation and no distortion…
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Google will compete more aggressively
[ad_1] Google will invest even more in sales for its cloud business, said its new chief, former Oracle executive Thomas Kurian, in his first appearance in his new role on Tuesday. “You will see us accelerate the growth even faster than we have to date,” Kurian said at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference…
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Pentagon to review Air Force certification process for SpaceX rockets
[ad_1] The Pentagon’s inspector general filed a notice on Monday that it will began evaluating the Air Force’s certification process for SpaceX’s Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets. The review will begin this month at the Space and Missile Systems Center in Los Angeles. Addressed to Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson, the memo said the…
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Apple dependent on Google for services revenue
[ad_1] Drew Angerer | Getty Images Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple, attends the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, July 12, 2018 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Analysts at Goldman Sachs estimate more than 20 percent of Apple’s burgeoning services revenue comes from Google. Apple touts its services revenue as the next growth…
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Glide helps you build mobile apps from a spreadsheet without coding – TechCrunch
[ad_1] The founders of Glide, a member of the Y Combinator Winter 2019 class, had a notion that building mobile apps in the enterprise was too hard. They decided to simplify the process by starting with a spreadsheet, and automatically turning the contents into a slick mobile app. David Siegel, CEO and co-founder at Glide,…
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A blueprint for trading the different trade war outcomes
[ad_1] Citi’s most pessimistic case occurs if the U.S. and China fail to reach an agreement or a rollover of the March 2 deadline. Tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods would increase to 25 percent from 10 percent, it said. Citi also expects Washington would attempt to exert further downward pressure on the…
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Apple fails to block porn & gambling “Enterprise” apps – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Facebook and Google were far from the only developers openly abusing Apple’s Enterprise Certificate program meant for companies offering employee-only apps. A TechCrunch investigation uncovered a dozen hardcore pornography apps and a dozen real-money gambling apps that escaped Apple’s oversight. The developers passed Apple’s weak Enterprise Certificate screening process or piggybacked on a legitimate…
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Why Amazon bought Eero
[ad_1] Amazon could also use Eero to learn more about how people use internet connections in their homes. I looked at the user terms for Google Wifi, a competing service, to see what Google uses the data for. It doesn’t track websites or what you do online. Instead, it gathers data “such as Wi-Fi channel,…
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Datadog acquires app testing company Madumbo – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Datadog, the popular monitoring and analytics platform, today announced that it has acquired Madumbo, an AI-based application testing platform. “We’re excited to have the Madumbo team join Datadog,” said Olivier Pomel, Datadog’s CEO. “They’ve built a sophisticated AI platform that can quickly determine if a web application is behaving correctly. We see their core…
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wealth tax idea misses the point
[ad_1] Bill Gates supports a “more progressive” tax policy on the rich, but he thinks proposals targeting high income brackets, like the policy proposed by freshman liberal Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., are missing the point. Ocasio-Cortez has pushed raising the top marginal tax rate to 70 percent on income over $10 million. The top marginal…
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Dandelion Energy, the Alphabet X spinout, raises another $16M led by GV and Comcast – TechCrunch
[ad_1] As tech companies continue their race to control the smart home, a promising energy startup has raised a round of funding from traditionally-tech and strategic investors, for a geothermal solution to heat and cool houses. Dandelion Energy, a spinout from Alphabet X, has raised $16 million in a Series A round of funding, with…
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Why fears of fake news are overhyped
[ad_1] These findings do not alleviate every concern about fake news, of course. First, even if relatively few people consume fake news, those consumers may be especially politically active and thus disproportionately influential in our politics. In particular, fake news consumers may be especially important in party politics, which is highly responsive to people with…
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Sony names new PlayStation chief as PS5 speculation grows
[ad_1] Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Kenichiro Yoshida, president and chief executive officer of Sony, speaks at CES 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Sony’s gaming division appointed senior executive Jim Ryan as its new president and CEO on Tuesday. Ryan will be appointed to his new role on April 1, taking the…
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Tesla is up against Chinese automakers BYD, BAIC and NIO
[ad_1] Tesla needs China, the world’s largest auto market, in order to succeed. Customer demand and government support for so-called “new energy vehicles” there is skyrocketing. CEO Elon Musk recently warned that without manufacturing in China, Tesla won’t be able to produce 10,000 Model 3 electric sedans per week (as the company has aimed to…
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Zomato Says Working With Restaurant Partners to Address Their Concerns
[ad_1] With hundreds of restaurant owners sending a petition to the Competition Commission of India (CCI) alleging wrongdoings by food delivery companies, Zomato on Monday said it was discussing the matter with the involved restaurant partners to achieve an amicable solution which would benefit all the parties in the ecosystem. The petition, first reported in…
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Foot Locker gets digital tools with $100 million bet
[ad_1] Foot Locker is wading deeper into the digital world with its $100 million investment in the online sneaker resell platform Goat Group, the start-up’s CEO told CNBC. The partnership with Goat, which was seen as a threat to the footwear industry, marries the leading sportswear retailer with the largest secondary marketplace for authentic sneakers,…
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InVision acquires design file versioning startup Trunk – TechCrunch
[ad_1] InVision, the design company valued at $1.9 billion, has today announced the acquisition of Australia-based Trunk. Trunk is focused wholly on file versioning for designers. In the world of engineering, GitHub has provided a way for developers to keep versions organized — developers can track changes, create a separate branch to experiment, and collaborate…
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Supercell Reports Drop in Profits as Its Hit Titles Age
[ad_1] Finnish mobile game maker Supercell reported a 26 percent drop in 2018 core profit on Tuesday due to falling revenue for its ageing hit games Clash of Clans and Clash Royale. Supercell, founded in 2010 and valued in 2016 at around $10 billion (roughly Rs. 71,000 crores), grew for years on the back of…
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Tesla charging station network ‘competitive moat’
[ad_1] “Part of the strategic attraction to Tesla is its physical infrastructure footprint, which we believe, over time, can improve the customer experience, reduce friction points, and support the fleet management of many millions of Tesla vehicles on the road and in both captive and 3rd party commercial fleets,” Jonas said. Morgan Stanley estimates Tesla…
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Amazon Alexa Now Provides Access to Over 350 Radio Stations in India
[ad_1] Making voice assistance closer to Indian users, Amazon on Tuesday announced that it now offers access to over 350 radio stations through Alexa. The latest change comes alongside the ability stream music from services such as Amazon Prime Music, Gaana, Saavn, and Hungama Music. Amazon Alexa users can listen to live broadcast of 17…
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Cisco shares fall after Morgan Stanley downgrade
[ad_1] Morgan Stanley lowered its rating on shares of Cisco Systems to equal-weight from overweight on Tuesday, citing slowing growth in the company’s networking security business. “Although Cisco is steadily executing on the Security opportunity we think the current pace is unlikely to offset deceleration in the traditional hardware cycle,” Morgan Stanley analyst James Faucette…
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The UK now has a law against upskirting – TechCrunch
[ad_1] A law change that comes into force in the UK today makes the highly intrusive practice of ‘upskirting’ illegal. The government said it wants the new law to send a clear message that such behaviour is criminal and will not be tolerated. Perpetrators in the UK face up to two years in prison under the…
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Canada’s forests actually emit more carbon than they absorb — despite what you’ve heard on Facebook
[ad_1] You might have heard that Canada’s forests are an immense carbon sink, sucking up all sorts of CO2 — more than we produce — so we don’t have to worry about our greenhouse gas emissions. This claim has been circulated on social media and repeated by pundits and politicians. This would be convenient for our…
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CCI Said to Be Probing Accusations That Google Abused Android Dominance
[ad_1] India’s antitrust commission is looking into accusations that Alphabet Inc’s unit Google abuses its popular Android mobile operating system to block its rivals, four sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has for the past six months been reviewing a case similar to one Google faced…
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Galaxy S10 could be expensive but Samsung may have a way to soften the blow for fans
[ad_1] Galaxy S10 will be revealed on February 20 at Samsung’s scheduled hardware event in San Francisco. The handset is expected to diverge from recent Samsung tradition by arriving in three models rather than just two. It has been rumoured a cheaper version of the product is set to be showcased and could be called…
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iPhone SE 2 update – Apple fans just got a glimpse of how this stunning upgrade could look
[ad_1] The iPhone SE continues to be a hugely popular smartphone. This entry-level device was first announced by Apple back in 2016 and offers Apple fans the chance to own a new iPhone at a much cheaper price. However, since it was released Apple hasn’t given this lower-priced device a refresh and that’s something many…
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Sub-brands are the new weapon in China’s smartphone war – TechCrunch
[ad_1] One of China’s top smartphone brands Vivo appears to have joined its fellows Oppo, Huawei and Xiaomi in setting up a new sub-brand as a softening market and heightened competition at home drive players to venture upon their original reach. A new smartphone brand called iQoo made its debut on Weibo, China’s answer to Twitter,…
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Google, Facebook, Apple news should be regulated: UK government report
[ad_1] The U.K. report’s findings could add weight to the case for further regulation of tech companies in Britain and across Europe. The recommendations in the report are non-binding and will now be considered by the U.K. government. The report called on the U.K.’s competition authority to investigate the online advertising industry to “ensure fair…
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Swiggy ‘Stores’ to Start Delivering Home Essentials, Groceries
[ad_1] Indian online food delivery service Swiggy said on Tuesday it was expanding its ambit to include home delivery of essentials such as groceries from brick-and-mortar stores. Swiggy has tied up with stores to deliver fruits and vegetables, baby care items and health products, it said in a statement. The new service called ‘Swiggy Stores’,…
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Google Maps may soon receive its most substantial upgrade since Street View
[ad_1] Google Maps is the American tech giant’s navigation software that is constantly updated with new features and improvements. Last year a swathe of upgrades arrived for users of the client on Android and iOS smartphones in addition to desktops. However, it appears Google is set to severely up the ante this year with a…
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Google takes Hire, its G Suite recruitment platform, to its first global markets, UK and Canada – TechCrunch
[ad_1] The recruitment market is big business — worth some $554 billion annually according to the most recent report from the World Employment Confederation. In the tech world, that translates into a big opportunity to build tools to make a recruiter’s work easier, faster and more likely of success in finding the right people for…
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WhatsApp for Android Update Brings Redesigned Settings Section, Network Usage Info
[ad_1] WhatsApp for Android beta update changes will reportedly soon be rolled out to stable builds WhatsApp for Android has received a new beta update that introduces a redesigned ‘Settings’ menu with a slightly different layout and has also brought new icons for a variety of tools. The WhatsApp update is now live for beta…
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Galaxy S9 update – New price cut give Samsung fans a very tough choice to make
[ad_1] Samsung fans can currently pick up the Galaxy S9 at a ridiculously low price. This current flagship’s cost has just been dropped yet again with it available on contract for just £15 per month. The deal, which comes via Mobiles.co.uk, includes 1GB of data plus unlimited calls and texts on the EE network. There’s a…
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Fortnite Has Grossed Over $500 Million on iOS: Sensor Tower
[ad_1] Fortnite players have spent over $500 million (roughly Rs. 354 crores) via in-app purchases on iOS alone, according to app analytics firm Sensor Tower. This is a huge milestone for Epic Games’ blockbuster battle royale game Fortnite. The game has been on iOS for less than one year and it already has grossed over…
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Kodi CRACKDOWN: Add-on fans dealt shock blow in major piracy update
[ad_1] Kodi add-on users have been dealt some big piracy news at the start of 2019. Research has suggested Kodi – which offers access to thousands of channels – is being used in more than five million UK homes. Kodi software is not illegal, but unaffiliated developers can produce third-party add-ons that provide free access…
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The stakes are high for Europe in the global race
[ad_1] Zheng Huansong | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images Eric Xu, Huawei’s rotating chairman, discusses 5G technology during an event in China. High up in the Swiss Alps in Davos last month it was clear – the big end of town is pessimistic because of trade and the economy, one worry should concern investors…
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Wirecard shares plummet amid Singapore accounting scandal
[ad_1] A further report by the FT, published Feb. 1, claimed that an external law firm hired by Wirecard found evidence indicating “serious offences of forgery and/or of falsification of accounts” at its Singapore office. According to the paper, the law firm, Rajah & Tann, was given a mandate on May last year to conduct…
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Amazon to Buy Wi-Fi Device Maker Eero for Undisclosed Amount
[ad_1] Amazon is buying Wi-Fi device maker Eero, helping the online retailer expand its line of smart home gadgets. Eero, founded in San Francisco five years ago, sells $200 (roughly Rs. 14,200) devices that can spread Wi-Fi throughout a home. Rival Google already sells similar devices. Seattle-based Amazon did not say how much it is…
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Virgin Media prices cut as huge broadband speed boost revealed
[ad_1] There’s not a week that goes by without either Virgin Media or Sky cutting prices. The two firms continue to offer big savings on TV and broadband with the latest discount available to those who want Virgin Media’s service beamed into their home. The company has just announced a flash sale which not only…
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Pixel 3 deal: This offer makes Google’s flagship even more tempting
[ad_1] Google Pixel 3 was announced back in October and improves upon its predecessor in a number of ways. First and foremost, both the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL come with improved designs that reduced bezels in favour of greater screen-to-body ratios. Pixel 3 comes with a 5.5-inch P-OLED display that has a resolution…
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Otter found living under garbage bin in downtown Winnipeg
[ad_1] The Winnipeg Humane Society’s emergency response team has had some pretty odd calls over the years, but likely nothing otter than one it received Friday afternoon. The agency responded to a report of an otter living under a downtown dumpster. Nihal Bhullar, a 20-year-old University of Winnipeg student, called authorities after stumbling along the otter…
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Amazon looked to the past to build the future – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Over the last 20 years, smart home gadgets have evolved from fantasy to commodity. Walk into Best Buy and there are dozens of products that take just a few minutes to set up. It’s wonderful. Even better, it’s easy. There are lights and locks and screens from big and small companies alike. And therein…
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Nantendo: How video games made for kids can be awesome for seniors
[ad_1] Does playing video games rot your brain? Or do they point toward a digital fountain of youth? A new study shows that gaming can actually have big cognitive benefits for seniors — not the target market, shall we say, of console and game manufacturers. But before you rush out to buy Nan a Nintendo,…
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N.L.’s skyrocketing transportation emissions show need to plug in to electric cars: scientist
[ad_1] When it comes to accelerating the switch to electric vehicles, it’s time to put the pedal to the metal, says a St. John’s scientist. “This is literally the survival of future generations that’s at stake here. I can’t state this enough,” said Brett Favaro, a researcher at Memorial University’s Marine Institute, pointing to new data that shows a…
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Women are leading the zero-waste movement. Here’s why that matters
[ad_1] Waves of Change is a CBC series exploring the single-use plastic we’re discarding, and why we need to clean up our act. You can be part of the community discussion by joining our Facebook group. The zero-waste wake up call came to Jilian Rose of Paradise a few years ago. “I was living solo, and moving around.…
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Alberta’s destructive mountain pine beetle likely decimated by cold snap
[ad_1] A cold snap gripping western Canada may be just brutal enough to put a dent in Alberta’s destructive mountain pine beetle. Extreme cold stubbornly lingering over the province for more than week is keeping nightly lows around the –35 C mark. While most Albertans despair the cold, those on the front lines of the fight against the mountain…
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Another fine mesh – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Amazon’s acquisition of mesh router company Eero is a smart play that adds a number of cards to its hand in the rapidly evolving smart home market. Why shouldn’t every router be an Echo, and every Echo be a router? Consolidating the two makes for powerful synergies and significant leverage against stubborn competition. It’s…
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Another fine mesh – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Amazon’s acquisition of mesh router company Eero is a smart play that adds a number of cards to its hand in the rapidly evolving smart home market. Why shouldn’t every router be an Echo, and every Echo be a router? Consolidating the two makes for powerful synergies and significant leverage against stubborn competition. It’s…
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Markets shouldn't overreact if there's no US-China trade deal
[ad_1] The German trade surplus is stifling the economic growth in the rest of Europe, Michael Ivanovitch writes. [ad_2] Source link
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Amazon HQ2 is ‘antithetical’ to our union values, NYC councilman says
[ad_1] Amazon has shown that it is “antithetical” to New York values, and the company should not be allowed to build its second headquarters in Queens until it changes its ways, City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer told CNBC on Monday. Bramer, deputy leader of the 51-member council, said one reason he is against the HQ2…
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Reddit users are the least valuable of any social network
[ad_1] Reddit’s latest funding round values its users at a lower price than any other social network. The company announced Monday it had raised $300 million in its Series D investment round at a valuation of $3 billion. CNBC previously reported the company’s annual revenue topped $100 million, according to sources familiar with the matter,…
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Jobvite raises $200M+ and acquires three recruitment startups to expand its platform play – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Jobvite, the company that was once an early mover in leveraging social networks to help source job opportunities and find interesting candidates for openings, is today announcing two big moves to double down on its ambition to build a bigger platform for recruitment and applicant tracking. The company has picked up an investment of…
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House where Amazon founded for sale
[ad_1] The house where Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in Bellevue, Washington is for sale. It was previously spotted by GeekWire. According to Zillow, the 1,540 square-foot house located at 10704 NE 28th St. is listed for just nearly $1.5 million. It features three bedrooms,1.75 baths and a hot tub on the back porch. It was…
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Amazon is acquiring home Wi-Fi start-up Eero
[ad_1] Amazon said on Monday that it’s acquiring Eero, a developer of internet routers that can be easily connected in the home. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. It’s Amazon’s latest push into the smart home, following the acquisition of video doorbell maker Ring last year for $1 billion. Amazon’s primary home device is its…
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Amazon will acquire eero, a company that makes home Wifi systems
[ad_1] Amazon on Monday said that it has acquired Eero, a start-up that developed home internet routers that can be connected with one another inside homes. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Google has a competing product called Google Wifi. “We are incredibly impressed with the eero team and how quickly they invented a WiFi…
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US iPhone users spent $79 last year, up 36% from 2017 – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Apple’s push to get developers to build subscription-based apps is now having a notable impact on App Store revenues. According to a new report from Sensor Tower due out later this week, revenue generated per U.S. iPhone grew 36 percent, from $58 in 2017 to $79 last year. As is typical, much of that…
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A bitcoin ETF is ‘virtually certain,’ finance expert Ric Edelman says
[ad_1] The road to a bitcoin ETF has seen many roadblocks, but one finance expert said it’s an inevitability. “It’s virtually certain. The only question is when,” Ric Edelman, founder of Edelman Financial Engines, said Monday on CNBC’s “ETF Edge” at the Inside ETFs Conference in Hollywood, Florida. “The SEC has several legitimate thoughtful concerns…
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Lenovo Watch X was riddled with security bugs, researcher says – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Lenovo’s Watch X was widely panned as “absolutely terrible.” As it turns out, so was its security. The low-end $50 smart watch was one of Lenovo’s cheapest smart watches. Available only for the China market, anyone who wants one has to buy one directly from the mainland. Lucky for Erez Yalon, head of security research…
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Here’s what happens next in the Huawei case, and what it means
[ad_1] Huawei and another Chinese hardware maker, ZTE, have seen equipment banned for certain uses for years. But President Donald Trump is planning a new executive order for early March that would more extensively ban equipment made by these companies, an administration official confirmed to CNBC. As has been the case in other countries, such…
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Plunge in crypto sets stage for Facebook and other tech giants to hire blockchain experts
[ad_1] The drop in cryptocurrency prices is meaning job losses for some, but it may carve out an ideal hiring opportunity for tech giants. Some blockchain start-ups, regardless of having talented teams of engineers, haven’t been able to prove a use case and are struggling to fund operations as the price of cryptocurrencies nosedives. Employees…
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Putting patients in control of their health info
[ad_1] Apple announced on Monday that it’s working with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to bring health records to the iPhone. That means that vets receiving their care from the VA will be able to see medical information like allergies, immunizations, labs and procedures directly on their iPhones with just a few clicks. “By…
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Is Facebook bad for America?
[ad_1] Facebook is worth almost a half trillion dollars. It has more than 2 billion users who log in at least once a month. It has a famous CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, hailed in Silicon Valley as a Bill Gates for the Internet age – the suburban Harvard kid who dropped out of college to start…
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Gmail gets a useful right-click menu – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Google is giving Gmail a new right-click menu. And it’s about time. While you’ve long been able to right-click on any email in your inbox, your options were always limited. You could archive an email, mark it as read/unread and delete it, but that was about it. Now, as the company announced today, that’s…
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Imran Khan announces plans to launch online retailer Verishop
[ad_1] Dave Zhong | Getty Images Imran Khan, former chief strategy officer of Snap, speaks during Fireside Chat on Day 3 of CNBC East Tech West at LN Garden Hotel Nansha Guangzhou. Imran Khan, a former top exec at Snap, has plans to go after Amazon. Though details are still scarce, Khan’s new retail company,…
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Tesla’s largest institutional investor T. Rowe Price cut stake in half
[ad_1] John Leyba | The Denver Post | Getty Images Tesla fans standing in long lines to preorder the new Tesla in March, 2016. T. Rowe Price halved its stake in Tesla during the fourth quarter, according to a government filing. The international money manager owned 8.98 million Tesla shares by the end of last…
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New insect found in B.C. caves could be a survivor from Ice Age
[ad_1] A newly discovered cave-dwelling species of insect found in British Columbia could be a survivor from the last ice age, scientists say. Haplocampa wagnelli, the arthropod found in a limestone cave near Port Alberni on Vancouver Island, is about three to four millimetres long, with six legs, no eyes and a whitish, almost transparent colour.…
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Russian Arctic town overrun by polar bears, climate change blamed
[ad_1] People in Russia’s eastern Arctic are scrambling to come up with a plan to take back their community after it was overrun by dozens polar bears during the weekend. There are so many bears — local officials say they counted as many as 52 — that Russian TV says local people are calling it…
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Google Docs gets an API for task automation – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Google today announced the general availability of a new API for Google Docs that will allow developers to automate many of the tasks that users typically do manually in the company’s online office suite. The API has been in developer preview since last April’s Google Cloud Next 2018 and is now available to all…
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Serious Tesla electric vehicle competition from Rivian
[ad_1] Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images RJ Scaringe, founder and chief executive officer of Rivian Automotive Inc., unveils the R1T electric pickup truck, left, and R1S electric sports utility vehicle (SUV) during a reveal event at AutoMobility LA ahead of the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California. Tesla may unveil an electric…
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New figures highlight the iPhone’s rough quarter in China – TechCrunch
[ad_1] When Apple issued revised guidance for its quarterly earnings last month, the company singled out China as a primary driver for its disappointing result. Sure enough, iPhone revenue declined 15 percent year over year, and now IDC’s got some more insight into the role the Chinese market may have played in that decline. New…
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Reddit raises $300 million at $3 billion valuation
[ad_1] What do Sen. Kamala Harris, Toyota, Charles Schwab and Jordan Peele’s new movie “Up” all have in common? They all turned to Reddit to deploy ad campaigns and connect with consumers. The social network’s growth in popularity with a broad range of advertisers has attracted new investors and is driving up its valuation. The…
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Samsung promises a better look at its folding phone next week – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Samsung’s not telling us anything we don’t already know with its latest teaser. But before I hop on yet another flight to San Francisco, it’s good to know I’m getting a little more bang for my (well, Verizon’s) buck. In addition to the Galaxy S10, Samsung will also be offering a much better glimpse…
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Samsung teases foldable Galaxy smartphone
[ad_1] The new video doesn’t show how the device will fold, but other companies such as Xiaomi have provided a closer look at what we might expect. Xiaomi’s prototype looks like a tablet that can fold into a device the size of a phone. Foldable phones are expected to be more expensive than traditional phones…
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Salesforce rolls out new ‘social determinant’ tool for hospitals
[ad_1] Salesforce.com is rolling out a new tool as part of its Health Cloud platform to help hospitals and insurers spot environmental and social issues that can affect a person’s health, like income or access to transportation, to connect patients with more services. There is growing emphasis in health care to try to address economic…
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Bumble launches Spotlight, its own version of Tinder’s Boost – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Bumble, currently Tinder’s biggest rival in the dating app market, today launched its own version of Tinder’s “Boost” feature. On Bumble, it’s being called “Spotlight” and allows users to pay to bump their profile up to the front of the queue, in order to be seen by more people than they would otherwise. Very…
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iPhone shipments in China fall 19.9 percent: IDC
[ad_1] Lintao Zhang | Getty Images Chinese customers in an Apple store on Jan. 3, 2019, in Beijing, one day after Apple preannounced weak quarterly results that it attributed primarily to a sales slowdown in China. Apple‘s iPhone shipments fell 19.9 percent during the fourth quarter in China, according to the latest figures from research…
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Apple Contractors Reveal What It’s Like to Work Inside Company’s ‘Black Site’
[ad_1] Apple’s new campus in Cupertino, California, is a symbol of how the company views itself as an employer: simultaneously inspiring its workers with its magnificent scale while coddling them with its four-story café and 100,000-square-foot fitness centre. But one group of Apple contractors finds another building, six miles away on Hammerwood Avenue in Sunnyvale,…
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Saudi Arabia denies involvement in National Enquirer Jeff Bezos report
[ad_1] Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos provides the keynote address at the Air Force Association’s Annual Air, Space & Cyber Conference in Oxen Hill, MD, on September 19, 2018. Saudi Arabia rejected the suggestion it played a role in the leaking of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’…
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Google Extends Chipmaking Efforts to Design Hub Bengaluru
[ad_1] Alphabet’s Google has hired more than a dozen microchip engineers in Bengaluru, India, in recent months and plans to rapidly add more, according to LinkedIn profiles, job postings and two industry executives, as the search firm expands its program to design the guts of its devices internally. The Bengaluru site, which has not been…
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Toys R Us executives plot retailer’s comeback with Tru Kids
[ad_1] Some former Toys R Us executives are looking to bring back the iconic retailer — Geoffrey the Giraffe and all. Toys R Us liquidated its business last year, unable to emerge from bankruptcy after a crippling 2017 holiday season. Its lenders, including Solus Alternative Asset Management and the Angelo Gordon investment firm, took control…
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Sonnenfeld sees no doubt that the Enquirer sought to blackmail Bezos
[ad_1] Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has a solid case against the National Enquirer and its parent company, American Media Inc., for alleged blackmail and extortion, management expert Jeffrey Sonnenfeld told CNBC on Monday. AMI and the Enquirer’s alleged actions were “pure extortion,” the senior associate dean at the Yale School of Management said…
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Three Mobile ultimate SIM deal challenged but which 4G data offer is really best?
[ad_1] THREE Mobile continues to offer its unlimited data SIM but another offer has just been announced which could be even better for some smartphone users. [ad_2] Source link
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Google Chrome update delivers a useful feature at long last
[ad_1] GOOGLE Chrome is set for an update that will finally deliver a long-awaited feature to the browser. [ad_2] Source link
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Tesla shares jump after Canaccord Genuity upgrades the stock
[ad_1] Aly Song | Reuters Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory groundbreaking ceremony in Shanghai, China, January 7, 2019. Tesla shares got off to the week with a good start after Canaccord Genuity upgraded the stock and predicted a monster rally from here as electric vehicle penetration improves and the company gets…
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Windows 10 boost: These simple tricks could make your Microsoft PC much faster
[ad_1] WINDOWS 10 is Microsoft’s computer operating system that is incredibly capable. However, Express.co.uk is here to provide you with some useful tips that could make your PC run faster. [ad_2] Source link
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How to Clean Up Your Digital Life in 2019
[ad_1] I’d like to tell you about the life-changing magic of not getting rid of things – and keeping them in the cloud. Marie Kondo has inspired many of us to unstuff closets and discard piles of belongings banished to basements. But there’s a part of her decluttering process that feels out of sync with…
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Brave Browser Allows Facebook, Twitter Trackers Despite Promising Privacy
[ad_1] Brave, the Web browser that bills itself as a free, fast and secure alternative for PC and smartphone users, has been found to specifically whitelist tracking scripts used by Facebook and Twitter. Brave launched in 2016 promising to block ads and protect users’ privacy, while also loading Web pages faster than any other browser.…
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Report of layoff plans at Activision Blizzard, Call of Duty publisher
[ad_1] Christopher Lee | Bloomberg | Getty Images Spectators and fans react during the Activision Blizzard Overwatch League Grand Finals in New York on July 27, 2018. The misery continues to pile on for the video game industry after its top stocks suffered double-digit declines last Wednesday. Bloomberg reported on Friday that Activision Blizzard, the…
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Cows Get Their Own Tinder-Style App for Breeding in UK
[ad_1] Cows and bulls searching for “moo love” now have a mobile app to help their breeders. A UK farming startup introduced a Tinder-style app, called Tudder, that lets farmers find breeding matches by viewing pictures of cattle with details of their age, location and owner. Users hear a mooing sound as they swipe – right…
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Galaxy S10 release – The pictures Samsung won’t want you to see have just been revealed
[ad_1] In just over a week Samsung will reveal its new Galaxy S10 to the world. This latest device looks set to be released at a major Unpacked event scheduled for Wednesday, February 20 and it could offer some radical new updates. Rumours have been swirling around the web for months that the S10 will…
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Sky TV customers may soon see this radical upgrade arriving on their set top box
[ad_1] Sky Q is the satellite TV firm’s premium set-top box that offers a huge swathe of improvements over the older generation Sky+ device. The Q service was first announced back in 2016 and includes features such as recording six shows at once and watching content in full 4K definition. Another popular extra that arrived after…
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Google Maps AR Navigation Testing Begins, Coming to Select Users Soon: Report
[ad_1] Google Maps new AR mode will use Street View data to superimpose arrows in the real world Google introduced a new augmented reality (AR) mode for Maps at I/O 2018 and it was one of the biggest crowd-pleasers at the keynote last year. The feature overlays arrows, landmarks, maps, and possibly even an animated…
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Chrome OS 72 Released With Optimisations for Touchscreen Devices, Newer Features
[ad_1] Google is rolling out the new update for its operating system – Chrome OS 72, with bug fixes, security updates and newer features like external storage access for Android apps including microSD cards and USB drives along with Picture in Picture (PiP) mode for Chrome sites. With Chrome OS 72, Google has optimised the…
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Apple Sued Over Time Consuming Two-Factor Authentication Process: Report
[ad_1] A recent lawsuit filed against Apple accused the two-factor authentication process of the iPhone-maker of being disruptive to users, time consuming and abusive since it cannot be rolled back to a less safe login method after 14 days. The suit, filed by Jay Brodsky in California, alleged that Apple did not get user consent…
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Uber App Now Lets Riders in India Make Free Calls to Their Driver
[ad_1] Uber now allows you to make free calls to your cab driver. The feature, which uses VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) to enable voice calls through the Uber app, was announced globally back in October last year and it is now being rolled out in India. You’ll still be able to make regular voice…
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Redmi Note 7 India Launch Details, Samsung M20 Sale, Moto G7 Series Launch, and More News This Week
[ad_1] Redmi Note 7 India launch teasers, Samsung M20 and M10 going on sale in the country, Oppo K1 India launch, Moto G7-Series unveiling, new Nokia smartphone variants arriving, and WhatsApp detailing its India election efforts were amongst the top highlights of the week in the world of personal technology. The Redmi Note 7 — the…
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IPOs of Uber, Airbnb and Slack could pour cash into San Francisco
[ad_1] Freestyle has been looking for deals elsewhere in part because of how expensive San Francisco has become from an investing perspective. Felser said he’s finding “pockets of technological dominance” around the world, whether it’s Finland for mobile gaming or Estonia for cryptocurrencies. “Valuations are as high as they ever have been,” he said. “That…
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Ranchers lobby to prevent use of ‘meat’ on plant-burgers: NY Times
[ad_1] Ranchers, farmers and industry groups are trying to slowing the momentum of popular products like the Impossible Burger, according to The New York Times — by defending the definition of the word “meat.” According to the report, the animal products lobby is moving to convince state lawmakers to implement legislation that makes clear that…
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The 2019 Ford Edge ST isn’t the sporty SUV we wanted it to be
[ad_1] As an outward sign of its purpose, the ST offers special styling outside, with an aggressive grill and the “Ford Performance Blue” hue our $49,430 tester wore. The interior is different from your standard-issue Edge, with some ST branding and suede-cloth inserts on the seats. You also don’t have to sacrifice luxury features when…
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How to manage newsletters with Stoop app
[ad_1] You’ll start to see fresh newsletters as they’re released right on the Stoop homescreen. Tap one to read it. You can archive an email by tapping the small box on the bottom of the screen, and move forward or backward through newsletters by tapping “Prev” or “Next” at the bottom of the screen. Tap…
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Man City v Chelsea LIVE STREAM – How to watch Premier League football ONLINE
[ad_1] Manchester City entertain Chelsea in today’s blockbuster Premier League clash. Kevin de Bruyne and Raheem Sterling are recalled for a game City can’t afford to lose. With Liverpool winning against Bournemouth, City need all 3 points to return to the top of the league on goal difference. Gündogan, Fernandinho and Bernardo Silva also start…
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Ada Health chatbot: Food poisoning test
[ad_1] Chan believes there’s a gap in the market for technologies that can help patients figure out what to do when they get sick, which led him to reach out to Ada Health about a partnership. As Chan points out, it’s not always obvious for most people whether to stay home to rest and recover,…
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Tottenham Hotspur vs Leicester LIVE STREAM – How to watch Premier League football online
[ad_1] Leicester City travel to Tottenham Hotspur in today’s first Premier League kick-off. Spurs must win to keep pace with the title leaders, especially with Liverpool winning against Bournemouth yesterday. Tottenham are, however, in the midst of an injury crisis, which will make things tougher against the Foxes. Dele Alli and Harry Kane are both…
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Amazon Echo prices slashed as big new deals and offers revealed by Amazon
[ad_1] If you’ve been waiting to buy an Amazon Echo then now is a good time to go shopping. The online retailer has just announced a fresh swathe of price cuts with a number of Echo devices getting a lower cost. Speakers that are part of the Valentine’s Day deals include the standard Echo along…
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Fish mislabeling occurs all along supply chain, study reveals
[ad_1] Seafood lovers may be fishing for answers after a study by University of Guelph researchers suggests fish is being mislabeled at more than one point in Canada’s supply chain. Bob Hanner, an associate professor in the department of integrative biology at the U of G says researchers found mislabeling was compounding at each stage of the…
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Google’s policy chief calls for ‘common rules’ globally for tech regulation
[ad_1] Google’s top policy chief has called for “common rules of the road” globally when it comes to the regulation of technology, amid ongoing debate around the world on how to create legislation for the internet economy. Karan Bhatia, vice president of global public policy and government relations at Google, said that while a one…
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Samsung M20 Sale, Redmi Note 7 India Launch Details, Moto G7 Series Launch, and More News This Week
[ad_1] Samsung M20 and M10 going on sale in the country, Redmi Note 7 India launch teasers, Oppo K1 India launch, Moto G7-Series unveiling, new Nokia smartphone variants arriving, and WhatsApp detailing its India election efforts were amongst the top highlights of the week in the world of personal technology. The first Galaxy M-Series offerings —…
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Google Chrome is set for the ultimate update Windows 10 and Mac fans have been waiting for
[ad_1] Google Chrome is the most popular browser in the world and is regularly updated by the American tech giant. That means the software consistently receives new features and improvements that make it more intuitive overall. Since the release of dark modes on both Windows 10 and macOS, some fans have been eager for Chrome…
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Samsung Galaxy S9 update does not fix the biggest problems with this phone
[ad_1] Galaxy S9 was certainly an iterative upgrade from the S8 (Image: Samsung) Galaxy S9 released at the start of last year and was certainly an iterative improvement over the Galaxy S8 rather than a substantial overhaul thanks to its similar design and feature set. This was surely part of the reason the phone failed…
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Xperia XZ4 v Galaxy S10 – Which Sony or Samsung flagship will rule in 2019?
