Apple Music appears as a supported service in the Google Home iOS app, suggesting Apple Music integration is coming to Google Home devices
Apple Music may be soon be available as an option on Google Home devices, according to an image that was shared by MacRumors reader Jason.
UK far-right activist Tommy Robinson has been permanently banned from Facebook and Instagram for repeatedly breaking policies on hate speech
Far-right founder of English Defence League repeatedly breached hate speech rules — Tommy Robinson, the far-right founder of the English Defence League …
DC appeals court rejects the Department of Justice's bid to overturn a ruling that cleared the way for AT&T's acquisition of Time Warner
London (CNN Business)An appeals court has rejected the Justice Department's bid to overturn a ruling that cleared the way for AT&T's acquisition of Time Warner.
Sources: Apple has been testing a sleep tracking feature for the Watch for several months in California and could add it to a future version by 2020
- Company holding studies at headquarters to track sleep habits — Function would compete with wearables from Fitbit and Withings
Amid employee pushback, Satya Nadella defends Microsoft's $479M US Army contract for HoloLens, says Microsoft will not withhold tech from democratic governments
Barcelona (CNN Business)Satya Nadella has defended Microsoft's $479 million contract to supply augmented reality systems …
Researchers find that weaknesses in Supermicro hardware would let an attacker leave a persistent and hidden backdoor on IBM's cloud “bare-metal” servers
Other providers of bare-metal cloud computing might also be vulnerable to BMC hack. — More than five years …
Suicide tips and other dark and dangerous content was found spliced in kids' cartoon videos on YouTube and YouTube Kids
Free Hess, a pediatrician and mother, had learned about the chilling videos over the summer when another mom spotted one on YouTube Kids.
Microsoft debuts ARM-powered HoloLens 2: more comfortable, lighter, and with a field of view twice as big as its predecessor's; preorder for $3,500
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HTC Exodus 1 adds ~20 decentralized blockchain apps, integrates with Opera browser for crypto micropayments, and can be purchased for $699 from March
Now you can buy the HTC blockchain phone with regular cash — HTC's blockchain phone is getting several new apps today …
Coinbase says that XRP, the third-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, will be added to the Coinbase Pro exchange beginning tomorrow; XRP price jumps ~10%
Coinbase plans to add XRP, one of the world's most controversial cryptocurrencies, to the list of virtual coins traded on its exchange, the company said Monday.
Sources: Facebook has been telling news publishers that it will only renew about a third of the existing news shows that it has funded for Facebook Watch
Facebook is showing a greater willingness to ax news programming that's not working on Facebook Watch.
Microsoft commits to letting others create app stores for HoloLens 2, impressing Epic Games' CEO, who pledges support, sees HoloLens 2 as a new era of openness
Tom Warren / The Verge :
Spotify's launch in India hits a snag as Warner Music Group files an injunction to bar Spotify's access to Warner/Chappell's library of 1M+ songs
UPDATED: Spotify's long-anticipated launch in India could be days away, but the Swedish company is taking its licensing negotiations with the three major music groups to the wire.
Facebook announces a new program for premium video ads called Showcase, for running ads on specific content categories and exclusively sponsoring shows
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Interviews with Facebook content moderation contractors in US show they make ~$28K/year, some develop PTSD, and a few are even radicalized by what they see
The secret lives of Facebook moderators in America — She spent the past three and a half weeks in training …
Pandora launches Stories, a new marketing tool allowing artists to build music playlists combined with voice tracks, available for all users to stream
In an effort to one-up Spotify and Apple Music, Pandora this morning announced the launch of a new marketing tool for artists, called Pandora Stories.
YieldStreet, which provides a platform for making alternative investments in areas like real estate and shipping, raises $62M Series B led by Edison Partners
There has been a wave of fintech startups emerging that make different kinds of investing more accessible to a wider pool of people …
Independent researcher finds that SEDC, which claims to provide billing software to 250+ US utility companies, was storing customers' passwords in plain text
“It's ridiculous vendors are replying to researchers via general counsel, not bug bounty.” — In September of 2018 …
Walmart acquires Israel-based startup Aspectiva, which analyzes UGC and browser activity using AI to recommend products to shoppers, for an undisclosed sum
Walmart, the world's biggest brick-and-mortar retailer, today made an acquisition that speaks to its ongoing efforts to build …
Facebook says it's committed to enforcing its expectations of working conditions for contractor moderators, and the firms it partners with excel in their domain
if they were treated like employees, they could sue about employee things. Also, it's a fast-growing workforce which may be cut when the AI gets good enough, so why use recruiting resources? Tom Warre...
