Will tech companies change the way we manage our health?

As of September 2018, the top 10 tech companies in the U.S. had spent a total of $4.7 billion on healthcare acquisitions since 2012. The number of healthcare deals undertaken by those companies has consistently risen year-on-year.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/31/will-tech-companies-change-the-way-we-manage-our-health/
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Apple has banned Google from running internal iOS apps after certificate misuse

Apple has blocked Google from distributing its internal-only iOS apps on its corporate network after a TechCrunch investigation found the search giant abusing the certificates. Apple did not immediately comment.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/31/apple-ban-google-data-app/
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Lowe’s is killing off and bricking its Iris smart home products at the end of March

If you’ve got any gear from Lowe’s Iris line of smart home products, it’s time to start looking for alternatives. Lowes has announced that the line is toast, with plans to flip the switch on “the platform and related services” at the end of March.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/31/lowes-is-killing-off-and-bricking-its-iris-smart-home-products-at-the-end-of-march/
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Kleiner Perkins gets back to early stage with its $600M 18th fund

“KP used be a small team doing hands-on company building. We’re moving away from being this institution with multiple products and really just focusing on early stage venture capital” Kleiner Perkins partner Ilya Fushman tells me.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/31/kleiner-perkins-early-stage/
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Amazon reports better than expected Q4, but lowers Q1 guidance

Amazon had a heck of a holiday. The online retail giant posted Q4 earnings today, reporting $72.4 billion in revenue, topping last year’s $60.45 billion and besting the analyst forecat of $71.92 billion.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/31/amazon-reports-better-than-expected-q4-but-lowers-q1-guidance/
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Here’s What the Fed’s Halt on Interest Rates Means for Your Wallet

There are consequences whether you have a savings account or a credit card (or both). The Federal Reserve indicated on Wednesday that it was done raising interest rates for the foreseeable future, after a run of incremental increases that began to affect the typical consumer’s wallet.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/your-money/fed-rate-halt-consumer-impact.html
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Senate Rebukes Trump Over Troop Withdrawals From Syria and Afghanistan

WASHINGTON — The Senate, in a bipartisan rebuke to President Trump’s foreign policy, voted overwhelmingly to advance legislation drafted by the Senate majority leader to express strong opposition to the president’s withdrawal of U.S. military forces from Syria and Afghanistan.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/us/politics/senate-vote-syria-afghanistan.html
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China wants to keep its spot as a leader in the space race with plans to launch 30 missions

Keeping its spot among the top countries who are competing in the space race, China is planning to launch 30 missions this year, according to information from the state-run China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp., reported by the Xinhua news agency.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/31/china-wants-to-keep-its-spot-as-a-leader-in-the-space-race-with-plans-to-launch-30-missions/
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The Voter Suppression State

If it is your goal to keep people of color from the polls, you can once again look to Texas for guidance. Ms. Swartz, an executive editor at Texas Monthly, is a contributing opinion writer.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/opinion/texas-voter-suppression.html
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How the Supreme Court’s Inaction Could Decide the Future of Abortion

If the justices fail to intervene in our case, the future of Roe v. Wade will be in enormous jeopardy. Ms. Northup is the head of the Center for Reproductive Rights, which represents Louisiana abortion providers in June Medical Services v. Gee.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/opinion/supreme-court-louisiana-abortion.html
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Twitter cuts off API access to follow/unfollow spam dealers

Notification spam ruins social networks, diluting the real human interaction. Desperate to gain an audience, users pay services to rapidly follow and unfollow tons of people in hopes that some will follow them back.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/31/dont-buy-twitter-followers/
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Houzz resets user passwords after data breach

Houzz, a $4 billion-valued home improvement startup that recently laid off 10 percent of its staff, has admitted a data breach. A reader contacted TechCrunch on Thursday with a copy of an email sent by the company.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/31/houzz-data-breach/
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zoobus: savypsychopath: But…. that’s the point…. you should…

But…. that’s the point…. you should have saved so you weren’t living paycheck to paycheck…. The phrase “living paycheck to paycheck” implies there is no room for savings. You are spending your entire paycheck to survive.