[ad_1] Sony Xperia XZ4 v Samsung Galaxy S10 (Image: GETTY • MOBILE FUN) The battle of the Android smartphones looks set to intensify later this month with both Samsung and Sony releasing brand new and fully refreshed devices. Rumours suggest that Samsung will reveal its new Galaxy S10 whilst Sony may give fans their first glimpse…
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P20 Pro update: Huawei could reveal this phone’s successor next month
[ad_1] Huawei P20 Pro debuted back in March of 2018 and took the smartphone market by storm thanks to its capable triple camera system, huge 4,000mAh battery and fast processor. The handset came with a 6.1-inch AMOLED display that offered great viewing angles and vibrant colours. Moreover, the flagship was also visually striking, especially in…
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Mate 20 Pro best feature has just been outclassed by a ridiculously cheap rival
[ad_1] It’s hard to deny that the Mate 20 Pro is a supreme smartphone that includes some of the most radical features you’ll find on a flagship. This device was launched late last year and arrives packing a fast Kirin 980 processor, clever triple rear camera and the ability to refill other phones via a…
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DP World plans to launch its first hyperloop for cargo in India
[ad_1] Source: Virgin Hyperloop Virgin Hyperloop One built the world’s first working, full-sized hyperloop test in Nevada. It ran last year for a little less than a third of a mile, and accelerated a 28-foot pod to 192 miles per hour in a few seconds. “We believe there is a need for it in India,”…
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Nasdaq to beat the broader market this year: Tech investor Paul Meeks
[ad_1] Technology investor Paul Meeks is no longer avoiding the group that made him famous on Wall Street. Meeks, who ran the world’s biggest tech fund for Merrill Lynch in the late 1990s and early 2000s, expects the tech-heavy Nasdaq to end the year at least 10 percent higher. “I’m starting to creep out of…
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What to expect from Mobile World Congress 2019 – TechCrunch
[ad_1] I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: 2019 just might be the year that smartphones get fun again. After years of similar form factors and slight upgrades, the mobile industry’s back is against the wall. For the first time ever, sales are down, owning to economic factors and slower upgrade cycles. Most…
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Delivery employees said to be cut
[ad_1] At the Model 3 launch in July 2017, Musk said over half a million buyers had put down deposits on the new car. That helped send Tesla shares up almost 15 percent over the following six weeks. The company delivered 145,610 Model 3s in 2018, but all of them at prices far above $35,000.…
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Ousted CBS CEO Les Moonves said to start his next venture in Hollywood
[ad_1] Ousted CBS CEO Les Moonves is running a new company, and his former employer is paying for his office space, The New York Times reports. In December, CBS fired Moonves after a dozen women accused him of sexual misconduct. Once considered one of the most powerful figures in media, Moonves is starting his second…
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How iPhone Gorilla Glass is made inside Corning factory
[ad_1] In the middle of bluegrass and bourbon country in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, is Corning‘s oldest glass factory. It was built in the 1950s to create lenses for glasses, then transitioned into making LCD glass panels in the 1980s. About six months before the first iPhone was released in 2007, Steve Jobs made a call to…
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Google Chrome Dark Mode Testing Live for Android, Mac; Multimedia Key Support Spotted
[ad_1] Google Chrome has started testing a dark mode for Android and Mac devices. Google has implemented the anticipated change in the Canary channel of the Chrome browser for machines running macOS Mojave. Similarly, Chrome 73 has reached the beta channel for Android devices with an early dark mode implementation. Separately, the Chrome 73 release…
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Fulham v Man United LIVE STREAM – How to watch Premier League football online
[ad_1] Manchester United travel to Fulham for today’s early Premier League kickoff. Caretaker manager Ole Gunnar Solksjaer is yet to lose a game since his appointment, although today’s game will be a tricky prospect. With one eye on Tuesday’s Champions League clash against PSG, the Man Utd boss has decided to rest Lingard and Rashford.…
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Google Chrome update could help save you from dangerous security threats
[ad_1] Google Chrome is the American tech giant’s internet browser that is hugely popular, in part thanks to the high degree of customisation it offers users. One of Chrome’s most lauded features is its extensions system that allows new tools to be downloaded for the browser. While third-parties are able to introduce new extensions for…
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Virgin Media upgrade is one of its most important EVER and this is why
[ad_1] Virgin Media announced this week that it has begun testing new hyperfast broadband. This service is bringing speeds of up to 8Gbps into a select number of homes in Cambridgeshire with downloads around 200 times faster than the current UK average. At that blistering rate, it will take those lucky enough to have this…
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Android warning: Your phone is at risk from a simple hack unless you download this update
[ad_1] Android is Google’s mobile operating platform that is hugely popular. In fact, the software greatly surpasses iOS in terms of users across the globe. Android receives a substantial numbered update from Google every year that introduces new features and other improvements for fans. However, Google also rolls out monthly security fixes for the operating…
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Honor View 20 review: Can this budget flagship really dethrone the OnePlus 6T?
[ad_1] The Honor View 20 is easily the best device the Chinese OEM has ever created (Image: Express Newspapers) HONOR VIEW 20 • £499.99 (as tested) FOR – Gorgeous 6.4-inch display with an all-screen design • Unparalleled battery life • Camera capable of taking superb shots • Snappy performance • Affordable entry-level price • Headphone…
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Gear S3 and Galaxy Watch rival REVEALED – New Samsung watch specs and release uncovered
[ad_1] Samsung smartwatch fans could soon see a brand new device landing on wrists. Rumours are rife that the Korean technology firm is preparing to release a refreshed wearable with many speculating that it will be called the Galaxy Sport or Galaxy Watch Active. Earlier this week, a photo of this latest watch was posted…
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No more shinny? Thousands of lakes are losing their winter ice, study says
[ad_1] Researchers suggest that by the late 21st century, 35,000 freshwater lakes — across three continents and 50 countries — could see permanent ice loss from warming winters if the global climate warms beyond the two-degree target set by the Paris Agreement. Ice-free lakes can: Cut access to remote communities. Put an end to outdoor sports…
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PUBG Mobile Turns 1: A Look Back at a Year of PUBG Updates, Bans, Tournaments, and More
[ad_1] PUBG Mobile graced Android and iOS devices a year ago. To recall, the game first released in China on February 9 before hitting the rest of the world a month later and is an adaptation of the popular PC game, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. PUBG is short for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds named after game designer Brendan ‘PlayerUnknown’…
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Galaxy Note 9: This phone’s most unique feature could be set for a massive improvement
[ad_1] Galaxy Note 9 debuted back in August and remains one of the best Android smartphones on the market. That is because the handset has one of the best displays around, a huge 4,000mAh battery and a capable camera system. Galaxy Note 9 comes with a 6.4-inch AMOLED screen that offers great viewing angles and…
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Google Paid Half of Its Vulnerability Rewards Towards Android, Chrome Bugs in 2018
[ad_1] Google on Friday revealed that it has paid out as much as $15 million (roughly Rs. 106 crores) in rewards since the launch of its Vulnerability Reward Programme back in November 2010. In the last year alone, researchers were rewarded with a total amount of $3.4 million (roughly Rs. 24.19 crores) – of which,…
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Xperia XZ4 release THIS MONTH – Five things every Sony fan should know
[ad_1] If you’re a lover of all things Xperia then there’s not too long to wait until we see what Sony has coming next. The Japanese technology firm is holding a press event later this month at Mobile World Congress and we are expecting to see an all-new Xperia XZ4 shown to the world. Despite…
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EU Countries Agree on Copyright Reforms, Deal in Sight Next Week
[ad_1] The European Union’s effort to rewrite two-decade old copyright rules to take into account online platforms such as Alphabet’s Google moved a step forward on Friday when a majority of member countries agreed on a common position for talks with lawmakers next week. Negotiations stalled last month after EU countries failed to bridge their…
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Cyber security expert briefs parties on protecting themselves during election campaign
[ad_1] One of Canada’s top cyber security experts says he’s been quietly giving the main political parties threat briefings in the lead-up to the upcoming federal election. “It’s an ongoing conversation,” Scott Jones, head of the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security within the Communications Security Establishment, told CBC News in an interview. “We told them…
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Stop the pigeons! Birds fed birth-control drug at SkyTrain station to reduce population
[ad_1] Pigeons can seem pretty innocuous in the city, but according to TransLink, the birds can cause all kinds of problems along the SkyTrain system. Now, along with the BC SPCA, TransLink is testing a birth control drug on the birds to reduce the population. To start, there’s the issue of poop. CBC News first reported in…
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Antarctic, Greenland melt will really mess up Canadian weather, study finds
[ad_1] Greenland and Antarctica are a long distance away, but new research suggests the accelerating disappearance of their ice caps will have a major — and underestimated — effect on extreme weather in Canada. “We’re underestimating the impact of the ice sheets on the climate system,” said Natalya Gomez, a professor at McGill University and co-author…
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Sony announces first share buyback of $910m, stock rises 5 percent
[ad_1] Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images Signage for Sony Corp. is seen outside the company’s headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Feb. 1, 2019. Sony announced on Friday a share buyback of 100 billion yen ($910 million) — its first ever aimed at boosting shareholder returns — sending the Japanese electronics and entertainment…
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This album is played entirely on a PC motherboard speaker – TechCrunch
[ad_1] If you’re craving a truly different sound with which to slay the crew this weekend, look no further than System Beeps, a new album by shiru8bit — though you may have to drag your old 486 out of storage to play it. Yes, this album runs in MS-DOS and its music is produced entirely…
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What Wall Street doesn’t get about the SunTrust-BB&T merger
[ad_1] The biggest banking deal since the financial crisis has more to do with technology than any traditional bank metric, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday of BB&T’s pivotal $66 billion commitment to buy rival SunTrust Banks. “To me, this BB&T merger of equals with SunTrust is about keeping up with the Joneses — in this…
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What Jeff Bezos’ private life means for investors
[ad_1] Akio Kon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Daniel Ek, chief executive officer and co-founder of Spotify AB. Cramer said Wall Street has misread Spotify‘s latest earnings report and guidance, and that misunderstood stocks like these give investors an opportunity to make some money. he called out stock analysts like Everscore ISI’s Anthony DiClemente who…
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One of Tesla’s largest investors just increased its stake
[ad_1] VCG/VCG | Getty Images A Tesla Model 3 car is on display during the Auto China 2018 at China International Exhibition Center on April 25, 2018 in Beijing, China. Tesla shareholder Baillie Gifford & Co. has just increased its stake in the electric car maker, according to a regulatory filing Friday. The U.K.-based investment…
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Facebook acquires GrokStyle, a start-up specializing in AI technology
[ad_1] Getty Images Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during the F8 Facebook Developers conference on May 1, 2018 in San Jose, California. Facebook on Friday announced its acquisition of GrokStyle, a San Francisco start-up that uses artificial intelligence technology to help users shop for furniture. “We are excited to welcome GrokStyle to Facebook,” Facebook spokeswoman…
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Fitbit Inspire is available only through your employer
[ad_1] CEO James Park told CNBC, in his first public statement about the new tracker, that his company’s revenue is increasingly tied to business customers. It now has 6.8 million patients, employee and health plan members signed up for wellness programs that incorporate Fitbit devices. Fitbit has been developing software to help companies give employees…
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Bezos story is warning to Amazon on succession plan: Jeff Sonnenfeld
[ad_1] But that doesn’t mean Sonnenfeld thinks Bezos should go. He said the CEO may have been “indiscreet and foolish,” but added, “How we judge somebody in a leadership role is — how do they respond and, of course, what’s the magnitude of what they did.” In this case, Bezos was a “victim,” he said.…
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EA soars after its Fortnite competitor quickly reaches 10M players
[ad_1] EA soared 16 percent Friday after announcing its Fortnite competitor gained 10 million players in its first 72 hours. The stock fell nearly the same amount just a few days earlier after reporting its third-quarter 2019 earnings. CEO Andrew Wilson had said the company “did not perform to our expectations,” reporting a revenue miss…
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Jeff Bezos 1999 interview on Amazon before the dotcom bubble burst
[ad_1] Jeff Bezos explained his ambitious vision for Amazon in a 1999 interview. He made clear the company’s focus was on “great customer service” and discussed his real estate strategy. Bezos said, “There’s no guarantee that Amazon.com can be a successful company. What we’re trying to do is very complicated.” He added, “Scale is important…
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Federal prosecutors reportedly reviewing National Enquirer’s handling of Bezos story
[ad_1] In an extraordinary blog post published Thursday, Bezos detailed allegations of blackmail and extortion against the publisher. American Media could lose its immunity deal if Bezos’ accusations are substantiated. In the post, Bezos said that he “engaged investigators” to figure out how the National Enquirer obtained his text messages that it published in its…
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Pecker used Bezos to make up with Trump
[ad_1] Trump has been a frequent critic of Bezos, the founder of Amazon who also personally owns The Washington Post. The president has used Twitter repeatedly to blast the e-commerce giant for not paying enough taxes and the newspaper of having a negative bias against his administration. In a bombshell blog post Thursday, Bezos accused…
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New York needs Amazon, after report that it might cancel HQ2 plan
[ad_1] New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo lambasted local politicians who oppose his deal to bring Amazon’s second “headquarters” to Long Island City, saying, “we have to make Amazon a reality.” “For the state Senate to oppose Amazon was governmental malpractice,” Cuomo said at a news conference on Long Island, where he discussed the state budget…
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Apple iPhone replacement cycle slowing Toni Sacconaghi says
[ad_1] Anthony Kwan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Employees serve customers inside an Apple store in Hong Kong, China, on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019. Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi said in a note to investors on Friday that people are holding onto their iPhones longer than ever before, which may spell trouble for Apple as consumers…
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Carbonite to acquire endpoint security company Webroot for $618.5M – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Carbonite, the online backup and recovery company based in Boston, announced late yesterday that it will be acquiring Webroot, an endpoint security vendor, for $618.5 million in cash. The company believes that by combining its cloud backup service with Webroot’s endpoint security tools, it will give customers a more complete solution. Webroot’s history actually predates…
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Silicon Valley VC Confidence Index most pessimistic since 2009
[ad_1] Eric Risberg | AP A woman walks in the rain at a vista point with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background Monday, Jan. 8, 2018, near Sausalito, Calif. Storms brought rain to California on Monday and increased the risk of mudslides in fire-ravaged communities in devastated northern wine country and authorities to order…
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Amazon analysts shrug off Bezos-Enquirer saga, see no impact on the stock
[ad_1] Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc., listens during an Economic Club of Washington discussion in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos stunned everyone with his revealing post accusing National Enquirer of extortion and blackmail, but analysts covering…
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Amazon is reconsidering NY headquarters site because of local opposition, Washington Post reports
[ad_1] Joshua Roberts | Reuters Jeff Bezos, president and CEO of Amazon and owner of The Washington Post, speaks at the Economic Club of Washington DC’s “Milestone Celebration Dinner” in Washington, U.S., September 13, 2018. Amazon is reconsidering building one of its new headquarters in New York City after local opposition, according to a report…
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We ‘acted lawfully’ on Bezos but we’ll investigate
[ad_1] American Media insisted on Friday that it “acted lawfully” in reporting about Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ extramarital affair, but said it will “promptly and thoroughly investigate the claims.” In a bombshell blog post Thursday, Bezos accused the National Enquirer’s publisher of threatening to post sexual pictures that the billionaire had texted to his mistress,…
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Apple turns Ariana Grande and other musicians into Memoji for its latest ads – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Just in time for the Grammy Awards, Apple has unveiled three new ads for Apple Music, featuring new singles from Ariana Grande, Khalid and Florida Georgia Line. In each video, the musicians have been transformed in Memoji (the human-style Animoji variant that was announced last year), which lip synch to their latest songs. The…
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PUBG Mobile Turns One: A Look Back at a Year of PUBG Updates, Bans, Tournaments, and More
[ad_1] It’s been a year since PUBG Mobile graced Android and iOS devices. The game first released in China on February 9 before hitting the rest of the world a month later and is an adaptation of the popular PC game, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds. PUBG is short for PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds named after game designer Brendan ‘PlayerUnknown’…
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National Enquirer was crazy to try to squeeze Trump foil Jeff Bezos: Zakim
[ad_1] The National Enquirer was crazy to approach Jeff Bezos over sexual photos and messages texted to his mistress, Lauren Sanchez, says Stu Zakim, a former spokesman for the tabloid media empire owned by David Pecker, a longtime friend of President Donald Trump. “Oh my God, have these guys not learned anything? Because common sense…
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‘If you’re selling Amazon off this, you’re really stupid’
[ad_1] CNBC’s Jim Cramer is warning investors against acting rashly towards Amazon stock, in the wake of Jeff Bezos accusing the National Enquirer’s of blackmail over sexual photos texted to his mistress, Lauren Sanchez. “If you’re selling Amazon off this you’re really stupid,” Cramer said on “Squawk on the Street.” The owner of the Enquirer…
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Sprint calls AT&T’s 5G E label ‘false advertising’ in new lawsuit – TechCrunch
[ad_1] While it’s true that it’s going to take some time before most of us will actually be able to enjoy the benefits of 5G, that doesn’t mean you can’t sit back and enjoy the fireworks right now. AT&T’s adoption of the “5G Evolution” label has already been controversial among industry followers and fellow carriers…
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Sprint is suing AT&T over ‘deceptive 5G E campaign’
[ad_1] Sprint is suing AT&T for what it calls a “deceptive 5G E campaign” in which AT&T seeks to “mislead customers into believing that it currently offers a coveted and highly anticipated fifth-generation wireless network, known as 5G.” The complaint is a step toward legal standard in the burgeoning 5G space, and could trigger an…
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Amazon Calls for Transparent Use of Facial ID Tech by Law Enforcement Agencies
[ad_1] Amazon.com on Thursday joined the call for transparency in the use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement agencies, and said it supports an “appropriate” legislative framework on the technology to protect civil rights. In the company’s most detailed blog yet on policy for the technology, Michael Punke, vice president of global public policy at…
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Chip stocks fall after Goldman warns they’ve gotten expensive
[ad_1] The Goldman warning comes amid a strong rally in chipmaker stocks, which bounced off a steep December decline and have since posted double-digit gains to start the new year. Angst mounted in the semiconductors space in late in 2018 amid the U.S.-China trade war and general concerns around China’s economic growth. Demand also slowed…
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Airbnb Eyes the Sky With Hire of Aviation Executive
[ad_1] Airbnb on Thursday said that it hired airline industry veteran Fred Reid away from an autonomous flight vehicle startup backed by Google co-founder Larry Page. The move was described as part of an effort by the San Francisco based firm to add “how you get there” to an Airbnb platform that already features lodging…
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Thailand launches Huawei 5G test as US urges allies to bar China gear
[ad_1] Huawei, which gets nearly half of its revenue from outside China, says it has secured more than 30 commercial 5G contracts globally. But it has not yet signed a 5G contract in Thailand. Huawei is in talks with telecoms operators, such as Advanced Info Service Pcl and TRUE, to secure local partnerships ahead of…
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Microsoft Surface Pro 6, Surface Laptop 2, Surface Studio 2 Availability Expands to 20 More Markets
[ad_1] Microsoft has announced that it is expanding the availability of its Surface Pro 6, Surface Laptop 2, and Surface Studio 2 devices to 20 more markets. The company hasn’t shared the full list of countries getting these Surface devices, but it did note that Surface Pro 6, Surface Laptop 2, and Surface Studio 2…
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How to use TikTok
[ad_1] Most importantly, you can tap the top of the speed to pick the song or sound you want to use. In the sound menu, you can search for a song or just tap the “Top 20” for a list of popular tunes, which the company licenses. Once ready, tap the red camera button at…
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Opera Launches Free VPN in Beta Browser for Android; Offers Log-Free, Unlimited Service
[ad_1] The VPN is apparently being rolled out in a phased manner The Opera browser beta for Android now comes with a free VPN that is integrated into the app. Opera has announced that it has begun testing a new built-in browser VPN in the Opera beta app for Android. The new VPN is being…
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Google Home receives new features as this smart speaker just got even more affordable
[ad_1] Google Home is the American tech giant’s smart speaker range comes in three different models. The smallest and most affordable version of the hardware is the Google Home Mini. While the product does sacrifice audio quality in exchange for its minute size, the Home Mini does come with the same Assistant functionality as its…
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Google Says New ‘Adiantum’ Cryptography Will Bring Storage Encryption to All Android Devices
[ad_1] Google has created a special encryption method for cheaper entry-level smartphones called Adiantum which would be an optional part of Android distributions going forward. To ensure that all devices are encrypted, Adiantum is an innovation in cryptography, designed to make storage encryption more efficient for devices without cryptographic acceleration, Google wrote in a security…
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Instagram Adds IGTV Video Previews to Main Feed
[ad_1] In an announcement on Twitter, Facebook-owned messaging app Instagram announced that previews of IGTV videos would now appear included in the main feeds on the home page. “Now, you can preview IGTV videos in your feed. When there’s a new video from someone you follow, you can tap from your feed to watch the…
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Wirecard sues FT for ‘unethical reporting,’ shares jump
[ad_1] CHRISTOF STACHE | AFP | Getty Images Markus Braun, CEO of the technology and financial services company Wirecard, poses in the company headquarters in Aschheim near Munich, southern Germany, on September 18, 2018. (Photo by Christof STACHE / AFP) (Photo credit should read CHRISTOF STACHE/AFP/Getty Images) Shares of Wirecard jumped 4 percent on Friday…
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Android Q Has Improved Privacy and Permissions Controls, Leaked Build Shows
[ad_1] Google has been working on the next version of Android, currently referred to as Android Q. This version of Android is still under active development and is expected to have a Developer Preview sometime next month, ahead of Google I/O 2019 in May. Google has been releasing developer preview builds for quite some time…
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TalkTalk price cut as broadband firm takes on Virgin Media and BT
[ad_1] TalkTalk has just launched a major price cut which it says offers customers “Britain’s lowest fixed price fibre”. The new broadband offer means users can get internet beamed into their homes for £19.95 per month. This price is usually £33.50 per month so there’s a saving of £13.55 to be made. Along with cutting…
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GoPro CEO Still Sees Growth in China, Despite Economic Slowdown
[ad_1] GoPro Chief Executive Officer Nick Woodman still sees China as an important market and growth opportunity for the action camera-maker, despite an economic slowdown in the world’s second-largest economy. “China was more challenging last year but we still managed to grow 2 percent,” Woodman said in an interview with Bloomberg TV Thursday. “We have sales…
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SoftBank invests in UK fintech OakNorth, giving it $2.8B valuation
[ad_1] OakNorth said Friday it secured a $440 million investment from Japan’s SoftBank and Singapore’s Clermont Group. The British digital bank, which lends to small-to-medium enterprises through its digital platform, said it had raised $390 million from SoftBank’s $100 billion Vision Fund, with the remaining capital coming from Clermont. The deal gives the three-year-old firm…
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Apple Responds to Reports of Covert Screen Recording, Threatens Removal From App Store
[ad_1] Apple has taken no time to crack down on apps that are secretly recording your screen. Soon after a report of a bunch of popular iOS apps recording users’ iPhone screen within their apps, without asking for their permission or notifying them about it surfaced online, Apple has cracked down on these apps asking…
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How Estonia became a digital society
[ad_1] When Estonia gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, the country embarked on a series of fast-track reforms to modernize the economy. From the start, it took a digital approach. “Estonia was a relatively poor country,” Kaljulaid said. “Our public sector, our government and our civil servants wanted to offer our people good…
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Microsoft Backs US Facial Recognition Bill as Amazon Mulls Support
[ad_1] Two months after calling for laws to regulate facial-recognition software, Microsoft is lobbying on behalf of a first-of-its-kind bill in its home state of Washington. The question is whether cross-town rival Amazon.com will support it. Amazon has asked the bill’s sponsor, State Sen. Reuven Carlyle, for some clarifications and changes around areas like a…
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Can climate-conscious celebrities influence our eating habits?
[ad_1] Hello there! This is our weekly newsletter on all things environmental, where we highlight trends and solutions that are moving us to a more sustainable world. (Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Thursday.) This week: Climate-conscious celebrities say: Eat less meat China is not the environmental villain you think it is Bike sharing is…
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Microsoft Expands Availability of Surface Pro 6, Surface Laptop 2, Surface Studio 2 to 20 More Markets
[ad_1] Microsoft has announced that it is expanding the availability of its Surface Pro 6, Surface Laptop 2, and Surface Studio 2 devices to 20 more markets. The company hasn’t shared the full list of countries getting these Surface devices, but it did note that Surface Pro 6, Surface Laptop 2, and Surface Studio 2…
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Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge: Who was German chemist celebrated with a Google Doodle today?