Chinese online brokerage Up Fintech files for a US IPO, seeking to raise up to $150M, and says it had $33.6M in revenue and a net loss of $44.3M in 2018
Anna Vodopyanova / CapitalWatch :
ThirdLove, which sells female lingerie and underwear in a variety of shapes and sizes, raises $55M Series B, source says at a $750M+ valuation
Direct-to-consumer startups — making products that leverage the internet to bypass third-party marketplaces and retailers to engage …
The SD Association unveils microSD Express format for mobile with data transfer speeds of up to 985 MB/s, lower power consumption, and backwards compatibility
Steve Dent / Engadget :
Analysis shows Microsoft Store games use Xbox One's installation tools, indicating Microsoft aims to make its gaming experiences more similar across PC and Xbox
that would be one way to jump-start the UWP/Store ecosystem http://twitter.com/...
Vast Data emerges from stealth, raising $40M Series B, for “exabyte-scale” enterprise storage
Smartphones, tablets, laptops, PCs, and internet of things devices generate more data today than at any time in history — close to 2.5 quintillion bytes, some say.
Sprint says it will launch its 5G network in May, starting in four US cities, and that the 5G network will be part of Google Fi and not use millimeter wave tech
and 5G for the Google Fi MVNO Sam Rutherford / Gizmodo : 5G Is Going to Be an Incredibly Tough Sell in 2019 Andy Abramson / VoIPWatch : Google and Sprint and 5G Ryan Whitwam / ExtremeTech : T-Mobile P...
Huawei Mate X hands-on: it has a refined design that gets us closest to an ideal foldable with minimal compromises, but major UX and durability questions remain
Foldable Phones at Mobile World Congress, Huawei's Global Blitz, SEC vs. Elon Musk Redux Karen Chiu / Abacus : Three reasons why Huawei's foldable phone stole Samsung's thunder Raymond Wong / Mashable...
Apple says app developers will soon be able to promote their apps' auto-renewable subscriptions with discounted prices for both existing and former customers
Joe Rossignol / MacRumors :
Google says it is bringing Assistant to Android Messages and it will utilize on-device AI so that no conversations will be sent to Google
Jimmy Westenberg / Android Authority :
Boston-based Lightmatter, which develops AI chips that use light signals rather than electrical signals for processing, announces $22M Series A-1 led by GV
Today, we're excited to announce the close … Tweets: @jordannovet : Alphabet's GV has invested in an interesting AI chip startup, Lightmatter. it's GV's second AI chip investment, the first was SambaN...
Google launches program in India to screen diabetics for eye conditions that can cause blindness, using its machine learning image analysis tools
Christina Farr / CNBC :
As US pushes ahead with the Cloud Act, which lets authorities get overseas data, after enacting it about a year ago, many in EU worry about extraterritoriality
Bloomberg :
Facebook restores network of Russia-backed pages targeting US millennials, 10 days after suspending them, after forcing those behind them to disclose RT ties
seems like one of the easier issues to tackle @alexstamos Alex Stamos / @alexstamos : Look how they filibustered to get “RT” off the prominent left bar. pic.twitter.com/v0gYsdr3Ue See also Mediagazer
With latest version of Google Play Services, Android 7.0 and up now supports the FIDO2 standard which lets users login to services using fingerprints or PIN
Natt Garun / The Verge :
Sony unveils 6.5-inch Xperia 1 with a cinematic 21:9 4K HDR OLED display, Snapdragon 855, 6GB RAM, triple 12MP cameras, and a 3,330mAH battery
Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge :
Roadie, which provides a crowdsourced same-day delivery service, raises $37M Series C led by The Home Depot
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat :
Mozilla partners with Scroll to test alternative funding models for the web, following the news subscription service's acquisition of Nuzzel earlier this month
Manish Singh / VentureBeat :
The revised and worsened Articles 11/13 of the EU Copyright Directive reflect extreme protectionism on behalf of media companies, reminiscent of US' SOPA/PIPA
Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine :
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