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| Nick Wingfield / New York Times: |
Sources: Microsoft expected to announce major layoffs in hardware and Nokia groups on Wednesday — Major Job Cuts Expected at Microsoft — SEATTLE — Microsoft plans to announce a major new round of layoffs as early as Wednesday, as the company seeks to further cut costs amid a shifting technology landscape.
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| Nicole Perlroth / New York Times: |
13 top cryptographers issue report opposing US, British proposals for circumventing encryption, say plans would put the world's digital communications at risk — Code Specialists Oppose U.S. and British Government Access to Encrypted Communication — SAN FRANCISCO — An elite group …
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| Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple Music review: discovery features are great but the app lacks polish and simplicity, difficult to recommend over Spotify — Apple Music Review: Behind a Messy Interface Is Music's Next Big Leap — Despite glitches and a confusing interface, Apple Music stands to make as big an impact as the iPod| Nathan Olivarez-Giles / Wall Street Journal: |
Project Fi Review: Google Masters Wi-Fi Calling, but Needs Better Phones — Can the search giant change the wireless business like it's changed high-speed Internet? — For millions of us, Google is the backbone of our digital lives. So it's a little incongruous that to get to its many services …
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Tinder introduces Verified Profiles for notable public figures, says 26M matches made daily — Introducing Verified Profiles — Tinder: it's how people meet. Each day, 26 million matches are made on Tinder, and we do our best to keep those matches real — that's why we're rolling out Verified Profiles.| Fitz Tepper / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Announces Fifth Data Center, Located In Fort Worth, Texas — Facebook just took the wraps off its fifth data center, with this one landing in Fort Worth, Texas. Like most things at Facebook, the center already has its own Facebook Page. — The Fort Worth location joins … | Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
GoPro hires former Hulu original series chief, Charlotte Koh, as head of features and series for content push — GoPro Hires Former Hulu Original Series Chief for Content Push (Exclusive) — GoPro is getting ready to step up its content game: Charlotte Koh, who used to lead Hulu's original …
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Facebook tests floating videos, so you can scroll and watch at the same time — A new button that's quietly appeared on Facebook for some today allows video to be popped out from the newsfeed so you can keep watching as you scroll. — Once pressed, the video continues playing and floats …
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| Stowe Boyd / Gigaom Research: |
Gigaom Research is relaunching under new owner Knowingly; existing subscriptions to be extended four months — Rebooting Gigaom Research — On March 9 2015, Gigaom ceased operations because of the insolvency of Giga Omni, the corporation behind the scenes.
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| Lance Whitney / CNET: |
Google starts testing self-driving cars in Austin in first expansion outside California — Google's self-driving cars hit the roads in Austin, Texas — Moving beyond California, the company is now test driving an autonomous vehicle in Austin, where it will further try to learn how to safely navigate the roads.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Netflix announces schedule for seven original feature films, the first to debut Oct. 16 — Netflix Moves Into Original Feature Films, Starting This October — Netflix is ready to become a home for feature films, giving the industry a new outlet for movie production in an era of declining ticket sales … | Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post: |
Senate Intelligence Committee approves bill requiring social media services to report postings by suspected terrorists — Lawmakers want Internet sites to flag ‘terrorist activity’ to law enforcement — Social media sites such as Twitter and YouTube would be required to report videos …
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| Timothy J. Seppala / Engadget: |
Sony's video game streaming service, PlayStation Now, gets its own Netflix-like UI — PlayStation Now's streaming app wants to be Netflix for games — PlayStation Now's all-you-can-play game subscription service launched back in January on PlayStation 4, but the method for actually playing those games has been kind of a nightmare.
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| Aaron Zamost / Backchannel: |
Square's head of communications describes the cyclical nature of media coverage of tech companies — What's Your Hour in ‘Silicon Valley Time’? — The tech press moves like clockwork, fitting company narratives into a predictable arc. Here's how pros deal with it.
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