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The pioneers of modern AI win the Turing Award, Apple still hasn’t fixed its keyboard problem, India shot down a satellite in space and Microsoft puts the kibosh on April Fools’ jokes. 

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Turing Award Won by 3 Pioneers in Artificial Intelligence (NYTimes)

THE GODFATHERS OF THE AI BOOM WIN COMPUTING’S HIGHEST HONOR (Wired)

Google Podcasts in-episode search is coming, shows now being fully transcribed (Android Police)

Google makes emails more dynamic with AMP for Email (TechCrunch)

Appl Still Hasn’t Fixd Its MacBook Kyboad Problm (WSJ)

FTC announces inquiry into the privacy practices of broadband providers (The Verge)

NYPD's Big Artificial-Intelligence Reveal (Governing.com)

India says it has just shot down a satellite in space (MIT Technology Review)

Microsoft leads the way in banning April Fools’ Day pranks (The Verge)

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The EU Parliament approves the “link tax” and the “upload filter.” Uber acquires Careem, McDonald’s makes a tech acquisition, and a wrap-up of the hot-takes from the Apple event.

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Europe’s controversial overhaul of online copyright receives final approval (The Verge)

HUAWEI’S P30 PRO IS A PHOTOGRAPHIC POWERHOUSE WITH A TINY NOTCH (The Verge)

Uber announces $3.1 billion deal to buy Middle East rival Careem (CNBC)

McDonald's is acquiring Dynamic Yield to create a more customized drive-thru (TechCrunch)

Exclusive: First look at Apple’s new AirPods-like ‘Powerbeats Pro’ truly wireless sport headphones (9to5Mac)

Very Brief Thoughts and Observations on Today’s ‘Show Time’ Apple Event (Daring Fireball)

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The Apple event broken down piece by piece, YouTube wants out of the streaming video wars, Nintendo is working on two new Switch devices, is consolidation finally coming to the digital media space, and why you should know the name Transsion.

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Apple launches $9.99 Apple News Plus with more than 300 magazines (The Verge)

Apple introduced its own credit card, the Apple Card (TechCrunch)

Apple announces Apple TV Plus video subscription service (The Verge)

YouTube Bows Out of Hollywood Arms Race With Netflix and Amazon (Bloomberg)

Nintendo to Launch Two New Switch Models (WSJ)

Digital media companies Group Nine Media and Refinery29 are said to be in talks to merge (Business Insider)

Shenzhen Transsion applies to raise capital on Shanghai’s technology board after taking Africa’s phone market by storm (South China Morning Post)

Not too long ago I recommended The Rideshare Guy podcast because I’ve fallen in love with it. That and his website, the Rideshareguy.com. Harry Campbell allows us to look at a space from a different angle than we usually do on this show. So, here’s a great conversation with Harry about the rideshare driver community! What they think about the upcoming IPOs, what they think about the ridesharing platforms generally, who might be the driver’s favorite, what do they think about self-driving cars?

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Today, we’re going to talk Facebook’s pivot to privacy and Apple’s big event on Monday. Please do search your podcast apps and subscribe to the Future Forward podcast.

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Might Apple’s Monday event be a huge anticlimax? Is AT&T’s “5G E” slower than 4G? YouTube is responsible for 37% of mobile Internet Traffic, what programming languages are on the up and the weekend longreads suggestions.

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New York Times CEO warns publishers ahead of Apple news launch (Reuters)

Apple’s plan for its new TV service: Sell other people’s TV services (Recode)

750,000 Medtronic defibrillators vulnerable to hacking (StarTribune)

Facebook acknowledges concerns over Cambridge Analytica emerged earlier than reported (The Guardian)

AT&T's fake 5G E is slower than Verizon's and T-Mobile's 4G (CNET)

Mobile time-spent jumps up: YouTube corners ~40% of the traffic, Facebook less than 10% (WhatsNewInPublishing)

The RedMonk Programming Language Rankings: January 2019 (RedMonk)

Weekend Longreads:

Meet Silicon Valley's 'China whisperer (CNNBusiness)

Inside Garageband, the Little App Ruling the Sound of Modern Music (Rolling Stone)

Grab vs. Go-Jek: Inside Asia’s Battle of the 'Super Apps' (Fortune)

BETTER LIVING THROUGH CRISPR: GROWING HUMAN ORGANS IN PIGS (Wired)

A MORE HUMANE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY, BROUGHT TO YOU BY CRISPR (Wired)

Reset the x number of days without a Facebook scandal calendar, Microsoft launches Virtual Desktop but begins sunsetting Windows 7, European Wikipedia goes dark, and the hottest coin in crypto is making people remember the glory days of 2017.

