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Tue. 02/11 - The Samsung Galaxy Unpacked Event Feb 11, 2020

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All of the headlines from the big Samsung Unpacked event, the T-Mobile-Sprint merger is officially a go… mostly, Brandless is the first Softbank company to shut down entirely, a Sirius lifeline for Soundcloud, and has the CIA quietly been the real owner of the leading encryption company for decades now?

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SAMSUNG’S GALAXY S20, PLUS, AND ULTRA FIRST LOOK: CAMERAS, 5G, AND 120HZ SCREENS (The Verge)
Samsung’s new foldable Galaxy Z Flip will arrive on February 14th for $1,380 (The Verge)
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip debuts w/ less expensive ‘flip phone’ design (9to5Google)
Judge approves $26 billion merger of T-Mobile and Sprint (CNBC)
Brandless shuts down operations, becoming SoftBank Vision Fund's first failure (Protocol)
SiriusXM Acquires Minority Stake in SoundCloud for $75 Million (The Hollywood Reporter)
Netflix dominates viewing on TVs over all other streaming services (CNET)
‘The intelligence coup of the century’ (Washington Post)

Mon. 02/10 - The Race To Make The Cloud Redundant (For AI) Feb 10, 2020

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The DOJ says the Chinese were behind the Equifax hack, MWC is becoming a ghost conference, the Razr reviews are in, the Corp.com domain name is a weird story, and why ARM’s new edge chips could revolutionize the Internet of Things.

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U.S. charges Chinese military hackers with massive Equifax breach (Politico)
As top exhibitors pull out of MWC, organizers implement stringent safeguards (TechCrunch)
Coronavirus: Sony and Amazon pull out of major tech show (BBC News)
Motorola Razr review: It's the most personal phone I've used, but I have concerns (CNET)
Motorola Razr review: A tragedy unfolds (Input Magazine)
Netflix Spends Big for Oscars—Will Hollywood Give In? (WSJ)
Dangerous Domain Corp.com Goes Up for Sale (KrebsonSecurity)
ARM’s new edge AI chips promise IoT devices that won’t need the cloud (The Verge)

Fri. 02/07 - Uber Can See The Promised Land Feb 07, 2020

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Uber says it will be profitable quicker than it had expected to, yet another entrant into the lists at the Streaming Wars, what’s it like to use a 64-core processor, and of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.

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MICROSOFT’S WINDOWS FUTURE IS NOW TIED TO HARDWARE (The Verge)
Steven Levy's Plaintext
An Algorithm That Grants Freedom, or Takes It Away (NYTimes)
‘ClassPass Is Squeezing Studios to the Point of Death’ (Vice)
Elon Musk Can’t Lose (BuzzFeed News)
A SMALL ROCKET MAKER IS RUNNING A DIFFERENT KIND OF SPACE RACE (Bloomberg)

Thu. 02/06 - Google Maps Freshens Up For Its Birthday Feb 06, 2020

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Google Maps turns 15 and puts on a fresh coat of paint, it turns out you WILL be able to unlock your car via iPhone and really soon, Huawei is suing Verizon, Twitter impresses investors, Casper has a rollercoaster IPO, and does the fact that Google has stopped reporting a key metric basically guarantee that they have crossed the ad-load Rubicon?

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Wed. 02/05 - It Turns Out… Feb 05, 2020

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Spotify officially buys The Ringer, we have the official Disney+ subscriber numbers, Jeff Weiner is officially stepping down as LinkedIn CEO, a Rockstar Games co-founder is apparently leaving the company, and what languages do most developers say they want to learn next?

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Spotify is buying Bill Simmons’s The Ringer to boost its podcast business (Recode)
Disney earnings beat expectations, fueled by strong Disney+ subscriptions (Yahoo! Finance)
LG Electronics is withdrawing from Mobile World Congress due to coronavirus (The Verge)
NYSE Owner Intercontinental Exchange Makes Takeover Offer for eBay (WSJ)
Instagram Brings In More Than a Quarter of Facebook Sales (Bloomberg)
Jeff Weiner Updates His LinkedIn Profile (Wired)
Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser is leaving the company (The Verge)
Programming languages: Go and Python are what developers most want to learn (ZDNet)
Why the N.Y.P.D. Dropped One of Its Oldest Crime-Fighting Tools (NYTimes)
Steve Jobs' personality changed after Apple's success, Wozniak says (CNET)

Tue. 02/04 - Tech Is the Angle In Iowa Feb 04, 2020

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We finally know how big a business YouTube is, the tech angle on that Iowa Caucuses mess IS the only angle, Mastercard explains why it pulled out of Libra, and why has the US Government decided to break up Big Razor, before it gets around to Big Tech.

