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February 21, 2019

Facebook has removed its Onavo VPN app from the Google Play Store, will stop pulling in data from users for market research, and will eventually shut it down (Josh Constine/TechCrunch)

Josh Constine / TechCrunch: Facebook has removed its Onavo VPN app from the Google Play Store, will stop pulling in data from users for market research, and will eventually shut it down — Facebook will end its unpaid market research programs and proactively take its Onavo VPN app off the Google Play store in the

February 21, 2019

Filing: Warburg Pincus sold 4.7M shares worth $230M+ of Seattle-based sales tax automation company Avalara; Warburg Pincus had invested $100M in Avalara in 2014 (Taylor Soper/GeekWire)

Taylor Soper / GeekWire: Filing: Warburg Pincus sold 4.7M shares worth $230M+ of Seattle-based sales tax automation company Avalara; Warburg Pincus had invested $100M in Avalara in 2014 — Private equity firm Warburg Pincus sold 4.7 million shares of Seattle-based sales tax automation company Avalara this week, according to a new SEC filing. Filing: Warburg

Hexagonal Lamp Is A Stylish Application Of Plywood

Lamps are useful things, and can be a great way to add style and lighting options to a room. Where overhead lights have to provide enough illumination for all manner of tasks, a subtle table lamp can add a nice moody glow to a room when it’s time to kick back and relax. Oftentimes, a

SpaceX successfully sends Israel’s historic Moon mission on its way – CNET

The first privately-funded Moon lander mission blasts off ready to make history. SpaceX successfully sends Israel’s historic Moon mission on its way – CNET Source: CNet

February 21, 2019

Google launches .dev top-level domain with built-in security; preorders for available domains cost just over $1,000, but drop to $17.50/year on Sunday (Kieren McCarthy/The Register)

Kieren McCarthy / The Register: Google launches .dev top-level domain with built-in security; preorders for available domains cost just over $1,000, but drop to $17.50/year on Sunday — Meanwhile, .gay comes out of the commercial closet — Google has launched a new internet extension specifically for developers … Google launches .dev top-level domain with built-in

Google will end forced arbitration for employees – CNET

This comes after employees protested Google’s handling of sexual harassment cases. Google will end forced arbitration for employees – CNET Source: CNet

February 21, 2019

Source: Google plans to announce gaming hardware on March 19 in addition to details about its game streaming service (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Source: Google plans to announce gaming hardware on March 19 in addition to details about its game streaming service — On Tuesday, Google announced a mysterious keynote at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco on March 19th. The event comes as the Project Stream beta … Source: Google plans to

HUGE BEE ALERT: Look at the world's largest bee and cower in fear – CNET

Researchers weren’t sure if Wallace’s Giant Bee was extinct. But it’s here. And it’s HUGE. HUGE BEE ALERT: Look at the world's largest bee and cower in fear – CNET Source: CNet

Galaxy S10 Plus ongoing review: What’s good and bad so far – CNET

I’ve had the Galaxy S10 Plus for 24 hours. Here’s how it’s going. Galaxy S10 Plus ongoing review: What’s good and bad so far – CNET Source: CNet

Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft successfully lands on asteroid Ryugu – CNET

The Hayabusa2 probe is designed to fire a bullet at Ryugu to retrieve rocks from the asteroid’s surface. Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft successfully lands on asteroid Ryugu – CNET Source: CNet

February 21, 2019

Baidu beats with Q4 total revenue of $3.96B, up 22% YoY, profit down 50% YoY to $303M; iQiyi beats with Q4 revenue of $1B, reports 87.4M subscribers (Maria Armental/Wall Street Journal)

Maria Armental / Wall Street Journal: Baidu beats with Q4 total revenue of $3.96B, up 22% YoY, profit down 50% YoY to $303M; iQiyi beats with Q4 revenue of $1B, reports 87.4M subscribers — Stronger revenue driven by search-engine business and artificial-intelligence initiatives — Baidu Inc. BIDU .37% reported stronger … Baidu beats with Q4

Hack A ThinkPad Display

Hackers really like their tools. This leads to holy wars over languages, editors, keyboards, and even laptops. The problem with laptops is that they age, and not always gracefully. [Syonyk] likes his ThinkPad T430S, except for one thing, its TN display wasn’t really very good. These flat screens use an older technology and show color

Pinterest Is Said to File for I.P.O.