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Facebook Stored Hundreds of Millions of User Passwords in Plain Text for Years (Krebs on Security)

Can Duruk's Tweet Storm

Windows Virtual Desktop is now in public preview (TechCrunch)

Microsoft launches previews of Windows Virtual Desktop and Defender ATP for Mac (VentureBeat)

Microsoft warns Windows 7 users of looming end to security updates (TechCrunch)

European Wikipedias have been turned off for the day to protest dangerous copyright laws (The Verge)

Hottest Crypto Coin's Massive Rally Echoes Bitcoin's Glory Days (Bloomberg)

APPLE IPAD MINI REVIEW: NO COMPETITION (The Verge)

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The EU Commission hits Google with another billion Euro fine, Santa Tim had another surprise for us this morning with next generation AirPods, and in fact, it was a day of quiet upgrades, to the Oculus Rift, to the Kindle, even to Facebook Messenger. Also, MoviePass brings back it’s unlimited plan… for now.

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Google hit with €1.5 billion antitrust fine by EU (The Verge)

Facebook Halts Ad Targeting Cited in Bias Complaints (NYTimes)

AirPods, the world’s most popular wireless headphones, are getting even better (Apple Newsroom)

The Oculus Rift S is real and arrives in spring for $399 (TechCrunch)

Amazon’s entry-level Kindle gets a light and a higher price tag (The Verge)

Facebook Messenger now has message threads (VentureBeat)

MoviePass’ unlimited plan is back and at the original price — for now (Polygon)

All 88 companies from Y Combinator's W19 Demo Day 2 (TechCrunch)

New York City is finally getting its own self-driving shuttle service (The Verge)

Google’s gaming service is called Stadia, the iMac lineup gets an update, Instagram ads in-app shopping, Intel wants to build an exascale computer and Y Combinator’s Demo Day, Day 1.

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Google Stadia announced, a game streaming service for Chrome, Android, and TVs (9to5Google)

Google unveils Stadia cloud gaming service, launches in 2019 (The Verge)

Stadia, Google’s gaming platform, changed the rules of the console wars (Polygon)

Apple Updates iMac Lineup With Up to 8-Core 9th-Gen Intel Processors and Radeon Pro Vega Graphics Options (MacRumors)

Instagram tests in-app shopping with Kylie Cosmetics, Nike and Huda Beauty (Digiday)

Nvidia announces $99 AI computer for developers, makers, and researchers (The Verge)

Intel claims Aurora will be the first U.S. supercomputer to hit 1 exaflop (Venture Beat)

Here are the 85+ startups that launched at YC's W19 Demo Day One (TechCrunch)

An iPad mini refresh and a new iPad Air, MySpace has lost basically all your stuff, details of the Lyft IPO and the state of Seed Investing.

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Apple launches new iPad Air and iPad mini (TechCrunch)

Inside YouTube’s struggles to shut down video of the New Zealand shooting — and the humans who outsmarted its systems (Washington Post)

Myspace player won't play songs, and I want to download them if possible (Reddit thread on the Myspace news)

The Internet Archive is working to preserve public Google+ posts before it shuts down (The Verge)

Lyft Aims for Valuation Near $20 Billion in Biggest U.S. IPO (Bloomberg)

Ride-hail service Juno is seeking a buyer (Quartz)

Why Has Seed Investing Declined? And What Does this Mean for the Future? (Both Sides)

Decade in review: Trends in seed and early-stage funding (TechCrunch)

Apple’s Big Spending Plan to Challenge Netflix Takes Shape (NYTimes)

Google Spent Years on a Secret New Plan to Attack a $140 Billion Industry. It All Starts Tomorrow (Inc.)

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