[ad_1] Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge is being celebrated in today’s Google Doodle. Mr Runge was a German analytical chemist whose place in history resulted in large part from an accident followed by a chance encounter. So who was the German chemist, celebrated on what would have been hist 225th birthday? Who is Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge? Search…
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Vimeo Revenue Jumps 54 Percent in 2018, Paying Subscribers Near 1 Million
[ad_1] Online video platform Vimeo’s revenue jumped 54 percent last year as its subscriber base surpassed 950,000, its parent group IAC said on Thursday. The figures highlight the rising interest in alternate video platforms which are much smaller than market leader YouTube but are growing by serving a niche customer base. Vimeo, founded in 2004,…
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iPhone owners should update their devices NOW as Apple releases vital iOS 12 fix
[ad_1] iPhone owners should update their Apple iOS software right now. The US technology firm has just released a major security update for its mobile devices which fixes a serious flaw with the popular FaceTime app. This issue, which was discovered last week, allowed Apple fans to listen to the microphone of devices they had…
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Uber Lays Out Its Plan for Long-Term Self-Disruption
[ad_1] Uber Technologies is more than just ride-hailing. That’s a key part of the pitch it’s making to investors as the company prepares for an initial public offering this year. In fact, some of Uber’s new lines of business may actively dissuade people from calling one of its cars. Rachel Holt, head of the New…
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Samsung Galaxy S10 leaked images show exactly what this phone is capable of
[ad_1] Galaxy S10 is the anticipated successor to the Galaxy S9 and looks set to introduce a swathe of new features for Samsung fans to enjoy. First and foremost, the hardware looks set to break from recent Samsung tradition by releasing in three models rather than just two. In addition to standard and “+” versions…
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Huawei P20 Pro and Mate 20 Pro deal gives Android fans a very tempting gift
[ad_1] Huawei P20 Pro was unveiled back in March of 2018 and took the smartphone industry by storm thanks to its triple-camera system, huge 4,000mAh battery and rapid performance. P20 Pro was also renowned for its Twilight colour variant that was instantly striking thanks to its hues of purple and blue that changed depending on…
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Netflix for iOS Finally Gets Smart Downloads Feature
[ad_1] The Smart Downloads feature was launched for Android last year Netflix has finally brought the Smart Downloads feature to the app’s iOS version, after originally launching it for the Android app back in July last year. The Smart Downloads feature is now live on the Netflix app for iOS and we can verify the…
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Virgin Media boost – Why your broadband speeds could soon be infinitely faster
[ad_1] Virgin Media is testing a new broadband technology that is so fast it could allow customers to download a full HD movie in under five seconds. The new trial, which is taking place in homes in Cambridgeshire, offers speeds of over 8Gbps – that’s around 200 times faster than the current UK average. The…
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Apple to Contribute to US Teen’s Education for Spotting Group FaceTime Bug
[ad_1] Apple on Thursday rolled out software updates to iPhones to fix a privacy issue in its FaceTime video calling service, and said it would contribute toward the education of the Arizona teenager who discovered the problem. The software bug, which had let users hear audio from people who had not yet answered a video call,…
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Gmail just scored a massive victory over its rivals
[ad_1] Gmail is Google’s email client that is incredibly popular. The software is used across the globe by individuals and workplaces. Google harnesses the power of machine learning to help improve the security of Gmail overall. In fact, the firm has insisted it currently blocks 99.9 percent of “spam, phishing, and malware from reaching Gmail…
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Woody Allen Sues Amazon for $68 Million for Breach of Contract
[ad_1] Filmmaker Woody Allen has filed a $68 million (roughly Rs. 480 crores) suit against Amazon for breach of contract, accusing the streaming giant of cancelling a film deal because of a “baseless” decades-old allegation that he sexually abused his daughter. Allen says Amazon sought to terminate the deal in June, and has since refused…
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Windows 10 boost as the ultimate Microsoft PC goes on sale in the UK
[ad_1] Windows 10 users in the UK can now get their hands on the very latest Surface Studio 2 from Microsoft. This ultimate PC was unveiled late last year with it offer a stunning adjustable 28-inch display and fast Intel Core i7 processor with up to 32 GB of RAM. Although the externals of the…
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Facebook Junks ‘LOL’ Meme-Based App for Children
[ad_1] Facing the flak from lawmakers and experts, Facebook has decided not to build a new app called “LOL” to let children share and post humorous meme content. Instead, the social media giant said it would focus more on its “Messenger Kids” aimed at those under 13 years of age. According to a report in…
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Moto G7 launch live – Motorola release date, price and full specs revealed TODAY
[ad_1] 1PM UPDATE: Motorola’s G7 event is now underway with the firm revealing its all-new Moto range. A total of four devices have been unveiled in Brazil which include the Moto G7 Play, G7 Power, Moto G7 and G7 Plus. All of these devices land in your pocket for under £270 with new features including a better…
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How Amazon Is Betting on Voice to Drive Up Prime Music Adoption in India
[ad_1] It’s nearly a year since Amazon Music made its debut in India and as the music stream service gears up for the next stage of growth, it’s doubling down on voice as a mode of interaction. With a slew of new feature introductions over the past few months, the company is quietly building up…
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Emoji 2019 UPDATE: Here are all the new emjois coming to your phone this year
[ad_1] People say a picture is worth a thousand words. But while not necessarily true, complex concepts can easily be conveyed with just a single image. And few would argue emojis – animated ideograms for our electronic age – have now truly entered the vernacular. The popularity of emojis is only going to continue to…
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NDP asks elections watchdog to investigate ‘slanderous’ ads targeting Singh
[ad_1] The NDP is asking Canada’s elections watchdog to immediately launch an investigation after a series of ads claiming Leader Jagmeet Singh lives in a multi-million dollar mansion popped up online in the lead up to Burnaby South byelection later this month. As the Tyee first reported, an ad claiming Singh owns a $5.5 million…
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Cyber-warfare could be entering a new and alarming phase, ex-CIA analyst tells MPs
[ad_1] Online attacks on Canada’s financial system could become far more destructive as more militaries around the globe get involved in cyber operations, a security expert and former CIA analyst told a House of Commons committee Wednesday. Christopher Porter, the chief intelligence strategist for the cyber security company Fireeye, Inc., testified that as NATO countries…
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Trump may reportedly ban Chinese telecom equipment on US networks
[ad_1] Josep Lago | AFP | Getty Images People walk by a 5G stand at the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the world’s biggest mobile fair, on February 26, 2018 in Barcelona. President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order next week that would ban Chinese telecommunication equipment from U.S. wireless networks, Politico reported…
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‘Why aren’t we building for wildfire smoke?’ Air quality specialist calls for air filters indoors
[ad_1] Where there’s fire, there’s smoke and, after two summers of record-breaking wildfires, British Columbia is looking for better solutions to protect lung health. Last year in B.C. was the worst year for wildfires in terms of area burned, and numerous air quality advisories were issued across the province because of the health concerns around breathing in high…
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Jeff Bezos accuses National Enquirer publisher of blackmail, extortion
[ad_1] “In the AMI letters I’m making public, you will see the precise details of their extortionate proposal: They will publish the personal photos unless Gavin de Becker and I make the specific false public statement to the press that we ‘have no knowledge or basis for suggesting that AMI’s coverage was politically motivated or…
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Google makes it easier for cheap phones and smart devices to encrypt your data – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Encryption is an important part of the whole securing-your-data package, but it’s easy to underestimate the amount of complexity it adds to any service or device. One part of that is the amount of processing encryption takes — an amount that could be impractical on small or low-end devices. Google wants to change that…
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Apple threatens to remove iPhone apps caught recording users screens
[ad_1] Jaap Arriens | NurPhoto | Getty Images The Clock application is seen on an Apple iPhone in this photo illustration on January 29, 2019. Apple on Thursday threatened to remove applications from the App Store if they record users’ actions without their explicit permission. Earlier this week, TechCrunch reported that iPhone apps from Expedia,…
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Canada needs to commercialize AI, not just do research, industry leaders say
[ad_1] In May 2017, Uber announced it had hired a renowned University of Toronto professor to lead a Toronto-based team that develops autonomous car technology. The ride-hailing company also pledged $5 million for the university’s brand new Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence. While the move drew praise from academics, others derided the notion that taxpayers…
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Bias against funding Canada’s female scientists revealed in study
[ad_1] A new Canadian analysis in The Lancet validates complaints that the awarding of research grants is biased against female scientists. The analysis found women are less likely to receive valuable research dollars if their grant applications are reviewed based on who the lead scientist is, rather that what the proposed project is. The study,…
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Instagram thinks you want IGTV previews in your home feed – TechCrunch
[ad_1] If you can’t beat or join them… force feed ’em? That appears to be Instagram’s latest strategy for IGTV, which is now being shoved right into Instagram’s main feed, the company announced today. Instagram says that it will now add one-minute IGTV previews to the feed, making it “even easier” to discover and watch…
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Jeff Bezos accuses National Enquirer publisher of blackmail and extortion
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Gametime lets you buy tickets for games and concerts that have already started – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Ticketing app Gametime is taking its last-minute approach about as far as it can go, with the launch of a new feature called LastCall. This allows users to purchase tickets through Gametime until 90 minutes after an event has started. Why would you want to do that? Well, prices usually drop precipitously after the…
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Richard Branson meets Air Force to talk business of small rockets
[ad_1] The U.S. military is more interested than ever before in stepping up investment in space startups, especially with the number of private companies building small rockets. Last month, Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson met with Air Force leadership to discuss the capabilities of Branson’s small rocket builder, Virgin Orbit. The meeting between Branson…
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Privacy policies give companies lots of room to collect, share data
[ad_1] Future Publishing | Future | Getty Images A selection of electric toothbrushes, including a Philips Sonicare 3 Series, Oral-B Pro 6500 Black Smart Series Bluetooth, Colgate Proclinical A1500 Expert White, Philips Sonicare DiamondClean, Foreo Issa and Panasonic EW-DE92 Ionic Rechargeable, taken on October 6, 2015. (Photo by Joseph Branston/T3 Magazine via Getty Images) Urbelis…
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Apple hires obstetrician, signaling women’s health interest
[ad_1] Apple‘s health team has hired an obstetrician, Dr. Christine Curry, to look into how the company can bolster its efforts in women’s health, among other projects, according to three people familiar with the hire. Apple CEO Tim Cook has described health care as a growing priority and a major part of Apple’s legacy. He…
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Netflix launches ‘smart downloads’ feature on iOS to automate offline viewing – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Netflix today is launching a new feature on iOS devices that will help make it easier to watch its shows when you’re offline. The “smart downloads” feature, as it’s called, will automatically delete a downloaded episode after you’ve finished watching, then download the next one – but only when you’re connected to Wi-Fi. The…
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Apple FaceTime bug fixed in iPhone update
[ad_1] Issei Kato | Reuters A customer looks at Apple’s new iPhone XS after it went on sale at the Apple Store in Tokyo, Japan, September 21, 2018. Apple just released iOS 12.1.4 which includes a fix for a group FaceTime bug that let people eavesdrop on conversations even if they never answered a call.…
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T-Mobile plans to offer à la carte media subscriptions, but no TV ‘skinny bundle’ – TechCrunch
[ad_1] T-Mobile doesn’t want to compete with other carriers or teleco’s by developing its own “skinny bundle” of streaming TV channels, the company said today on its earnings call with investors, noting the market was already oversaturated on that front. Instead, the mobile operator’s strategy will focus on helping customers pick and choose which paid…
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Dunkin’, Taco Bell roll out delivery as others hit bumps in the road
[ad_1] Both Dunkin’ and Yum Brands used their earnings conference calls Thursday to announce new developments in delivery. Taco Bell, which is owned by Yum, is now delivering its food nationwide via Grubhub. Meanwhile, Dunkin’ is dipping its toes into delivery by launching a small pilot, also with Grubhub, the market leader. More and more…
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How criminals may use Uber, Airbnb to launder stolen credit card money
[ad_1] Trustwave A dark web ad, provided by security researchers at Trustwave’s SpiderLabs, seeks “fake” Uber drivers to help launder illicit cybercrime proceeds. Uber first learned about the money laundering because it was so prevalent in the Chinese market, according to a spokesperson, and has taken several steps to fight this type of fraud. Uber…
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LG’s next flagship is getting a 3D front-facing camera – TechCrunch
[ad_1] LG’s never been much on waiting for a big show to announce its latest offering. Mobile World Congress is still weeks away, and the company just dropped what’s likely to be the biggest new feature of its upcoming flagship, the G8 ThinQ. Clunky naming conventions aside, the handset once again finds LG focusing its…
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Someone could scoop up Slack before it IPOs – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Earlier this week, Slack announced that it has filed the paperwork to go public at some point later this year. The big question is, will the company exit into the public markets as expected, or will one of the technology giants swoop in at the last minute with buckets of cash and take them…
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Google Fiber pulls out of Louisville
[ad_1] Alphabet‘s experiment in offering high speed internet service is leaving Louisville. Google Fiber will end its service in Louisville on April 15, CNET first reported, but only after its method of installing fiber caused them to dig up streets that eventually left cables exposed. Service will remain and expand in the ten other areas…
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The Raspberry Pi store is much cooler than an Apple Store – TechCrunch
[ad_1] The Raspberry Pi Foundation just unveiled a brand new project — an actual store. If you live in Cambridge in the U.K., you can now buy a bunch of sweet Raspberry Pis to tinker and develop some cool stuff. The Raspberry Pi has always been about making coding more accessible. And a physical retail…
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Update to iOS 12.1.4 to re-enable Group FaceTime – TechCrunch
[ad_1] That nasty FaceTime bug is now a thing of the past. You can now download and update your iPhone and iPad to re-enable Group FaceTime again. iOS 12.1.4 is a bug fix release and doesn’t contain any new feature other than this one. Shortly after people found out that you could eavesdrop on somebody’s…
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There’s one big reason behind the biggest bank merger in a decade: technology
[ad_1] Financial technology start-ups are bringing their own dose of pressure. Many of these tech companies zero in on small segments of finance like lending or savings accounts, without having a bank charter. They often partner with a federally-insured bank who holds the customer deposits on their behalf. Global venture capital spending on fintech start-ups…
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Google open sources ClusterFuzz – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Google today announced that it is open sourcing ClusterFuzz, a scalable fuzzing tool that can run on clusters with over 25,000 machines. The company has long used the tool internally and if you’ve paid particular attention to Google’s fuzzing efforts (and you have, right?), then this may all seem a bit familiar. That’s because…
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How to blur the background on a Skype call
[ad_1] Microsoft introduced a new feature to Skype this week that allows you to blur your background so that people don’t see the messy home or office behind you during a video call. It works on computers but not on phones, and I’ll show you how to use it. It’s an optional feature, so you…
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Subscription startup Scroll acquires news aggregator Nuzzel – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Tony Haile, who previously led analytics company Chartbeat, is trying to rethink the business model for news at his new startup Scroll. Now he’s adding aggregation and curation to the mix with the acquisition of Nuzzel. Scroll is still an invite-only product, but Haile explained the idea succinctly: “We deliver this amazing, clean, ad-free…
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Woody Allen is suing Amazon for breach of contract over film financing
[ad_1] Wood Allen is suing Amazon for breach of contract over financing and distribution for Allen’s films. The multi-million-dollar lawsuit comes as Amazon pushes aggressively into original content and studio work. The company has been signing industry giants to star in, direct and partner on projects for Amazon’s Prime Video streaming service. The lawsuit, filed…
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Amazon just invested in self-driving car company Aurora
[ad_1] Leonard Ortiz | Digital First Media | Getty Images Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon, speaks to a group of Amazon employees that are veterans during an Amazon Veterans Day celebration, to honor the Warriors@Amazon, a group of employees who have served in the military and their spouses, in an event outside a…
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Microsoft Azure sets its sights on more analytics workloads – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Enterprises now amass huge amounts of data, both from their own tools and applications, as well as from the SaaS applications they use. For a long time, that data was basically exhaust. Maybe it was stored for a while to fulfill some legal requirements, but then it was discarded. Now, data is what drives…
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European Mars rover named after DNA pioneer Rosalind Franklin
[ad_1] The British-built Mars rover scheduled to be launched in 2020 has been named after scientist Rosalind Franklin. The ExoMars mission is designed to search for evidence of life on Mars. The name was revealed Thursday by astronaut Tim Peake and Science Minister Chris Skidmore after more than 36,000 people submitted ideas, which were narrowed…
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Tim Armstrong would support Howard Schultz or Mike Bloomberg in 2020
[ad_1] In 2011, Armstrong, as CEO of AOL, was one of the first chief executives to sign onto a Schultz initiative urging corporate titans to stop contributing to political campaigns until lawmakers in Washington pass a bipartisan spending package to control the nation’s increasing debt. Armstrong said he’d also be open to supporting Mike Bloomberg,…
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Got your period? New blood drop emoji aims to spark conversation
[ad_1] Plan International UK lobbied for the blood drop emoji for two years. (Plan International) Women and girls will be able to use an emoji to chat about their periods from next month, which will help to end the shame around menstruation, a child rights group said on Wednesday. Coding consortium Unicode, which distributes emojis…
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Apple moved its modem chip engineering unit to its in-house group
[ad_1] Apple has moved its modem chip engineering effort into its in-house hardware technology group from its supply chain unit, two people familiar with the move told Reuters, a sign the tech company is looking to develop a key component of its iPhones after years of buying it from outside suppliers. Modems are an indispensable…
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AMD Radeon VII, 7nm GPU for High-End Gaming and Content Creation, Launched in India at Rs. 54,990
[ad_1] AMD has launched its new flagship GPU, the Radeon VII, around the world. First announced as a surprise at AMD CEO Lisa Su’s CES 2019 keynote, the Radeon VII is billed as the world’s first 7nm consumer GPU and supersedes the Radeon Vega 64 at the top of the company’s Radeon GPU lineup. AMD…
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Tim Armstrong launches the dtx company, focused on direct-to-consumer
[ad_1] Today Armstrong is announcing dtx’s first round of investments, which he characterizes as “direct to consumer companies that are making a core part of someone’s life better. They’re innovating on things like payments, customer feedback, they’re innovating products, and they’re run by game-changing founders.” The six companies are largely focused on female consumers and…
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Motorola’s G7 line arrives this spring, starting at $199 – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Weeks of leaks haven’t left much to the imagination. But for those waiting for the real thing, the latest iteration of Motorola’s budget G line just became officially official as of this morning — and with a few weeks to spare ahead of Mobile World Congress. Of course, the Moto G7 line isn’t really…
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The Instagram Egg Was Always Doomed
[ad_1] Nothing gold can stay. Especially not on the Internet. The story of the Instagram egg that set out to surpass Kylie Jenner’s record for most-liked Instagram photo late last month proves the poet’s warning. The ovular sensation’s organic beginnings prompted users to celebrate it as a symbol of purity; Jenner represented the cult of…
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Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques helps repair leaky space toilet
[ad_1] As proof that life as an astronaut isn’t always glamorous, Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques’ duties aboard the International Space Station recently included fixing a leaking space toilet, according to NASA. The space agency said the crew had to spring into action last week after astronauts accidentally detached a connection point to the water system…
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Gong.io nabs $40M investment to enhance CRM with voice recognition – TechCrunch
[ad_1] With traditional CRM tools, sales people add basic details about the companies to the database, then a few notes about their interactions. AI has helped automate some of that, but Gong.io wants to take it even further using voice recognition to capture every word of every interaction. Today, it got a $40M Series B…
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Instagram Rolls Out ‘Sensitivity Screens’ to Blur Self-Harming Content on App, Following Teen Suicide
[ad_1] In a bid to reduce exposure of minors to self-harming, provocative and disturbing content on its platform, Instagram has launched the “sensitivity screen” feature that blurs questionable pictures and video-thumbnails on the app until the viewer opts in. The new feature – that has already reached users in India – blocks images of cutting…
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SpaceX Raptor engine achieved power needed for Starship
[ad_1] SpaceX quickly passed another milestone in the development of its Raptor rocket engine on Thursday, founder and CEO Elon Musk shared in a tweet. “Raptor just achieved power level needed for Starship & Super Heavy,” Musk said. @elonmusk: Raptor just achieved power level needed for Starship & Super Heavy Musk’s tweet comes just over…
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WhatsApp Executive Says Indian Political Parties Are Abusing the Platform
[ad_1] India’s political parties have been abusing Facebook’s popular messaging service WhatsApp ahead of the country’s general election and the company has warned them not to do so, a senior executive said on Wednesday. WhatsApp declined to name the parties or give the exact nature of the alleged misuse, but there is mounting concern in…
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Sony Xperia XZ4 may not be the only phone to receive this huge feature
[ad_1] Xperia XZ4 is the presumed name given to the Xperia XZ3’s successor. The XZ4 is anticipated to build on the solid foundation laid by the XZ3 thanks to a swathe of new functions. First and foremost, the handset is expected to be powered by Qualcomm’s latest and greatest Snapdragon 855 chipset that should offer…
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Google Chrome Working on ‘Never-Slow Mode’ for Faster Page Loads
[ad_1] A new commit suggests that Google is working on a new ‘never-slow mode’ to offer its Chrome users a seamless browsing experience. The feature opens webpages with large scripts faster by restricting resource loading and runtime processing. However, Google warns that this process ‘may silently break content’. This feature is still under experiment, and…
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Twitter Q4 2018 earnings
[ad_1] Twitter reported earnings for its fourth quarter 2018 Thursday, posting revenue and GAAP earnings per share that beat estimates and monthly active users that roughly met analyst expectations. The stock was bouncing around following the news, but was mostly up slightly. Here’s what Twitter reported: Earnings per share: 31 cents ex-items vs. 25 cents…
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Apple Becomes Most Valuable US Company Again, Ousting Recent Leaders Microsoft and Amazon
[ad_1] Apple won back its crown as the most valuable publicly listed U.S. company on Wednesday, ending the session with a market capitalisation above recent leaders Microsoft and Amazon.com. Apple edged up 0.03 percent, putting its market value at $821.5 billion (roughly Rs. 58,60,000 crores). Microsoft’s market capitalisation ended at $813.4 billion (roughly Rs. 58,10,000…
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The bravery revolution and what it means for women of color
[ad_1] Recently, Stacey Abrams said to an audience in California: “I’m not going to change my hair, my skin color, my gender to win this election. And there’s no amount of Jenny Craig that’s going to solve anything in six weeks.” It was her way of saying, sorry folks, but I am not going to…
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Skype Introduces Background Blur for Video Calls on Desktop
[ad_1] Skype users need to be on the latest version to use the feature Microsoft has introduced a new background blur feature for Skype users. The feature lets users blur their background, and bring just them into focus during video calls. The background blur is available to all users who are on Skype’s latest version…
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Mate 20 Pro vs Galaxy S10 – One flagship may have just suffered a shock defeat
[ad_1] Samsung will show what’s in store for customers later this month when it reveals the new Galaxy S10 to the world. The grand unveiling will take place at an Unpacked event in London on February 20 with the Korean firm rumoured to be lifting the lid on three devices at the global show. Although…
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Fintech start-up Tink raises $64 million at $270 million valuation
[ad_1] For his part, Tink’s tech chief said that working with banks is “a really great thing.” “Obviously for us, it’s a business, it’s a way to get leverage on our technology,” Hedberg said. “But also for the industry, the market and society… it’s going to increase transparency for the market and bring increased competition…
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Safari Loses ‘Do Not Track’ as Apple Focuses on Intelligent Tracking Prevention
[ad_1] Apple has revealed that it will be ditching “Do Not Track” in the upcoming version of its browser, Safari 12.1. The company will instead focus on Intelligent Tracking Prevention with the inclusion of new permission requirements. Originally introduced in 2017, Intelligent Tracking Prevention is a part of Apple’s efforts to block third-party trackers from…
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German antitrust watchdog cracks down on Facebook
[ad_1] Christophe Morin/IP3 | Getty Images News | Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook Inc. attends the Viva Tech start-up and technology gathering at Parc des Expositions Porte de Versailles on May 24, 2018 in Paris, France. Germany’s antitrust watchdog ruled on Thursday that Facebook abused its market dominance in…
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Gmail’s TensorFlow Integration Helps Block 100 Million More Spam Messages Every Day: Google
[ad_1] Gmail has announced that it is now able to detect 100 million more spam emails every day. This has been possible with the recent integration of TensorFlow that manages to catch spammers who slip through Gmail’s traditional scanning techniques. Implementation of TensorFlow has helped Gmail block image-based messages, emails with hidden embedded content, and…
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Carbon offsets: Worth buying to fight climate change?
[ad_1] If you’ve ever booked a flight with an airline like Air Canada or WestJet, you might have been offered a chance to pay money to “offset” the carbon emissions from your flight. But what exactly does that mean? Is it worthwhile? And how do you know you’re really getting what you pay for? Here…
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Flickr Extends Photo Deletion Deadline to March 12 Over Technical Issues While Downloading Files
[ad_1] Flickr will start deleting photos of free users from March 12 Flickr, the renowned photo sharing and storage service, was set to start deleting photos belonging to free account users who exceeded their storage quota on February 5, 2019 after asking them to back their files up. But it appears that technical issues faced…
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Amazon Echo new price cut but you’ll need to be quick to get this ultimate offer
[ad_1] The Echo Dot is Amazon’s entry-level smart speaker. This clever device was updated late last year with it now offering improved audio and a much more appealing design. The original Dot landed in homes with a plastic finish but this new speaker now gets softer edges and case that’s covered in fabric. Amazon’s upgrade…
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Popular iPhone Apps Said to Be Secretly Recording Your Screen, Capturing Sensitive Data in the Process
[ad_1] A bunch of popular iOS apps may be recording every move you make on their app. These apps have been found to literally record your iPhone screen, without asking for your permission or notifying you about it. According to TechCrunch, several popular iOS apps use Glassbox, an analytics company, to deploy session replaying into…
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‘Agonizing decision:’ Documents recount last summer’s Banff bison escape
[ad_1] The bison bull was a long way from where he should have been — on provincial grazing lands in west-central Alberta instead of the rugged backcountry of Banff National Park. “We are considering destruction versus capture of this animal,” Parks Canada wildlife ecologist Jesse Whittington wrote 11 days after the bull, dubbed M05, crossed…
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Microsoft Build Developer Conference to Be Held From May 6
[ad_1] Microsoft is set to host its annual three-day Build developer conference at the Washington State Convention Centre in Seattle from May 6 to 8. The Build conference is Microsoft’s main annual developer event where the company unveils its latest Windows versions alongside additions to other software and service tools like Office and Azure. The…
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Researchers call for better federal tracking of marriage, divorce stats
[ad_1] Researchers are calling for Statistics Canada to resume publishing annual data on marriage and divorce rates, eight years after the agency stopped crunching the numbers. More than 30 researchers and representatives of religious organizations have added their names to a letter sent to Justice Minister David Lametti and Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains, pressuring them to restart the tracking of…
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Facebook Launches Digital Skilling Initiative for Girls in India
[ad_1] Focussing on its mission to empower women, social networking giant Facebook on Wednesday launched a digital skilling and mentorship initiative across five states in India that would encourage tribal girls to become village-level digital young leaders for their communities. Named GOAL (Going Online As Leaders), the initiative will train young girls from West Bengal,…
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Fearing rising sea levels, Saint John seeks federal funds to protect critical infrastructure
[ad_1] Saint John has applied to a federal global warming fund for assistance to move $30 million worth of critical infrastructure to higher ground. The city has partnered with Saint John Energy in the application, which seeks $11.9 million from the Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund. If approved the money would be used to move electrical…
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SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son may have become billions richer in one day
[ad_1] The massive gains on Thursday came after SoftBank Group announced what one investor called an “enormous” stock buyback on Wednesday. SoftBank Group said it would repurchase 112 million shares worth 600 billion yen (approx $5.46 billion) in the next 11 months, or about 10.3 percent of its total outstanding shares, excluding treasury stock. That…
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Spotify’s Podcast Acquisitions Will Bring Lots of Money Into Tiny Industry
[ad_1] Podcasting in the United States is about to become a Big Business. Spotify, the world’s biggest music streaming company, announced Wednesday that it is buying two acclaimed podcasting companies, Gimlet Media and Anchor, as it tries to expand its empire of ears. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed, but Spotify is…
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‘We hope to finally bring Ray home’: Remains recovered at 1959 plane crash site
[ad_1] A 60-year-old mystery was laid to rest in Northern Saskatchewan last week. RCMP were able to dive and recover remains from a Cessna 180 float plane that went down in 1959. Ray Gran and Harold Thompson were trying to fly from Buffalo Narrows to La Loche on Aug. 20, 1959, but their plane went down in…
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WhatsApp Says May Cease to Exist in India if New Regulations Kick In
[ad_1] Some of the proposed government regulations for social media companies operating in India are threatening the very existence of WhatsApp in its current form, a top company executive said here on Wednesday. With over 200 million monthly active users, India is WhatsApp’s biggest market in the world. Globally, the platform has over 1.5 billion…
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AAA confirms what Tesla, BMW, Nissan EV owners suspected of cold weather
[ad_1] Chesnot | Getty Images Visitors look at a BMW i3 electric automobile during the Paris Motor Show on October 14, 2014 in Paris, France There were several surprises that emerged from the research, according to Brannon, starting with the fact that the impact on range was pretty much uniform among all five of the…
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Apple Stores Have Lost Their Lustre, Critics Say
[ad_1] Apple is not just a giant of technology, it has also grown into one of the biggest American retailers, with more than 500 stores across five continents. But the shine of its signature stores has dimmed, and the shops are facing a pivotal moment – even before Apple announced this week that its retail…
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Federal Court orders DFO to make new farmed salmon transfer policy
[ad_1] The Federal Court has struck down a Department of Fisheries and Oceans policy on farmed salmon, after finding that the ministry was ignoring testing for a virus when issuing licences for the transfer or release of farmed salmon. Independent biologist and marine activist Alexandra Morton sued the ministry in September along with the ‘Namgis…
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No Roll Up the Rim? Kids ask Tim Hortons to make contest greener
[ad_1] Three young people in Calgary are challenging Tim Hortons to roll up the rim for the planet. Mya Chau and Eve Helman, both 12, and Ben Duthie, 16, are behind a change.org petition asking Canada’s iconic coffee chain to introduce a fully compostable or recyclable paper cup. They also think the coffee chain, which has…
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Air Force aiming to have armed drones in the air in next six years: commander
[ad_1] The Royal Canadian Air Force is hoping to pull the trigger on the purchase of new armed drones within six years after spending nearly two decades weighing different options. The Canadian Forces has been working since the early 2000s to identify and buy a fleet of UAVs that can conduct surveillance over Canada’s vast…
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Our Milky Way galaxy is truly warped
[ad_1] It turns out our Milky Way galaxy is truly warped, at least around the far edges. Scientists in China and Australia released an updated 3D map of the Milky Way on Tuesday. They used 1,339 pulsating stars — young, newly catalogued stars bigger and brighter than our sun — to map the galaxy’s shape.…
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SoftBank’s investment fund dumps entire $3.6 billion stake in Nvidia
[ad_1] Rick Wilking | Reuters Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, shows the NVIDIA Volta GPU computing platform at his keynote address at CES in Las Vegas, January 7, 2018. Chipmaker Nvidia suffered another setback Wednesday after SoftBank’s Vision Fund disclosed it had sold its entire stake, worth more than $3 billion, in the company in…
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Spotify CEO Daniel Ek on CNBC
[ad_1] JIM CRAMER: It’s funny. I like the Apple service revenue stream. And when I saw it, I know this company, the big one, it’s a Brooklyn company, so I followed Brooklyn companies because I lived there, I was hoping that Apple would make this acquisition. The reason I say that is because people don’t…
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Softbank shares surge after Masayoshi Son announces stock buyback
[ad_1] Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group at the SoftBank World 2018 event in Tokyo, Japan. The stock of Japanese conglomerate Softbank skyrocketed on Wednesday after its CEO Masayoshi Son announced a share buyback following the company’s release of strong quarterly earnings. In Thursday…
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Google Waze must stop revealing DWI checkpoints, NYPD says
[ad_1] Albin Lohr-Jones | Pacific Press | LightRocket | Getty Images Heavily armed NYPD counterterrorism officers stand at post near the entrance to the restricted zone between 42nd and 43rd Streets. (file photo). The City of New York Police Department recently sent a letter to Google demanding that its navigation app Waze stop showing drivers…
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Snap’s improved quarter can’t hide ‘a deeper, way bigger issue’
[ad_1] Leadership turnover was not the No. 1 issue for analysts on the earnings call. There are core business challenges that remain, including Snap’s competition against Facebook apps. And its list of competitors is growing, according to the company’s own filings. Bank of America’s Justin Post wrote after the earnings that the improvement was an…
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Here are the 5 biggest beneficiaries of the 5G rollout
[ad_1] Five semiconductor companies are in a prime position to benefit from the rollout of 5G, the fifth generation of wireless communication that telecom companies are racing to implement, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday. “If you’re a semiconductor company with 5G exposure, this is your moment,” he said after Skyworks Solutions, an Apple supplier that…
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According to Ancestry, I’ve suddenly become a lot more British
[ad_1] Still, I couldn’t shake the feeling that there’s a lot about me I still don’t know, and the existing technology isn’t ready to figure out. It was a strange experience to see my own results change so much in the past year. I had already talked to my family about where our Iberian ancestors…
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Many popular iPhone apps secretly record your screen without asking – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Many major companies, like Air Canada, Hollister and Expedia, are recording every tap and swipe you make on their iPhone apps. In most cases you won’t even realize it. And they don’t need to ask for permission. You can assume that most apps are collecting data on you. Some even monetize your data without your…
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Instacart changes policy, will not use tips to subsidize worker pay
[ad_1] On-demand delivery company Instacart announced on Wednesday that it plans to overhaul the way it pays its contracted workforce to ensure that tips do not subsidize its workers’ pay. On Monday, NBC News reported that Instacart and other delivery companies including Doordash were using customer tips to subsidize the fees the company paid to…
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Sonos announced CFO retiring in Q1 2019 earnings
[ad_1] Sonos plunged more than 11 percent in after hours trading Wednesday after reporting its Q1 2019 earnings and announcing its Chief Financial Officer Michael Giannetto plans to retire. In an SEC filing, the company said Giannetto will continue in his role until the company appoints a successor. Sonos reported earnings per share of $0.55…
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Trump’s extreme rhetoric against the press is ‘dangerous’: NY Times CEO
[ad_1] Jonathan Ernst | Reuters A man wears a shirt reading “Rope. Tree. Journalist.” as supporters gather to rally with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in a cargo hangar at Minneapolis Saint Paul International Airport in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. November 6, 2016. Trump has repeatedly claimed the press is biased against him and has referred…
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Facebook will reveal who uploaded your contact info for ad targeting – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Facebook’s crack down on non-consensual ad targeting last year will finally produce results. In March, TechCrunch discovered Facebook planned to require advertisers pledge that they had permission to upload someone’s phone number or email address for ad targeting. That tool debuted in June, though there was no verification process and Facebook just took businesses…
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Apple is once again the most valuable public company in the world
[ad_1] Apple has reclaimed the title of most valuable public company in the world. The company surpassed Microsoft and Amazon Wednesday with a market capitalization of $821.59 billion. Microsoft ended the trading day with a market value of $813.48 billion and Amazon ended the day with a market value of $805.70 billion. The three companies…
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GM doesn’t expect to make money off electric cars until next decade
[ad_1] Bill Pugliano | Getty Images Mary Barra, Chairman and CEO of General Motors, and Mark Reuss, Executive Vice President of GM Global Product Development, reveal the Chevrolet Bolt EV to the news media at the 2016 North American International Auto Show January 11th, 2016 in Detroit, Michigan. General Motors does not expect its electric…
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Yelp hires Evercore after activist hedge fund calls for sale
[ad_1] Jin Lee | Bloomberg | Getty Images Jeremy Stoppelman, chief executive officer of Yelp Inc. Yelp, the review site for restaurants and local businesses, has hired Evercore to help defend the company against an activist investor, who recently called for a board shake-up and potential sale, according to people familiar with the matter. Hedge…
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The New York Times just proved that digital media is far from dead
[ad_1] This hasn’t been a good year so far for online publishers. Digital media stalwarts Buzzfeed, Vice and Verizon Media Group (which includes HuffPo and Yahoo) all recently announced major layoffs. New York Times columnist Farhad Manjoo was so upset about the BuzzFeed layoffs, he wrote that they were “devastating to democracy.” He noted that…
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Robin’s robotic mowers now have a patented doggie door just for them – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Back in 2016 we had Robin up on stage demonstrating the possibility of a robotic mower as a service rather than just something you buy. They’re still going strong, and just introduced and patented what seems in retrospect a pretty obvious idea: an automatic door for the mower to go through fences between front…
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Why virtual career fairs are an easy way to land a top tech job
[ad_1] Virtual career fairs are on the rise, and tech companies are leading the charge. With unemployment at 4 percent and companies struggling to close the skills gap and increase diversity, virtual career fairs are answering the call. Unlike the traditional job fair, going digital provides a way for companies to access a global pool…
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Snap adds TikTok to its list of competitors
[ad_1] Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Evan Spiegel, co-founder and chief executive officer of Snap Inc., stands on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during the company’s initial public offering on Thursday, March 2, 2017. Snap has added a new foe to its growing list of competitors. The company on Wednesday…
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WhatsApp for iPhone: How to Activate Face ID, Touch ID Biometric Authentication on iOS
[ad_1] WhatsApp for iPhone has received an important update through build version 2.19.20. The latest update brings the anticipated biometric authentication that allows users to lock the WhatsApp on their iPhone models by deploying the native Face ID or Touch ID. The new feature, which has been in anticipation since October last year – when…
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Disney shareholder: I like the stock because all kids 'almost automatically' become customers
[ad_1] Disney's ability to bring new generations of families into its ecosystem sets up the company and its stock for years of success, says money manager Bill Smead. [ad_2] Source link
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Google doubles down on its Asylo confidential computing framework – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Last May, Google introduced Asylo, an open source framework for confidential computing, a technique favored by many of the big cloud vendors because it allows you to set up trusted execution environments that are shielded from the rest of the (potentially untrusted) system. Workloads and their data basically sit in a trusted enclave that…
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Google Live Transcribe, Sound Amplifier Apps Launched for People with Hearing Impairment
[ad_1] The two apps have been developed as part of Android’s native accessibility tools Google has introduced two new assistive apps for people suffering from varied levels of hearing impairment, with the goal of helping them participate in a conversation using their smartphone and also reducing their reliance on hearing aids. The two new apps…
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Match Group downgraded as analyst fears Tinder to slow ‘substantially’
[ad_1] “We think the attractiveness of the platform comes from the selection and liquidity it is able to deliver because of its more mass-market prices,” Madhukar added. The analyst did not adjust his price target of $54, representing 3 percent downside from Tuesday’s closing price. Shares of Match Group fell 4.3 percent Wednesday following the…
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Apple Buyout Targets Could Include Netflix and Sonos, JPMorgan Says
[ad_1] Apple investors are likely looking for the company to use its massive cash pile to make acquisitions, and names like Netflix, Activision Blizzard and Sonos are among the companies that JPMorgan sees as strong strategic fits. Shares of Apple have lost more than 25 percent from an October record, dropping on concerns over the…
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Alphabet’s most ambitious health projects
[ad_1] Thomas Peter | Reuters A man walks past the brand logo of Alphabet Inc’s Google outside its office in Beijing, China, August 8, 2018. Alphabet’s Verily unit said on Wednesday that’s it taking on the opioid crisis, joining with two health networks to build a tech-infused rehab campus in Dayton, Ohio. Verily is one…
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Big companies are not becoming data-driven fast enough – TechCrunch
[ad_1] I remember watching MIT professor Andrew McAfee years ago telling stories about the importance of data over gut feeling, whether it was predicting successful wines or making sound business decisions. We have been hearing about big data and data-driven decision making for so long, you would think it has become hardened into our largest…
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Gmail for iOS Updated With Support for iPad Pro (2018) Displays
[ad_1] Gmail for iOS has a new update that finally makes it optimised for the 2018 iPad Pro’s unique display. Working with different aspect ratios and screen sizes is a regular paint point for the app developers on Android, but the case is quite different for iOS developers. With a fixed number of aspect ratios…
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Riot Blockchain names new CEO as interim leader departs
[ad_1] Riot Blockchain announced a new CEO and other leadership changes in a press release Tuesday evening. Jeff McGonegal takes over as chief executive officer. He is the company’s former CFO and has been working as a consultant to it, according to the press release. Shares of Riot Blockchain skyrocketed after the former pharmaceutical company…
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Pokemon Go Lunar New Year Event Brings Double XP, Shiny Spoink, Lucky Pokemon, and More
[ad_1] Pokemon Go’s Lunar New Year event ends on February 14, at 2.30am IST The Chinese New Year has begun both in real life and in Pokemon Go — the augmented reality game developed Niantic, which is backed by Google, Nintendo, and The Pokemon Company. Certain types of Pokemon will now spawn more often in…
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Jack Dorsey says the ‘only’ cryptocurrency he owns is bitcoin
[ad_1] Jack Dorsey, the billionaire founder of tech firms Twitter and Square, is still bullish on the world’s most valuable cryptocurrency. Dorsey said in a tweet Tuesday evening that — out of the hundreds of virtual currencies in existence — the only one he currently holds is bitcoin. “I only have bitcoin,” the entrepreneur told…
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WhatsApp Details Efforts It’s Making for Getting Ready for General Elections in India
[ad_1] Setting up the pitch for the forthcoming General Elections in India and reassuring the government about its effectiveness in curbing fake news circulation, WhatsApp on Wednesday detailed all the major changes that it has made to address the concerns around the dispersal of misinformation. The Facebook-owned company considers India as one of the key…
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Snap reported solid earnings and here’s what analysts think
[ad_1] Wall Street analysts were mostly caught off guard by Snap‘s better than expected earnings report after the bell on Tuesday. The technology and social media company posted a solid quarter showing a more stable user base. Shares were up 24 percent at the open to $8.77, but most analysts remained negative on the stock.…
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Gmail Dot Feature Exploited to Commit Credit Fraud and More: Report
[ad_1] Gmail offers a nifty “dot” feature which redirects all emails to the same account in case users have mistakenly added a dot or a period in the recipient’s email address. But cybercriminals are exploiting the same feature to commit crimes such as filing fake tax returns, availing financial benefits from government agencies, extending the trial…
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EA cites ‘intense competition’ in gaming, video game stocks tank
[ad_1] Chesnot | Getty Images Gamers play the video game ‘Star Wars Battlefront II’ developed by DICE, Criterion Games and Motive Studios and published by Electronics Arts on Sony PlayStation game consoles PS4 Pro during the ‘Paris Games Week’ on October 31, 2017 in Paris, France. Video game stocks are getting killed Wednesday after two…
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Spotify Reports Surprise Profit in Q4, Announces Acquisition of Gimlet Media, Anchor
[ad_1] Spotify, the world’s most popular paid music streaming service, reported an unexpected fourth-quarter operating profit on Wednesday but its sales growth was well below expectations and it said it sees a loss of 200-360 million euros in 2019. Spotify posted fourth-quarter operating profit of EUR 94 million ($107 million) compared with a mean forecast for…
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Alphabet’s Verily building a rehab campus to combat opioid addiction
[ad_1] David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images An employee inspects a tray of mosquito larvae in the mosquito factory at the Verily Life Sciences LLC lab in South San Francisco, California, U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018. Verily, Alphabet’s life science division, is building a tech-focused rehab campus in Dayton, Ohio to combat…
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Unicode Releases Emoji 12.0 Final List for 2019, Includes Sari, Hindu Temple, Auto Ricksaw, Diya, and White Heart
[ad_1] Unicode Consortium, the organisation that approves and standardises emojis, has released a list of 230 new emojis that will be making their way to various platforms in 2019 as part of the Unicode Emoji 12.0 release. There are only 59 new base emojis, but if you include all the gender and colour variants, the…
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Instagram rolls out sensitivity screens in the wake of teen suicide
[ad_1] The head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, announced on Tuesday that company is implementing changes that it hopes will stop younger users from being exposed to inappropriate content relating to suicide and self harm. These changes include “sensitivity screens,” which will blur out images of cutting until the viewer opts in. Images that depict self-harm…
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Google Says Data Privacy Changes Could Hurt It
[ad_1] Google parent Alphabet warned that its business may be damaged by changing data privacy practices, new digital advertising polices and software bugs that leak user information. The company filed its annual report Tuesday and added language that suggests it is adjusting to increased regulatory scrutiny and evolving consumer attitudes toward data and privacy online.…
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Calm raises $88 million, valuing the meditation app at $1 billion
[ad_1] Calm raised $88 million in its second funding round, valuing the meditation and sleep app at $1 billion, the company announced Wednesday. TPG Growth led the Series B round, which included investments from Creative Artists Agency as well as existing investors Insight Venture Partners and Ashton Kutcher’s Sound Ventures. Calm has now raised $116…
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TomTom Earnings Beat Expectations, Expects Growth in Digital Maps
[ad_1] Dutch navigation company TomTom on Wednesday beat expectations with a rise in fourth-quarter core earnings and issued its first forecasts as a more focused supplier of digital maps to automakers and software companies. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) rose to EUR 43.6 million ($49.65 million) from 38 million a year earlier, said…
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vArmour, a security startup focused on multi-cloud deployments, raises $44M – TechCrunch
[ad_1] As more organizations move to cloud-based IT architectures, a startup that’s helping them secure that data in an efficient way has raised some capital. vArmour, which provides a platform to help manage security policies across disparate public and private cloud environments in one place, is announcing today that it has raised a growth round…
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Music streaming service Spotify to buy podcast producers Gimlet Media and Anchor
[ad_1] Music streaming service Spotify on Wednesday announced plans to acquire privately held podcast producers Gimlet Media and Anchor. Terms of the deals were not disclosed. “These acquisitions will meaningfully accelerate our path to becoming the world’s leading audio platform, give users around the world access to the best podcast content, and improve the quality…
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Asus ZenBook 15 (UX533F) Review
[ad_1] Asus unveiled a new lineup of laptops at IFA in late 2018, showcasing three new models in the premium ZenBook series. While the ZenBook range has always focused on sleek design and powerful hardware, this new generation of laptops has managed to take Asus’ aspirations to a different level altogether. Sturdy military-grade metallic bodies,…
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Your car might be easier to hack than you may think
[ad_1] As auto makers roll out ever more sophisticated features to make your daily commute easier, the upgrades are also making your new car more vulnerable to cyberattacks, according to a new report. “As more connected vehicles hit the roads, software vulnerabilities are becoming accessible to malicious hackers using cellular networks, Wi-Fi, and physical connections…
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Snap Maintains Its 186 Million Daily Active Users, Says Does Not Foresee a Decline
[ad_1] Snap said the number of people using its Snapchat app would remain at current levels this quarter, easing worries the company would continue to lose users to rival Facebook’s Instagram and sending its shares up more than 20 percent. The photo-messaging app, known for its disappearing messages and filters that turn people into dogs…
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Time to cut back on social?
