Tesla is shutting down the bulk of its retail operations in favor of moving to an online-only sales methodology. Tesla to close retail stores, only sell cars online – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreGov. Andrew Cuomo and local business leaders are asking Amazon to come back. New York makes its pitch — again — for Amazon's HQ2 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe governor of New York has called Jeff Bezos and other Amazon executives to persuade them to resurrect their plan to build a campus in Long Island City. Cuomo Speaks With Bezos, Furiously Trying to Win Back Amazon Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreJ. David Goodman / New York Times: Sources: Gov. Cuomo has talked with Amazon execs, including Bezos, to try to lure Amazon back to NYC; a full-page ad coming Friday in the NYT will urge the same — [What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] —
Read MoreInsight analyst Lizzie Dunmore today published an analysis of Twitter interactions on the topic of AI between the general public, the media, and the 18 most influential AI influencers. Dunmore, who works for Onalytica, looked at a year’s worth of tweets from 3,000 influencers and 1,000 news media outlets to figure out who the most
Read MoreThe lower-priced offering comes as sales appear to slow and follows a reduction in the federal tax credit for the company’s electric vehicles. Tesla Offers a ,000 Model 3, as Elon Musk Long Promised Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreNo astronauts will be on board for the Saturday launch, but the capsule could carry crew to the space station later in the year. SpaceX and NASA to Test Launch Crew Dragon, a New Ride to Orbit Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe ride-hailing companies intend to set up programs to give cash to some of their drivers, enabling them to buy company stock ahead of an initial public offering. Uber and Lyft Said to Offer Drivers a Chance to Participate in I.P.O.s Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreSean O’Kane / The Verge: Polestar, Volvo’s brand for electric performance cars, unveils Polestar 2, the first car with built-in Android Auto, coming in 2020 — Coming in 2020 with 275 miles of range and a native Android infotainment system — The first all-electric car from Volvo Cars is here. Polestar, Volvo's brand for electric
Read MoreBen Fox Rubin / CNET: Amazon says it has decided to stop selling Amazon Dash buttons globally, but will continue supporting new orders made through existing Dash buttons — Amazon has come up with some pretty odd ideas over the years: delivery inside your car, a talking tablet for your kitchen counter … Amazon says
Read MoreIf you had asked us yesterday what peak nightlight technology looked like, we might have said one of those LED panels that you stick in the outlet. At least it beats one of those little wimpy light bulbs behind the seashell, anyway. But after looking at a detailed teardown of the “Glow Light” from Casper,
Read MoreThe pleas follow a U.S. campaign to discredit Huawei among European allies. Huawei pleads not guilty to accusations it stole T-Mobile’s trade secrets Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreStreaming is king, bringing in 75 percent of the US recording industry’s revenue. US music fans throw more money at vinyl and CDs than iTunes downloads now – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreWitness history in the making as the Crew Dragon Demo-1 mission heads to the International Space Station. How to watch SpaceX, NASA launch historic test flight to ISS this weekend – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSeason 8 has finally arrived with new locations on the island and a new set of challenges that takes advantage of them. Fortnite season 8, week 1 challenges and how to complete them – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe wide-ranging patent application for augmented reality tech hints at a possible headset from the iPhone maker. Apple patent hints at AR headset that'll work with your iPhone – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePrepare to have Huawei Beauty stuck in your head. 'Huawei Beauty': Chinese kids literally sing company's praises in surreal video – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreToorCamp is a five-day open air tech camping event held every two years somewhere around the northwest corner of Washington state. Think of it as something like Burning Man, except you can survive for three hours without water, there aren’t a whole bunch of scenesters and Instagram celebs flying in on private planes, and everyone
Read MoreIngrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Facebook says Workplace by Facebook, its Slack rival, now has 2M paid users and is in use at 150 companies with over 10K users each including Walmart and Nestle — With Slack gearing up to go public and now seeing daily active users of 10 million with 85,000 organizations using …
Read MoreGoogle said Thursday that it would block YouTube users from leaving comments on most videos that feature minors, responding to reports that pedophiles had used the site to find, track and exploit children. YouTube to ban comments on most videos featuring minors to combat child exploitation Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreNoor Zainab Hussain / Reuters: Experian says it is dropping the planned £275M acquisition of UK-based ClearScore after UK antitrust regulators indicated they might block the deal — (Reuters) – Experian Plc, the world’s biggest credit data firm, said on Wednesday that it had agreed with rival ClearScore to abandon … Experian says it is
Read MoreAmanda Kooser / CNET: Reddit is testing tipping users starting with a single user, shittymorph; the user, Reddit, and card processor Stripe receive 78.5%, 18.5%, and 3%, respectively — Enlarge Image — Reddit has several ways you can express your appreciation of a good post or comment. Reddit is testing tipping users starting with a
Read MoreAngela Moon / Reuters: Obsidian Security raises $20M Series B led by Greylock Partners for its AI-powered identity protection platform — NEW YORK (Reuters) – Cybersecurity company Obsidian Security raised $20 million in a funding round participated by Greylock Partners, the company told Reuters on Tuesday, a day ahead of a planned announcement. Obsidian Security
Read MoreYouTube Creator Blog: YouTube says it will disable comments on almost all videos featuring minors, improve classification of comments, and continue to ban harmful accounts — We know that many of you have been closely following the actions we’re taking to protect young people on YouTube and are as deeply concerned as we are that
Read MoreFrank Chaparro / The Block: Filing: Square sold over $166M in bitcoin during 2018, with $52.5M in Q4, generating a net profit of $1.7M for the year — Square, the payments unicorn led by bitcoin believer Jack Dorsey, reported earnings for the fourth quarter Wednesday evening that beat analyst estimates but fell short on guidance.
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