Microsoft pledges $500 million to help Seattle’s housing crisis

Apparently, Microsoft started looking into the region’s housing situation right after Seattle compromised on a tax proposal meant to raise funds for affordable housing and homeless residents. If… Read more here: Microsoft pledges $500 million to help Seattle’s housing crisis

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Germany may order Facebook to stop collecting some user data

It’s not certain how quickly Facebook would have to change its practices. Germany is most likely to set a deadline instead of demanding immediate reforms, Bild said, so it would have some time to… Read this article: Germany may order Facebook to stop collecting some user data

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Apple is reportedly cutting iPhone production by 10 percent

According to one of Nikkei’s sources, “the level of revision is different for each supplier and depends on the product mix they supply.” In addition, the tech giant apparently told suppliers to… See more here: Apple is reportedly cutting iPhone production by 10 percent

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PS4 sales are closing in on 100 million

PS4 games also did very well over the holidays. Sony says 50.7 million PS4 titles were sold during the season, bringing the total sales to 864 million as of December 31st, 2018. Marvel’s… More here: PS4 sales are closing in on 100 million

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Marriott breach included 5 million unencrypted passport numbers

In a statement released Friday, the hotel chain said the “upper limit” for the number of potentially compromised guests is around 383 million, though it’s likely that some of those records are… See the article here: Marriott breach included 5 million unencrypted passport numbers

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