[ad_1] Apple pulled a Facebook app from the App Store. It’s called Facebook Research, and its purpose was to let Facebook watch everything that its users did on the phone. Apple says the snooping app is too invasive, even if users consented to letting Facebook watch their every move. That raises some questions. How much…
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Uber competitor Chauffeur-Privé rebrands to Kapten – TechCrunch
[ad_1] French company Chauffeur-Privé is going to expand aggressively over the next couple of years. That’s why the company is changing its name to Kapten — a name that sounds less French. “We wanted to share with you a very important piece of news,” Kapten co-founder and CEO Yan Hascoet said in a press conference.…
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Retail technology platform Relex raises $200M from TCV – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Amazon’s formidable presence in the world of retail stems partly from the fact that it’s just not a commerce giant, it’s also a tech company — building solutions and platforms in house that make its processes, from figuring out what to sell, to how much to have on hand and how best to distribute…
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WhatsApp Directed by Government to Come Up With Effective Fake News Curbs: Ahir
[ad_1] In the wake of spread of fake news, the Centre has directed the messaging platform WhatsApp to come out with effective solutions that can bring in accountability and facilitate enforcement of law against dissemination of wrong information. Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Ahir said in Lok Sabha that the government has taken…
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‘I have moved on’ from Walmart ouster
[ad_1] The former Flipkart chief executive has formed a team for his new project, xto10x Technologies, according to the report, and has set up shop at a co-working space and done deals with several “leading” start-ups. The firm is aimed at helping customers build cloud-enabled products tailored to their needs. Bansal described it as an…
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New App Lets Dog Lovers Swipe Right for Perfect Pet Match
[ad_1] If the pooch melts your heart, swipe right. Animal lovers in Lithuania have created a mobile application inspired by the popular dating app Tinder to match up dogs in local shelters with new owners. Called GetPet, the app was launched last month and is getting hundreds of new users daily and already has made…
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Goldman Sachs calls for cloud manager Box shares to rocket 40%
[ad_1] Goldman Sachs began covering cloud content management company Box on Tuesday with a buy rating and a price target that represents a 44 percent upside. “We view Box as one of the best-positioned vendors in cloud content management, taking advantage of the shift of enterprise content management to the cloud as well as the…
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SoftBank Reports Rise in Operating Profit on Rising Valuations of Its Investments
[ad_1] Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp announced a $5.5 billion (roughly Rs. 3,900 crores) share buyback on Wednesday as it reported a 60 percent rise in quarterly operating profit buoyed by rising valuations for its technology investments. SoftBank Group said it would repurchase 112 million shares worth JPY 600 billion ($5.5 billion) in the next 11…
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Psi Bands founder six years after ‘Shark Tank’: ‘Get comfortable with discomfort’
[ad_1] Battling nausea is far from a joy ride, which is why Romy Taormina made it her mission to create a solution for the uncomfortable experience — without forfeiting fashion for function. Her products, Psi Bands, are stylish acupressure wrist bands she says help relieve nausea, including motion sickness, morning sickness, and nausea due to…
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New 3D Printing Process Creates Solid Objects Using Rays of Light
[ad_1] On the Starship Enterprise, replicators were devices that were used “to dematerialise matter and then reconstitute it in another form,” according to Startrek.com. For Captain Picard’s hungry crew, in particular, that usually meant nostalgically reconstituting meals on demand to appease a sudden craving. Though we remain a long way away from being able to…
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How to delete messages on Facebook Messenger
[ad_1] Facebook on Tuesday is launching a new feature that lets you delete old messages inside its chat platform, Facebook Messenger. It’s a feature that previously only CEO Mark Zuckerberg had. If you’ve sent messages you might regret, or if you just want to clean up your older chat history, you can easily delete select…
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India Ranks 7th in Digital Civility Index Among 22 Countries Surveyed: Microsoft
[ad_1] Internet users in the country are more likely to encounter fake news online than the global average and social circles are increasingly spreading risks, says a global survey. The Microsoft survey, covering 22 countries and coming a few months ahead of the general elections, shows that as many as 64 percent of the Indians…
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Snap earnings Q4 2018
[ad_1] Snap was able to maintain its user base at 186 million daily active users, flat from the previous quarter. Analysts were expecting the company’s user base to continue shrinking as it had over the past two quarters. The promising results come at a crucial time for the Los Angeles tech company, which had a…
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Google Password Checkup Chrome Extension Alerts You to Hacked Logins: Here’s How to Install It
[ad_1] Photo Credit: Google Google Password Checkup extension is now available in Chrome Web Store Data breaches are a sad truth of the modern Web and every other day we hear about some new hack or breach that may have leaked your data. Savvy Internet users use password managers or don’t reuse passwords, but the…
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Twitter called before Indian parliamentary panel
[ad_1] SOPA Images | Getty Images The logos of Twitter, Facebook and Google Twitter was summoned on Tuesday before an Indian Parliament panel to present its views on “safeguarding citizens’ rights on social/online news media platforms.” The notice was tweeted by Anurag Thakur who heads the Parliamentary Committee on Information Technology and is a member…
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Amazon Pantry Service Slowly Returns in India After E-Commerce Disruption
[ad_1] Amazon.com’s grocery service is slowly returning on its India website after the online retail giant faced disruption from revised e-commerce curbs which kicked in on February 1. New federal rules, which bar companies from selling products via vendors in which they have an equity interest, forced Amazon India to remove hundreds of thousands of…
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India is proposing rules to target Chinese social media apps
[ad_1] If the law is passed, app owners will have to put in place “automated tools … for proactively identifying and removing or disabling public access to unlawful information or content,” according to the report. Chinese apps such as video apps TikTok, Like and Helo have rapidly gained market share in India, with more of…
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EU Says Social Media Now Better at Removing Hate Speech
[ad_1] Internet giants have more than doubled the rate at which they fight hate speech online than when they joined the European Union’s voluntary approach in 2016, EU officials said Monday. Firms like YouTube, Microsoft, Twitter, and Facebook are now assessing 89 percent of flagged content within 24 hours and removing 72 percent of content…
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Disney earnings Q1 2019
[ad_1] Walt Disney reported earnings per share and revenue that topped analyst estimates Tuesday, helped by sales increases in its media networks and theme parks businesses, as the company said its sports streaming service ESPN+ now has 2 million paid subscribers. The earnings report comes as the entertainment giant expands its direct-to-consumer offerings amid growing…
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Facebook Messenger Now Lets You Un-Send Messages, Using ‘Remove for Everyone’
[ad_1] Facebook on Tuesday added a Messenger feature for anyone who has fired off a comment they regretted – a way to take it back. Messenger users will now have a 10-minute window after sending a message to undo it, leaving behind a note telling everyone in a conversation that the remark was removed, according…
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The future of the movie experience: AMC versus MoviePass
[ad_1] The streaming wars continue to revolutionize how consumers are able to get their content, making it easier than ever for people to enjoy movies. Platforms like Netflix, Hulu and YouTube are putting the pressure on theaters to find a way to keep customers to enjoy the movie going experience. One solution: Bring the subscription…
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Mozilla Firefox Will Mute Autoplaying Videos By Default Starting Next Month
[ad_1] Mozilla is adding a new “autoplay blocking” feature to Firefox browser for desktop and Android devices to start muting audible audio and video auto playbacks by default. The feature would debut on Firefox 66, which is scheduled for general release on March 19. Specifically on Android devices, the new feature will replace the existing…
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EA Q3 2019 earnings
[ad_1] Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Andrew Wilson, chief executive officer of Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), speaks during the company’s EA Play event ahead of the E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Saturday, June 10, 2017. EA fell more than 14 percent after hours after reporting its third-quarter…
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Fortnite Lunar New Year Event May Be Announced Soon
[ad_1] Fortnite Lunar Event 2019 could see 50 percent discount on Fortnite Save The World Fortnite may get a Lunar New Year event soon. According to images found on the Chinese Fortnite site, in-game characters decked up in Lunar New Year attire. Bottle rockets have been spotted the in-game message of the day section too.…
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How to use Google Password Check
[ad_1] Google on Tuesday released a new tool that will alert you when you need to change your password because it might have been stolen. It’s a tiny “plug-in” that you install in Chrome (don’t worry — it’s easy.) Then, once it’s installed, it can let you know if you need to change your account…
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Instagram Testing ‘Main Account’ Feature to Link Multiple Accounts in Single Login: Report
[ad_1] Instagram is reportedly working on a new ‘main account’ feature that could enable advanced users to manage their multiple accounts using a single login. The users will have to make one account their ‘main or primary account’ and logging into that account will enable them to access all of their other accounts as well.…
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Disney expects to take a $150 million hit as it cuts ties with Netflix
[ad_1] Marvel Studios Brie Larson as Captain Marvel, the first female superhero lead for Disney’s blockbuster comic book movie business, and ‘the most powerful character’ Marvel has come up with yet, according to the company’s president. Disney is going to lose $150 million in operating income as it makes the move to launch its own…
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Kirby and Super Mario Bros 2 – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Nostalgia for the NES is high following the success of Nintendo’s classic mini consoles and the launch of its Switch Online service, which just got a couple more great additions to its selection of 8-bit games: Kirby’s Adventure and the immortally weird Super Mario Bros 2. Kirby had just made his debut on the…
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How to Check Chrome Version and Update Google Chrome Manually on Windows, Mac, Android, and iOS
[ad_1] Google Chrome is the most popular browser across all platforms and keeping it updated it important for your security as many critical security updates are released throughout the year for the browser. Quite a few people wonder how to update Google Chrome because there doesn’t seem to be any big update button on the…
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Fortnite Update 7.30 Adds Lunar New Year Heroes and Dragon Weapons
[ad_1] The Fortnite patch notes for content update 7.30 are up now The Fortnite patch notes for content update 7.30 are up now and it adds Lunar New Year Heroes and dragon weapons to the game. Lunar llamas, which hold Lunar New Heroes have also been included in the Fortnite loot store. Dragon weapons in…
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Facebook changes employee evaluations to add focus on ‘social issues’
[ad_1] Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives to testify following a break during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee joint hearing about Facebook on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Facebook on Tuesday night announced it revamped its performance review system and will…
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Disney’s earnings show why it should have released ‘Solo’ in December
[ad_1] Despite the upheaval, Disney did not change the film’s May 10 release date. “Solo” was sandwiched between two of Disney’s big summer films: “Avengers: Infinity War” and “The Incredibles 2” and hit theaters a week before “Deadpool 2.” “There was too much crossing of the streams, to quote another franchise,” Shawn Robbins, senior analyst…
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Why companies like Alphabet don’t get credit for their cash
[ad_1] CNBC’s Jim Cramer has concluded that running a profitable, growing business in this market is kind of like walking a tightrope, with value investors who want to see cost-cutting on one side and growth investors who want to see spending on the other. What tipped him off? Google parent Alphabet’s Monday night conference call,…
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Official emoji debut for disabled folks, service dogs, waffles and more – TechCrunch
[ad_1] A gaggle of new emoji have just been approved by the Unicode Consortium, meaning they’ll be standard across any platforms that choose to support them. This batch includes some much-needed representation for people with various disabilities, new animals from guide dogs to otters, food and many more objects. Folks with disabilities get a nice…
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Official emoji debut for disabled folks, service dogs, waffles and more – TechCrunch
[ad_1] A gaggle of new emoji have just been approved by the Unicode Consortium, meaning they’ll be standard across any platforms that choose to support them. This batch includes some much-needed representation for people with various disabilities, new animals from guide dogs to otters, food and many more objects. Folks with disabilities get a nice…
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Google’s still not sharing cloud revenue – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Google has shared its cloud revenue exactly once over the last several years. Silence tends to lead to speculation to fill the information vacuum. Luckily there are some analyst firms who try to fill the void, and it looks like Google’s cloud business is actually trending in the right direction, even if they aren’t…
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Google’s still not sharing cloud revenue – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Google has shared its cloud revenue exactly once over the last several years. Silence tends to lead to speculation to fill the information vacuum. Luckily there are some analyst firms who try to fill the void, and it looks like Google’s cloud business is actually trending in the right direction, even if they aren’t…
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Disney says ESPN+ has 2 million paid subscribers but is losing money
[ad_1] Walt Disney Co. is luring users to its ESPN+ sports streaming service, but it’s coming at a steep cost. The company said in its fiscal first-quarter earnings report on Tuesday that ESPN+, which launched last year, has 2 million paying subscribers, double the number from five months ago. For $5 a month, customers get…
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Snapchat’s Android usage keeps falling but rebuild tests well – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Snap has finally begun publicly testing the engineering overhaul of its slow and buggy Android app that for years has cost Snapchat users. Promising early results and reduction in app startup time could help Snapchat fix its growth problem after daily active users sank in Q2 and Q3 before staying put at 186 million…
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Apple’s retail chief Angela Ahrendts to leave the company in April
[ad_1] Apple’s retail boss Angela Ahrendts will leave the company in April, Apple announced Tuesday. Deirdre O’Brien, who has worked at Apple for three decades, will take on an expanded role as a senior vice president of Retail + People, Apple said. O’Brien previously held the title of vice president of people, and Apple said…
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Google Home can now translate conversations on-the-fly – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Just last month, Google showed off an “Interpreter mode” that would let Google Home devices act as an on-the-fly translator. One person speaks one language, the other person speaks another, and Google Assistant tries to be the middleman between the two. They were only testing it in select locations (hotel front desks, mostly) at…
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Google Home can now translate conversations on-the-fly – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Just last month, Google showed off an “Interpreter mode” that would let Google Home devices act as an on-the-fly translator. One person speaks one language, the other person speaks another, and Google Assistant tries to be the middleman between the two. They were only testing it in select locations (hotel front desks, mostly) at…
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Google no longer considers Microsoft Cortana a competitor
[ad_1] Michael Short | Bloomberg | Getty Images Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Google In the rapidly growing virtual assistant market, Google is no longer worried about Microsoft Cortana. In its 2018 annual report, which was published on Tuesday, Alphabet tweaked a line about competitors, removing Microsoft while keeping Amazon and Apple. The deletion…
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NASA cubecraft WALL-E and EVE sign off after historic Mars flyby – TechCrunch
[ad_1] A NASA mission that sent two tiny spacecraft farther out than any like them before appears to have come to an end: Cubesats MarCO-A and B (nicknamed WALL-E and EVE) are no longer communicating from their positions a million and two million miles from Earth respectively. The briefcase-sized craft rode shotgun on the Insight…
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Alphabet Other Bets equity structure explained
[ad_1] Google’s 2015 restructuring into a holding company called Alphabet was a bit puzzling at the time. Essentially, the company took its very well-established and well-regarded business, which accounts for 99 percent of its revenue and more than 100 percent of its profit, and put it under a holding company alongside a bunch of tiny…
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Amazon 10K adds ‘transportation and logistics services’ to competitors
[ad_1] Amazon has long downplayed its delivery ambitions, claiming its own shipping and delivery services are only intended to “supplement” existing partners like UPS and FedEx. Now, Amazon is making it clear that it’s competing with those companies, as it added “transportation and logistics services” to its group of competitors for the first time in…
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Apple HomePod smart speaker market share
[ad_1] Getty Images A prototype of Apple’s new HomePod is displayed during the 2017 Apple Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) at the San Jose Convention Center on June 5, 2017 in San Jose, California. Apple’s smart speaker is struggling to grab market share from the Amazon Echo and Google Home. A new analysis by Consumer Intelligence…
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Sonos unveils in-ceiling, in-wall and outdoor speakers – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Sonos is partnering with Sonance for a new lineup of passive speakers. You can now pre-order in-ceiling, in-wall and outdoor Sonos speakers. These are weird products as you still need to connect those speakers with a Sonos Amp. In other words, you can’t control those speakers from the Sonos app without the Sonos Amp.…
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Facebook lets you unsend recent messages – TechCrunch
[ad_1] The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here: 1. Facebook now lets everyone unsend messages for 10 minutes For up to 10 minutes after sending a Facebook Message, the…
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Tesla, Jaguar and Nissan EVs lose power in freezing temps
[ad_1] With its two more expensive products, the Models S and X, Tesla recommends motorists “Turn on Range Mode…to limit power used by your climate control. This will decrease energy used per mile and maintain range.” While not all battery cars have a range mode, two other recommendations are good for any BEV owner to…
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iOS 12.2 beta includes new Animojis and fake 5G logo – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Apple has released a new beta version of iOS 12.2 yesterday. While the final version isn’t available just yet, here’s what you should expect: new Animojis and a fake 5G logo if you’re an AT&T customer. If you have an iPhone X, XS, XS Max or XR, you’ll see new animals in the Animoji…
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Facebook now lets everyone unsend messages for 10 minutes – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Facebook has finally made good on its promise to let users unsend chats after TechCrunch discovered Mark Zuckerberg had secretly retracted some of his Facebook Messages from recipients. Today Facebook Messenger globally rolls out “Remove for everyone” to help you pull back typos, poor choices, embarrassing thoughts, or any other message. For up to…
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Facebook Messenger will now let anyone ‘unsend’ messages
[ad_1] Getty Images Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers the keynote address at Facebook’s F8 Developer Conference on April 18, 2017 at McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California. Facebook Messenger now gives anyone the option to delete a regretful or mistaken message from their chat history. Facebook initially promised the feature after TechCrunch reported in…
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BetterCloud can now manage any SaaS application – TechCrunch
[ad_1] BetterCloud began life as a way to provide an operations layer for G Suite. More recently, after a platform overhaul, it began layering on a handful of other SaaS applications. Today, the company announced, it is now possible to add any SaaS application to its operations dashboard and monitor usage across applications via an…
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Intel Optane SSD 800p Review
[ad_1] Intel’s Optane technology has held the promise of revolutionising computer memory and storage since mid-2015, when the company announced that it had developed an all-new kind of flash memory. The technology, named 3D Xpoint, was developed in a joint venture with Micron and was promised to be the most significant disruption in PC architecture…
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Alphabet Q4 earnings: All the important numbers
[ad_1] Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Google Inc., attends a news conference in New Delhi, India, on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017. Alphabet appears to have spooked investors with its fourth-quarter earnings report Monday. The stock shed 3 percent immediately after the report and opened in negative territory Tuesday.…
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Backed by Benchmark, Blue Hexagon just raised $31 million for its deep learning cybersecurity software – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Nayeem Islam spent nearly 11 years with chipmaker Qualcomm, where he founded its Silicon Valley-based R&D facility, recruited its entire team and oversaw research on all aspects of security, including applying machine learning on mobile devices and in the network to detect threats early. Islam was nothing if not prolific, developing a system for on-device…
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Microsoft invests in Databricks funding at $2.7 billion valuation
[ad_1] Once upon a time, Silicon Valley start-ups were afraid of Microsoft, or scorned it as irrelevant. That’s changed under Satya Nadella, according to investor Ben Horowitz, whose firm Andreessen Horowitz just co-invested alongside Microsoft in Databricks, a start-up with software for processing large-scale data inpublic clouds. Microsoft is “truly an outstandingly good partner, which…
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Apple Agrees $570 Million Tax Settlement With France
[ad_1] Apple has reached an agreement with French authorities over 10 years of back taxes, the US firm told AFP on Tuesday, confirming information published by the French magazine L’Express. The magazine reported that the firm paid nearly EUR 500 million ($570 million) to resolve the case in a confidential settlement reached in December. “The French…
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Grocery delivery in the US is expected to ‘explode’
[ad_1] You might think that just about everybody is buying groceries online today, as retailers like Walmart, Kroger and Amazon race to perfect their delivery services and tout their abilities to get food to shoppers’ homes in under an hour. But that’s not exactly the case. Grocery shoppers are still concerned they’re being charged higher…
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Third FBI Huawei investigation includes a lab raid, CES sting: Report
[ad_1] The Businessweek report says executives for an electronics component company, Akhan Semiconductor, aided an FBI investigation into whether Huawei attempted to steal Akhan’s smartphone glass technology that it says is resistant to scratches and is practically unbreakable. The Akahn glass, called Miraj, features a layer of artificial diamond that could also hold implications for…
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Third FBI Huawei investigation includes a lab raid, CES sting: Report
[ad_1] The Businessweek report says executives for an electronics component company, Akhan Semiconductor, aided an FBI investigation into whether Huawei attempted to steal Akhan’s smartphone glass technology that it says is resistant to scratches and is practically unbreakable. The Akahn glass, called Miraj, features a layer of artificial diamond that could also hold implications for…
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Apple has reportedly reached a deal with France over paying back taxes
[ad_1] Kevin Frayer | Getty Images The Apple logo is seen on the window at an Apple Store on January 7, 2019 in Beijing, China. Apple agreed to pay $571 million to French authorities to settle a back-dated tax, French media reported on Tuesday. “As a multinational company, Apple is regularly audited by fiscal authorities…
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Coda’s programmable document editor comes out of beta, launches iOS app – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Coda, which is coming out of its limited beta today, wants to reinvent how you think about documents and spreadsheets. That’s about as tough a challenge as you can set yourself, given how ingrained tools like Word, Excel and their equivalents from the likes of Google, Zoho and others are. Coda’s secret weapon is…
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Alphabet reports after the bell
[ad_1] Stephen Lam | Reuters Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks onstage during the annual Google I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California, May 8, 2018. Analysts are turning their attention to another so-called FANG stock as Alphabet reports after the bell Monday. Most remain bullish and expect Alphabet to be carried by strong advertising revenue.…
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Databricks raises $250M at a $2.75B valuation for its analytics platform – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Databricks, the company behind the Apache Spark big data analytics engine, today announced that it has raised a $250 million Series E round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Coatue Management, Microsoft and NEA, also participated in this round, which brings the company’s total funding to $498.5 million. Microsoft’s involvement here is probably a bit of…
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Slack HIPAA compliance indicates health care move
[ad_1] Slack, the messaging and chat application for businesses, appears to be setting itself up for the $3.5 trillion health-care market. Slack, which confidentially filed to go public Monday, recently updated its security page to note that it is HIPAA compliant, suggesting that it is working toward a use case where health-care providers can begin…
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Alphabet earnings Q4 2018
[ad_1] Alphabet reported fourth-quarter results Monday that beat expectations across the board. Still, the stock fell 3 percent in extended trading, on continuing pressure on advertising prices and decreasing margins. Here’s how the company did compared with Wall Street estimates: Earnings: $12.77 per share vs. $10.82 according to Refinitiv consensus estimates Revenue: $39.28 billion vs.…
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Google’s capital expenditures doubled in 2018
[ad_1] Google’s capital spending is growing much faster than its revenue. Alphabet said in Monday’s earnings report that Google’s capital expenditures, which include the costs of data centers and other facilities, more than doubled in 2018, that fastest expansion in at least four years. While the vast majority of Google’s revenue comes from advertising, the…
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Twitter bots were more active than previously known during 2018 midterms
[ad_1] Bots, including thousands originating in Russia and Iran, as well as those created in the United States, were a much more active presence on Twitter during the November midterm elections last year than was previously known. More than 15,000 Twitter accounts identified as robots used the #ivoted hashtag on Election Day, according to a…
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Google Parent Alphabet Hit by Rising Costs
[ad_1] Google parent Alphabet reported quarterly earnings beating Wall Street expectations on Monday, but shares slipped, with investors apparently focused on rising costs at the technology giant. Alphabet reported a profit of $8.9 billion (roughly Rs. 64,000 crores) in the fourth quarter on revenue that was up 22 percent to $39.3 billion (roughly Rs. 2,80,000…
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NBC launches new GolfPass subscription service
[ad_1] Keyur Khamar | Getty Images Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland smiles and holds the tournament trophy while wearing a replica Arnold Palmer red cardigan following his three stroke victory on the 18th hole green in the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard at Bay Hill Club and Lodge on March…
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‘very high bar’ for acquisitions
[ad_1] With more than $109 billion in cash and marketable securities on hand, Google is often at the center of M&A speculation — who the company should buy, who it missed out on. But CEO Sundar Pichai says the company has a “very high bar” to do a deal. “Really we are always evaluating opportunities,”…
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‘Don’t be distracted by short-term problems’ in tech sector
[ad_1] Investors who own the likes of Apple, Facebook, Microsoft and Amazon need to remember why they bought those stocks in the first place if they’re going to survive the tech giants’ earnings reports, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Monday. “Everyone who dumped Apple or Facebook or Microsoft earlier this earnings season now has a serious…
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If you hold Amazon shares, here's what you need to know about India's e-commerce law
[ad_1] Last December, the Indian government effectively banned Amazon and its local competitor, Flipkart, from selling products from companies in which they have an equity stake. That rule took effect at the beginning of February. [ad_2] Source link
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When picking stocks, consider CEOs who learned from the best
[ad_1] There’s a leadership rule in the sporting world that translates well when it comes to the stock market, and investors can use it to find winning stocks, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Monday. “The coaching tree is a pretty simple concept: if you hire top assistant coaches who’ve learned firsthand from the most successful leaders…
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Apple’s next move in health care could be with Dexcom
[ad_1] Cramer often tells investors not to fall in love with their stocks, because getting too close to their holdings can cloud their judgment. Last week, that got taken to task when Align Technology reported. “Even though the numbers weren’t that great, the stock actually rallied after initially getting hit. Normally, when I see a…
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Account linking could make Instagram the heir to Facebook Login – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Teens’ aversion to Facebook jeopardizes not only the company’s feed ad revenue, but its dominance as an identity provider. The Facebook Login platform keeps people tied to the social network in order to easily access other apps without a separate username and password. But for younger users who ditch or neglect Facebook in favor…
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Amazon-led health venture hires Serkan Kutan as CTO
[ad_1] The health joint venture formed by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and J.P. Morgan Chase’s still doesn’t have a name, but it does have a chief technology officer. In a blog post on LinkedIn, Serkan Kutan, the former technology chief at doctor-booking start-up Zocdoc, wrote that, “I am thrilled to now announce that I am serving…
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Winner of the 2018 CNBC stock draft bet on AMD and it paid off big
[ad_1] The investment bank was the worst-performing stock of Lowery’s picks, down about 17 percent since the start of the draft. However, he’s still a believer in the name. Sticking with the Super Bowl theme, he compared the company to Patriots owner Robert Kraft. Like Kraft, Goldman re-established its dominance in its field, Lowery said.…
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Fintech investors can now bet on mobile payments, AI and blockchain through an ETF
[ad_1] ARK Investment Management launched a financial technology, or “fintech,” focused exchange traded fund, which began trading on the New York Stock Exchange Arca Monday. The actively managed “ARK Fintech Innovation ETF,” will trade under the ticker “ARKF” and includes public companies that could use technology to bypass incumbent financial players by making things faster…
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Google launches Live Transcribe – TechCrunch
[ad_1] The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here: 1. Google intros a pair of Android accessibility features for people with hearing loss Live Transcribe is, perhaps, the more compelling…
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One way to play momentum stocks without making a big bet on Alphabet
[ad_1] Alphabet is about to report earnings after the bell. And given it’s in a whopping 184 ETFs, including the largest holding in the communications sector ETF (XLC) with a 24 percent weighting, whichever way it moves will have a major impact on the market. However, despite clawing back from December lows, the Google parent…
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YouTube expands test of its Instagram-like Explore tab to more devices – TechCrunch
[ad_1] YouTube is expanding the test of its “Explore” feature, a new discovery tool it first introduced as an experiment within its iPhone app last year. Similar to Instagram’s Explore page, the new YouTube feature aims to introduce users to a diverse set of personalized recommendations so they can more easily find something new to…
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Workplace messaging platform Slack has confidentially filed to go public – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Slack, the provider of workplace communication and collaboration tools, has submitted paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission to go public later this year, the company announced on Monday. This is its first concrete step toward becoming a publicly-listed company, five years after it launched. Headquartered in San Francisco, Slack has raised more than…
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Amazon should take over Sunday ticket, unbundle it
[ad_1] Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc., speaks during a discussion at the Air Force Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018. Nobody wants to talk about football today after the pathetic excuse for a…
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Google brings Chrome OS Instant Tethering to more Chromebooks and phones – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Tethering your laptop and phone can be a bit of a hassle. Google’s Chrome OS has long offered a solution called Instant Tethering that makes the process automatic, but so far, this only worked for a small set of Google’s own Chromebooks and phones, starting with the Nexus 6. Now Google is officially bringing this…
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After 5 years, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has transformed more than the stock price – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Five years ago today, Satya Nadella took over as CEO at Microsoft, and by most any measure has been wildly successful. It’s common to look at the stock price as the defining metric of Nadella’s tenure, but the stock price triumph has followed something more fundamental and harder to measure, how he changed the…
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Asus VivoBook 15 (X505Z) Review
[ad_1] Budget laptops for everyday or casual use are abundantly available in the market, but finding one that doesn’t sacrifice a lot to fit a low budget can be a tricky affair. Asus is targeting cost-conscious buyers with its recently launched VivoBook 15 (X505Z). The Asus VivoBook 15 (X505Z) is based on AMD’s first-generation Ryzen mobile…
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Amazon 10K warns investors about counterfeit problem for first time
[ad_1] Amazon is warning investors of one of the biggest problems facing its online marketplace: counterfeit products. Under the “risk factors” section of its annual report, Amazon added a new line addressing counterfeit problems on its marketplace. “We also may be unable to prevent sellers in our stores or through other stores from selling unlawful,…
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Chat app Line injects $182M into its mobile payment business – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Japanese messaging app company Line is pumping 20 billion JPY ($182 million) into its mobile payment business as it tries to turn things around following a challenging year in 2018. The company announced the infusion into Line Pay, a subsidiary that it fully owns, in a filing that stated the new capital is “necessary funds…
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Slack confidentially files to go public
[ad_1] Adam Galica | CNBC Stewart Butterfield, co-founder and CEO of Slack, at the 2018 WEF in Davos, Switzerland. Slack confidentially filed to go public, according to a press release published Monday. Slack, a provider of chat and direct messaging services for businesses, is one of a number of tech IPOs expected in 2019, including…
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Samsung pulls the plug on ‘Supreme’ collaboration – TechCrunch
[ad_1] When Samsung announced a collaboration with Supreme at an event back in December, it didn’t go over great. It wasn’t that people weren’t excited about the potential of rocking a Supreme-branded Galaxy Note or whatever, so much as which Supreme the company had struck a deal with. You see, there’s Supreme, the U.S.-based streetwear…
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Apple could pay reward to Grant Thompson, 14, who found FaceTime bug
[ad_1] Grant Thompson, the 14-year-old who found Apple‘s FaceTime flaw, may get a bug bounty for his discovery. Bug bounties are the monetary rewards tech companies give people who find glitches in their products. “I kind of found this one on accident, which is pretty surprising to me that like Apple didn’t get this and…
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Google intros a pair of Android accessibility features for people with hearing loss – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Google this morning unveiled a pair of new Android features for people who are deaf or hard of hearing. As the company notes in a blog post this morning, the WHO estimates that 900 million people will be living with heading loss by 2055. The ubiquity of mobile devices — Android in particular —…
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World Record Egg was created by a 29-year-old advertising creative
[ad_1] The creators of the World Record Egg, which some marketers have estimated opened a multi-million dollar advertising opportunity, was created by advertisers after all. The account, which cracked Kylie Jenner’s record for the most ever Instagram likes on a photo, was developed by 29-year-old advertising creative Chris Godfrey, with help from friends Alissa Khan-Whelan…
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Chicago RPA startup Catalytic hauls in $30M Series B – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Robotics Process Automation (RPA) is as hot as any enterprise technology at the moment, as companies look for ways to marry their legacy systems with a more modern flavor of automation. Catalytic, a startup from the midwest is putting its own flavor on RPA, aiming at more unstructured data. Today it was rewarded with…
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey teases tweet edit feature on Joe Rogan podcast
[ad_1] Anushree Fadnavis | Reuters Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey addresses students during a town hall at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi, India, November 12, 2018. Twitter Chief Executive Jack Dorsey said his microblogging site is mulling a new feature that would let users edit their tweets. In an interview with comedian…
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Is Satya Nadella a billionaire, if not why not?
