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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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AWS Blog, SiliconANGLE, The Register, VentureBeat, ITworld.com, GeekWire, GeekWire, and VentureBeat
| 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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Amazon.com, SiliconANGLE, AWS Blog, TechCrunch, Digital Trends, TheStreet.com, InfoWorld, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, ZDNet, Tech Trader Daily, The Verge, and GeekWire
Tweets: @kevinweil, @curtmonash, @kennethn, @imkialikethecar, @joshconstine, @gonzalezseattle, and @awscloud
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Amazon debuts AI platform with tools for devs: Rekognition for image recognition, Polly for text-to-speech, and Lex, a chatbot builder using tech behind Alexa — Amazon today announced the launch of its new Amazon AI platform at its re:Invent developer event in Las Vegas.
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Tweets: @cloud_opinion, @brianroemmele, @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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AWS Blog, SiliconANGLE, AWS Blog, PCWorld, InfoWorld, VentureBeat, Tech Trader Daily, TechCrunch, eWeek, and VentureBeat
| 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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Adrian Ludwig, Check Point Blog, Check Point Software, CNNMoney, AppleInsider, SiliconBeat, Forbes, Business Insider, Forbes, Redmond Pie, CSO, CNET, The Verge, BGR, TalkAndroid.com, Inquirer, Tom's Guide, 9to5Google, Android Central, Digital Trends, SecurityWeek, Motherboard, Patently Apple, Tom's Hardware, Silicon Valley Business …, Softpedia News, CIO.com, Neowin, International Business Times, BetaNews, Android Police, The Hacker News, Android Authority, TechnoBuffalo, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @mossadnews, @charlesarthur, and @breakingbytes
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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Gizmodo, reddit, BBC, Washington Post, CNET, CNNMoney, USA Today, Breitbart, SiliconBeat, BGR, The Daily Caller, Fortune, The Verge, Mashable, SlashGear, and Ars Technica UK
Tweets: @redlightvoices, @omnidestiny, @joshconstine, @joshconstine, @kevin2kelly, and @nellucnhoj
See also Mediagazer| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Mozilla and Tor release update for Firefox zero-day vulnerability being actively exploited to deanonymize users — Critical deanonymization flaw resides in Windows, Mac, and Linux. Patch now. — Developers with Tor have published a browser update that patches a critical Firefox vulnerability … | 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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Netflix Media Center, Engadget, Wall Street Journal, TechHive, The Guardian, Variety, BuzzFeed, Daring Fireball, AndroidGuys, LarrysWorld.com, Digital Trends, ExtremeTech, iDownloadBlog.com, TechSpot, TalkAndroid.com, NPR, BGR, Consumerist, BetaNews, CNNMoney, PhoneDog.com, Forbes, Neowin, Gotta Be Mobile, SlashGear, Tubefilter, Six Colors, Laughing Squid, tech.co, Mashable, Gizmodo, Droid Life, Android Authority, Lifehacker, Highsnobiety, iPhone in Canada Blog, GeekTime, Tom's Guide, Investor's Business Daily, GeekWire, CrackBerry.com, Motherboard, The Drum, Breitbart, The Mac Observer, CNET, Geek.com, MobileSyrup.com, AOL, Vox, Inquirer, Ubergizmo, International Business Times, SiliconBeat, InfoWorld, The Verge, Adweek, TIME, DSLreports, Android Central, Refinery29, On MSFT, Reuters, POPSUGAR, AppleInsider, The Next Web, New York's PIX11, Recode, TechCrunch, Consequence of Sound, Business Insider, and Business Insider
Tweets: @netflix, @stevekovach, @stevesi, @pierce, @davechensky, @dangillmor, and @dhh
See also Mediagazer| Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg: |
Opendoor raises $210M led by Norwest Venture Partners to expand to new cities next year, sources say at a valuation of at least $1B — Silicon Valley's club of unicorn startups hasn't been growing as fast as it once was, and its newest member is unlike most of is venture-backed peers.
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Silicon Valley Business …, TechCrunch, Forbes, Fortune, Forbes, and PE Hub Blog
| 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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YouTube, TechCrunch, Android Police, CNET, Variety, TechnoBuffalo, VentureBeat, The Verge, Droid Life, SlashGear, Android Central, iDownloadBlog.com, BetaNews, The Next Web, Digital Trends, 9to5Google, Android Authority, and Engadget
Tweets: @9to5google and @playstation
| 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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BGR, USA Today, Engadget, The Verge, Apple, 9to5Mac, Macworld, Fortune, TouchArcade, iPhone Hacks, TechnoBuffalo, PhoneDog.com, AppAdvice.com Latest, Refinery29, MacStories, and Cult of Mac
| 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, @lucasvanmilders, @paulmozur, @omertene, @brian_lovin, @eorden, @dannysullivan, @anthonyha, @scottthurm, @alexjamesfitz, @xamat, and @johnwilson
| 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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Twitter, Social Media Today, The Next Web, Droid Life, TechCrunch, Engadget, and Mashable
Tweets: @twitter, @jack, @martinsfp, @caseynewton, @sacca, and @tim_stevens
| Selina Wang / Bloomberg: |
GoPro to cut 15% of workforce, or 200+ jobs, shut down entertainment unit, incur up to $33M in restructuring costs; president Tony Bates to leave by year end — Action-camera maker sees charges of as much as $33 million — Tony Bates will depart his position as president by year end| 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, AdExchanger, and The Drum
Tweets: @ajs, @telisdemos, @scottmaustin, and @nickstatt
See also Mediagazer| 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 …
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International Business Times, Engadget, The Register, The Hill, ZDNet, and U.S. Senator Ron Wyden
Tweets: @geminiimatt and @ronwyden
Thanks:@dnvolz| 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, Business Insider, Android Authority, VentureBeat, InfoWorld, Neowin, Fast Company, and Fortune
Tweets: @gsuite, @gsuite, and @harrymccracken
| 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, The Verge, Engadget, Mashable, SocialTimes, Ubergizmo, and New York Magazine. Tweets: @jonrussell
| 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.| Katie Roof / TechCrunch: |
Box reports Q3 2017 revenue of $102.8M, up 31% YoY, vs $100.6M expected, as operating loss narrows from $55M to $37.8M YoY — Cloud storage company Box reported third-quarter earnings after the bell on Wednesday, beating Wall Street expectations with a record $102.8 million in revenue …
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ZDNet, Business Wire, Tech Trader Daily, Mattermark, and Reuters
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