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Next major Windows 10 update, dubbed the "10 April 2018 Update", to release on April 30 with features like Timeline, Focus Assist, and an updated Edge browser (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

France's BlaBlaCar buys urban carpooling app Less, the eighth acquisition by the ride-sharing giant that has 60M users across 22 countries (Paul Sawers/VentureBeat) אסף מגידש

Sony posts strong FY2017 results of ~$78.1B revenue and ~$6.7B profit on robust PS4 sales of 19M units; mobile revenue down to ~$6.6B from ~$6.9B in FY2016 (Nick Summers/Engadget) אסף מגידש

Amazon has launched a portal offering home security services including installations, with no monthly service contracts, in five price tiers from $240 to $840 (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch) אסף מגידש

Cryptographer's doubts about Ozzie's CLEAR key-escrow system: securing private keys at OEMs and disabling a phone once law enforcement accesses it are hard (Matthew Green/A Few Thoughts ...) אסף מגידש

Spain's BBVA becomes first global bank to issue a loan using blockchain; BBVA says the process cut negotiation time for €75M corporate loan from "days to hours" (Laura Noonan/Financial Times) אסף מגידש

Sources: T-Mobile and Sprint have made progress in negotiating merger terms and are aiming to successfully complete deal talks as early as next week (Reuters) אסף מגידש

Baidu plans to dispose of majority stake in financial service biz that operates Baidu Wallet as Q1 revenues grow 31% YoY to $3.3B, profits up 128% YoY to $728M (Jason Booth/China Money Network) אסף מגידש

Microsoft's Intelligent Cloud reports $7.9B in Q3 revenue, up 17% YoY, and $2.65B in profit, up 24% YoY, driven by YoY Azure revenue growth of 93% (Tom Krazit/GeekWire) אסף מגידש

Amazon to raise the price of Prime from $99 to $119 in the US, the first increase in 4 years, going into effect for new subs on May 11 and existing subs in June (Jason Del Rey/Recode) אסף מגידש

Amazon and the NFL will once again partner to stream Thursday Night Football, with Amazon Prime Video streaming 11 games during the 2018 and 2019 seasons (Kurt Schlosser/GeekWire) אסף מגידש

Microsoft Q3: Surface revenue up 32% YoY; Xbox software and services up 24% YoY with active users up 13% YoY to 59M; LinkedIn brought in $1.3B, up 37% YoY (Tom Warren/The Verge) אסף מגידש

Apple is discontinuing production of its AirPort Express, AirPort Extreme, and AirPort Time Capsule Wi-Fi routers, will continue to sell them while stock lasts (Rene Ritchie/iMore) אסף מגידש