[ad_1] Investors are happy with Nadella as well: Microsoft’s stock has risen nearly 182 percent since Nadella took over, according to FactSet. “If you look at the stock’s more than doubling in value, clearly one could argue he’s underpaid relative to the wealth creation he’s been able to do in the stock,” said Brent Bracelin,…
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WhatsApp for iPhone Gets Face ID, Touch ID Biometric Authentication
[ad_1] WhatsApp version 2.19.20 brings Face ID and Touch ID support to enable biometric authentication WhatsApp for iPhone has received an important update through build version 2.19.20. The latest update brings the anticipated biometric authentication that allows users to lock the WhatsApp on their iPhone models by deploying the native Face ID or Touch ID.…
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Rising CO2 won’t make trees grow more, study suggests
[ad_1] Everyone knows plants need CO2 to grow. So it seems logical that the extra carbon we’re spewing into the atmosphere will make plants grow more, capturing more carbon and mitigating climate change, right? That’s something argued by climate change skeptics and assumed by some scientific models used to predict future changes in the Earth’s…
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PUBG ‘Addiction’ Sees Mumbai Youth Commit Suicide When Denied New Smartphone
[ad_1] An 18-year-old youth allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself after he had an argument with his family members over buying a new mobile phone for playing PUBG Mobile. The teenager, who was a resident of Kurla’s Nehru Nagar area of Mumbai, took the extreme step when he demanded that he wanted a high-end smartphone…
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Facebook, Google and Twitter are faster at removing hate speech: EU
[ad_1] Social media companies are getting faster at responding to hate speech online. Tech companies including Facebook, Google and Twitter remove 72 percent of illegal hate speech on their platforms, the EU found. The response rate is a big improvement from two years ago, when tech companies removed just 28 percent of content. Eighty-nine percent…
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PUBG Mobile Update 0.11.0 Bonus Challenge to Convert BC to UC: Report
[ad_1] The PUBG Mobile 0.11.0 won’t just add zombies mode, according to a recent report, Tencent’s battle royale sensation for Android and iOS is getting what’s called as the Bonus Challenge. This allows PUBG Mobile players to convert Battle Coins (BC) to Unknown Cash (UC) and grant them access to new cosmetic gear like weapon skins…
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How Google’s ‘best app of 2018’ was built after a failed project
[ad_1] In 2018, language learning app Drops was named Google’s “best app of 2018,” surpassed 10 million downloads, and saw revenue increase fivefold. The app claims users can learn a new language — it currently offers more than 30 — with minimal time and commitment. But according to co-founder and CEO Daniel Farkas, it took…
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Gmail for Android Reportedly Spotted With ‘Inbox by Gmail’ Features in Testing
[ad_1] Photo Credit: Reddit/ moodio Google is said to be internally testing some Inbox features in Gmail for Android Google’s Inbox app will formally shut down next month. The company had announced its plans to shut down the email app last year, letting users switch to the Gmail app until the app is taken offline.…
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Elon Musk tweets SpaceX Starship Raptor rocket engine firing
[ad_1] Elon Musk showed off videos of the first test firing of SpaceX’s Starship Raptor engine in a series of tweets late on Sunday. SpaceX’s Starship is a rocket the company is designing with the goal of transporting humans and cargo to Mars. SpaceX is currently building a prototype of the rocket at its facility…
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Swiggy Acqui-Hires Bengaluru-Based AI Startup Kint.io
[ad_1] Online food ordering and delivery app Swiggy on Monday announced it has acqui-hired Kint.io, an artificial intelligence (AI) startup that applies deep learning and computer vision for object recognition in video, for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2014, the Bengaluru-based startup would assist Swiggy in boosting its computer-vision technology and consumer experience. The founding…
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Swiggy Acqui-Hires Bengaluru-Based AI Startup Kint.io
[ad_1] Online food ordering and delivery app Swiggy on Monday announced it has acqui-hired Kint.io, an artificial intelligence (AI) startup that applies deep learning and computer vision for object recognition in video, for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2014, the Bengaluru-based startup would assist Swiggy in boosting its computer-vision technology and consumer experience. The founding…
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Google Play Deletes 29 Malicious Beauty Camera Apps That Stole Users’ Information: Trend Micro
[ad_1] Google has deleted 29 malicious “beauty camera” apps that were sharing pornographic content and forwarding users, particularly in India, to phishing websites to steal their information. Some of these Android apps have been downloaded millions of times and a large number of the download counts originated from Asia – particularly in India, said a…
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Uber Raises Prices in New York City, Citing Minimum Wage Law
[ad_1] Uber is raising prices – and narrowing some perks for drivers – in New York City, where a new minimum wage rule is in effect. Uber Technologies will increase the price of trips in the city starting Friday in response to the new rule, the company said in a statement to Bloomberg. In addition,…
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What is WeChat? Explaining China’s largest messaging app by Tencent
[ad_1] WeChat and Alipay have often been described as “super apps” because everything is integrated within one service. Instead of having one app for banking and another for ride-hailing, a lot of these are built directly into WeChat so that the app becomes a one-stop shop for its users. Companies may choose to launch mini-programs…
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Samsung Galaxy M20 Price in India Revealed, Redmi Note 7 Pro Leaked, Nokia 8.1 6GB, and More News This Week
[ad_1] Samsung Galaxy M20, Galaxy M10 price in India now official as the Galaxy M Series debuts in the country, Redmi Note 7 Pro leaks and Redmi Go announced, and a new variant of Nokia 8.1 were some of biggest stories of the week. Additionally, several new WhatsApp features, an Apple FaceTime bug, Facebook’s controversial research…
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Sony’s stock is swooning amid worries its portfolio ‘is in trouble’
[ad_1] David McNew | AFP | Getty Images A woman plays ASTRO BOT Rescue Mission at a Playstation VR display at the Sony Exhibit at the Las Vegas Convention Center during CES 2019 in Las Vegas on January 9, 2019. Investors are running for cover after Sony delivered its latest results and guidance: Shares in…
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An internet split between China and USA
[ad_1] “It’s (China) arguably ahead of U.S. in some areas behind in others, maybe neck and neck. But at the current trajectory, China will probably be ahead of U.S. in five years,” Lee said. “China has more data, more users, more usage per data. And there’s very pro-AI government policies. So these things cause China…
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Reddit DOWN: Fix is being implemented following Twitter confirmation
[ad_1] Reddit is down tonight, with users unable to access the full site or favourite subs. Problems were first flagged earlier tonight and appear to be continuing during the Super Bowl. It’s unclear what has caused Reddit to go offline tonight or how long the outage might last. Thousands of reports have been submitted covering tonight’s…
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Windows 10 WARNING: Users put on alert about FAKE error saying Microsoft OS is ‘damaged’
[ad_1] Windows 10 has begun 2019 as the most popular operating system in the world, according to latest figures. At the start of last year Windows 10 was lagging behind the older – and then more popular – Windows 7 software. In January 2018 Microsoft’s Windows 7 had a 42.39 per cent chunk of the…
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Super Bowl live stream: How to watch New England Patriots vs LA Rams online
[ad_1] Great Super Bowl live streams options are available for those who can’t tune in to watch the big NFL clash on their TVs. And it looks like the New England Patriots vs LA Rams match will be worth watching from wherever you are. Tom Brady and the Patriots have the chance of making history…
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Buick’s 2019 Regal GS offers stellar value, but not the best ride
[ad_1] Similarly, the powertrain doesn’t feel special. It may handle well, but the engine-transmission pairing isn’t anywhere near as advanced as offerings from true luxury brands. The 3.6-liter V-6 is the same motor we’ve seen in dozens of GM products and continues to deliver good power without much excitement or character. No turbos, no special…
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Apple’s stock could soar if it bundles media: Morgan Stanley
[ad_1] Apple has made quite a comeback since it reported better-than-feared earnings, but many investors have little faith that the iPhone-maker can return to a $1 trillion market value with slowing smartphone demand. Morgan Stanley, however, disagrees. In fact, the bank said life beyond iPhone could extend this week’s 7 percent relief rally to another…
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US infrastructure is crumbling, and it needs big money to fix it: ASCE
[ad_1] Elon Musk has tunnel vision, and its giving several cities similar ideas. The Tesla CEO and entrepreneur sees commuters using a system of high-speed tunnels below ground in Los Angeles and other cities to beat the traffic. In a recent interview with CNBC, the head of the American Society of Civil Engineers agreed that…
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Google Chrome warning: New update could save you from hacking attacks and malware
[ad_1] Google Chrome is the American tech giant’s browser that is by far the most popular around on mobile and desktop platforms. The browser is regularly updated by the Mountain View firm, meaning new features and improvements are consistently introduced. It appears Google’s next upgrade for Chrome is centred around making users safer on the…
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WhatsApp update brings another new feature for fans to enjoy
[ad_1] WhatsApp is the most popular third-party messaging app in the world, surpassing its closest competitors in terms of monthly users. In fact, Statista has claimed as of October last year the service had 1.5billion monthly active users. WhatsApp is available on Android and iOS devices, but it can also be accessed on desktops using…
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Transplanting pig kidneys in humans to solve the organ shortage
[ad_1] Every year, tens of thousands of Americans wait in what they call “medical purgatory” for an organ transplant. In 2018 there were more than 36,529 organ transplants, a number that has risen by 20 percent over the last five years. However, there are far more sick patients waiting on the transplant list — about…
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Transplanting pig kidneys in humans to solve the organ shortage
[ad_1] Every year, tens of thousands of Americans wait in what they call “medical purgatory” for an organ transplant. In 2018 there were more than 36,529 organ transplants, a number that has risen by 20 percent over the last five years. However, there are far more sick patients waiting on the transplant list — about…
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How to stream the Super Bowl online for free
[ad_1] Icon Sportswire | Getty Images The Mercedes-Benz stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, where the 2019 Super Bowl will be held You can stream the Super Bowl online for free, and it doesn’t matter where you are. CBS will offer the game on its website and through the CBS Sports apps on every popular streaming platform.…
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As Amazon Echo prices cut here’s some things you must as Alexa TODAY
[ad_1] Amazon’s popular Echo smart speakers are back on offer with the online retailer slashing prices yet again. There’s a few offers available right now with the standard Echo dropped by £10 to £79.99 and the smaller Echo Dot now £29.99 – a saving of £20. For anyone wanting to make their home event smarter,…
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Galaxy Note 9 may not be beaten by the Galaxy S10 in this vital area
[ad_1] There’s a huge month ahead for Samsung fans as the new Galaxy S10 gets its grand unveiling. This all-new phone will be revealed at an Unpacked event in London on February 20 and it looks set to be one of the most powerful devices that Samsung has ever made. Rumours are rife that the…
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The curious case of the Carstairs key fobs has been cracked
[ad_1] A mystery that has plagued residents of a small Alberta town for weeks — vehicle key fobs that suddenly stopped working in a grocery store parking lot, leaving drivers unable to unlock or start their vehicles and setting off the alarms — has been solved. The story caught fire on social media around the world…
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Galaxy S9 update – Here are all the best features from Samsung’s One UI skin
[ad_1] Galaxy S9 received an upgrade to Android 9 Pie last month (Image: Samsung) Easier to manage with one hand When it introduced One UI, Samsung emphasised the software had been designed from the ground-up to make navigating on larger devices with one hand easier. The firm said: “One UI helps you focus on what…
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P20 Pro was impressive but wait until you see what Huawei has in store next
[ad_1] Huawei P20 Pro was first shown off back in March, meaning the handset is almost a year old at this point. However, the flagship remains one of the best phones on the market, especially for its reduced £600 price tag. That is because the P20 Pro offers Android fans an incredible camera system, a…
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Android WARNING: Google Play Store apps’ sinister secret REVEALED
[ad_1] Android users are being warned about a sinister secret a number of Google Play Store apps have been hiding. Android is one of the most popular pieces of software in the world, with billions of active users each and every month. And the huge Android userbase are no strangers to getting security alerts, with…
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Sony Xperia XZ4 could overtake the Huawei Mate 20 Pro and Google Pixel 3 with this feature
[ad_1] Sony Xperia XZ4 is expected to debut at the firm’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) press conference taking place on Monday, February 25, at 7.30am GMT. The handset has been rumoured to improve upon the solid foundation laid by the Xperia XZ3 in a number of ways. First and foremost, it appears the handset is…
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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos ‘change of heart’ on advertising
[ad_1] Joe Swallen, chief research officer at Kantar, said that while Amazon is becoming more of a product company, it also has to invest more in defending its own turf because Walmart, Target and Best Buy are stepping up promotion of their online commerce businesses. “Even with its massive customer base and dominant share of…
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Former Apple engineer analyzes microbiome: what he learned
[ad_1] In the past decade, technology has made it possible for people to cheaply analyze not only our own genes, but the genes of our non-human roommates, too. These days, scientists generally agree that about half the cells in a typical human body are human, half are microbial, and there’s value in studying both. Sprague…
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Mate 20 Pro v P20 Pro – New deal makes one of these Huawei phones a very clear winner
[ad_1] Huawei had a pretty amazing 2018 with the Chinese technology firm releasing two of the best smartphones of the year and winning numerous prizes for these latest and greatest devices. The P20 Pro and Mate 20 Pro took the industry by storm with them featuring new technology such as triple rear cameras, incredible displays…
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Ireland v England live stream – How to watch Six Nations rugby online
[ad_1] Ireland and England will get their Six Nations campaigns underway today in Dublin. The home side are heading into this year’s competition as clear favourites with England needing to show they’ve improved after the disappointment of 2018. Boss Eddie Jones insists Ireland must shoulder the burden of being the best team in the world…
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Cows belch methane. Now researchers are trying to breed them to burp less
[ad_1] Cows emit methane. It’s long been debated which end it comes out and Christine Baes doesn’t think it’s the farts. “It is indeed the burps that cause the methane, or most of the methane,” said Baes, an associate professor in animal bioscience at the University of Guelph. Baes has been measuring those burps as part of an international research…
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Barcelona vs Valencia LIVE STREAM: How to watch La Liga football online
[ad_1] Barcelona will take on Valencia at the Nou Camp in La Liga this evening. Barca started the day 10 points clear of their nearest rivals and will be looking to extend their lead at the top of the table. Ernesto Valverde’s have been boosted by the return of Samuel Umtiti who is back in…
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Counter-drone tech is needed more than ever
[ad_1] The Federal Aviation Administration estimates that in 2017, there were 1.2 million commercial and hobbyist drones in the US. By 2022, they expect that number to more than double, to 2.9 million. That’s because drones are enormously helpful. They can create beautiful aerial photography, help fight fires, detect leaks in oil and gas pipelines,…
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TikTok climbs the download charts, challenging Snapchat and Twitter
[ad_1] A new app is taking off, and it could pose a big threat to Snapchat’s core user base, according to an analyst report by MoffettNathanson, an independent sell-side research firm. TikTok, owned by China-based company ByteDance, allows users to create and share short-form videos similar to those on Snapchat and Vine, the app that…
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Veeva shares up 5x in three years, CEO Peter Gassner focused on 2025
[ad_1] Veeva’s software helps pharmaceutical developers like AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline and Bayer move to the cloud with products that are custom built for the intricacies of their highly regulated industry. It’s also working with companies pursuing clinical trials, allowing them to digitally monitor their progress, while helping them track and analyze their data. Gassner started the…
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You can earn free Domino’s pizza for eating a slice from Pizza Hut
[ad_1] Starting Saturday, fans of Domino’s can earn a free pizza — by buying pies from Pizza Hut, Papa John’s or other rivals. Members of Domino’s loyalty program just need to scan a pizza through the company’s mobile app to earn 10 points. The pie can be from anywhere, even homemade, as long as the…
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Apple’s Siri Leader Steps Down From Post: Report
[ad_1] The Vice President (VP) of the Siri team at Apple — Bill Stasior — has reportedly stepped down from his designation after seven years of service. The former Amazon executive was hired by Apple in 2012 to oversee both, search and Siri as VP. “Though Stasior remains in the company, he is no longer…
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Tottenham v Newcastle live stream: How to watch Premier League football online
[ad_1] TOTTENHAM VS NEWCASTLE LIVE STREAM Tottenham are currently third in current Premier League standings with 54 points. The London outfit are just two points behind Manchester City who are in second place. Ahead of today’s clash, Pochettino has commented on the lack of any January signings for the club. The manager insisted added talent…
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OPPO Find X – Can this flagship really challenge the Galaxy Note 9 and Mate 20 Pro?
[ad_1] OPPO cemented its arrival in the UK last week when the tech giant held an event at Tower Bridge showcasing some of its smartphone offerings. While the firm showed off its budget RX17 Neo and mid-tier RX17 Pro handsets respectively, the star of the show was by far its Find X flagship. The OPPO…
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Twitter Bug Confuses Users With Mislabelled Retweets
[ad_1] A bug on Twitter majorly affecting Android users, confused the twitteraties by making them view retweets from random people on their timeline, the media reported. Twitter confirmed that the bug was mislabelling the “social proof” tag on retweets because of which users were actually viewing posts from people they did follow — who appeared…
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Sky TV update – New content revealed as premium channels offered at a much lower price
[ad_1] If you want to get access to Sky Sports then there’s a very good deal on offer right now. Sky’s NOW TV streaming service has just announced a new discount which brings all the top sporting channels to your living room for just £20 per month. This bundle would usually cost £33.99 per month…
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Meet the 14-Year-Old Who Discovered Apple’s FaceTime Privacy Bug
[ad_1] At the heart of Apple’s shocking FaceTime bug, which allowed just about anyone to turn an iPhone into a live microphone, stands a 14-year-old boy who stumbled upon the eavesdropping flaw more than a week before Apple took action. “The thing that surprised me the most was that this glitch happened in the first…
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OnePlus 6T vs Honor View 20 – Which is the best budget smartphone offering?
[ad_1] Express.co.uk has put the OnePlus 6T and Honor View 20 head-to-head (Image: Honor • OnePlus • Getty) The OnePlus 6T debuted back in October and improved upon the solid foundation laid by its predecessor with a number of incremental upgrades. We adored the hardware at Express.co.uk, awarding it four and a half out of…
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Android vs iOS – Google and Apple software could soon look radically different
[ad_1] Android is Google’s mobile platform that is used by most smartphones across the globe that are not manufactured by Apple Inc. In fact, Android was said to have a 75.16 percent marketshare of global mobile operating systems as of January 2019 by Statcounter. Apple’s iOS software said claimed to hold 21.98 percent in contrast.…
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WhatsApp for Android Gets Download Single Sticker Option: Here’s How It Works
[ad_1] Photo Credit: WABetaInfo WhatsApp brings new download single sticker option for Android users WhatsApp has released a new beta version of its Android app for the chat app users, and the latest release brings a useful feature along. The WhatsApp for Android beta version 2.19.33 adds the ability to download a single sticker from…
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WhatsApp UPDATE: Fans given big news on SHOCK change coming in 2019
[ad_1] WhatsApp users will see one big change come into effect in 2019. WhatsApp is undoubtedly the world’s most popular chat app, with over 1.5billion users each and every month. Last year WhatsApp fans saw plenty of changes, including the introduction of stickers and group video calling among other new features. But this year WhatsApp…
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WhatsApp Pay: Supreme Court Seeks RBI Response in Data Localisation Matter
[ad_1] The Supreme Court on Friday asked RBI to respond to an application looking to implead it as a party in a matter seeking directive to US-based WhatsApp to comply with data localisation norms for providing payment service in India. A bench of Justices RF Nariman and Vineet Saran issued notice to the RBI on…
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Galaxy S10 release THIS MONTH – Five things every Samsung fan needs to know
[ad_1] Samsung Galaxy S10 release and everything you need to know (Image: SAMSUNG) Samsung fans haven’t got long to wait until the new flagship Galaxy S10 is revealed to the world. This all-new smartphone is expected to bring a swathe of new features and upgrades to the popular Galaxy brand and it could be one…
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PUBG Ban: 11-Year-Old Moves Bombay High Court Seeking Ban on Game
[ad_1] An eleven-year-old boy moved the Bombay High Court Thursday seeking a ban on popular mobile game ‘PUBG’. Ahad Nizam, who filed the public interest litigation through his mother, said the game promotes violence, aggression and cyber-bullying. The court should direct the Maharashtra government to ban it, the PIL said. Earlier, a students union from Jammu…
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Facebook Loses Key Fact-Checkers Snopes and AP
[ad_1] Two leading fact-checking agencies have ended their partnerships with Facebook, striking a significant blow to the network’s efforts to fight fake news, media reports said. The social network had paid the Associated Press and Snopes to combat its misinformation crisis. But both confirmed they stopped checking articles at the end of 2018, and will…
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Apple’s Group FaceTime Bug Fix Coming Next Week
[ad_1] Apple Inc said on Friday it has fixed a privacy flaw in its group video chat software and that it plans to improve how it handles reports of software bugs after a teenager and his mother tried for days to warn the iPhone maker of the bug. Apple said on Monday it would fix…
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Windows 10 users report a huge problem with the Microsoft operating system
[ad_1] Windows 10 is Microsoft’s newest computer software that is used across the globe. The operating system was most recently updated last year when the American tech giant released its October 2018 Update to fans. Although the upgrade’s rollout was initially paused due to reported issues, its delivery soon resumed to all Windows 10 users.…
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iPhone iOS 12 FaceTime fix – Here’s when Apple fans can make Group FaceTime calls again
[ad_1] This week a bug for Group FaceTime calls on iPhone was discovered that allowed Apple fans to listen to the microphone of devices they had called, even if the recipient had not joined the video chat. Essentially, if a user made a Group FaceTime call and swiped up on the interface and added their…
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National Lottery DOWN: Lottery website not working for HUNDREDS ahead of EuroMillions draw
[ad_1] National Lottery down reports are coming in right now ahead of tonight’s EuroMillions draw. Independent website Down Detector has received a surge of National Lottery down reports, with hundreds of people reporting the site as down. When National Lottery players log onto the site they’re greeted with an error message informing them the service…
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Try again in 60 years: seeds from Halifax’s celebrity agave snapped up
[ad_1] Little agaves could soon start popping up across Nova Scotia now that fans of the Halifax Public Gardens’ most famous plant have snapped up 158 of its seeds. The 450-kilogram plant, affectionately nicknamed Agave Maria by some, became a bit of a downtown landmark last year after it outgrew its greenhouse home. With its stalk sprouting at a staggering…
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‘Silent majority’ of Canadians wants more government action on climate change
[ad_1] Hello there! This is our weekly newsletter on all things environmental, where we highlight trends and solutions that are moving us to a more sustainable world. (Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Thursday.) This week: Canadians want action on climate change A greener way to heat apartment buildings What do households produce in terms…
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Apple apologizes for massive FaceTime flaw, fix now coming next week
[ad_1] Apple on Friday apologized for a massive FaceTime flaw that allowed folks to eavesdrop on other people. It said a fix that will re-enable group FaceTime is now scheduled to be released next week. Word about the bug went viral this week after people noticed that it was possible to listen in on, or…
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Draft Kings, casinos gear up for Super Bowl sports betting debut
[ad_1] Pat Greenhouse | Boston Globe | Getty Images From left, the three co-founders of DraftKings, Matt Kalish, Paul Liberman and Jason Robins, pose together in their Boston office on Apr. 24, 2017. DraftKings expects to see a record volume of bets for Sunday’s Super Bowl LIII, now that sports betting is legal in eight…
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This was the real creator of December’s bear market
[ad_1] Many market commentators will try to explain why the stock market kicked off 2019 with the best January in decades, but CNBC’s Jim Cramer stressed on Friday that the move wasn’t tied to historical patterns or the calendar. “You know why stocks had such a good start this year? For the same reason they…
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This light-powered 3D printer materializes objects all at once – TechCrunch
[ad_1] 3D printing has changed the way people approach hardware design, but most printers share a basic limitation: they essentially build objects layer by layer, generally from the bottom up. This new system from UC Berkeley, however, builds them all at once, more or less, by projecting a video through a jar of light-sensitive resin.…
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Here’s how many people Tesla laid off at its California facilities
[ad_1] CNBC.com | Lora Kolodny Tesla’s electric vehicle plant in Fremont, Calif., January 19, 2019. Tesla‘s January layoffs impacted at least 1,017 California employees, according to the company’s filings with the state’s Employment Development Department that were obtained by CNBC. Bloomberg first reported on the number of California employees effected. Specifically, the filings revealed that…
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Twitter suspends anti-Kamala Harris accounts suspected of being trolls
[ad_1] Twitter this week suspended at least two accounts suspected of troll-like behavior targeting presidential contender Sen. Kamala Harris of California as well as other Democratic candidates. The accounts were created recently and had few followers. But they posted easily shareable content about the senator’s record as a prosecutor that earned an outsized audience on…
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Tesla shorts who take aerial pictures of parking lots launch web site
[ad_1] A group of Tesla short sellers launched a site Friday called Tslaq.org to showcase their crowdsourced research tracking the car maker’s activities. Tslaq.org includes aerial photography from the Shorty Air Force, a group of pseudonymous researchers who fly over the company’s parking lots and delivery centers to count Tesla’s inventory cars. Other photos on…
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Netflix’s IPO in 2002: Watch CNBC’s coverage
[ad_1] The hangover from the Dotcom Bubble bursting was still fairly fresh, but Netflix went public in May 2002. CEO Reed Hastings said, “An IPO is like high school graduation. It’s big at the time but with hindsight it’s only really a beginning of something else.” The DVD subscription service had yet to make a…
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Michelob Ultra, Pringles, TurboTax Super Bowl ads feature robots
[ad_1] In TurboTax’s Super Bowl commercial, viewers meet “RoboChild.” The small robot with a child’s face wakes his human dad because he wants a 3 a.m. snack. RoboChild wants a meal that sounds very much like something AI would come up with by running foodie data through an algorithm: a kale salad with chicken and…
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Google has been on a real estate spending spree
[ad_1] Adam Jeffery | CNBC Ruth Porat, CFO of Alphabet, at the New York Economic Club on May 22, 2017. Google has made several large real estate moves meant to provide room for more jobs, now including a 35-foot office tower in Austin, Texas, according to the Austin-American Statesman newspaper. The office tower provides space…
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Who will win the Super Bowl according to Siri, Google and Alexa
[ad_1] Google has a few responses. “I like teams associated with animals, so I’ll take the Rams. But the Patriots do have the goat in Tom Brady, so I guess we’ll see what happens.” Editor’s Note: Goat is short for “greatest of all time.” “The Patriots are favored to win, and I can’t help but…
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Snopes quits fact-checking partnership with Facebook
[ad_1] Shu Zhang | Reuters Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg meets Founder and Executive Chairman of Alibaba Group Jack Ma (not pictured), at the China Development Forum in Beijing, China, March 19, 2016. Snopes, a fact-checking organization, announced on Friday its decision to end its partnership with Facebook, which has been ramping its efforts…
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WorldFirst abruptly closes US operations amid Ant Financial deal talks
[ad_1] On Friday, the Financial Times reported that WorldFirst “abruptly closed” its U.S. business to avoid having the acquisition “derailed by American regulators.” The paper cited two people briefed on the decision. WorldFirst’s U.S. operation was based in Austin, Texas, and the company also had employees in San Francisco. One person told the FT that…
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Let’s save the bees with machine learning – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Machine learning and all its related forms of “AI” are being used to work on just about every problem under the sun, but even so, stemming the alarming decline of the bee population still seems out of left field. In fact it’s a great application for the technology and may help both bees and…
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Foxconn does damage control over Wisconsin factory
[ad_1] BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump (L) and Terry Gou, chairman of Apple iPhone manufacturer Foxconn, at a groundbreaking for Foxconn’s new LCD screen facility on June 28, 2018 in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin. Foxconn says it’s moving forward with the construction of its Wisconsin facility after talks with White House,…
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Spaceflight Industries disrupting rocket launch market
[ad_1] Blake said about Morgan Stanley’s analysis, “I think it means that people, and Wall Street, are starting to see this industry as a valuable one and they’ve identified our company as … a disruptor, which is a great term.” The note is the latest in Morgan Stanley’s “Space Disruptor Series,” which features commentary on…
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Aibo hangs out with some (real) dogs – TechCrunch
[ad_1] I had this fun idea to make a video called “Real dog vs. robot dog,” where Henri (my Maltese Shih Tzu) and Aibo would go head to head performing a dozen tricks like high-five, bark and play dead. Aibo arrived, however, when I was simultaneously battling a cold and dog-sitting for my best friend.…
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Facebook fallout continues – TechCrunch
[ad_1] The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here: 1. We dismantle Facebook’s memo defending its ‘Research’ The fallout continues following TechCrunch reporting about a Facebook app that was paying…
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2018 smartphone shipments worst year ever
[ad_1] Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A customer views an Apple Inc. iPhone 5s at a Reliance Digital store, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Ltd., in New Delhi, India, on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013. Reliance Communications Ltd. is the first Indian carrier to sell Apples iPhone with a service contract. Reliance will offer customers…
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Alphabet Verily built health-tracking shoes prototype
[ad_1] Alphabet’s life sciences arm, Verily, has been looking for partners to co-develop shoes with sensors embedded to monitor the wearer’s movement and weight, as well as to measure falls, CNBC has learned. Three people familiar with the project say that the Google sister company has in recent months shown a prototype of the design…
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Apple stood up to Facebook and Google and made a powerful point
[ad_1] Apple finally stood up to Facebook and Google on matters of privacy, and it made a powerful point about the influence it wields in mobile. Apple this week revoked the enterprise developer licenses of Facebook and Google, temporarily disabling internal employee-only apps, after reports that each company had side-loaded apps onto Apple’s operating system…
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Here’s Netflix’s new intro that the company worked on for two years
[ad_1] Sylvain Lefevre | Getty Images Netflix Co-founder, Chairman & CEO Reed Hastings attends Q&A during Transatlantic Forum as part of Series Mania Lille Hauts de France festival on May 3, 2018 in Lille, France. Netflix is getting a new cinematic intro. The company spent two years revamping the short branded clip that introduces viewers…
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Juul Labs hires former Apple employee to lead the fight against counterfeits – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Juul Labs, the e-cig company under fire for its product’s popularity with young people, has brought on a new VP of Intellectual Property Protection with Adrian Punderson, formerly of PwC and Apple. Punderson’s job is all about working alongside government agencies, as well as Juul Labs Intellectual Property VP Wayne Sobon, to combat the…
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Amazon falls on fears of regulation in India and increased spending
[ad_1] Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos provides the keynote address at the Air Force Association’s Annual Air, Space & Cyber Conference in Oxen Hill, MD, on September 19, 2018. Amazon fell 4 percent Friday morning after the company announced on a call with investors it would…
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NFL testing 3D printed helmets from Carbon, Peyton Manning excited
[ad_1] NFL players on almost every team are testing out a new type of helmet made with 3D printing. Each Riddell helmet is custom-made for a player based on a scan of his head. Silicon Valley-based Carbon prints seven resin pads for inside the helmet, each with a unique lattice pattern that bends and flexes…
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Nintendo announces Dr. Mario World mobile game for Android and iPhone
[ad_1] Nintendo is doubling down on its mobile gaming strategy with a new title called “Dr. Mario World.” The firm said Friday it was joining forces with messaging app Line and game developer NHN Entertainment to develop the game, the latest entry to its “Dr. Mario” tile-matching puzzle game series. Details about the game are…
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China to execute driver who killed Didi Chuxing passenger
[ad_1] A Chinese court on Friday sentenced a man to death for raping and killing a female passenger of ride-hailing company Didi Chuxing last year, while he was employed as a driver. The crime triggered fierce public and government criticism of Didi — whose backers include Uber Technologies, Apple and Japan’s SoftBank Group — and…
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Apple vs. Facebook: It’s Not All About Privacy
[ad_1] This week brings a useful reminder that Facebook is not in the helping-you-keep-in-touch-with-friends business. It’s in the ad-selling business – a business that requires data. Lots of data. Long story short: On Wednesday, Apple shut down a research app Facebook had distributed to some iPhone and iPad users, paying them up to $10 in…
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Blood sugar tracking useful for more than diabetes: Commentary
[ad_1] Aaron Neinstein, MD, is Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and Director of Clinical Informatics at the UCSF Center for Digital Health Innovation. He’s also a practicing endocrinologist. Let’s start with a prediction: By 2025, everyone with diabetes will be tracking their blood sugar with devices called continuous glucose…
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WhatsApp for Android Plagued by a Weird Reply Bug: What You Need to Know
[ad_1] WhatsApp for Android users are said to be facing a weird bug that is making the chat app keep old messages in the reply context even after you have replied to a message, several users revealed on Twitter. The particular bug is reportedly just present in WhatsApp for Android beta version 2.19.27 at this…
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Apple investors still lack a reason to get really excited about stock
[ad_1] Stephanie Keith | Getty Images “Apple innovates like no other company on Earth, and we are not taking our foot off the gas,” said Apple CEO Tim Cook on the company’s earnings call Jan. 29, 2019. “For Apple the question is, will they introduce exciting new products and services?” he said. A new iPhone…
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Facebook Gets Native Resolution Support for iPhone XR, iPhone XS Max, 2018 iPad Pro
[ad_1] Facebook has updated its iOS app to finally bring native higher resolution support iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR phones. This update comes months after the launch of the two phones, and up until now the app used to scale iPhone XS 5.8-inch resolution on these two phones, and run in compatibility mode. Facebook’s…
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UK could fine social media firms for failing to safeguard users
[ad_1] British politicians have called for new legislation that will force social media firms to fulfil a duty of care to their users. Parliament’s Science and Technology Committee published a report Thursday that said social media companies must be legally required to protect users’ health and wellbeing, emphasizing a lack of regulation around harmful content…
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Amazon Echo update – Three things to know before buying this new smart speaker
[ad_1] The new and fully refreshed Echo Dot continues to be one of the most popular smart speakers on the market. Since it was first unveiled late last year, the clever music maker has been almost impossible to get hold of. Amazon has been running low on stock for months and other retailers, including John…
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Gear S3 may have a new low price but it could soon be challenged by a Samsung rival
[ad_1] Until later last year, Samsung’s Gear S3 was its top-end flagship smartwatch. But with the Korean technology firm releasing the new Galaxy Watch in 2018 the S3 has now been superseded and that means it’s now much cheaper to buy. In fact, prices for this Gear S3 device have plummeted in recent months with…
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lowers sales guidance for Switch, analysts bullish
[ad_1] The comments from the analysts came on the back of Nintendo posting better-than-expected quarterly profits of 158.6 billion yen ($1.46 billion), beating analysts’ expectations of 149 billion yen, according to Reuters. The company did, however, cut its full-year forecast for the fiscal year ending Mar. 2019, and slashed the expected number of Switch units…
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Telegram v5.3 Brings Ability to Share Backgrounds via Links, Introduces Blur and Motion Effects
[ad_1] One can enable the “Blur” and “Motion” tools simultaneously Telegram for Android and iOS has received an update that brings a host of new aesthetic tools to the app such as the ability to share backgrounds as a link, apply a blur, as well as motion effects, setting custom colours as chat backgrounds, among others.…
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Vodafone v BT v TalkTalk – Is your broadband supplier the most complained about in the UK?