from Pocket https://tvaerialleeds.tumblr.com/post/182457031142/zoobus-savypsychopath-but-thats-the-point
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Senate Rebukes Trump Over Troop Withdrawals From Syria and Afghanistan

WASHINGTON — The Senate, in a stinging bipartisan rebuke to President Trump’s foreign policy, voted overwhelmingly to advance legislation drafted by the Senate majority leader to express strong opposition to the president’s withdrawal of U.S. military forces from Syria and Afghanistan.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/us/politics/senate-trump-syria-afghanistan.html
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Net neutrality battle gets a new day in court tomorrow

More than a year after net neutrality was essentially abolished by a divided Federal Communications Commission, a major legal challenge supported by dozens of companies and advocates has its day in court tomorrow. Mozilla v.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/31/net-neutrality-battle-gets-a-new-day-in-court-tomorrow/
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Congress needs your input (but don’t call it crowdsourcing)

Like many modern digital innovations, “crowdsourcing” is a concept borrowed from the commercial tech industry. It is a method to solicit ideas from the Internet masses to complete a task or solve a challenge.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/31/congress-needs-your-input-but-dont-call-it-crowdsourcing/
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Homeless Find Refuge in the Subway as New York Copes With Deep Freeze

As commuters shuffled through the Lexington Avenue-53rd Street subway station on Thursday morning, Tyrone Cooper serenaded the bundled-up passengers with his usual renditions of popular tunes. But Mr. Cooper’s performance also came with a warning: “It’s too cold to be outside right now.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/nyregion/cold-weather-polar-vortex-nyc.html
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President Signs Order to Help U.S. Manufacturers and ‘Trump People’

WASHINGTON — President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that will push for federal dollars spent on infrastructure projects to be put toward American companies and bolster workers his top trade adviser described as “blue-collar Trump people” the administration has focused on helping

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/us/politics/trump-executive-order-manufacturing.html
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Mitch McConnell Sees Democratic ‘Power Grab’ in Proposal to Make Election Day a Holiday

In a speech on the Senate floor, Mitch McConnell on Wednesday denounced Democratic legislation intended to increase voter turnout as a “power grab,” singling out one proposal as particularly nefarious: making Election Day a federal holiday.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/us/politics/election-day-holiday-mcconnell.html
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The U.S. Needs to Stay Out of Venezuela

Yes, the country’s people deserve a better government. But Elliott Abrams and John Bolton shouldn’t have a say in what it looks like. Mr. Iber is a historian of United States-Latin American relations.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/opinion/us-intervention-venezuela.html
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Facebook just removed a new wave of suspicious activity linked to Iran

Facebook just announced its latest round of “coordinated inauthentic behavior,” this time out of Iran.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/31/facebook-iran-2019/
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Want to Stop Fake News? Pay for the Real Thing

Google and Facebook should be allies of quality journalism, not its gravest threat. Mr. Chavern is president of the News Media Alliance, a trade association for news publishers.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/opinion/google-facebook-fake-news-journalism.html
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India, Brexit, Apple: Your Friday Briefing

Let us help you start your day. Good morning.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/briefing/india-brexit-apple.html
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Cloud movie locker UltraViolet is finally closing

UltraViolet, an older “cloud movie locker” service, is shutting down. The service, which allowed consumers to unlock a digital copy of their DVDs and Blu-Rays, was something of a transitional step between the age of physical media and today’s streaming video landscape.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/31/cloud-movie-locker-ultraviolet-is-finally-closing/
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Facebook users who quit the social network for a month feel happier

New research out of Stanford and New York University took a look at what happens when people step back from Facebook for a month. Through Facebook, the research team recruited 2,488 people who averaged an hour of Facebook use each day.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/31/stanford-nyu-econ-facebook-study/
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Teenagers Emerge as a Force in Climate Protests Across Europe

BRUSSELS — Tens of thousand of children skipped school in Belgium on Thursday to join demonstrations for action against climate change, part of a broader environmental protest movement across Europe that has gathered force over the past several weeks.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/world/europe/climate-change-protests-students.html
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Don’t worry, this rocket-launching Chinese robo-boat is strictly for science