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YouTube is a $15 billion-a-year business, Google reveals for the first time (The Verge)
This Is The Buzzy Democratic Firm That Botched The Iowa Caucuses (HuffPost)
Some Google Photos videos in ‘Takeout’ backups were sent to strangers last November (9to5Google)
Mastercard chief speaks out against nationalism and Facebook (Financial Times)
Asana Says It’s Filed to Go Public Through a Direct Listing (Bloomberg)
Chip Industry Had Worst Sales Year Since Dot-Com Bubble Burst (Bloomberg)
Top Antitrust Official Is Said to Recuse Himself From Google Inquiry (NYTimes)
The US government is breaking up Big Razor before it gets to Big Tech (Recode)

Mon. 02/03 - Is THIS the End of the BlackBerry Era? Feb 03, 2020

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The end might truly be nigh for Blackberry this time. Will the Corona Virus mean we won’t have an Apple event next month after all? Leaked video of the Galaxy Z Flip. Did Jeff Bezos succumb to Elon Musk envy? And why one of the most popular music streaming services in the world is one you’ve probably never heard of.

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BlackBerry’s Android smartphones will stop being sold in August 2020 (9to5Google)
Ming-Chi Kuo Says Coronavirus Outbreak Impacting iPhone Supply, Lowers Shipment Forecast (MacRumors)
Uber Suspends 240 Mexican Accounts to Prevent Coronavirus Spread (Bloomberg)
Microsoft Teams goes down after Microsoft forgot to renew a certificate (The Verge)
Alleged leaked video shows off Samsung’s folding Galaxy Z Flip (The Verge)
Disney Takes Tighter Control of Hulu After Disney+ Bundle Revs Up Growth (Bloomberg)
Behind Amazon’s HQ2 Fiasco: Jeff Bezos Was Jealous of Elon Musk (Bloomberg)
Spotify, Apple Music Trail Little-Known Rival in Music-Obsessed India (WSJ)
A guy carted 99 phones around to create traffic jams on Google Maps (Updated) (Android Authority)

(Bonus) A16Z's Angela Strange On Why Every Company Will Be a Fintech Company Feb 01, 2020

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This is the promised interview with Angela Strange from Andreessen Horowitz. I told you about it on the weekend longreads segment yesterday, so no more need to explain it: let’s talk about why soon, every company could be a Fintech company.

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Fri. 01/31 - Did Uber and DoorDash Almost Merge? Jan 31, 2020

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Amazon earnings, the new Apple Maps is rolling out in the US, Uber and DoorDash held merger talks at Softbank’s behest, who’s number two to TikTok in short form videos, and of course, the weekend longreads suggestions.

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Amazon Revenue Jumps on Holiday Sales as Profit Rises (WSJ)
Apple's redesigned Maps app is available across the US (TechCrunch)
Uber and DoorDash held merger talks after SoftBank push (Financial Times)
SoftBank Is Funding Every Side of a Bruising Startup Battle (WSJ)
EU lawmakers snub Apple's pleas, overwhelmingly vote to push for charging cable standard (Apple Insider)
How Dubsmash revived itself as #2 to TikTok (TechCrunch)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

Every Company Will Be a Fintech Company (Angela Strange/A16Z)
Don't Brush Off Mouth Tech As a Passing Fad (Wired)
The iPad's original software designer and program lead look back on the device's first 10 years (InPut)
Super Bowl 2020: The madness and magic behind the game’s first 4K HDR broadcast (Digital Trends)
Researchers Are Racing to Make a Coronavirus Vaccine. Will It Help? (NYTimes)
How Do Bats Live With So Many Viruses? (NYTimes)
Facial Recognition- The controversial and nearly ever-present technology that could replace the fingerprint (California Sunday Magazine)
CollegeHumor Helped Shape Online Comedy. What Went Wrong? (Wired)

Thu. 01/30 - Tesla's Earnings Home Run Jan 30, 2020

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Its Earnings Bonanza Day! Tesla, Facebook, Microsoft, Samsung… Facebook pays a record fine to Illinois, the Switch has outsold the SNES, three interesting Apple stories, Avast changes its business model and the new Fantastical app.

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