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Report: Rajeev Misra, head of the $100B Vision Fund, is accused of sabotaging other SoftBank execs for career advancement; Misra and SoftBank deny allegations — - Rajeev Misra, the head of SoftBank's $100 billion Vision Fund, is accused of overseeing a plan to lure SoftBank's then-president into a …
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| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman says TikTok is “fundamentally parasitic”, always listening, and its fingerprinting technology is “truly terrifying” — TikTok is one of the hottest social media platforms but the CEO of Reddit had some harsh words for the popular app …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra review: 120Hz screen is nice and battery life is good but the main camera often acts like a first-gen product with first-gen problems — A new-generation camera with first-generation problems — Samsung has something to prove. — That's the most obvious feeling …
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
DoorDash announces it has confidentially filed documents for an IPO with the SEC — Food delivery service DoorDash announced Thursday it has taken a first step toward a public offering. — DoorDash said it has confidentially submitted a draft S-1 filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Nokia is working with advisers to explore strategic options ranging from asset sales to mergers — - Company working with advisers to consider asset sales, mergers — Equipment maker has cut outlook amid fierce competition — Nokia Oyj is exploring strategic options …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple has lost a pair of veteran execs from manufacturing, supply chain, and operations groups who had key roles in the production of major devices — - Company's vice president of manufacturing design departs — Operations executive who worked on iPhone discussing exit| Martin Brinkmann / gHacks Technology News: |
Google officially adds support for Google Earth on Firefox, Edge, and Opera browsers, says it is working on adding support for Safari — When Google unveiled the new Google Earth back in 2017, it switched Google Earth from being a desktop application to a web application.
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| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Square beats Q4 expectations with revenue of $1.31B, up 41% YoY, says its Cash App has 24M MAUs, up 60% YoY, with a profit of $144M; stock up ~6% after hours — The company reported its fourth quarter financial results on Wednesday. — Square reported its fourth quarter financial results on Wednesday.
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| John Nosta / Fortune: |
Apple Watch largely does not detect or categorize AFib at a heart rate greater than 120 beats per minute, which may give some users a false sense of security — The success of the Apple Watch is unprecedented: In five short years, the Apple Watch has outsold the entire Swiss watch industry … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
At Apple's shareholder meeting, Tim Cook says Apple will open its online store in India this year, with physical stores in 2021, and addresses COVID-19 concerns — - CEO hints wearables sales $40 billion; equal to Marriott, Visa — Company plans to open retail stores in India next year
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Online gaming platform Roblox raises $150M led by a16z's Late Stage Venture fund, reportedly at a $4B valuation; Roblox was valued at $2.5B+ as of last year — Online gaming platform Roblox, now home to 115 million largely Gen Z players per month, announced today it has raised $150 million …
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| New York Times: |
Several high-profile Instagram accounts switch to private to avoid scrutiny when posting sponsored content for Bloomberg's campaign — The Bloomberg campaign is putting out more memes on private Instagram accounts — and running faster than Facebook can keep up.
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| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
OpenAI's Jeff Clune shares a new ML algorithm, ANML, which can learn 600 sequential tasks with minimal catastrophic forgetting, a long-standing challenge of AI — People learn differently from neural networks. If a human comes back to a sport after years away, they might be rusty … | Spencer Neale / Washington Examiner: |
Ninth Circuit court affirms YouTube, as a private company, did not violate free speech rights when it tagged some of PragerU's videos as age-restricted in 2017 — A top right-wing, nonprofit organization known for publishing conservative videos on YouTube has lost an appeal against Google, the owner of the video-sharing platform.
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Google AppMaker is closing its doors. Welcome to Zoho Creator. — What happens when the product or service you run your business on closes down? — Google entered the low-code space with Appmaker, in 2016, with promises to make it easy for anyone in an organization to quickly create apps that fit their needs.
Google AppMaker is closing its doors. Welcome to Zoho Creator. — What happens when the product or service you run your business on closes down? — Google entered the low-code space with Appmaker, in 2016, with promises to make it easy for anyone in an organization to quickly create apps that fit their needs.Sponsor Post
| Michelle Cheng / Quartz: |
Uber Eats head Jason Droege steps down and is replaced by VP Pierre-Dimitri Gore-Coty as the company exits some markets amid growing competition — Jason Droege, the head of Uber's food-delivery business Uber Eats, will be leaving the company. — In a Feb. 25 regulatory filing …
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| Josh Ye / Abacus: |
Apple asks game developers with in-app purchases in China to submit game licenses by June 30, enforcing China's 2016 rule requiring state approval of games — Apple and TikTok maker ByteDance are asking for developers to show game licenses as China tightens its grip on video game publishing
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Qure.ai, which uses AI to spot abnormalities in chest and brain scans, raises $16M led by Sequoia India — More than 10.4 million people were infected with tuberculosis in 2016, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and 1.7 million of those people died …
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What does the future of cloud computing hold — and what does this mean for businesses? We looked at the data, talked to luminaries, and listened to customers across the world. Here's what they said.
Zoho:
Google AppMaker is closing its doors. Welcome to Zoho Creator. — What happens when the product or service you run your business on closes down? — Google entered the low-code space with Appmaker, in 2016 …
Google AppMaker is closing its doors. Welcome to Zoho Creator. — What happens when the product or service you run your business on closes down? — Google entered the low-code space with Appmaker, in 2016 …
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Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra review: 120Hz screen is nice and battery life is good but the main camera often acts like a first-gen product with first-gen problemsFind
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