It seems inevitable that the high seas will eventually play host to a sort of proxy war as automated vessels clash over territory for the algae farms we’ll soon need to feed the growing population.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/31/dont-worry-this-rocket-launching-chinese-robo-boat-is-strictly-for-science/
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University of Iowa Student Among the Dead After Midwestern Deep Freeze

CHICAGO — On Sunday evening, Gerald Belz, an 18-year-old freshman at the University of Iowa, was lingering at his parents’ house in Cedar Rapids, a half-hour from the campus in Iowa City. It had just started snowing. His father, Michael Belz, popped his head in Gerald’s bedroom.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/us/iowa-student-death.html
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Pandora-powered channels will come to SiriusXM’s app this year

SiriusXM this week offered a few more details on how it plans to leverage its newest asset, Pandora, following its $3.5 billion acquisition of the streaming music service last year, which officially closes on Friday.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/31/pandora-powered-channels-will-come-to-siriusxms-app-this-year/
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Sources: Clutter is raising $200-250M led by SoftBank for on-demand storage and moving

Marie Kondo’s rise as a cultural icon shows there’s big business to be had in sorting out a mess. And startups are also hoping to get in on the action.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/31/sources-clutter-is-raising-200-250m-led-by-softbank-for-on-demand-storage-and-moving/
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Rana el Kaliouby and Alexei Efroswill be speaking at TC Sessions: Robotics + AI April 18 at UC Berkeley

TechCrunch’s third robotics event is just over two and a half months away, and it’s already shaping up to be a doozy. We’ve already announced Anca Dragan, Hany Farid, Melonee Wise and Peter Barrett for our event and have an exciting pair of new names to share with you.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/31/rana-el-kaliouby-and-alexei-efroswill-be-speaking-at-tc-sessions-robotics-ai-april-18-at-uc-berkeley/
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Howard Schultz Doesn’t Understand American History

Howard Schultz, the former chief executive of Starbucks, cannot win the presidency as an independent candidate. But is there someone who could? Is there any chance a third-party candidate could contest the presidency and win? The short answer is no.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/opinion/columnists/howard-schultz-third-party-candidates.html
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Daily Crunch: Facebook beats Wall Street estimates

The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here:

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/31/daily-crunch-facebook-earnings/
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Digital Influencers and the dollars that follow them

Animated characters are as old as human storytelling itself, dating back thousands of years to cave drawings that depict animals in motion.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/31/digital-influencers-and-the-dollars-that-follow-them/
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WashU announces donation from Square co-founder to grow engineering school

Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) announced today that its engineering school received its largest single donation in history.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/31/washu-announces-donation-from-square-co-founder-to-grow-engineering-school/
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A Small New England College Struggles to Survive

Is there still room for unconventional schools like Hampshire College? Mr. Krakauer graduated from Hampshire College in 1976 with a degree in environmental studies.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/opinion/higher-education-hampshire-college-.html
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Uber’s transit offering just went live in Denver

Uber, after announcing its intentions to get into public transit last April, is ready to launch in Denver. In partnership with the Regional Transportation District and transit data provider Moovit, residents of Denver will now be able to navigate public transportation within the Uber app.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/31/ubers-transit-offering-just-went-live-in-denver/
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Google’s Cloud Firestore NoSQL database hits general availability

Google today announced that Cloud Firestore, its serverless NoSQL document database for mobile, web and IoT apps, is now generally available. In addition, Google is also introducing a few new features and bringing the service to ten new regions.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/31/googles-cloud-firestore-nosql-database-hits-general-availability/
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After bans from Apple and Google, Sarahah debuts Enoff, an iOS app for anonymous feedback at work

Sarahah, the anonymous messaging app founded in Saudi Arabia that became an unexpected viral sensation with teens, clocking up over 300 million registered users before getting banned by Apple and Google over bullying, is making a return to the App Store — but not as you might think.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/31/after-bans-from-apple-and-google-sarahah-debuts-enoff-for-anonymous-feedback-at-work/
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Federal Government to Seize More Control Over New York City Public Housing

