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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Amazon announces a simplified virtual private server service called Lightsail, starting at $5/month — AWS fired a shot across Digital Ocean's bow this morning at the AWS re:Invent conference when it announced new virtual private servers starting at just $5 a month.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Amazon debuts Amazon AI developer platform, which includes an image recognition service, text-to-speech tools, and conversational app building tools — Amazon today announced the launch of its new Amazon AI platform at its re:Invent developer event in Las Vegas.
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AWS Blog, AWS Blog, AWS Blog, AWS Blog, The Register, The Verge, Computerworld, InfoWorld, SiliconANGLE, AWS Blog, Forbes, ZDNet, The Next Platform, GeekWire, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, WebProNews, Wall Street Journal, and Fortune
Tweets: @cloud_opinion, @awscloud, and @brianroemmele
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
AWS debuts FPGA instances for EC2 cloud computing service, pricing TBD, for applications which typically run on GPUs lke video processing and machine learning — Amazon's AWS cloud computing service today announced that it is launching a new instance type (F1) with field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs).
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| Jeff Barr / AWS Blog: |
Amazon debuts AWS Snowmobile, a 45 foot long container and truck capable of transporting 100PB of data securely between locations — Moving large amounts of on-premises data to the cloud as part of a migration effort is still more challenging than it should be!
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TechCrunch, AWS Blog, TheStreet.com, Computerworld, TechCrunch, ZDNet, VentureBeat, SiliconANGLE, The Verge, GeekWire, and Tech Trader Daily
Tweets: @curtmonash, @kevinweil, @kennethn, @imkialikethecar, @joshconstine, @gonzalezseattle, and @awscloud
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Netflix enables downloading of shows and movies to watch offline on iOS and Android for all streaming plans; selection is mostly limited to Netflix originals — For now, the selection is mostly limited to Netflix originals — You can finally take Netflix with you onto a plane or the subway.
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See also Mediagazer| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Gooligan, new Android malware found in 86 apps in 3rd-party marketplaces, has compromised 1M+ Google accounts to date, targeting versions 4 and 5 of Android — 86 apps available in third-party marketplaces can root 74 percent of Android phones. — Researchers say they've uncovered a family …
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Tweets: @mossadnews, @breakingbytes, and @charlesarthur
Thanks:@ravichandrans25| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman apologizes for editing user comments and says the company is working to combat abuse by taking action against “toxic users” — Reddit will start issuing warnings, timeouts and permanent bans to its most abusive trolls, but will also limit …
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Tweets: @omnidestiny, @joshconstine, @kevin2kelly, @redlightvoices, @joshconstine, and @nellucnhoj
See also Mediagazer| John Paczkowski / BuzzFeed: |
Apple marks World AIDS Day with App Store specials and four new (Red)-branded products; proceeds from its (Red)-branded products have raised $120M+ so far — It was 2006 when Apple joined the (Red) campaign, an effort to rally the private sector in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
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| Selina Wang / Bloomberg: |
GoPro to cut 15% of its workforce, or 200+ full-time positions, and shut down its entertainment division, will incur as much as $33M in restructuring costs — Action-camera maker sees charges of as much as $33 million — Tony Bates will depart his position as president by year end
| Jamie Condliffe / MIT Technology Review: |
China begins piloting a system combining records on citizens to compute a “social credit score” determining eligibility for jobs, loans, travel, and more — It was a drab, chill day in November, and the clocks were striking thirteen. As the woman passed through Hangzhou Railway Station …
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Wall Street Journal and Washington Post. Tweets: @rudyhavenstein, @scottthurm, @paulmozur, @brian_lovin, @dannysullivan, @anthonyha, @lucasvanmilders, @eorden, @omertene, @alexjamesfitz, @xamat, @johnwilson, @ethel_baraona, @citizencyborg, @techreview, @frontrowbrian, @wsj, @wsj, @feliciasonmez, and @kenroth
| YouTube Blog: |
YouTube announces support for 4K live streams of 360-degree and standard videos; first 4K stream will be Game Awards on December 1 — Back in 2010, we enabled 4K video support for the very first time. Since then, millions of videos have been uploaded at that eye-popping resolution …
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Tweets: @9to5google and @playstation
| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Twitter rolls out the ability to create and curate Moments on mobile, two months after web — Twitter only recently opened up its Moments product to users, allowing them to curate tweets around specific events, but it was limited to just the desktop and web.
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The Next Web, Twitter, TechCrunch, Engadget, Droid Life, and Mashable
Tweets: @twitter, @jack, @sacca, @martinsfp, @caseynewton, and @tim_stevens
| Elissa Murphy / Google: |
Google debuts App Maker, a drag-and-drop app development platform for G Suite users, aimed at speed and ease of use — G Suite is designed to help you do your best work, whether that's through real-time collaboration that brings your teams together or machine intelligence that speeds up everyday tasks.
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TechCrunch, ZDNet, Android Authority, Business Insider, VentureBeat, InfoWorld, Neowin, Fast Company, and Fortune
Tweets: @harrymccracken, @gsuite, and @gsuite
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Mozilla is working to patch a Firefox zero-day in the wild that is being used to unmask Tor users; vulnerability is similar to the one used by the FBI in 2013 — Publicly released exploit works reliably against a wide range of Firefox versions. — There's a zero-day exploit in the wild that's … | Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
After previewing its own video filters, Facebook cuts off Prisma's Live Video API access, says it is meant for video from sources other than smartphone cameras — Style transfer startup Prisma added support to its iOS app for livestreaming its art filter effects in real-time via Facebook Live earlier …
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Digital Trends, Android Authority, Engadget, The Verge, SocialTimes, Ubergizmo, Mashable, and New York Magazine. Tweets: @jonrussell
| Avery Hartmans / Business Insider: |
Report: ad tech company AppNexus has filed confidentially for an IPO, expected around Q2 2017, valuing the company between $1.5B and $2B — AppNexus' long-awaited IPO is about to happen. — The ad tech company has filed paperwork confidentially for an initial public offering …
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Wall Street Journal and AdExchanger. Tweets: @telisdemos, @scottmaustin, @nickstatt, and @ajs. See also Mediagazer
| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
iOS email client Spark comes to the Mac for free, with Smart Inbox categorization, ability to ‘snooze’ messages, Quick Replies, Touch Bar Support, more — Note: The new app is rolling out now; stay tuned for availability shortly. — Today Readdle is officially launching Spark for Mac … | Paul Thurrott / Thurrott.com: |
Office 365 adds collaboration features, including document activity notifications for Android and Windows 10 Mobile, and real-time co-authoring on PowerPoint — Microsoft has added new collaboration features to Office 365 this month. Key among them are co-authoring capabilities in PowerPoint …
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Office Blogs, Laptop Mag, and SiliconANGLE
| Dustin Volz / Reuters: |
FBI gains ability to hack computers in any jurisdiction with warrant, as Senator Wyden's attempts to block changes to the criminal procedure rules failed — A last-ditch effort in the Senate to block or delay rule changes that would expand the U.S. government's hacking powers failed Wednesday … | Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat: |
Angry Birds maker Rovio spins off Hatch, a freemium subscription video game streaming service, which will launch an invite-only beta for Android early next year — Finland's Rovio announced today that it has created a new company called Hatch Entertainment that is developing a Spotify-like service for mobile video games.
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