[ad_1] Britain’s broadband is slowly improving but a study, out today, has revealed which firms have received the most complaints during a three month period. The quarterly report reveals the number of complaints made to Ofcom, from July to September last year, about providers with a market share over 1.5 per cent in the home…
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India’s New Foreign Direct Investment Rules for E-Commerce: All You Need to Know
[ad_1] India late last year modified foreign direct investment (FDI) rules for its burgeoning e-commerce sector that has attracted Walmart Inc and Amazon.com Inc, creating new hurdles for both global retail giants. As a result, both Walmart-owned Flipkart and Amazon are scrambling to reconfigure ownership structures and re-jig some key vendor relationships and agreements before…
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OnePlus 6T and OnePlus 6 update makes these budget flagships even better
[ad_1] OnePlus 6T and the OnePlus 6 were both released last year and share many of the same features. While the 6T has a slightly larger display and a smaller notch, the design of both is extremely similar overall. Moreover, the Chinese pair are powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 845 and have an Adreno 630 GPU.…
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MyJio App Now Offers Deals, Discounts Through ‘Jio Prime Fridays’ Section
[ad_1] Reliance Jio has been spotted adding a Jio Prime Fridays section to the MyJio app to list all the discount coupons and deals from sources such as MakeMyTrip, Paytm, and ShopClues. The new section also highlights cashback offers as well as gives links to sections, including My vouchers, Coupons, and JioPay among others. You…
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Microsoft Outlook just received its biggest iPhone update yet – Here’s everything new
[ad_1] Microsoft Outlook is the American firm’s email client that replaced Hotmail in 2012. The software is available on desktops in addition to Android and iOS smartphones via an app. Outlook for computers received a huge redesign last year that not only modernised the look of the software, but also added new features such as…
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Tech Lobby Takes India to Task Over Plans to Police Online Content
[ad_1] An Asian Internet lobby group, whose members include Alphabet’s Google and Facebook, on Thursday criticised India’s plans to regulate social media content. The proposal drafted by India’s technology ministry in December would compel Facebook, WhatsApp, and Twitter to remove within 24 hours content deemed to be unlawful, including anything affecting the “sovereignty and integrity…
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Sony Xperia XZ4 leak may have revealed some massive details about this flagship
[ad_1] Xperia XZ4 is the presumed name given to the Xperia XZ3’s successor. The XZ3 certainly marked a return to form for the Japanese OEM, as Express.co.uk noted in our review of the handset. And it appears the XZ4 is set to severely up the ante by arriving with a turbocharged processor, camera improvements and…
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Nintendo to open its first official store located in Japan – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Fourteen years after unveiling its first location in New York, Nintendo is finally opening an official store in Japan, too. Nintendo Tokyo will be located in Shibuya Parco, the new flagship of the Parco department store chain. Nintendo Tokyo is scheduled to open at the same time as the shopping center in fall. In an…
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How to Turn Off Windows Defender in Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Windows XP Permanently
[ad_1] How to turn off Windows Defender in Windows 10 or other versions of Windows Though it used to be optional with earlier versions such as Windows XP and Windows 7, the anti-malware and the anti-virus protection suite Windows Defender now comes pre-installed with the latest, Windows 10. It’s fairly decent in keeping your computer…
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Windsor has Canada’s largest pay gap for women in jobs using tech skills: report
[ad_1] The pay gap for women working tech jobs in Windsor is the highest in Canada’s metropolitan areas, according to a report prepared by the Brookfield Institute using data from Statistics Canada. The report said the average female tech worker in Windsor makes around $39,000 less — or 58 per cent — than what the average male makes. The report…
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Intel Makes Interim CEO Swan Permanent, Bucking History of Insiders
[ad_1] Intel made interim Chief Executive Officer Robert Swan’s role permanent on Thursday, marking the first time the chipmaker has picked a leader who did not rise through the company ranks, sending Intel shares down and boosting rivals. Swan, 58, who was previously Intel’s chief financial officer, served as eBay’s CFO for nine years before a…
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Something mysterious is blocking vehicle key fobs from working in a small Alberta town
[ad_1] Key fobs that suddenly won’t unlock vehicles. Cars that won’t start. Alarms that go off for no reason and can’t be quieted. Something mysterious is thwarting drivers outside a grocery store in the small Alberta town of Carstairs — and it’s sparking all kinds of theories. The problems have been happening for weeks in…
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Apple Restoring Facebook’s Developer Certificate After Ban Over Privacy Abuse
[ad_1] Facebook says Apple is restoring its access to a key development tool that the iPhone maker disabled Wednesday. Late Tuesday, TechCrunch reported that Facebook paid teens and other users who agreed to download an app called Facebook Research. That app could extensively track their phone and web use. Apple said Facebook was abusing the…
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New map of Beringia ‘opens your imagination’ to what landscape looked like 18,000 years ago
[ad_1] Thousands of years ago, a stretch of land connected the continents of Asia and North America, in the place the Bering Strait now occupies. The Bering land bridge was exposed at various times over an almost three million year period, when wide scale glaciation lowered sea levels by as much as 150 metres. The land bridge, or…
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‘Dr. Mario World’ Mobile Game Announced by Nintendo, Line
[ad_1] Japan’s Nintendo said on Friday it was developing a mobile title with Line in the company’s latest push into mobile gaming. “Dr. Mario World”, its latest mobile title featuring popular Nintendo characters, will be released in mid-2019, the Kyoto-based company said in a statement. Nintendo needs to find new sources of revenue to offset its aging…
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Monarch butterfly numbers up 144% at Mexico wintering grounds
[ad_1] The population of monarch butterflies wintering in central Mexico is up 144 per cent over last year, experts said Wednesday. The data presented by Andrew Rhodes, Mexico’s national commissioner for protected natural areas, was cheered but scientists quickly warned that it does not mean the butterflies that migrate from Canada and the United States…
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Here’s what every major analyst had to say about Facebook earnings
[ad_1] Despite the scandals and controversies, Facebook analysts agree on one thing: The social media giant keeps growing with no sign of slowing down. Analysts also agree that by all metrics, the company exceeded expectations posting strong fourth-quarter numbers after the bell on Wednesday. Analysts pointed out that advertisers continue to spend money on the…
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Analysts unnerved by surprise exit of Tesla CFO: ‘Significant loss’
[ad_1] Tesla’s announcement that Chief Financial Officer Deepak Ahuja is retiring has unnerved Wall Street’s top analysts and overshadowed the company’s sales beat in the fourth quarter. Many viewed the loss of the longtime executive as the most significant in a string of high-profile departures as the electric car manufacturer struggles to retain talent. The…
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Go-Jek says it has closed the first round of Series F fundraising
[ad_1] Dimas Ardian | Bloomberg | Getty Images A Go-Jek motorcycle taxi driver travels through traffic in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018. Indonesian ride-hailing company Go-Jek said Friday it had finalized the first closing of its ongoing Series F fundraising efforts. Go-Jek’s release did not disclose the amount of fresh funds raised. An…
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Digital health companies should avoid term ‘start-up’: commentary
[ad_1] Sean Duffy is the CEO of Omada Health, a company (not a start-up) that works with health plans and employers to tackle type 2 diabetes and heart disease. The American healthcare system is in desperate need of improvement. Costs continue to rise in lockstep with rates of chronic disease, and life spans are declining.…
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Your phone will turn off if it’s too cold. What to do.
[ad_1] Your iPhone might shut off if you’re walking outside during the kind of freezing temperatures that we’re seeing all around the United States thanks to the polar vortex. It’s a problem many of my New York City-based colleagues verified when I asked about it Thursday morning, and one that I first read about in…
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Facebook stock rises on strong Q4 2018 earnings
[ad_1] Facebook skyrocketed 10.8 percent Thursday after beating analyst expectations on revenue and earnings for its fourth quarter of 2018. Its market value jumped about $47 billion. The strong report showed Facebook continued to grow users and revenue in all of its key regions despite numerous privacy scandals that caused widespread consumer backlash throughout the…
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Apple, Facebook make peace on app ban
[ad_1] Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives to testify following a break during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee joint hearing about Facebook on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Apple and Facebook put an end to a short-lived squabble on Thursday when…
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How Facebook, GE and Apple turned struggles into stock gains
[ad_1] Facebook, General Electric and Apple have all proved how powerful low expectations can be, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Thursday after Facebook and GE surprised Wall Street with their quarterly earnings reports. Despite Facebook’s numerous privacy scandals, the social media giant’s fourth-quarter results handily beat analyst estimates, sending the stock 10.82 percent higher in Thursday’s…
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Elon Musk on big plans for China
[ad_1] To tap into a growing market for electric vehicles in China, Tesla is betting big on the region — and executives talked up the company’s efforts there on an earnings call this week. Specifically CEO Elon Musk and Tesla’s retiring CFO Deepak Ahuja emphasized their aims to get the Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory up-and-running this…
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Blue Origin rocket will launch Telesat’s internet satellites
[ad_1] Blue Origin’s massive New Glenn rocket was picked to launch Telesat’s internet satellites into space, the companies announced Thursday. Together, the companies are competing against Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which is launching thousands of satellites into space that will send internet back to earth. Mobile broadband services don’t reach about 14 million rural…
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Facebook removes nearly 800 ‘inauthentic’ Iranian pages, accounts
[ad_1] Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives to testify following a break during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee joint hearing about Facebook on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Facebook on Thursday announced it removed 783 pages, groups and accounts with ties…
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Apple revokes enterprise license key from Google
[ad_1] Apple on Thursday appears to have revoked Google’s enterprise developer certificates in retaliation for an app that violated its policies. The move could make it impossible for Google employees to test iPhone apps and use certain internal apps. The move was first reported by The Verge. A Google spokesperson said, “We’re working with Apple…
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AWS earnings Q4 2018
[ad_1] David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Andy Jassy, chief executive officer of web services at Amazon.com Inc., speaks during the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Summit in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Wednesday, April 19, 2017. Amazon’s cloud-computing division said revenue jumped 45 percent in the fourth quarter, as the company continued to…
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Amazon earnings q4 2018
[ad_1] Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos provides the keynote address at the Air Force Association’s Annual Air, Space & Cyber Conference in Oxen Hill, MD, on September 19, 2018. Amazon is reporting its all-important fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday after the bell. The fourth-quarter is typically the…
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SpaceX layoffs due to Starship and Starlink projects
[ad_1] During Wednesday’s investor call for his public car company, CEO Elon Musk took a rare moment to talk about his private rocket company. Musk explained that the recent layoffs at SpaceX were different than those at Tesla, the latter of which he said came from the need “to be relentless about costs” to keep…
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Tesla ramps production as competitors flood market with electric cars
[ad_1] Beyond the cost for purchasing parts, the AlixPartners study estimated “by 2023 a whopping $255 billion in R&D and capital expenditures (will be) spent globally on electric vehicles, and that some 207 electric models are set to hit the market by 2022.” The problem, a summary of the report concluded, is that “many of…
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Don’t worry, this rocket-launching Chinese robo-boat is strictly for science – TechCrunch
[ad_1] It seems inevitable that the high seas will eventually play host to a sort of proxy war as automated vessels clash over territory for the algae farms we’ll soon need to feed the growing population. But this rocket-launching robo-boat is a peacetime vessel concerned only with global weather patterns. The craft is what’s called…
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Amazon reports after the bell Thursday, here’s what the analysts are thinking
[ad_1] Analysts are turning their attention to another so-called FAANG stock as Amazon reports after the bell Thursday. The company reported a record setting holiday season and analysts will be also be watching for updates on revenue growth deceleration, cloud services, healthcare business, Whole Foods integration, and international growth. Amazon shares are up 3 percent…
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Pandora-powered channels will come to SiriusXM’s app this year – TechCrunch
[ad_1] SiriusXM this week offered a few more details on how it plans to leverage its newest asset, Pandora, following its $3.5 billion acquisition of the streaming music service last year, which officially closes on Friday. At the time of the deal, the company spoke about the potential for cross-promotion opportunities between the services and…
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Marketers want to crack out of the World Record Egg on Instagram
[ad_1] Marketing agencies are scrambling for the potentially million dollar opportunity to work with the World Record Egg. Yes, that’s the egg that claimed the most Instagram likes ever, beating out Kylie Jenner who later cracked an egg on the sidewalk in spite. The account, which has 9.6 million followers as of Thursday and literally…
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Microsoft says it’s picking up more big Azure contracts
[ad_1] Microsoft might not be the biggest cloud provider — that title goes to Amazon — but it is starting to win more long-term cloud deals. On Wednesday the company’s chief financial officer, Amy Hood, told analysts on a conference call that the company is picking up more major commitments around using Microsoft Azure, like…
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Google’s Cloud Firestore NoSQL database hits general availability – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Google today announced that Cloud Firestore, its serverless NoSQL document database for mobile, web and IoT apps, is now generally available. In addition, Google is also introducing a few new features and bringing the service to ten new regions. With this launch, Google is giving developers the option to run their databases in a…
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Amazon is about to report earnings, and there’s one thing to watch
[ad_1] Amazon will be the latest FANG stock to report earnings with its release after the bell Thursday. And one market watcher expects the e-commerce leader to knock it out of the park. “We own this one and we continue to love the growth story,” said Mark Tepper, president of Strategic Wealth Partners, on CNBC’s…
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Nintendo’s Mario Kart mobile game won’t launch until the summer – TechCrunch
[ad_1] It’s been a long year for Nintendo fans waiting on Mario Kart Tour to come to mobile and, unfortunately, more patience is required after the game’s launch was moved back to this summer. Nintendo announced plans to bring the much-loved franchise to smartphones one year ago. It was originally slated to launch by the end…
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Apple Busts Facebook for Distributing App That Tracked Teen User Data
[ad_1] Apple says Facebook can no longer distribute an app that paid users, including teenagers, to extensively track their phone and web use. In doing so, Apple closed off Facebook’s efforts to sidestep Apple’s App Store and its tighter rules on privacy. The tech blog TechCrunch reported late Tuesday that Facebook paid people about $20…
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Facebook will move to reporting aggregate numbers for ‘Family’ of apps
[ad_1] Facebook told investors Wednesday it will eventually stop breaking out numbers for its namesake platform and instead report metrics for its “Family” of services. “For the time being, we will continue to disclose both set of numbers,” Chief Financial Officer David Wehner said on a call with investors following the company’s fourth quarter 2018…
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Step targets teens and parents with a no-fees mobile bank account and Visa card – TechCrunch
[ad_1] A new mobile banking startup called Step wants to help bring teenagers and other young adults into the cashless era. Today, cash is used less often, as more consumers shop online and send money to one another through payment apps like Venmo. But teenagers in particular are still heavily burdened with cash — even…
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Google Follows Facebook, Disables iPhone App That Studied User Habits
[ad_1] Alphabet’s Google said on Wednesday it disabled an iPhone app that it had paid some users to install to study their digital habits, following a similar move late on Tuesday by social media network Facebook. Google and Facebook had faced criticism from privacy experts for distributing their research apps through a programme iPhone maker…
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PayPal’s Venmo had a break-out quarter with payments surging 80%
[ad_1] Venmo is getting closer than ever to becoming a money-maker for its parent company, PayPal. The peer-to-peer payment app notched a record fourth quarter, with growth in key measures as well as in the number of people using Venmo to buy something, instead of just sending money to friends. The company saw $19 billion…
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PayPal Adds Record 13.8 Million New Active Accounts in Q4 2018
[ad_1] PayPal Holdings shares fell almost 4 percent in after-hours trading on Wednesday after the online payments company forecast revenue for the current quarter short of Wall Street’s expectations. For the first quarter, PayPal said it expects revenue between $4.08 billion and $4.13 billion, falling short of analysts’ average $4.16 billion estimate. The company reaffirmed its…
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Blue Apron switches up meal-kit strategy to chase 2019 profitability
[ad_1] Dan Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Recipe cards from a Blue Apron Holdings Inc. meal-kit delivery are arranged for a photograph in Tiskilwa, Illinois, U.S., on Wednesday, June 14, 2017. Meal-kit companies originally built their businesses using subscription models and deep discounts that didn’t result in long-term customer loyalty. But to create a…
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WhatsApp Payments Coming to More Countries Soon, Reveals Zuckerberg
[ad_1] Even though WhatsApp still awaits full rollout of its Payments service in India, the Facebook-owned company is already eyeing other markets. As a part of his remarks during Facebook’s Q4 earnings call, Mark Zuckerberg revealed that the company will roll out Payments on WhatsApp in select other markets. this year He didn’t share any…
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People say they care about Facebook’s privacy scandals, but they don’t
[ad_1] Amazon, which announces earnings Thursday, has faced similarly harsh criticism to Facebook over its Rekognition facial recognition API and other technologies that some privacy watchdogs have deemed intrusive, including Alexa. Rekognition has been criticized because law enforcement agencies use it, and because developers can tweak Rekognition for their own purposes, with little centralized control…
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MSI G-Series Gaming Laptops with GeForce RTX Graphics Launched in India, MSI P-Series for Creators Also Unveiled
[ad_1] MSI on Thursday launched new gaming laptops in India powered by Nvidia’s GeForce RTX series graphics and has also unveiled new laptops in its P-series targeted at creators. The new laptops launched by MSI have already gone on sale and are now available from Flipkart and MSI exclusive stores in New Delhi, Bengaluru, Pune,…
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Nintendo cuts Switch sales forecast, delays mobile Mario Kart game
[ad_1] Richard Atrero de Guzman | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Japanese gamers buy the new video game Nintendo Switch games console by Nintendo Co. during the first day of sales worldwide in Tokyo, Japan on March 03, 2017. Nintendo is less optimistic about how many of Switch units it will manage to sell by…
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Apple Music to Be Available for Free Streaming on American Airlines Flights
[ad_1] Apple has announced that Apple Music subscribers can stream songs or videos without buying Wi-Fi on any domestic American Airlines flight from February 1. “Starting Friday, Apple Music subscribers can enjoy their access to over 50 million songs, playlists and music videos on any domestic American Airlines flight equipped with Viasat satellite Wi-Fi with…
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Intel names Robert Swan CEO
[ad_1] Intel has named interim CEO Robert Swan to the position permanently, ending a months-long search following the ouster of Brian Krzanich last June after the company revealed he had a “consensual relationship” with an employee in a violation of company policy. The appointment marks Intel’s seventh CEO in 50 years. Shareholders will be watching…
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China’s Bytedance Staff Say Bonuses Clipped by Slowdown, Competition
[ad_1] Beijing Bytedance Technology Co, which owns short-video platform Tik Tok, has cut back holiday bonus payments ahead of the Chinese New Year, according to employees, amid a wider slowdown that has taken a bite out of the country’s tech firms. The six-year-old company, one of the world’s most valuable start-ups potentially worth around $75…
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Amazon earnings preview q4 2018
[ad_1] Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive officer of Amazon.com Inc., listens during an Economic Club of Washington discussion in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018. The last two times Amazon has reported quarterly results, revenue has fallen short of expectations. Now investors are facing the…
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Microsoft Outlook for iOS Gets New Design, Custom Swipe Actions
[ad_1] Microsoft has updated the Outlook app for iPhone and iPad users Microsoft’s Outlook has received a new iOS update, and it brings along a new design for all iPhone and iPad users. The app gets a new interface, most notable being the addition of the blue bar on the top, and new features include…
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Uber suspends cab service in Spanish city of Barcelona
[ad_1] Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A driver uses an Uber Technologies car service app on a mobile device while driving in Washington, D.C. Uber has suspended its ride-hailing service in the Spanish city of Barcelona. The move, outlined in a blog post on Thursday, is in protest of new rules introduced by the…
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Poor smartphones sales drag LG to first quarterly loss in 2 years – TechCrunch
[ad_1] We’ve written extensively about LG’s struggling mobile business, which has suffered at the hands of aggressive Chinese Android makers, and now that unit has dragged its parent company into posting its first quarterly loss for two years. The Korean electronics giant is generally in good health — it posted a $2.4 billion profit for…
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Uber Suspends Taxi Service in Barcelona After New Regulation
[ad_1] International ride-hailing service Uber said it was suspending its taxi service in the northern Spanish city of Barcelona after local authorities passed regulation which would limit how they operate in the city. Uber has operated in Barcelona via its UberX service which uses professional, licensed drivers, since March of last year. “The new restrictions…
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Esports program launches at Montreal high school for aspiring pro-gamers
[ad_1] Phoenix Bruneau began playing video games when he was five. “I really like video games and it’s been a big part of my life,” he says. Now 14, he plays video games, such as League of Legends, about 20 hours a week. In the summertime, when school’s out, he’ll sometimes practise 35 hours a week. “Every game I…
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UberBoat, UberBoat XL Services to Start From February 1 in Mumbai
[ad_1] Hoping to tap waterways transportation in the country’s commercial capital, Maharashtra Maritime Board (MMB) has partnered with Uber to launch UberBOAT from February 1, a senior Uber official said here on Wednesday. This will be Uber’s second global launch of UberBOAT. In June 2017, UberBOAT launched a similar service for tourists in Croatia who…
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Glacier melt exposes plants frozen under Baffin Island ice for 40,000 years
[ad_1] Melting ice caps are exposing plants on Baffin Island that have been frozen for more than 40,000 years, according to a new study, leading the head author to believe the last century of warming has been greater than any other over the last 115,000 years. Simon Pendleton, a PhD researcher at the University of…
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Intel Xeon W-3175X CPU With 28 Cores, 56 Threads Launched for $2,999
[ad_1] Intel has finally launched its flagship Xeon W-3175X processor with 28 Cores and 56 threads, which was first announced at Computex in June 2018 in order to take on AMD’s 32-core Ryzen Threadripper 2950WX. Intel famously claimed that its then-unnamed upcoming 28-core CPU would run at 5GHz, but it soon emerged that the unit…
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How Omar Khadr’s name appeared in a Google search for ‘Canadian soldiers’
[ad_1] Earlier this week, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer tweeted a screenshot of some curious Google search results. A search for the term “Canadian soldiers” returned a photo of former Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr who was accused of killing a U.S. soldier in 2002. Scheer asked that Google take action, and it didn’t take long…
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WhatsApp Announces ‘Startup India-Grand Challenge’
[ad_1] In an effort to encourage entrepreneurs and small businesses in India, Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp on Thursday announced the “Startup India-WhatsApp Grand Challenge”. The top five startups will receive a total grant of $250,000 (roughly Rs. 1.8 crores), the company said in a statement. “Ideas and business models capable of making a large-scale socio-economic…
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Working remotely from a tropical beach is tougher than it looks
[ad_1] Imagine this: You finish your work for the day, press “Send” to email files to your boss, then lean back in your chair, toss your feet up, and gaze out at the turquoise water and white sand beach. And no, it’s not a screen saver. Untethered to a desk, a commute, or a mortgage,…
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Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram Unified Messaging Platform Won’t Arrive Until at Least 2020: Zuckerberg
[ad_1] Facebook recently revealed that it plans to combine its three messaging platforms – Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp Messenger, and Instagram – but the merged entity is unlikely be available anytime soon. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of the Menlo Park, California-based company, announced in the company’s Q4 earnings call that the combined system won’t be released until at…
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Here’s what analysts think will happen
[ad_1] One thing is for certain: Analysts continue to remain bullish on Microsoft’s cloud services business as yet another mega-cap tech company heads into earnings after the bell Wednesday. Analysts will also be looking for any signs as to whether Intel’s recent cloud issues forebode any trouble for Microsoft. Microsoft stock, under CEO Satya Nadella,…
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Google Chrome to Start Warning Users About ‘Lookalike URLs’; Group Tabbing Feature Live in Canary Channel
[ad_1] Google Chrome is all set to start giving you warnings for lookalike URLs. The new move will help you easily distinguish between fake and original websites and put a stop to all the malicious webmasters who use slightly misspelled domains of popular portals to get massive hits or participate in phishing campaigns. The feature…
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Trump trade demands better long term for China than US
[ad_1] President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping need to reach a deal to end their trade war because the U.S. demands are actually beneficial to both economies, said Robert Kuhn, a longtime advisor to the Chinese government and state-owned companies. “I talk to Chinese economists who tell me privately many of the things…
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LG Sees Fourth-Quarter Profit Plunge as Rivals Crowd TV Business
[ad_1] South Korea’s LG Electronics posted its slowest quarterly profit growth in two years on Thursday citing higher marketing costs and tougher competition in the television business. Fourth-quarter operating profit plummeted 80 percent from a year earlier to KRW 76 billion ($68.5 million), in line with its earlier guidance, the company said. Revenue fell 7 percent to…
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Puma to release self-lacing sneakers to take on Nike
[ad_1] Fi won’t be on the market until Spring 2020 and will be sold for $330. That’s slightly less than Nike’s Adapt BB, a self-lacing smart basketball shoe which will retail for $350. “We really wanted to tackle digital technology to bring something into the physical world,” Puma’s Global Director of Innovation, Charles Johnson, told…
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Instagram Stories Now Has 500 Million Active Daily Users; Facebook Plans New Products to Improve People’s Lives
[ad_1] Instagram Stories, the Snapchat clone that is designed to let Instagram users share what they’re doing with their followers, now has 500 million daily active users, Facebook announced during its latest earnings call on Wednesday. The latest benchmark is roughly half of Instagram’s total user base of over a billion users and is significantly…
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This time, Tesla will take questions from regular investors
[ad_1] Tesla is preparing to open its fourth quarter conference call later on Wednesday by fielding questions submitted through a mobile app by some of its mom and pop investors. It’s likely to strike a different tone than what happened in May, when CEO Elon Musk sparred with professional Wall Street analysts over their questions…
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Samsung posts fourth-quarter profit drop, warns of weak demand until the second half of 2019 – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Samsung Electronics reported its largest quarterly profit decline in two years during its earnings report today. As the Galaxy maker warned in its earnings guidance earlier this month, its results were hurt by slower-than-expected demand for semiconductors, which had bolstered its earnings in previous quarters even when smartphone sales were slow. Samsung’s forecast was…
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Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram Unified Messaging Platform Won’t Arrive Until at Least 2020: Zuckberberg
[ad_1] Facebook recently revealed that it plans to combine its three messaging platforms – Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp Messenger, and Instagram – but the merged entity is unlikely be available anytime soon. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of the Menlo Park, California-based company, announced in the company’s Q4 earnings call that the combined system won’t be released until at…
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Impact on fintech and banks
[ad_1] So far Brexit uncertainty hasn’t dented investment into London’s thriving fintech market. Consultancy KPMG estimated $16 billion was invested in fintech companies in the U.K. in the first half of 2018, the highest of any region in the world. That could change if more fintech companies start to move operations out of the city.…
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Apple’s Response to Group FaceTime Bug Being Probed by New York AG, Governor
[ad_1] New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and new Attorney General Letitia James on Wednesday said the state was probing Apple’s failure to warn consumers about a FaceTime bug that lets iPhones users see and hear others before they accept a video call. The bug, which Reuters has been able to replicate, allows an iPhone user…
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Microsoft earnings Q2 2019
[ad_1] Shares of Microsoft stock fell as much as 4 percent Wednesday after the company issued its fiscal second-quarter earnings report with slightly lower revenue than expected. Here are the major numbers: Earnings: $1.10 per share, excluding certain items, vs. $1.09 per share as expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv. Revenue: $32.47 billion, vs. $32.51…
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Google Chrome 72 Rolled Out for Desktop, Android, iOS Users: Here’s What’s New
[ad_1] Google has released Chrome 72 for its mobile and desktop users, and the updated web browser brings a host of security improvements, along with new features for developers. The Chrome browser on Windows, Mac, and Linux gets a new Settings menu, Web Authentication API improvements, complete blocking of pop-ups during page unload, and more.…
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Facebook earnings Q4 2018
[ad_1] The company previously warned its investment in Stories could contribute to slowing revenue growth during the second half of 2019. Third-quarter revenue grew by 32.9 percent year over year, breaking a 12-quarter streak of growth rates above 40 percent. Revenue for the December quarter of $16.91 billion marks a year-over-year growth rate of 30.4…
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Microsoft Posts Profit on Ongoing Cloud Businesses Growth
[ad_1] Microsoft said Wednesday it swung to profit in the past quarter on gains in cloud computing and business services, but shares took a hit on disappointing revenue growth. It met Wall Street’s targets for its quarterly results and forecast, though Azure cloud computing sales grew more slowly than a year earlier. Chief executive Satya…
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Alibaba shares soar despite company spending record $41 billion in 2018
[ad_1] But the company ended up spending a record amount in 2018 — something that the market was happy with. Over 278.8 billion yuan, or $41.6 billion, was spent on product development, sales and marketing, general administration and cost of revenue last year, a 86.2 percent increase in renminbi terms from 2017, when the company…
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Samsung Profits Slump Along With Drop in Demand for Its Key Products
[ad_1] Samsung Electronics, the world’s biggest smartphone and memory chip maker, reported a slump in fourth-quarter net profits on Thursday, blaming a drop in demand for its key products.Net profits in the October-December period were KRW 8.46 trillion ($7.6 billion or roughly Rs. 54,000 crores), it said, down 31 percent year-on-year. The firm is the flagship…
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Tesla Q4 2018 earnings
[ad_1] Investors have been paying close attention to how profitable Tesla’s cars are, particularly the Model 3 sedan. The federal tax credit on every Tesla vehicle sold was cut in half to $3,750 at the beginning of the year, after Tesla sold its allotted 200,000 units that qualified for the full credit. “That 360,000 to…
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Windows 10 October 2018 Update Adoption Far Lower Than April Update: AdDuplex
[ad_1] Windows 10 October 2018 Update, which was initially pulled down after a number of bugs were discovered, has emerged as the least successful Windows 10 update. The adoption of the October 2018 Update that was released as the version 1809 back in October last year is significantly lower than that of the April 2018 Update…
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IPhone and iPad with ‘laser-powered 3-D cameras’ said to launch in 2020
[ad_1] Apple is planning to launch a new iPhone and a new iPad with “3-D AR cameras” next year, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. The report says the camera can help create a three-dimensional scan of the real world and “allow for more accurate depth perception and placement of virtual objects.” Google once had a similar…
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Facebook Now Has 2.32 Billion Monthly Active Users, 1.52 Billion Daily Active Users
[ad_1] Facebook on Wednesday easily beat Wall Street’s profit estimates, soothing investor concerns that increased spending on the privacy of its users would blunt growth. Despite its privacy issues, Facebook managed to gain some new users, particularly in India, Indonesia and the Philippines. Facebook said more than 2.7 billion users interact with at least one…
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Google apologizes for violating Apple policy
[ad_1] Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Google CEO Sundar Pichai testifies during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, December 11, 2018. Google admitted Wednesday that one of its apps violated the same policies as a Facebook app that landed the social network in hot water with Apple. Apple…
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Elon Musk sees ‘pretty nutty’ demand for Tesla even with a recession
[ad_1] Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images GP: Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., speaks during an event at the site of the company’s manufacturing facility in Shanghai, China, on Monday, Jan. 7, 2019. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the electric car maker is predicting “pretty nutty” growth in demand this year…
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Alphabet, Twitter shares rise after Facebook shows online ad strength
[ad_1] Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call Group | Getty Images Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO, and Jack Dorsey, Twitter CEO, arrive to testify before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing in Dirksen Building on the influence of foreign operations on social media on September 5, 2018. [ad_2] Source link
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Tesla aims to double service capacity, reducing wait for repairs
[ad_1] Tesla has faced complaints on social media about the long wait times customers face before they can book appointments and get their cars fixed. The company just provided some insight into the problem. In its earnings report Wednesday, Tesla revealed that it was operating only 378 service centers around the world at the end…
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Watch Sheryl Sandberg discuss Facebook’s Q1 earnings beat
[ad_1] [The stream is slated to start at 6:10 p.m., ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer, speaks to CNBC’s Julia Boorstin on Wednesday after the social media giant’s fourth-quarter earnings easily topped Wall Street expectations. The stock surged more…
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Elon Musk says the Tesla Model X is the ‘Faberge egg of cars’
[ad_1] Stephen Lam | Reuters Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk introduces the “falcon wing” door on the Model X electric sports-utility vehicle during a presentation in Fremont, California, on September 29, 2015. Tesla CEO Elon Musk called the company’s Model X luxury utility vehicle a “work of art” that he likened to the “Faberge egg…
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Fed decision was a victory of prudence over recklessness
[ad_1] Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell made the right choice in leaving interest rates unchanged and preaching patience — and it shouldn’t be seen as him “caving” to Wall Street, says CNBC’s Jim Cramer. “Don’t listen to the Fed watchers who claim that Powell caved to the stock market or the president,” Cramer said Wednesday…
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Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg defends research app, says users opted in
[ad_1] Facebook users went through a “rigorous consent flow” before participating in its market research program, Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg told CNBC’s Julia Boorstin on Wednesday. Earlier Wednesday, Apple revoked some developer privileges after TechCrunch reported that Facebook paid some users to download an app that enabled the company to track user behavior on…
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Musk says Tesla CFO Deepak Ahuja is leaving the company
[ad_1] Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Deepak Ahuja, Tesla CFO (left) and Elon Musk, Tesla founder and CEO (right), at the Nasdaq opening bell ceremony for the Tesla initial public offering on Tuesday, June 29, 2010. Tesla’s long-time chief financial officer, Deepak Ahuja, is retiring from the company after almost 11 years, CEO…
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Tesla might unveil an electric pickup truck this summer
[ad_1] Tesla might unveil an electric pickup truck this summer, CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday. Musk made his comments on a conference call after the company reported results for the fourth quarter of 2018. “We might be ready to unveil that this summer,” he said of the Tesla pickup. “It will be something quite unique,…
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Facebook shares shoot up after strong Q4 earnings despite data breach – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Facebook managed to beat Wall Street’s estimates in its Q4 earnings amidst a constant beat down in the press. Facebook hit 2.32 billion monthly users, up 2.2 perecent from 2.27 billion last quarter, speeding up its growth rate. Facebook climbed to 1.52 billion daily active users from 1.49 billion last quarter for a 2…
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Tesla says it has enough cash to settle its $920 million bond payment
[ad_1] Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Elon Musk, co-founder and chief executive officer of Tesla Inc. Tesla, which released its fourth-quarter earnings Wednesday, assured investors that it has enough cash on hand to handle a large bond payment due in about five weeks. “We have sufficient cash on hand to comfortably settle…
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Facebook US revenue growth outpaces user growth, scandals no effect