The federal government moved to seize more control over the New York City Housing Authority on Thursday, reaching a tentative billion-dollar settlement to correct years of maintenance failures, mismanagement and cover-ups that prosecutors said had exposed hundreds of thousands of residents to lead p

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/nyregion/hud-nycha-deal.html
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Hulu realizes video ads on pause would’ve made you throw your TV out the window

Good news: Hulu won’t show video ads when you pause after all. Instead, the company told TechCrunch that it plans to show static banner ads instead, starting sometime this spring.

from Pocket https://www.fastcompany.com/90299966/hulu-realizes-video-ads-on-pause-wouldve-made-you-throw-your-tv-out-the-window
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We Tried Five Polar-Weather Experiments. Here’s What Happened.

With schools closed and temperatures well below zero, one family learned some hard lessons about the scientific process. For the latest developments, read our cold weather live briefing.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/science/polar-vortex-experiments.html
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Step targets teens and parents with a no-fees mobile bank account and Visa card

A new mobile banking startup called Step wants to help bring teenagers and other young adults into the cashless era. Today, cash is used less often, as more consumers shop online and send money to one another through payment apps like Venmo.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/31/step-targets-teens-and-parents-with-a-no-fees-mobile-bank-account-and-visa-card/
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Microsoft highlights the Xbox Adaptive Controller in emotional Super Bowl ad

Once upon a time, people had to wait for the Super Bowl to watch the ads. Those dark days are over. Now you can have companies sell you products on-demand, any time, day or night.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/31/microsoft-highlights-the-xbox-adaptive-controller-in-emotional-super-bowl-ad/
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How to watch Locast: A brief guide to the free local TV streaming service

About a year ago, a nonprofit called Locast quietly started streaming local broadcast channels such as ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC in New York City. It has since expanded to six other cities, and will probably get a lot more attention now that the operation has been profiled by The New York Times.

from Pocket https://www.fastcompany.com/90299948/how-to-watch-locast-a-brief-guide-to-the-free-local-tv-streaming-service
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Opponents of a sweeping democracy reform package received the bulk of corporate PAC donations in the midterms

The 206 members of the House of Representatives who haven’t agreed to support a major democracy reform package typically received about $150,000 more from corporate political action committees during the midterm elections than sponsors of the measure, according to a MapLight analysis.

from Pocket https://www.fastcompany.com/90299942/opponents-of-a-sweeping-democracy-reform-package-received-the-bulk-of-corporate-pac-donations-in-the-midterms
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Leaked TikTok ad deck suggests it has 17M+ MAUs in Europe

An advertising pitch deck used by fast-growing short form video sharing app TikTok has leaked, providing a snapshot of usage in its biggest markets in Europe. The pitch deck was obtained by Digiday which says it was sent to a large (unnamed) European ad agency.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/31/leaked-tiktok-ad-deck-suggests-it-has-17m-maus-in-europe/
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Here’s why Amazon’s Super Bowl ad won’t trigger Alexa

South Park famously annoyed the world by triggering Echo and Google Home devices with familiar wake words. When Amazon’s at the wheel, however, the company is able to ensure that Alexa stays quiet, using a method called acoustic fingerprinting.

from Pocket https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/31/heres-why-amazons-super-bowl-ad-wont-trigger-alexa/
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California Today: What Happens Next for PG&E Executives?

Good morning. If you’ve lived in California for a while, odds are Pacific Gas and Electric’s bankruptcy filing this week isn’t the first time you’ve heard about big problems at the state’s largest utility.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/us/california-today-pge-executives.html
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‘I’m Going to Die Here,’ She Told the Guards. They Didn’t Listen.

GOSHEN, Ind. — “Offender Dockery stated to me around 0800 at the front counter that she was having stomach pains for 2 days and wanted to go to the hospital,” read the first entry in a corrections officer’s log.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/30/us/lamekia-dockery-death-jail-prison.html
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