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| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Facebook testing feature that shows you where to find free and public Wi-Fi — Facebook has begun early testing of a feature designed to highlight places where you can access free and public Wi-Fi near you. The social networking company confirmed that its Wi-Fi discovery feature is being rolled out now … | Bloomberg: |
NTSB is investigating the crash of Facebook's Aquila internet drone during its test flight in June — @AlanLevin1 More stories by Alan Levin — NTSB investigating aircraft's structural failure on approach — Company founder Zuckerberg called June test flight successful
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| Sue Shellenbarger / Wall Street Journal: |
Study of 7.8K students from middle school through college finds most can't spot fake news; 82% middle-schoolers couldn't tell “sponsored content” from real news — Teens absorb social media news without considering the source; parents can teach research skills and skepticism
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Link to a malicious video can cause iOS devices to freeze when the video is played in Safari, requiring a hard reset to fix — Every so often, a weird bug related to iOS will emerge that causes some sort of temporary misbehaving for users affected by it. For instance, nearly two years ago the infamous … | The Official Motorola Blog: |
Lenovo rolling out Android 7.0 Nougat to Moto Z and Moto Z Force, bringing Daydream compatibility, first phones outside of Google's to support feature — Last month, we told you Android 7.0 Nougat would be making its way to several of our smartphones before the end of the year … | Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
AWS cuts S3 standard storage prices by up to 28% in certain regions effective December 1 — Public cloud market leader Amazon Web Services (AWS) today announced changes to the pricing structure for its Glacier cold storage service, as well as price cuts for its widely used S3 standard cloud storage.
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| Xbox Wire: |
Oculus Rift will be able to stream Xbox One games via Windows 10 starting December 12 — At Xbox, we're continuously exploring new ways for you to get the most out of your gaming experiences by providing the choice to play how you want, where you want and with whomever you want.
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| Roshan Baliga / The Keyword: |
Tests show Google Wifi is up to 75% faster than Eero, and up to 2x as fast as Luma — At Google we care deeply about connecting people to the information and services they care about. Better connectivity is at the center of this, and we know that many people wish they had better Wi-Fi coverage in their home.
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| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Doppler Labs delays launch of Here One adaptive audio smart earbuds, which won't ship until February, partners with Cleveland Cavaliers, JetBlue, others — Wireless earbuds are still in their infancy, and there still seem to be some tough issues left to nail when it comes to mass production.
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| Erin Griffith / Fortune: |
BuzzFeed buys e-commerce startup Scroll; founder Ben Kaufman now leads BuzzFeed Product Lab, which is turning its NY office into a physical store to test ideas — Two years ago, Ben Kaufman, then-CEO of well-funded consumer product startup Quirky, delivered one of the most awkward, and candid …
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| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
Sources: Thiel struggles to recruit tech elite to Trump team, turns to Max Levchin for advice; shortlist includes Blake Masters, Joe Lonsdale, Jack Abraham — Billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel is putting together a brain trust of Silicon Valley insiders to share ideas with the transition team for President-elect Donald Trump.| April Glaser / Recode: |
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
DeepMind Health and NHS Royal Free Hospital Trust, which runs three London hospitals, ink 5-year data sharing deal and will deploy Streams app in early 2017 — DeepMind Health, the division of the Google-owned AI company that's focused on building links to healthcare providers to drive … | Jamie Aspinall / The Keyword: |
Google updates Popular Times feature in Search and Maps, letting users see how busy places are in real-time — 'Tis the season for gift-giving, delicious dinners, and spending time with family and friends. That also means it's the season of crowded holiday shopping, travel planning and entertaining the in-laws.
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