The company is joining a stampede of high profile start-ups heading toward the public markets. Pinterest Is Said to File for I.P.O. Source: NY Times Tech

Google Ends Forced Arbitration for All Employee Disputes

The company had pledged to do away with the controversial practice for sexual harassment claims, but expanded it to all disputes. Google Ends Forced Arbitration for All Employee Disputes Source: NY Times Tech

February 21, 2019

Samsung says it will extend Bixby button remapping to all Galaxy phones on Android Pie in a future software update, after confirming the feature for the S10 (Nick Statt/The Verge)

Nick Statt / The Verge: Samsung says it will extend Bixby button remapping to all Galaxy phones on Android Pie in a future software update, after confirming the feature for the S10 — That includes the S8, S9, and Note line — The Bixby button saga has been an ongoing blemish on an otherwise sterling

Facebook allowed advertisers to target people interested in Nazis – CNET

Advertisers could reach people interested in perpetrators of the Holocaust and neo-Nazi music, the Los Angeles Times reports. Facebook allowed advertisers to target people interested in Nazis – CNET Source: CNet

Netflix's The Haunting of Hill House returns with second season in 2020 – CNET

It’ll be based on a different story, leaving the Crain family in peace. Netflix's The Haunting of Hill House returns with second season in 2020 – CNET Source: CNet

American Airlines has cameras in some seat back screens, but says it won't use them – CNET

Singapore Airlines was criticized earlier for having cameras in some of its entertainment systems. American Airlines has cameras in some seat back screens, but says it won't use them – CNET Source: CNet

YouTube’s ‘whack-a-mole approach’ to child safety isn’t working, critics say – CNET

The Google-owned video site’s latest scandal isn’t the first time the service has had a problem with the exploitation of kids. YouTube’s ‘whack-a-mole approach’ to child safety isn’t working, critics say – CNET Source: CNet

February 21, 2019

Police across the US are increasingly using "reverse location search warrants" to force tech companies to hand over location data of anyone near a crime scene (Aaron Mak/Slate)

Aaron Mak / Slate: Police across the US are increasingly using “reverse location search warrants” to force tech companies to hand over location data of anyone near a crime scene — Police departments are using “reverse location search warrants” to force Google to hand over data on anyone near a crime scene. Police across the

Pinterest reportedly files confidentially for an IPO – CNET

Pinterest plans to seek a valuation of at least $12 billion, The Wall Street Journal reports. Pinterest reportedly files confidentially for an IPO – CNET Source: CNet

February 21, 2019

Arkadium CEO Jessica Rovello on Solitaire’s enduring appeal

There’s a certain kind of computer game everyone plays, the kind that have been around for so long most people don’t even know a time when they weren’t always available to play. No, I’m not talking about Fortnite. I mean the really ubiquitous games: Minesweeper, FreeCell, or Mahjong. How have these games lasted so long,

February 21, 2019

Portland, Ore.-based Lytics, whose platform helps enterprises provide personalized marketing experiences, raises $35M Series C, bringing total raised to $58M (Taylor Soper/GeekWire)

Taylor Soper / GeekWire: Portland, Ore.-based Lytics, whose platform helps enterprises provide personalized marketing experiences, raises $35M Series C, bringing total raised to $58M — Lytics has raised more funding to help brands such as Nestlé, The Economist, Atlassian and others bolster their 1-to-1 customer marketing outreach. Portland, Ore.-based Lytics, whose platform helps enterprises provide

February 21, 2019

HPE reports Q1 revenue of $7.55B, down 2% YoY, Intelligent Edge revenue of $686M, up 5% YoY, and Hybrid IT revenue of $6B, down 3% YoY (Stephanie Condon/ZDNet)

Stephanie Condon / ZDNet: HPE reports Q1 revenue of $7.55B, down 2% YoY, Intelligent Edge revenue of $686M, up 5% YoY, and Hybrid IT revenue of $6B, down 3% YoY — Shares were up in after-hours trading, as the company also raised its FY 2019 EPS outlook — HPE published its first quarter fiscal 2019

February 21, 2019

DoorDash says it has raised $400M in new VC funding at a $7.1B post-money valuation, up from a $4B valuation in August (Dan Primack/Axios)

Dan Primack / Axios: DoorDash says it has raised $400M in new VC funding at a $7.1B post-money valuation, up from a $4B valuation in August — On-demand food delivery company DoorDash has raised $400 million in new venture capital funding at a $7.1 billion post-money valuation. DoorDash says it has raised 0M in new

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