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    • Apple lowers revenue guidance to $84B after previously projecting $89B-$93B, says it saw fewer iPhone upgrades than expected; stock down ~7% after hours (Steve Kovach/CNBC)

    Steve Kovach / CNBC: Apple lowers revenue guidance to $84B after previously projecting $89B-$93B, says it saw fewer iPhone upgrades than expected; stock down ~7% after hours  —  Apple has lowered its Q1 guidance in a letter to investors from CEO Tim Cook Wednesday.  —  Apple stock was halted in after-hours trading … Apple lowers

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    • Apple revises guidance for its fiscal 2019 Q1 downwards due to weakness in some markets, particularly in China (Tim Cook/Apple)

    Tim Cook / Apple: Apple revises guidance for its fiscal 2019 Q1 downwards due to weakness in some markets, particularly in China  —  To Apple investors:  —  Today we are revising our guidance for Apple’s fiscal 2019 first quarter, which ended on December 29.  We now expect the following:  — Revenue of approximately $84 billion

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    • Thoughts on the state of crypto in 2018, which marked the start of a crypto recession, and predictions for 2019 as experts now focus on adoption and usage (Arjun Balaji)

    Arjun Balaji: Thoughts on the state of crypto in 2018, which marked the start of a crypto recession, and predictions for 2019 as experts now focus on adoption and usage  —  My thoughts on the state of crypto in 2018 and where we’re headed  —  As another year wraps up, I started writing an email

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    • Sources: Waymo has 950 employees while Cruise has 1,000+ and Uber's autonomous vehicle division has ~1,100; half of Waymo's 10-person executive team is female (Amir Efrati/The Information)

    Amir Efrati / The Information: Sources: Waymo has 950 employees while Cruise has 1,000+ and Uber’s autonomous vehicle division has ~1,100; half of Waymo’s 10-person executive team is female  —  Alphabet’s Waymo self-driving car unit was the first to launch a commercial robo-taxi service, picking up and dropping off paying passengers. Sources: Waymo has 950

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    • Net Applications: Windows 10 reached 39.2% worldwide OS market share in December, finally surpassing Windows 7, which dropped to 36.9% (Emil Protalinski/VentureBeat)

    Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: Net Applications: Windows 10 reached 39.2% worldwide OS market share in December, finally surpassing Windows 7, which dropped to 36.9%  —  More than three years after its release, Windows 10 has passed Windows 7 in market share.  That means more desktop computers are now running Microsoft’s latest … Net Applications: Windows

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    These are the 2019 court fights that will decide the future of net neutrality

    Although the Federal Communications Commission has nixed its rules governing the conduct of Internet providers, states, Internet activists and other supporters of the Obama-era regulations are challenging that move in the courts, statehouses and among the public. These are the 2019 court fights that will decide the future of net neutrality Source: Washington Post Tech

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    • Popular Fortnite streamer Tyler Blevins, aka Ninja, says he has earned nearly $10M in 2018, with 70% of the revenue coming from Twitch and YouTube (Dave Briggs/CNN)

    Dave Briggs / CNN: Popular Fortnite streamer Tyler Blevins, aka Ninja, says he has earned nearly $10M in 2018, with 70% of the revenue coming from Twitch and YouTube  —  New York (CNN Business)Any year in which a young man earns a living playing video games is a pretty darn good one. Popular Fortnite streamer

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    • FCC grants permission for Google to deploy its Soli radar-based sensors that enable touchless control of devices with hand gestures (David Shepardson/Reuters)

    David Shepardson / Reuters: FCC grants permission for Google to deploy its Soli radar-based sensors that enable touchless control of devices with hand gestures  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google unit won approval from U.S. regulators to deploy a radar-based motion sensing device known as Project Soli. FCC grants permission for Google to deploy

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    • Netflix confirms it has hired Spencer Neumann as new CFO; source says Activision Blizzard fired Neumann because he was pursuing another job (Sara Salinas/CNBC)

    Sara Salinas / CNBC: Netflix confirms it has hired Spencer Neumann as new CFO; source says Activision Blizzard fired Neumann because he was pursuing another job  —  – Netflix has hired Spencer Neumann as chief financial officer.  He was the former CFO at Activision Blizzard.  — Activision Blizzard fired Neuman … Netflix confirms it has

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    • As Kansas City and others rush to remake themselves as "smart cities", competing for attention from tech companies, experts worry about privacy and security (Timothy Williams/New York Times)

    Timothy Williams / New York Times: As Kansas City and others rush to remake themselves as “smart cities”, competing for attention from tech companies, experts worry about privacy and security  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An algorithm predicts where potholes will emerge so road crews can resurface streets before cracks appear. As Kansas City and

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