[ad_1] Mark Zuckerberg, founder and chief executive officer of Facebook Inc., smiles during a news conference at the company’s headquarters in Palo Alto, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010. Facebook is still growing in the U.S. despite a number of privacy scandals that have inspired movements to delete the platform. Facebook reported revenue growth…
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Qualcomm earnings Q1 2019
[ad_1] George Rose | Getty Images People crowd into the Qualcomm booth to view a series of new products during the annual Consumer Electronics Show on Jan. 4, 2017 in Las Vegas. Shares of Qualcomm rose more than 2 percent percent in extended trading on Wednesday after the chipmaker issued positive second-quarter forecast. The semiconductor…
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iPhone subscription model would be game changing for Apple: Top analyst
[ad_1] One of Apple‘s biggest dilemmas is that iPhone sales, the company’s bread and butter, are shrinking as the replacement cycle becomes lengthier. But Toni Sacconaghi, a top Apple analyst on Wall Street, told CNBC on Wednesday that his firm would upgrade the stock if the company could create a subscription plan for its consumer…
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Cheap internet of things gadgets betray you even after you toss them in the trash – TechCrunch
[ad_1] You may think that the worst you’ll risk by buying a bargain-bin smart bulb or security camera will be a bit of extra trouble setting it up or a lack of settings. But it’s not just while they’re plugged in that these slapdash gadgets are a security risk — even from the garbage can,…
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Senator Warner calls on Zuckerberg to support market research consent rules – TechCrunch
[ad_1] In response to TechCrunch’s investigation of Facebook paying teens and adults to install a VPN that lets it analyze all their phone’s traffic, Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) has sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg. It admonishes Facebook for not spelling out exactly what data the Facebook Research app was collecting or giving users adequate…
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Amazon is hauling cargo in self-driving trucks developed by Embark
[ad_1] Embark integrates its self-driving systems into Peterbilt semis, rather than building its own vehicles completely from scratch. Generally, Embark trucks operate on roads with test drivers on board. Embark and other firms working on autonomous systems – including fellow start-ups like Ike, Thor Trucks and Pronto.ai, and major players like Alphabet‘s Waymo and Tesla…
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How to freeze-proof a Tesla. One owner says 'give it a smack'
[ad_1] Some drivers are saying Tesla Model 3 door handles are frozen shut in the cold weather blowing through the United States. [ad_2] Source link
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Apple self-driving car engineer accused of stealing trade secrets
[ad_1] The FBI has accused a second Apple employee of attempting to steal trade secrets from the company regarding its secretive self-driving car program, according to a recently unsealed affidavit. NBC’s Bay Area affiliate first reported the news. This is the second employee in six months to be accused by the FBI of stealing trade…
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Apple CEO Tim Cook says the cable bundle will unravel in 2019, but I’m not sure he’s right
[ad_1] Telecommunications research firm MoffettNathanson predicts the number of households that subscribe to a traditional multichannel service (cable or satellite) will fall from about 91 million to about 87.5 million in 2018. That’s a loss of about 3.8 percent. By the end of 2019, the firm estimates that number will be about 84.3 million —…
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Apple CEO Tim Cook predicts cable bundle to unravel in 2019; premature
[ad_1] Apple doesn’t have the greatest track record when it comes to disrupting TV, so it was interesting to hear CEO Tim Cook weigh in Tuesday during the company’s first quarter earnings conference call with his thoughts on changing viewing habits. “We see huge changes in customer behavior taking place now, and we think that…
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American Airlines to offer free Apple music streaming on flights
[ad_1] Apple Music is taking flight in more ways than one. The company announced Tuesday a partnership with American Airlines that will allow Apple Music subscribers to stream songs, playlists and music videos on any domestic flight equipped with ViaSat satellite Wi-Fi for free. This makes American the first commercial airline to provide exclusive access…
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Facebook, up 20% from the lows, could see another double-digit rally
[ad_1] A positive quarter for Apple has its shares rallying hard Wednesday after a brutal three months. Facebook , another FAANG name no stranger to sell-offs, is about to report on its own quarter. Options activity suggests investors aren’t as optimistic heading into its report out after the bell, said Oppenheimer’s head of institutional equity…
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UAE used cyber super-weapon to spy on iPhones of foes
[ad_1] A team of former U.S. government intelligence operatives working for the United Arab Emirates hacked into the iPhones of activists, diplomats and rival foreign leaders with the help of a sophisticated spying tool called Karma, in a campaign that shows how potent cyber-weapons are proliferating beyond the world’s superpowers and into the hands of…
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You can pre-order Meizu’s crazy phone with no port for $1,299 – TechCrunch
[ad_1] If you’re interested in Meizu’s insane smartphone that doesn’t have any port or button, you can now pre-order it on Indiegogo for $1,299. Supply is limited as the company is only selling 100 units for now. The Meizu Zero looks like any modern phone at first sight. But if you look beyond the display,…
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Apple bans Facebook’s Research app that paid users for data – TechCrunch
[ad_1] In the wake of TechCrunch’s investigation yesterday, Apple blocked Facebook’s Research VPN app before the social network could voluntarily shut it down. The Research app asked users for root network access to all data passing through their phone in exchange for $20 per month. Apple tells TechCrunch that yesterday evening it pulled the certificate…
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Apple says Facebook violated its policies with its research app
[ad_1] Christophe Morin/IP3 | Getty Images News | Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook Inc. attends the Viva Tech start-up and technology gathering at Parc des Expositions Porte de Versailles on May 24, 2018 in Paris, France. Apple has revoked some developer privileges from Facebook following a TechCrunch report Tuesday…
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India’s largest bank SBI leaked account data on millions of customers – TechCrunch
[ad_1] India’s largest bank has secured an unprotected server that allowed anyone to access financial information on millions of its customers, like bank balances and recent transactions. The server, hosted in a regional Mumbai-based datacenter, stored two months of data from SBI Quick, a text message and call-based system used to request basic information about their…
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Apple naysayers had ‘tails between their legs’ post earnings
[ad_1] Wall Street’s top tech analysts were beside themselves Tuesday evening after finding Apple‘s earnings report to not be as bad as feared, according to CNBC’s Jim Cramer. “The conference call was dysfunctional. They didn’t know what to do,” said Cramer, whose charitable trust owns shares of Apple. “Analysts had their tails between their legs.…
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Apple reports services margins along weaker iPhone sales for Q1 2019
[ad_1] Apple’s stock climbed 6 percent Tuesday night after reporting that iPhone sales — once considered the most important metric for the company — were down 15 percent compared to the same period last year. The stock jump suggests that investors are buying into Apple’s narrative that iPhone revenue is no longer the bedrock of…
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UAE Said to Use Cyber Super-Weapon to Spy on iPhones of Foes
[ad_1] A team of former US government intelligence operatives working for the United Arab Emirates hacked into the iPhones of activists, diplomats and rival foreign leaders with the help of a sophisticated spying tool called Karma, in a campaign that shows how potent cyber-weapons are proliferating beyond the world’s superpowers and into the hands of smaller…
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Yondr’s locking pouches make schools and shows phone-free spaces
[ad_1] With the help of tech start-up Yondr, San Lorenzo High School in California has banned cellphone use during the school day. Since the last school year, students have been required to keep their phones in Yondr’s locking pouches from 8 a.m. until school lets out at 3:10 p.m. Yondr CEO Graham Dugoni was inspired…
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Chrome 72 Rolled Out for Desktop, Android, and iOS Users: Here’s What’s New
[ad_1] Google has released Chrome 72 for its mobile and desktop users, and it brings a host of security improvements, along with new features for developers as well. The Chrome browser on Windows, Mac, and Linux get a new Settings menu, Web Authentication API improvements, complete blocking of pop-ups during page unload, and more. Desktop…
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Facebook 4Q earnings preview
[ad_1] Borrowing a concept from rival Snap, which introduced Stories in 2013, Facebook launched its competitive version three years later. Facebook started by bringing Stories to Instagram, and has since added it to its main app, Messenger and WhatsApp. Stories can focus on a photo of something your cousin sees on the street or a…
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Windows 10 October 2018 Update Adoption Far Lower Than Previous Version: AdDuplex
[ad_1] Out of over 100,000 PCs surveyed, only 12.4 percent run Windows 10 October 2018 Update, AdDuplex revealed Windows 10 October 2018 Update, which was pulled down initially due to having a list of bugs, has emerged as the least successful Windows 10 update. The adoption of the October 2018 Update that came as the…
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Swift announces tie-up with blockchain firm R3 at Paris Fintech Forum
[ad_1] Swift, the financial messaging service for the world’s biggest banks, is partnering with blockchain start-up R3. Gottfried Leibbrandt, Swift’s chief executive, said the institution would integrate R3’s trade finance platform with its new payments standards framework GPI, or Global Payments Innovation. “We are announcing later today a proof-of-concept with the R3 blockchain on trade…
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Intel, Israel Agree to Reciprocal Spending Deal: Ministry
[ad_1] Intel Corp has committed to buy ILS 15 billion ($4 billion) of Israeli products and services over the next six years as it begins a massive expansion of its local operations, Israel’s economy ministry said on Wednesday. The California-based chipmaker will receive an Israeli government grant of 9 percent of its planned ILS 40 billion investment to…
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Apple reported after the bell Tuesday, here’s what the analysts say
[ad_1] Many analysts had a “better than feared” response to Apple‘s earnings, largely breathing a sigh of relief despite a revenue decline, lower profit and downbeat outlook. Analysts also mostly shrugged off that Apple for the first time was no longer including unit sales for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Apple did, however, reveal the profitability…
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Facebook Warned by Irish Watchdog Over WhatsApp Integration
[ad_1] The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has warned Facebook over its planned integration of its chat services – WhatsApp, Messenger and photo-sharing app Instagram, asking the social media giant to provide it with an “urgent briefing” on the proposals. In a statement, the Dublin-headquartered Irish watchdog said it understood the plan was at a…
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Kodi SHOCK – Popular streaming platform faces huge fine and total shutdown
[ad_1] The sellers of a Kodi-powered TV box are facing a huge fine and a total shutdown after a court ruling in the US. Dragon Media has been in a long-running battle with ACE, which is a coalition of major Hollywood studios and streaming services such as Amazon and Netflix. Now a judge has ruled…
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Asus ZenBook 15 UX533, ZenBook 14 UX433, ZenBook 13 UX333 Launched in India: Price, Specifications
[ad_1] Asus ZenBook UX533FD-A9094T features a 15.6-inch full HD screen and Intel Core-i7-8565U processor Taiwan-based electronics major Asus on Wednesday launched several new compact ZenBook series laptops in India, starting at Rs. 71,990 and going up to Rs. 1,39,900. The ZenBook 15 (UX533), ZenBook 14 (UX433), and ZenBook 13 (UX333) are available on Amazon, Flipkart,…
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Google Home takes aim at Amazon Echo as prices slashed to new low
[ad_1] The battle of the smart speakers continues to rage on with Google and Amazon both vying for your attention. These two tech giants have some of the most popular voice-powered gadgets on the market with the Google Home and Amazon Echo taking the world by storm. Now it seems there’s an even bigger reason…
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Twitter Testing News-First Timeline on Android
[ad_1] Micro-blogging site Twitter is testing a new feature on Android that puts news stories at the top of the timeline to help users keep up with what is happening around the world. “With this update, we’re making it easier for people to see the news and stories their followers have been discussing while they’ve…
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Apple Store update as customers offered exciting new experiences for free
[ad_1] Apple has been offering customers the chance to get creative and learn new skills in stores since 2017 but it is now expanding these popular interactive sessions. The US technology firm has just announced that its Today at Apple experiences will now include three new and expanded formats including Skills, Walks and Labs. These…
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WhatsApp Hires EFF’s Nate Cardozo as Privacy Policy Manager
[ad_1] In an attempt to redeem the market reputation of its platform amidst several controversies, Facebook has roped in Nate Cardozo – a long-time Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) counsel – as the Privacy Policy Manager for WhatsApp. This appointment has been announced just days after Facebook revealed its plans of integrating WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook Messenger…
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Gmail for Android and iPhone just received an incredible new look
[ad_1] Gmail is Google’s email client that is incredibly popular. Last year the software was granted a huge update that not only introduced a new aesthetic for desktop users, but also a host of new functions, too. The new Gmail harnesses the power of machine learning to deliver features such as Smart Compose. Smart Compose…
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Firefox 65 Brings New Content Blocking Controls to Desktop and Android, Firefox 66 Beta Released
[ad_1] Firefox 65 is rolling out for desktop (Linux, macOS, Windows) and Android users, and it brings along a new interface that allows for easy access of the Content Blocking section. There a new small “i” icon right in the address bar that lets you access content blocking settings easily. Firefox 65 also brings AV1…
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If Huawei were a security risk, how would we find out?
[ad_1] Over the past few months, telecom companies around the world have, one after the other, announced they would not use Huawei technology in their next-generation 5G wireless networks. Huawei may be one of the largest manufacturers of telecommunications equipment in the world, but its perceived ties to the Chinese government have unsettled U.S. security…
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Paytm Launches Domestic Hotel Bookings, Acquires Noida-Based NightStay
[ad_1] Paytm on Wednesday forayed into hotel bookings and announced the acquisition of NightStay, a luxury hotel-booking platform that offers deals on last-minute bookings. The digital payments brand owned by One97 Communications is set to invest Rs. 500 crores to scale up its operations and expand the hotel-booking portfolio, according to the press statement. Further,…
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Waterloo drone-maker Aeryon Labs bought by U.S. company for $265M
[ad_1] Waterloo’s Aeryon Labs has been bought by Oregon-based FLIR Systems Inc. for $256 million, or $200 million US. The acquisition was announced Monday. Dave Kroetsch, co-founder and chief technology officer of Aeryon Labs, says not much will change in the foreseeable future. “The Waterloo operations of Aeryon Labs will actually continue as they did yesterday with manufacturing,…
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Your smartphone may soon pack 1TB in storage thanks to Samsung’s new memory chip – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Sick of filling the limited space on your phone with apps, photos and videos? Sometime in the near future, your smartphone could ship with more than one-terabyte (1TB) of internal storage and run 10 times faster than a standard memory card. Samsung is best known for making smartphones but the company’s memory division — one of…
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Gmail’s Mobile App Starts Receiving Material Theme Redesign, No Dark Mode in Sight
[ad_1] Photo Credit: Google Gmail’s mobile apps are now receiving the Material Theme treatment Google is rolling out a revamped version of Gmail on Android and iOS apps. Gmail had already received a major redesign on the Web in April last year, and it seems like the company is now bringing a reflection of the…
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Facebook to Shut Down Research App After Outcry Over Paying Teens to Harvest Data From Their Phones
[ad_1] Facebook says it will shutter a market research programme that sparked outcry when a report claimed the social network was paying teens and adults to install an application to track their phone and Web activities. According to a report, the Menlo Park, California-based company is paying as much as $20 (roughly Rs. 1,400) monthly…
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Inuvik infrastructure may not be ready for climate change, says study
[ad_1] The Arctic is expected to get warmer and wetter by the end of this century and new research says that could mean trouble for infrastructure in Inuvik. The study from Global Water Futures looked at how climate change could impact Havipak Creek — which crosses the Dempster Highway in Inuvik, N.W.T. — and it predicts some…
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Slack Says It Has 10 Million Daily Active Users
[ad_1] Slack, the business messaging service challenging email, now has more than 10 million daily active users, its parent company said on Tuesday. The number of paying customers using Slack has risen by more than 50 percent over the past five years to over 85,000, Slack Technologies said in a blog post. Slack, launched in 2013,…
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Peter Thiel’s advice to OYO Rooms CEO Ritesh Agarwal
[ad_1] Fifty-one-year-old Thiel, meanwhile, has faced a checkered reception as a tech visionary and superstar investor, but also a backer of U.S. President Donald Trump. In the years since receiving Thiel’s advice, Agarwal has carved his own path as an entrepreneur and a leader, establishing a team of more than 10,000 employees and partners who…
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Facebook Reportedly Paying Teens to Harvest Data From Their Phones
[ad_1] Facebook has reportedly been paying teens and adults to install an application that tracks their phone and Web activities. According to a report, the Menlo Park, California-based company is paying as much as $20 (roughly Rs. 1,400) monthly to people to install a VPN app called Facebook Research on their iOS or Android smartphones.…
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Apple stock is ‘cheap’ but the iPhone maker needs to innovate
[ad_1] Apple’s stock is “cheap” at the moment, but the iPhone maker needs to innovate in order to return to strong growth, according to one analyst who spoke to CNBC on Wednesday after the company reported earnings that were largely in line with expectations. “The stock is cheap, I mean, it’s selling at low multiples,”…
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DFO tries to allay fishermen’s fears that protected area would impact livelihood
[ad_1] The two-lane highway along Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore is dotted with dozens of signs declaring “No Marine Protected Area Here!” It’s a sign, literally, of organized opposition to a proposed 2,000-square-kilometre marine protected area. The Eastern Shore Islands area is the first coastal candidate in Canada with an active inshore commercial fishery, albeit a small one with just…
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How do you ship a 300 million-year-old tree stump? Very carefully
[ad_1] In the technical shop at the Museum of Natural History in Halifax, a stone column is being prepared for shipping. But this is no ordinary column. It’s a fossilized tree stump. The stump is from a tree from 300 million years ago. It was part of a tropical forest south of the equator at the heart of…
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Apple Group FaceTime Bug Allegedly Discovered by a 14-Year-Old Fortnite Player
[ad_1] Group FaceTime bug allows people to secretly listen in on others After a major privacy bug in Apple’s Group FaceTime feature dominated the headlines on Monday and Tuesday, some new details surrounding the bug have appeared online. A US-based woman claims that her teenage son discovered the FaceTime bug last week itself and warned…
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GameStop abandons plan to sell the company; stock craters
[ad_1] Gamestop previously sold its Spring Mobile business in a deal that was completed this month for about $735 million in immediate cash proceeds. The company said while its board is still evaluating the best way to spend the proceeds, it may use the money to pay down debt, fund share repurchases and/or reinvest in…
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Apple Says Services Business Grows, CEO Cook Says China Tensions Ease
[ad_1] Apple reported sharp growth in its services business on Tuesday and Chief Executive Tim Cook said trade tensions between the United States and China were easing, helping boost the company’s shares after hours even though iPhone sales dipped in the holiday shopping quarter for the first time. Apple said sales for the current quarter would…
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Apple Q1 2019 earnings
[ad_1] Apple saw a sharp decline in iPhone revenue during the quarter, denting the company’s main revenue stream. The segment saw a gross margin on its product business of 34.3 percent, lower than the 38 percent margin Apple reported for its overall business. “Our customers are holding on to their older iPhones a bit longer…
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Apple discloses services margin for the first time
[ad_1] As Apple seeks to focus more on software that works across many devices, it faces competition from big technology companies like Google and Microsoft and more niche players like Dropbox and Spotify. Apple said that services revenue rose 19.1 percent to $10.9 billion, barely higher than the FactSet analyst estimate of $10.8 billion. Apple…
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As Huawei faces trouble in the West, it could find solace in India
[ad_1] “India will not be unaffected by the technology war between America and China,” C. Raja Mohan, nonresident senior fellow at Carnegie India, said in a recent note. “As Washington goes after Huawei, the crown jewel of China’s technology companies, Delhi’s own exposure to the company will come under scrutiny.” India is a major U.S.…
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Here’s how much Apple has in cash
[ad_1] Apple now has $245 billion cash on hand, according to its first-quarter 2019 earnings report. That’s 3 percent more than it had on hand in the previous quarter, when it reported $237.1 billion in cash. Apple said a year ago it would be contributing $350 billion to the U.S. over the next five years…
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Apple’s CEO sees optimism as trade tension between US and China lessens
[ad_1] Apple CEO Tim Cook said trade tensions between the U.S. and China have improved since late December, giving the tech giant “some optimism.” “Of course you don’t know what will continue, but I would also point out that seems to map to trade tension as well, that there is a bit more optimism in…
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Apple will report iPhone installed base instead of unit sales
[ad_1] In total, there are more than 1.4 billion active Apple devices, which includes iPhones and all other Apple products. The change is another example of how the company is trying to shift investors’ focus to its fastest growing business segment, services, as device sales slow down. Services revenue rose 19.1 percent from a year…
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Facebook paying users to install app to collect data: TechCrunch
[ad_1] Stephen Lam | Reuters Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at Facebook Inc’s annual F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, U.S. May 1, 2018. Facebook has been paying people in secret to install an app that allows the tech giant to collect data on how they use their smartphones, TechCrunch reported Tuesday evening. Since…
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Apple’s global active install base of iPhones surpassed 900 million this quarter – TechCrunch
[ad_1] It’s not surprising that Apple has a massive active install base of iPhones across the globe, but we now finally have an exact number to put behind it. During its Q1 earnings call, CFO Luca Maestri shared the install base for the first time. “Our global active install base of iPhone continues to grow…
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Tesla offers lower-priced versions of its Model S and X vehicles
[ad_1] These moves were not a complete surprise: On January 10th, CEO Elon Musk announced that Tesla would stop making versions of the Model S and X electric cars that had a lower price and a 75 kWh battery pack. The lowest priced Model S will now cost $85,000 with software limiting the range of…
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It’s time to pay serious attention to TikTok – TechCrunch
[ad_1] If you haven’t been paying attention to TikTok, you haven’t been paying attention. The short-form video app hailing from Beijing’s ByteDance just had its biggest month ever with the addition of 75 million new users in December — a 275 percent increase from the 20 million it added in December 2017, according a recent…
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Don’t jump the gun—Nvidia’s stock isn’t done falling
[ad_1] Even though CNBC’s Jim Cramer has long been a fan of Nvidia, a top chipmaker that dragged stocks lower Monday with a major revenue forecast cut, he understood why its stock has lost so much value. For one, the announcement revealed some “obvious negatives,” Cramer said Tuesday on “Mad Money.” Chinese authorities have unexpectedly…
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Facebook pays teens to install VPN that spies on them – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Desperate for data on its competitors, Facebook has been secretly paying people to install a “Facebook Research” VPN that lets the company suck in all of a user’s phone and web activity, similar to Facebook’s Onavo Protect app that Apple banned in June and that was removed in August. Facebook sidesteps the App Store…
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The haters have ‘no more new ammunition’
[ad_1] Apple’s many haters are at a loss for negative things to say about the company now that its first-quarter earnings came in less awful than many feared, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Tuesday. “The issue for those who hate Apple? Sorry, guys. No more new ammunition,” Cramer, host of “Mad Money,” said after the iPhone…
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Zocdoc changes to per patient booking fee
[ad_1] “Providers who receive a greater volume of bookings from our Marketplace have benefited the most from this flat fee structure,” CEO Oliver Kharraz wrote in the letter. “However, it has been a less sensible economic decision for the many providers who received fewer bookings via our Marketplace — particularly those in less densely populated…
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Figma’s design and prototyping tool gets new enterprise collaboration features – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Figma, the design and prototyping tool that aims to offer a web-based alternative to similar tools from the likes of Adobe, is launching a few new features today that will make the service easier to use to collaborate across teams in large organizations. Figma Organization, as the company calls this new feature set, is…
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Facebook hires Nate Cardozo, EFF privacy critic, for WhatsApp privacy
[ad_1] Facebook has hired Nate Cardozo, formerly the top legal counsel at privacy watchdog Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and a prominent Facebook critic, to a privacy role at WhatsApp. The move comes as the social media giant seeks to integrate the WhatsApp messenger product with its Instagram and Facebook properties. Adding Cardozo to the WhatsApp…
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Apple China revenue Q1 2019
[ad_1] Apple’s revenue in China came in at $13.17 billion during the December quarter, a drop of nearly $5 billion from a year ago, when Apple reported $17.96 billion in China revenue. Apple’s revenue is typically highest during this quarter, the first of its fiscal year. Apple saw a similar slowdown between the December 2015…
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Yep, iPhone revenue is down – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Apple’s Q1 earnings are in, and things don’t look too rosy the iPhone. Revenue for the handset has declined 15 percent year over year for the quarter. It’s a pretty hefty drop for device that’s been flying high for so long, but you can’t say Apple didn’t warn us. Earlier this month, Tim Cook…
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AMD jumps after meeting earnings expectations
[ad_1] Shares of AMD jumped 4 percent in after hours trade following earnings results. The semiconductor company reported earnings in line with expectations, but revenue fell short. AMD reported earnings of 8 cents per share on revenue of $1.42 billion. Wall Street had projected earnings per share of 8 cents on $1.44 billion in revenue,…
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Ex-CEO of chip company says Nvidia is not the best gauge of China economy
[ad_1] Investors shouldn’t gauge the state of semiconductors on Nvidia‘s vulnerabilities because the overall market is still in a good position, T.J. Rodgers, co-founder of Cypress Semiconductor, told CNBC on Tuesday. “I wouldn’t worry too much about Nvidia,” he said on “Squawk Alley” a day after the chipmaker chopped its fiscal fourth-quarter sales forecastby more…
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Raymond James downgrades Square
[ad_1] The firm has a $56 fair value price for Square’s stock — roughly 27 percent below where it closed on Monday. The stock has been on a tear over the past year, up 61 percent from last January. In 2019 alone, it’s up 30 percent. Raymond James is also bearish on Square’s move into…
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Porsche’s all-electric Tesla rival to come with three years free charging
[ad_1] The German carmaker known for its sports cars and racing heritage said stronger-than-expected demand has led it to boost production on the Taycan from 20,000 to 40,000 units. There is no official sticker price for the Porsche Taycan but it was reported in December that the car will come in three variants, ranging from…
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Verizon Q4 2018 earnings
[ad_1] Verizon missed quarterly revenue estimates in its report Tuesday, but added almost twice as many new wireless subscribers as analysts expected. The company forecast that adjusted earnings per share for this year would be similar to 2018, and that it expected low-single-digit percentage growth for total revenue for the full year. Shares of Verizon,…
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Apple unveils new in-store sessions covering photography, Garage Band, health and more – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Apple is launching 58 new Today at Apple sessions to beef up its in-store education offerings for people who want to explore Apple’s products. The sessions, which cover video, photography, accessibility, coding, music, health and more, are free to attend and available at all of Apple’s retail stores across the world. For the unveiling,…
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China, Russia could disrupt US infrastructure with cyberattacks: ODNI
[ad_1] China was called out in the the Worldwide Threat Assessment, a yearly report by the U.S. intelligence community released at Tuesday’s hearing. The report was commissioned by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, an umbrella organization that coordinates all the U.S. intelligence agencies. It also reported China is “improving” cyberattack capabilities and…
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Gmail on mobile gets a fresh coat of Material Design paint – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Gmail on mobile will soon get a new look. Google today announced that its mobile email apps for iOS and Android are getting a redesign that is in line with the company’s recent Material Design updates to Gmail, Drive, Calendar and Docs and Site. Indeed, the new UI will look familiar to anybody who…
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IBM releases diverse dataset to fight facial recognition bias
[ad_1] IBM thinks the data being used to train facial recognition systems isn’t diverse enough. The tech giant released a trove of data containing 1 million images of faces taken from a Flickr dataset with 100 million photos and videos. The images are annotated with tags related to features including craniofacial measurements, facial symmetry, age…
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Amazon is opening Middle East marketplace after buying Souq in 2017
[ad_1] The Middle East is a potentially lucrative market for Amazon. Parts of the region are rife with millionaires, and most business transactions are done in English, making it easy for U.S.-based sellers to expand. But it also brings unique risks, namely a reliance on oil. Saudi Arabia’s economy shrank for the first time in…
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Facebook’s plan to merge messaging services could be barred in the EU
[ad_1] The New York Times reported on Friday that Facebook was planning to integrate its messaging services, claiming that Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg was personally behind the move. Each service would remain a standalone app, but messages would be able to be sent between the three — bringing together more than 2.6 billion users, according…
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Nasty FaceTime bug could allow others to eavesdrop on your microphone or camera – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Update: Apple has disabled the group calling feature. You might want to turn off FaceTime for a few days. A newly discovered bug in iOS allows FaceTime callers to listen in before you accept the call. Word of the bug started spreading this morning after Chicago artist Benji Mobb demonstrated it in a tweet,…
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This chart shows the stock market only cares about Apple right now
[ad_1] All of Wall Street’s eyes are on Apple right now. Apple is scheduled to report quarterly earnings after the close Tuesday and the broader market is currently trading in lockstep with the tech giant. Source: KoyFin.com The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) hit its high of the day at the same time shares…
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Huawei ‘disappointed,’ denies charges – TechCrunch
[ad_1] The long-simmering battle between the U.S. government and Huawei heated up last night when the U.S. DOJ announced that it is pursuing criminal charges against the Chinese hardware maker. Huawei has, unsurprisingly, denied all wrongdoing, issuing a statement to the press that wonders aloud why it wasn’t given the opportunity to help clear itself…
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SAP job cuts prove harsh realities of enterprise transformation – TechCrunch
[ad_1] As traditional enterprise companies like IBM, Oracle and SAP try to transform into more modern cloud companies, they are finding that making that transition, while absolutely necessary, could require difficult adjustments along the way. Just this morning, SAP announced that it was restructuring in order to save between $750 million and 800 million euro…
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Tesla reports earnings as shares fall amid a few ‘red flags’
[ad_1] “This quarter, as with Q3, shipment of higher priced Model 3 variants (this time to Europe and Asia) will hopefully allow us, with great difficulty, effort and some luck, to target a tiny profit,” Musk said in a Jan. 18 company update. During the third quarter, Tesla earned $311.5 million in net income. After…
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Apple Says Developer Earnings Hit $120 Billion Since 2008 App Store Launch
[ad_1] Apple says developers earnings have reached a record $120 billion (roughly Rs. 8,50,000 crores) globally since the launch of its App Store in 2008. According to the Cupertino-based iPhone maker, app developers earned more than a quarter of that money in the past year alone. “The App Store is the new digital main street,…
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Robocallers tried to cash in on the federal government shutdown
[ad_1] The phone rings and you run to pick it up, only to hear an automated recording. You are not alone. There are approximately 5 billion robocalls made every month, according to robocall blocking app, YouMail. That number has been consistent, but the context of those calls changes. The most recent scam? Robocallers were trying…
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How to Record WhatsApp Calls on Android and iPhone
[ad_1] Recording phone calls is relatively straightforward and that got us thinking — how to record WhatsApp calls? We all make several WhatsApp calls throughout the day because these are more reliable than phone calls (thanks to frequent call drops). As journalists, recording phone calls is essential for us especially when we’re interviewing people over…
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Here’s how Apple store staff start every single day
[ad_1] The reason for doing this is so that people can get “aligned” around Apple’s vision. Ahrendts joined luxury fashion house Burberry as CEO in 2006 and helped to turn the company around before announcing she was leaving for Apple in 2013. “I’m only one person. I just set the vision and I am the…
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Casper announces the Glow — a portable, sleep-friendly light – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Over the past few years, mattress company Casper has expanded its product lineup to include everything from dog beds to nap pillows. (It’s also opened its own nap store.) The latest addition: the Glow, an $89 light. While the company has never made this kind of Internet-connected hardware before, Chief Strategy Officer Neil Parikh…
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Timescale announces $15M investment and new enterprise version of TimescaleDB – TechCrunch
[ad_1] It’s a big day for Timescale, makers of the open source time series database, TimescaleDB. The company announced a $15 million investment and a new enterprise version of the product. The investment is technically an extension of the $12.4 million Series A it raised last January, which it’s referring to as A1. Today’s round…
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YouTube Officially Details Video Download Recommendations; Android, iOS Users Get Reordered Video Resolution Options
[ad_1] YouTube has a Recommended videos section for all your download video recommendations YouTube brought offline playback support back in 2014 to let users download their favourite videos to watch them offline. But now, the video streaming platform has expanded the original feature by adding a dedicated Recommended downloads section. The section was spotted being…
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Walmart is bringing Fanatics to its website to sell sports apparel
[ad_1] Walmart has landed a deal with sports apparel marketplace Fanatics to sell NFL jerseys, NBA T-shirts and other sports-related merchandise on Walmart.com. The deal shows just how serious Walmart is in rivaling Amazon on the internet and builds on its partnerships with and acquisitions of other clothing retailers. Walmart already has a marketplace on…
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SAP Plans Restructuring After Signs of Weakness Emerge
[ad_1] SAP will take a restructuring charge of up to EUR 950 million ($1 billion) to reshape its business after growth slowed in parts of the software maker over the last three months. SAP, Europe’s most valuable technology company, will reassign some employees and offer early retirement to others, but still expects its overall head…
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Nvidia is falling again as analysts bail on once-loved stock
[ad_1] Shares of Nvidia slipped 1 percent in the premarket Tuesday, adding to their steep losses from the previous session, as several analysts bailed on the chipmaker following a dire sales warning. Analysts at Morgan Stanley and Needam downgraded the stock. Another analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch removed it from its list of…
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Intel to Invest $11 Billion on New Israeli Chip Plant, Says Finance Minister
[ad_1] Intel Corp will invest ILS 40 billion ($10.9 billion) on a new chip-making factory in Israel, the Israeli finance minister said on Monday, the latest multi-billion dollar investment in the country by the US semiconductor giant. “Intel’s global management has informed us about its decision to invest another ISL 40 billion in Israel, an unprecedented decision…
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Harley-Davidson Q4 2018 earnings
[ad_1] Harley-Davidson shares tanked by more than 7 percent Tuesday after the company reported fourth quarter earnings that missed analysts’ expectations. The motorcycle maker is battling declining sales as its core riders age, particularly in the United States, its largest market. The company said that despite the challenges attracting younger customers, it finished the year…
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For Bruised Apple, a Need to Go Beyond the iPhone
[ad_1] Apple is aiming to show it can do more than just make iPhones in a quarterly update Tuesday for investors who are sceptical over whether the culture-changing company can regain the momentum from its glory days. In recent weeks, Apple shares have been hammered on concerns that its best days are over, with smartphone…
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Why tech investors are eyeing food companies
[ad_1] Thousands of gadgets and gizmos were unveiled at the 2019 Consumer Electronics Show, but the product taking top marks wasn’t made of silicon or running on electricity. It was a hamburger. It turns out, the win is an apt metaphor for the growing presence of food companies in the tech space. Impossible Foods, creator…
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Japan to Survey 200 Million Gadgets for Cyber-Security Ahead of 2020 Olympic Games
[ad_1] Japan is preparing a national sweep of some 200 million network-connected gadgets for cyber-security lapses ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, an official said on Tuesday. The government-backed National Institute of Information and Communications Technology will start the survey from February to check potential vulnerabilities in items such as routers, webcams and web-connected…
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Apple removes FaceTime group calling as it tries to fix spying bug
[ad_1] CNBC tested the bug on Monday that lets you hear the audio of the person you are calling before they accept the call. The issue was first reported by the Apple-related website 9to5Mac. The bug appears to fool a call recipient’s phone into thinking a group call, which involves more than two people, has…
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EE v Three v Vodafone v O2 – Is your mobile network a winner in these recent speed tests?
