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Facebook is investigating whether News for Democracy, a left-leaning organization backed by Reid Hoffman, violated its community standards and ad policies (Washington Post)

Washington Post: Facebook is investigating whether News for Democracy, a left-leaning organization backed by Reid Hoffman, violated its community standards and ad policies  —  Facebook said it is investigating whether an organization backed by Internet billionaire and Democratic megadonor Reid Hoffman violated … Facebook is investigating whether News for Democracy, a left-leaning organization backed by

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A Facebook ad campaign associating Roy Moore with calls for a state alcohol ban during Alabama's Senate race was a false flag operation by Democratic activists (New York Times)

New York Times: A Facebook ad campaign associating Roy Moore with calls for a state alcohol ban during Alabama’s Senate race was a false flag operation by Democratic activists  —  The “Dry Alabama” Facebook page, illustrated with stark images of car wrecks and videos of families ruined by drink … A Facebook ad campaign associating

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HTC announces subscription service Viveport Infinity, coming April 5, to give users unlimited access to a catalog of 500+ VR apps and games (Janko Roettgers/Variety)

Janko Roettgers / Variety: HTC announces subscription service Viveport Infinity, coming April 5, to give users unlimited access to a catalog of 500+ VR apps and games  —  HTC used its CES press conference in Las Vegas on Monday to introduce two new headsets: The company introduced an updated version of the Vive Pro …

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Intel announces Project Athena, a multiyear roadmap for Windows- and Chrome-powered ultrabooks specced with 5G, AI, and more; first devices shipping in H2 2019 (Mark Hachman/PCWorld)

Mark Hachman / PCWorld: Intel announces Project Athena, a multiyear roadmap for Windows- and Chrome-powered ultrabooks specced with 5G, AI, and more; first devices shipping in H2 2019  —  A little less than eight years ago Intel helped usher in the era of thin-and-light notebook PCs, then called ultrabooks. Intel announces Project Athena, a multiyear

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Sony says its new 4K and 8K TVs launching later this year, which run Android TV, will support AirPlay 2 and HomeKit (Chris Welch/The Verge)

Chris Welch / The Verge: Sony says its new 4K and 8K TVs launching later this year, which run Android TV, will support AirPlay 2 and HomeKit  —  Soon you’ll be able to tell Siri to play something on Android TV  —  In yet another surprise amid Apple’s sudden expansion of AirPlay 2 across popular

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Intel signs deal with Comcast to provide tech for Xfinity enabling 10 Gbps broadband speeds and in-home Wi-Fi 6, with the first devices rolling out this year (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Intel signs deal with Comcast to provide tech for Xfinity enabling 10 Gbps broadband speeds and in-home Wi-Fi 6, with the first devices rolling out this year  —  As Comcast continues to hone its ambitions to be the hub around which our many connected devices and services revolve in your home

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Intel demos its first 10nm Ice Lake chip, which is based on its Sunny Cove architecture, says PCs with the processor will ship by the end of 2019 (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Tom Warren / The Verge: Intel demos its first 10nm Ice Lake chip, which is based on its Sunny Cove architecture, says PCs with the processor will ship by the end of 2019  —  Dell promises an Ice Lake laptop for end of 2019  —  Intel announced a major rethink of its chip design back

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Samsung forecasts decline in Q4 operating profit to ~$9.65B, below analyst estimates of ~$12.4B, due to weak memory chip demand and competition in smartphones (Sam Kim/Bloomberg)

Sam Kim / Bloomberg: Samsung forecasts decline in Q4 operating profit to ~$9.65B, below analyst estimates of ~$12.4B, due to weak memory chip demand and competition in smartphones  —  Samsung Electronics Co. posted fourth-quarter profit below estimates as demand for memory chips slumps amid deteriorating relations between the U.S. and China. Samsung forecasts decline in

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Leaked docs from last March: Uber projected net revenue of $14.2B by 2019, up 2X from 2017, and its 2019 EBITDA losses to shrink to $500M from ~$1.7B in 2018 (Amir Efrati/The Information)

Amir Efrati / The Information: Leaked docs from last March: Uber projected net revenue of $14.2B by 2019, up 2X from 2017, and its 2019 EBITDA losses to shrink to $500M from ~$1.7B in 2018  —  When Wall Street banks last fall were pitching to take Uber public, some suggested the ride-hailing giant could hit

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