[ad_1] Smartphone users can check how their network is performing as the latest results from RootMetrics have been revealed. According to the firm, these tests are conducted from the consumer’s point of view using a Galaxy S8 and S9 purchased off the shelf from operator stores. The RootMetrics team then put these devices through a…
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Gmail account: How to find archived emails in Gmail
[ad_1] Managing emails may be a tedious task but is a great way to improve productivity. Gmail offers an alternative to simply deleting emails deemed not to your liking. For Google’s popular platform allows emails to be archived in case they later prove important. What happens to archived Gmail emails? When a message is archived…
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WhatsApp for Android to Get New Feature to Track Shared Images, Simplified Media Menu
[ad_1] WhatsApp has once again been spotted testing new features in its beta build for Android. This time around, we see changes to its shared ‘Media’ section within group or individual chats, with new options for seeing the media in the chat, a new overflow menu for setting the media as a profile photo, group icon,…
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Apple, Aetna team up on Attain health-tracking app
[ad_1] Both companies said that the program is designed to be accessible to people with more serious health issues, including one or more chronic diseases, rather than those who are already fit and healthy. “From fitness enthusiasts, to casual gym-goers, to parents who get all their exercise by keeping up with their kids — we…
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Fortnite 7.30 Update Adds Android and iOS Controller Support, 60Hz Support on Select Android Phones
[ad_1] Fortnite 7.30 update gives PUBG Mobile serious competition with controller and 60Hz support for Android Another week, another Fortnite update. The Fortnite 7.30 update adds a host of new features to Epic Games’ battle royale title for Android, iOS, PS4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PC. These include support for controllers for Fortnite Android…
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P20 Pro price crash – The unbelievable deal Huawei fans should not miss
[ad_1] Huawei’s P20 Pro might be almost a year old but this phone is still one of the best handsets currently on the market. The Pro arrives flaunting a 6.1-inch AMOLED display, clever triple rear camera and fast Kirin processor. Although there’s no wireless charging you will find a huge 4,000mAh battery tucked inside its…
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FaceTime Bug Allows Anyone to Listen to Your Audio Feed, Here’s How to Disable FaceTime Until a Fix Comes
[ad_1] Apple Inc said on Monday it will issue a software patch later this week for a bug that lets iPhone users hear audio from users who have not yet accepted a video call. The bug, which Reuters was able to replicate, allows an iPhone user placing a call using Apple’s FaceTime video calling feature…
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Windows 10 WARNING: Microsoft reveals major update news for PC fans
[ad_1] Windows 10 users have been given huge news from Microsoft about how updates will work in future. The Redmond-based tech giant is currently busy working on its first major Windows 10 download of the year – the April 2019 update. This Windows 10 update will bring with it a raft of new features including…
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WhatsApp Web Picture-in-Picture Mode Gets Support for Facebook, Instagram, YouTube Links
[ad_1] Just last month, WhatsApp introduced Picture-in-Picture mode for desktop users globally, but at that time, it only worked for the videos shared by the users themselves. With the latest update, WhatsApp Web users can start using the Picture-in-Picture mode for all video links, with support for Facebook, YouTube, Streamable, and Instagram video links introduced. This…
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Huawei Meng Wanzhou charges not tied to US-China trade talks: Expert
[ad_1] Even though Huawei is not a state-owned company, it has received a great deal of financial support from Beijing, according to Capri. China responded to the U.S. charges against Huawei, calling it “unfair” and “immoral,” Reuters reported. Huawei, which is leading China’s efforts to build the next generation of high-speed mobile internet known as…
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Apple Says Spent $60 Billion With US Suppliers in 2018, Created 450,000 Jobs
[ad_1] Apple spent $60 billion (roughly Rs. 4,30,000 crores) last year with 9,000 American component suppliers and companies, an increase of more than 10 per cent from the year before – supporting more than 450,000 jobs. “Since 2011, the total number of jobs created and supported by Apple in the US has more than tripled —…
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This Virgin Media deal is good but Three Mobile just announced something even better
[ad_1] If you are no longer tied to a smartphone contract then now is a very good time to shop around for a better monthly deal. There’s a number of very good SIM-only offers available right now which are perfect for anyone who is happy to keep their old phone or has purchased a device…
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Bluetooth Location Tracking Will Get More Accurate Thanks to New Direction Finding Feature
[ad_1] Bluetooth 5.1 has received a new direction finding feature to make location tracking more accurate Bluetooth has been around for quite some time now, enabling mobile devices to quickly share a small amount of data using little power. One of the most popular use cases of Bluetooth is to track items. As of now,…
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Kodi CRACKDOWN: Shock piracy news revealed for add-on fans
[ad_1] Kodi add-on users have received some huge piracy news at the beginning of the new year. Research has suggested Kodi – which offers access to thousands of channels – is being used in more than five million UK homes. Kodi software is not illegal, but unaffiliated developers can produce third-party add-ons that provide free…
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Microsoft Surface Pro 6, Surface Laptop 2 Unveiled in India: Price, Specifications
[ad_1] Microsoft refreshed its Surface line of laptops back in October and now, the company is officially bringing them to India. The company on Monday announced the launch of the Microsoft Surface Pro 6 and Surface Laptop 2 in the country. Both devices will go on sale from January 28 through online portals such as…
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Wildfire evacuations have unique impacts on Indigenous communities: study
[ad_1] When wildfires spread they can have devastating impacts — forcing people to leave their homes and belongings — and new research says the effects may be even greater for Indigenous communities. The study, published in the February 2019 volume of the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, looks at how members of the Mishkeegogamang Ojibway Nation in…
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Apple Disables Group FaceTime After Major Privacy Bug Discovered
[ad_1] Group FaceTime was originally launched last year as a part of the iOS 12.1 release After a bug with major privacy implications was discovered in Apple’s implementation of Group FaceTime, the Cupertino-based company has temporarily disabled the feature while it works to release a permanent fix. The Apple FaceTime bug was first revealed late-Monday,…
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Increase in wildfire-induced storms needs government attention, researcher says
[ad_1] Scientists are tracking more and more fire-induced storms, and policy-makers should be looking at ways to deal with them in environmental and emergency response strategies, according to an author and policy researcher based in Edmonton, Alta. Ed Struzik, fellow with the Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy at Queen’s University, says thunderstorms triggered by wildfires — also…
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B.C. forests contribute ‘hidden’ carbon emissions that dwarf official numbers, report says
[ad_1] “Uncounted forest emissions” represent a major hole in B.C.’s climate plan and show the need for a provincial forest emissions-reduction strategy, according to a new report by an environmental group. Climate-warming carbon emissions released from B.C. forests in both 2017 and 2018 were more than three times higher than emissions from all other sources combined in…
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Grab partners with video streaming firm Hooq
[ad_1] In the Asia Pacific region, subscription revenue from video on demand services is set to grow to $390 million by 2022 from $60 million in 2017, according to a report from market research firm Dataxis. Hooq started in 2015 as a joint venture between Singapore’s largest mobile network operator Singtel, Sony Pictures Television and…
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Snapchat Said to Weigh What Was Once Unthinkable – Permanent Snaps
[ad_1] Snap is considering changes to its Snapchat app, known for disappearing photos and videos, that could make users’ public posts longer lasting or even permanent, people familiar with the matter said. The company is also weighing an option to reveal the identities of Snapchat users who make public posts, a person familiar with Snap’s plans…
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Why you shouldn’t chase the stock into earnings
[ad_1] It’s Apple’s moment of truth this week. The iPhone maker is scheduled to release quarterly earnings after the bell Tuesday in a report that could make or break any market rally. Even if Apple sees a post-earnings pop, one market watcher recommends selling any rally. “We own the stock right now, but we are…
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How to disable FaceTime
[ad_1] Yves Herman | Reuters Apple CEO Tim Cook delivers a keynote during the European Union’s privacy conference at the EU Parliament in Brussels, Belgium October 24, 2018. There’s a massive privacy bug on iPhones that lets people call you with FaceTime to hear you and see you — even if you don’t pick up…
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China responds to US indictment against Huawei
[ad_1] Jason Redmond | AFP | Getty Images Robert Long (L) and Ada Yu hold signs in favor of Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou outside her bail hearing at British Columbia Superior Courts in Vancouver, British Columbia on December 11, 2018. A spokesman at China’s industry and information technology ministry said Tuesday that…
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FaceTime Bug Allows Anyone Access to Your Audio Feed, Here’s How to Disable FaceTime Until a Fix Comes
[ad_1] Apple Inc said on Monday it will issue a software patch later this week for a bug that lets iPhone users hear audio from users who have not yet accepted a video call. The bug, which Reuters was able to replicate, allows an iPhone user placing a call using Apple’s FaceTime video calling feature…
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China fintech companies find new opportunities in small business loans
[ad_1] Matthias Doering | Bloomberg | Getty Images An Alipay digital payment app logo and smartphone sit on a desktop at the Wirecard AG headquarters in Munich, Germany, on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018. China’s push to encourage lending to smaller companies has created a business opportunity for large financial technology companies. As Beijing struggles to…
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Facebook will open new war rooms in Dublin and Singapore
[ad_1] ReutersTV | Reuters Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg answers questions about the improper use of millions of users’ data by a political consultancy, at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, in this still image taken from Reuters TV May 22, 2018 Facebook is expanding its efforts to fight “fake news” and misinformation ahead of elections…
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US files criminal charges in Huawei cases
[ad_1] The U.S. Department of Justice filed criminal charges Monday against Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of China tech giant Huawei and the daughter of its founder and president Ren Zhengfei. The Justice Department also announced charges Monday against Huawei for allegedly stealing trade secrets from T-Mobile. The charges stem from a civil trade…
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Apple FaceTime bug lets you listen even if someone doesn’t answer
[ad_1] Shannon Stapleton | Reuters Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an Apple launch event in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., October 30, 2018. There’s a FaceTime bug that lets you hear through someone else’s iPhone, even if they haven’t answered your phone call. It was previously reported on Twitter by user Benji…
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If you have to buy a Chinese stock, stick with Alibaba
[ad_1] Chinese stocks, especially ones that are new to U.S. markets, may seem like appealing investments, but to CNBC’s Jim Cramer, most of them aren’t worth the risk. In 2018, 31 Chinese companies had initial public offerings on U.S. stock exchanges, up from 12 the year before. The 2018 deals raised about $8.5 billion in…
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Two major companies in Caterpillar and Nvidia blame China for poor earnings
[ad_1] Semiconductor manufacturer Nvidia said in a forecast that the economic situation in China is also undermining its performance. “Deteriorating macroeconomic conditions, particularly in China, impacted consumer demand for NVIDIA gaming graphics processing units,” the company said in a press release. “In addition, sales of certain high-end GPUs using NVIDIA’s new Turing architecture were lower…
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Avoid FANG stock as tech earnings roll out this week
[ad_1] But like the rest of the market, Amazon has since ricocheted off of those lows and now sits at around $1,626. A bounce that, according to Worth, is not built to last. “The ricochet is essentially a 50 percent retracement. We dropped about $745, we’re up $372 … it’s essentially right back to the…
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Streaming changes definition of hit movie or show
[ad_1] The game has changed. Not so long ago, a movie was valuable if it had a big showing at the box office, though there was the occasional film that did big rental business but didn’t do much in theaters. (For more on that, see the entire careers of Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen after…
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US files extradition request for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou
[ad_1] The U.S. Eastern District office alleges Meng, the company and a Hong Kong-based subsidiary called Skycom Technologies committed wire fraud, obstructed justice, conspired to launder money and violated the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) by doing business with sanctioned Iran. Huawei and Meng allegedly committed fraud by lying to banks, misrepresenting their relationship…
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Netflix has more ‘certified fresh’ movies than Amazon, Hulu and HBO
[ad_1] Rotten Tomatoes’ “certified fresh” rating has become a benchmark for movies over the last two decades. The website is often consulted by moviegoers before they decide to go see a film. Rotten Tomatoes aggregates reviews from major publications and reputable blogs and determines what percentage of those reviews were positive versus negative. If at…
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From Papa John's to Uber: When CEO scandals go viral
[ad_1] Jon Fortt sits down with Kara Alaimo, Mike Jackson and Jillian Manus to talk technology and its role in increasing transparency in making today's CEO more accountable. [ad_2] Source link
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Fintech start-up Acorns valued at $860 million after latest funding round
[ad_1] Investing and savings start-up Acorns is one step closer to a billion-dollar valuation. The six-year-old company announced a Series E funding round on Monday that brings its valuation to $860 million, the company said. The new $105 million cash injection came from Comcast Ventures, NBCUniversal, Bain Capital Ventures, BlackRock, TPG’s Rise Fund, DST and…
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Comcast & NBCUniversal invest in fintech app Acorns to produce content through CNBC
[ad_1] NBCUniversal and Comcast Ventures are taking a bet on millennial-focused financial technology app, Acorns. The companies announced an equity investment in the start-up on Monday that includes a strategic partnership with Comcast-owned CNBC to produce original content with Acorns. The two will team up on articles, videos and eventually live conferences with the aim…
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App Store developers have earned $120 billion since 2008 – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Apple is kicking off the Entrepreneur Camp in Cupertino. 11 female-founded app development companies have been invited to Cupertino for multiple workshops and meetings with Apple employees. And Apple used that opportunity to share a new number when it comes to App Store revenue. Since the creation of the App Store, Apple has given…
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Saudi Arabia reportedly cuts its Tesla exposure
[ad_1] Saudi Arabia has reportedly taken out an insurance policy on its investment in Tesla which dramatically cuts its net exposure to the stock, just months after CEO Elon Musk claimed the kingdom was prepared to back a deal to take the electric carmaker private. Musk settled fraud charges with the Securities and Exchange Commission…
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Apple’s new developer guidelines signal that scammy subscription apps’ time is up – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Apple is sending out a message to app developers: stop tricking users into subscriptions. The company updated its guidelines for mobile developers to more clearly spell out what is and what is not allowed, according to 9to5Mac, which spotted the recent changes. The improved documentation comes at a time when subscriptions are becoming something of…
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Apple reports after the bell, here’s what the biggest analysts are thinking
[ad_1] Feng Li | Getty Images News | Getty Images Apple staff members celebrate as customers coming the Wangfujing store on October 20, 2012 in Beijing, China. Low expectations set the stage for Apple as the tech company reports after the bell on Tuesday. Analysts will be watching as Apple discloses service margins for the…
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Apple spent $60 billion with American suppliers in 2018 – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Apple has released an update on its spendings in the U.S. According to the company, Apple is now working with 9,000 different companies in the U.S. Those companies mostly work on hardware components and chipsets for Apple’s devices. You may remember that Apple announced last year it would spend $390 million to expand Finisar’s…
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Apple could be working on gaming subscription service – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Apple is slowly building a lineup of content subscriptions. According to a report from Cheddar, Apple may also be working on a gaming subscription. Alex Heath managed to get five people to talk about the rumored service. If Apple goes ahead and launch such a service, users could pay a monthly subscription fee to…
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Ocasio-Cortez dings tech for ‘implicit’ support of climate change denial
[ad_1] Carlos Barria | Reuters Democratic Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York talks to reporters as she arrives for a class photo with incoming newly elected members of the U.S. House of Representatives on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 14, 2018. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is dinging Facebook, Microsoft and Google for “implicit” support of…
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This may be a signal to investors to sell
[ad_1] Nvidia lowering its revenue guidance for the fourth quarter may be a warning sign to investors to sell stocks, CNBC’s Jim Cramer contended Monday. “If you wanted to issue a call for why you should sell stocks, this is it,” Cramer said on “Squawk on the Street” shortly after Nvidia issued its warning. “And…
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Apple spent $60 billion on American suppliers in 2018
[ad_1] Apple on Monday said that it spent $60 billion on American component suppliers in 2018, up ten percent from 2017. Those suppliers help support “more than 450,000 jobs” in the United States in 2018 and have created or supported more than 2 million jobs since 2011, the company said. Apple outlined several of its…
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China’s smartphone shipments dropped 14 percent in 2018 – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Smartphone numbers are down all over — but things look especially stark in China these days. Tim Cook cited softened demand in the world’s largest smartphone market as a key factor in its lowered guidance, and Apple is far from alone in feeling the pinch. Today, Canalys reported another large drop in the country…
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Apple Working on Games Service Subscription for the App Store: Report
[ad_1] Apple is working on a games service subscription for the App Store. This planned service would function like a ‘Netflix for games’, allowing users to pay a regular subscription fee for a host of titles. It seems that Apple has been talking to game developers since the second half of 2018 regarding the service…
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Smucker’s, Mondelez are most unprepared for Amazon in food
[ad_1] J.M. Smucker and Mondelez are the food companies worst positioned to compete with Amazon when it comes to selling their packaged foods online, according to a research note from Bernstein. Amazon has been disrupting retail ever since it only sold books. Now the e-commerce giant is poised to take market share from the giants…
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Tech monopolies are killing journalism, Ocasio-Cortez says
[ad_1] But Facebook, Google and other tech companies have worked to quell disinformation. Last year, for example, Facebook and Google’s YouTube removed content from Alex Jones’ InfoWars channels, which promoted hate speech and Jones’ conspiracy theories. Facebook has a lot of power over who sees the news. Its News Feed feature has algorithms that decide…
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Nvidia shares tank after chipmaker cuts guidance
[ad_1] Shares of Nvidia tanked 15 percent in early trading Monday after the company lowered its revenue guidance for the fourth quarter citing “deteriorating macroeconomic conditions, particularly in China.” The warning adds Nvidia to a growing list of U.S. companies facing revenue challenges in China. Apple issued a rare revenue warning earlier this month following…
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Chip stocks fall after Nvidia revises down its guidance
[ad_1] Chip stocks took a tumble Monday morning after Nvidia lowered its guidance for its fourth quarter 2018. The company revised its quarterly revenue guidance from $2.70 billion to $2.20 billion due in part to “deteriorating macroeconomic conditions, particularly in China,” it said in a statement. Nvidia fell 17 percent during early trading. Other chip…
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Vodafone Idea Ties Up With Sun NXT to Offer South Indian Content to Users
[ad_1] Vodafone Idea on Monday announced its strategic partnership with Sun TV Network to leverage its OTT platform Sun NXT. With the new partnership, over 50,000 hours of content exclusively featured on Sun NXT, will be served to Vodafone Idea customers, the operator said in a statement. The regional content available on Sun NXT will…
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Worst is over for Apple iPhone sales, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says
[ad_1] Stephanie Keith | Getty Images Tim Cook, CEO of Apple speaks while unveiling new products during a launch event on October 30, 2018 in New York City. The worst could be over for the iPhone, according to top Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. The analyst with TF International Securities — among the first to point…
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Dropbox snares HelloSign for $230M, gets workflow and eSignature – TechCrunch
[ad_1] Dropbox announced today that it has purchased HelloSign, a company that provides lightweight document workflow and eSignature services. The company paid a hefty $230 million for the privilege. Dropbox’s SVP of engineering, Quentin Clark, sees this as more than simply bolting on electronic signature functionality to the Dropbox solution. For him, the workflow capabilities…
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Gartner Says Global IT Spending to Reach $3.8 Trillion in 2019
[ad_1] Global IT spending is projected to total $3.76 trillion (roughly Rs. 2,70,00,000 crores) in 2019, an increase of 3.2 percent from 2018, a new report by market research firm Gartner said on Monday. With the shift to cloud, a key driver of IT spending, enterprise software will continue to exhibit strong growth, with global…
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Grubhub rallies after upgrade, tells clients to expect 60% upside
[ad_1] Grubhub shares rallied Monday after Credit Suisse upgraded its rating on the stock to outperform from neutral and introduced a new device to keep track of how many locations the food delivery platform opens. Analyst Stephen Ju also increased his 12-month price forecast for shares of Grubhub to $130 from $125, representing more than…
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Samsung Electronics will scrap plastic in its packaging this year
[ad_1] By 2020, only paper made of materials certified by global environmental organizations – such as the Forest Stewardship Council – will be used for Samsung’s packaging and manuals. Under Samsung Electronics’ wider circular economy policy, the company has set itself a target of using 500 thousand tons of recycled plastics and collecting 7.5 million…
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Amazon Echo prices cut AGAIN – How to get Alexa in your home for under £20
[ad_1] If you’ve been waiting to take the plunge and make your home a bit smarter then now is a good time to invest. Amazon has cut prices on its most popular Echo smart speakers with the Echo Dot currently reduced to £29.99 – saving £20 – and the standard Echo now £79.99 – saving…
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iBall CompBook Netizen With 4G SIM Slot Launched in India: Price, Specifications
[ad_1] iBall has expanded its portfolio and launched the CompBook Netizen laptop in India. The laptop comes with a 4G SIM slot, an Intel N3350 dual-core processor, 64GB of inbuilt storage, and a 5,000mAh battery. The new iBall CompBook Netizen has been made available exclusively on Shopclues, and is already on sale. This comes after…
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Galaxy S9 – Why now is a very good and bad time to buy this Samsung flagship
[ad_1] Galaxy S9 prices continue to drop with three new deals making this device seriously affordable. This Samsung flagship is almost a year old and that means prices will, no doubt, continue to tumble over the coming weeks and months. But, if you are in the market for a new Galaxy right now, then here’s…
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Information on Affiliate links | Express.co.uk
[ad_1] What is this? Editorial articles on this website which contain this disclosure notice: “This article contains some affiliate links, which means we may receive a commission on any sales of products or services we write about. This article was written completely independently, see more details here” Are articles that we have written because we…
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Google I/O 2019 Developer Conference Scheduled From May 7 to 9
[ad_1] Photo Credit: Twitter/ Sundar Pichai Google is likely to announce Android Q at this year’s I/O developer conference Google I/O 2019 is set to take place between May 7 and May 9. Google will host the developer conference at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View,California, CEO Sundar Pichai confirmed in a tweet posted on…
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Microsoft Surface Pro 6, Surface Laptop 2 Launched in India: Price, Specifications
[ad_1] Microsoft refreshed its Surface line of laptops back in October and now, the company has officially launched them in India. The Microsoft Surface Pro 6 and Surface Laptop 2 will go on sale from January 28 through online portals such as Amazon and Flipkart, along with offline stores such as Croma, Reliance, Vijay Sales,…
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Dropbox buys electronic signature start-up HelloSign for $230 million
[ad_1] Dropbox on Monday said it’s acquiring electronic signature start-up HelloSign for $230 million in cash. The move expands Dropbox’s technical capabilities and puts it in competition with Adobe and DocuSign. The inorganic growth could put the company in a stronger position as it contends with the likes of Apple, Google and Microsoft. Although Dropbox…
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PUBG Mobile Zombies Mode Release Date Is Next Month: Report
[ad_1] The PUBG Mobile zombies mode is slated to be out with the 0.11.0 update. According to a recent video from dataminers, the PUBG Mobile zombies mode release date is due next month. In fact, you can expect the PUBG Mobile zombies mode to hit all users before February 10. This is odd when you…
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Jio Rail App Launched for Jio Phone, Allows Users to Book Train Tickets
[ad_1] Jio Phone users can now avail the railway ticket booking service offered by IRCTC directly through a native Jio Rail app. The new app lets users book and cancel their train tickets. The app accepts debit cards, credit cards, and e-wallets for ticket booking and cancelations. It also offers a way to check PNR…
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WhatsApp Web Picture-in-Picture Mode Gets Support for YouTube, Facebook, Instagram Links
[ad_1] Photo Credit: WABetaInfo WhatsApp Picture-in-Picture mode for desktop users now support shared links as well Just last month, WhatsApp introduced Picture-in-Picture mode for desktop users globally, but at that time, it only worked for the shared videos. With the latest update, WhatsApp Web users get Picture-in-Picture mode for all shared video links, with support…
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Ex-Google exec Camille Francois investigated Russian trolls
[ad_1] Some of the most successful trolls were the ones with the longest-standing identities, said François. Some online identities, which were likely managed by multiple people or whole teams, had roots going back as long as a decade. “I was really baffled by the length of the campaign,” said François, “with some accounts being opened…
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Millennials in India Are Turning to Algorithms for Love
[ad_1] Pawan Gupta wasn’t having any luck finding a match. The 31-year-old MBA graduate wanted to get married and scoured dating apps and Indian matrimonial websites. Yet after four years of looking and dating, he was no closer to walking around the sacred fire typical of the Hindu marriage ceremony. So the MIT Sloan School…
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China’s Didi Chuxing and BAIC team up for new energy vehicle projects
[ad_1] China’s largest ride-hailing operator, Didi Chuxing, said Monday it had entered into a joint venture with a unit of BAIC, China’s state-owned autos giant. The joint venture between Beijing Electric Vehicle and Didi, called BAIC-Xiaoju New Energy Auto Technology, will work to develop “next-generation connected-car systems” through projects related to electric and hybrid vehicles…
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Google Duo May Get a Web Version Soon: Report
[ad_1] Google is set to expand its services for Web users of its popular video chat mobile app Duo in the coming weeks, 9to5Google has reported. “This development ultimately means a much wider reach of devices that can access the growing service. Google Duo has, up to now, only been available in the form of…
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Trump reportedly pushes allies to bar China’s Huawei in race for 5G
[ad_1] The Trump administration has been pressuring American allies to bar Huawei and other Chinese tech firms from building the infrastructure needed to produce the next generation of ultra-high speed internet, according to the New York Times, amid a high stakes economic battle between the two countries. Huawei is under mounting international pressure about the…
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building the Amazon Prime of primary care
[ad_1] Cape and Schweitzer are not the first entrepreneurs to hone in on this problem. A movement called direct primary care involves charging consumers a subscription fee for access to high-quality doctors, mostly in person. Direct primary care makes up less than ten percent of physician practices, but the Trump administration is now asking how…
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Pixel 3 update – This is what may be coming next from Google
[ad_1] Google Pixel 3 remains one of the best Android phones on the market thanks to its host of alluring features. The smaller version of the handset comes with a 5.5-inch P-OLED display while the larger Pixel 3 XL comes with a 6.3-inch P-OLED panel. In addition to arriving with a larger display, the Pixel…
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Google Maps vs Apple Maps – Which app is truly the best for getting around?
[ad_1] When it launched, Apple Maps was critiqued for a number of errors with regard to accuracy (Image: Getty • Apple • Google) Google Maps launched back in 2005 and the American tech giant has continued to improve the service by introducing smartphone applications for both iOS and Android to make it more accessible. Moreover,…
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Sony Xperia XZ4 – Here’s everything we know about this flagship so far
[ad_1] The Xperia XZ4 is expected to come with extremely tiny bezels on its top and bottom (Image: Weibo @ZackBuks • Olixar) Xperia XZ4 is the assumed name for the Xperia XZ3’s successor. While the latter marked a return to form for Sony smartphones, the XZ4 is anticipated to up the ante significantly. Ahead of…
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Trying to buy a bottle of water at a restaurant in Bayfield? Good luck
[ad_1] The village of Bayfield, Ontario has gone blue — in a good way. The community, on the shores of Lake Huron, has effectively cut down on single-use plastic bottles. And its grassroots efforts continue to win praise. The U.K. environmental organization, Surfers Against Sewage, has listed Bayfield as a plastic-free community, the first community to receive the designation on this side…
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‘Shark Tank’ hopeful LugLess ‘blacked out’ on his pitch to panel
[ad_1] As airline baggage fees continue to rise, a budding entrepreneur set out to make traveling options more affordable. Instead of travelers beginning their vacation at baggage claim, Brian Altomare of LugLess wanted the adventure to begin as soon as they leave their front door – by shipping their luggage to the destination ahead of…
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Facebook’s plan to merge messaging services ignites antitrust concerns
[ad_1] Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives to testify following a break during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee joint hearing about Facebook on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Facebook’s reported plans to integrate its three messaging platforms could very well lead…
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Like ‘human hair in the ocean’: Why ham radio still has an enduring appeal
[ad_1] As many as 1,500 people in Newfoundland and Labrador are amateur radio operators. (Paul Colbourne) Larry Horlick still marvels when he thinks about what happens when he turns on his ham radio. “I’m taking my voice and that radio is converting it into an electrical signal and the amount of electrical energy that he…
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WhatsApp deleted message: How to read deleted message in WhatsApp
[ad_1] WhatsApp is the supremely popular platform for connecting with your contacts, boasting 1.5 billion regular users around the world. WhatsApp recently rolled out a new feature allowing users to delete sent messages. However, even deleted WhatsApp messages actually remain on your device and can even be easily accessed. Messages can be deleted in both…
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WhatsApp update: How to use two WhatsApp on one phone – Can you have two accounts?
[ad_1] WhatsApp is the incredibly popular chat app, boasting 1.5 billion regular users. Some people use different SIM cards to message with separate numbers. But did you know you can simultaneously use dual WhatsApp accounts on the same smartphone? There are, in fact, three ways to set up dual WhatsApp accounts and some smartphones even…
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As Sky TV and broadband price drops customers offered an ultimate prize
[ad_1] Sky and its popular NOW TV streaming service have some big news for customers including a price cut and ultimate prize for anyone who loves bingeing on television. Firstly, Sky has just cut the cost of its TV and broadband with the firm currently offering Sky Fibre Max and Sky Entertainment for just £42…
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Galaxy Note 9 has a huge advantage over the Galaxy S9 that you probably didn’t know about
[ad_1] Galaxy Note 9 debuted back in August and remains one of the best smartphone offerings on the market. That is because the hardware boasts a swathe of flagship features and has a number of unique tools in its own right such as an S Pen stylus. Note 9 comes with a huge 6.4-inch AMOLED…