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GOP approves new fines of up to $2.5K for Congress members who livestream or take photos from House floor; Dem. John Larson blasts the move as unconstitutional — Republicans barreled ahead with a plan to fine members who use their phones to broadcast future floor protests …
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Apple's sloppiness became evident in 2016 with missed ship dates, lack of significant updates, and long delays on refreshes; company needs to realign in 2017 — This has been the winter of our discontent. 2016 was the year the tone changed. There's always been a lot of criticism and griping …
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Garmin announces three new Fenix 5 smartwatches, new inReach satellite communications devices, and adds Uber, other apps to its Connect IQ Store — LAS VEGAS (BRAIN) — Garmin announced several new products in features as the Consumer Electronics Show prepared to open here this week.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Zuckerberg plans to meet and listen to people in all 50 states in 2017, in effort to “find a way to change the game” for those sidelined by tech, globalization — After a year of criticism and allegations around fake news, censorship, and bias, Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg …
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Tweets: @joshconstine, @sfiegerman, @birdyword, @ben_hadden, and @lynseybarber
Thanks:@joshconstine| Adam Geitgey / GitHub: |
New browser extension allows users to see tags that Facebook automatically applies to photos, available for Chrome and Firefox — Want to try this? Install it from the Chrome Web Store — Since April 2016, Facebook has been automatically adding alt tags to images you upload that are populated …
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addons.mozilla.org, Digital Trends, gHacks Technology News, The Next Web, Lifehacker, and Digital Inspiration …. Tweets: @changelog
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Symantec debuts Norton Core router that promises real-time security for up to 20 devices, available June for $280 plus $99/year for Security Plus subscription — You'll know Norton as one of the most popular names in security software, but now it's a piece of hardware too … | Nicole Lee / Engadget: |
Sevenhugs unveils its universal smart remote that can control nearly 25K connected devices, preorder now for $229, coming later this year for $300 — Those “universal remote controls” that control just your home entertainment center? They might need a new name.
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| Dong Ngo / CNET: |
Comcast announces Advanced Gateway mesh Wi-Fi system and cloud-based platform for connected devices in your home, available to Xfinity customers later this year — Comcast's new cloud-based platform will bring ease of use, whole home Wi-Fi coverage and useful features to its broadband customers.
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| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Samsung unveils three QLED TVs with Chromecast-like functionality, pricing and availability TBD — Samsung today introduced its 2017 lineup of QLED televisions, which the company bills as having the “best picture quality — ever.” While the Q7, Q8, and Q9 displays are markedly improved …
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Digital Trends, BetaNews, BGR, TechHive, International Business Times, and The Memo
| Paul Hill / Neowin: |
Telegram update lets users delete messages within 48 hours of sending them — If you got drunk over the holiday and sent out a few messages you wish you could have retracted, you wouldn't be alone. Today, Telegram pushed out an update (3.16) that allows you to delete messages that you might … | Nick Statt / The Verge: |
LG unveils the Gram 14, a 2.16-pound ultra-thin notebook which it claims has 21 hour battery life — That claim will have to be tested — LG's latest attempt to blend ultra-thin design with high-end performance may have solved one of the company's most pernicious problems.
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Windows Blog, Laptop Mag, Windows Central, VentureBeat, The Fire Hose, and On MSFT
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Hong Kong-based Hubblo says its portable 360-degree camera for personal VR broadcasting will ship in Q1 2017 for $1K — Hubblo is launching a new 360-degree camera to enable personal virtual reality broadcasting. — Hong Kong-based Hubblo is announcing the Hubblo VR camera …
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TechCrunch, The Verge, Tom's Hardware, and VRFocus
| Ángel González / The Seattle Times: |
Amazon says it has 45K robots helping in 20 fulfillment centers, up from last year when it had 30K robots working alongside 230K humans — The world's largest e-commerce retailer said it employed 45,000 robots in some 20 fulfillment centers. That's a cool 50 percent increase … | Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Amazon partners with three Chinese manufacturers to launch Amazon Fire-powered 4K TVs, to be sold online and in select retail stores later this year — Amazon is now making its own TV — sort of, anyway: The e-commerce giant has teamed up with Seiki, Westinghouse and Element Electronics … | Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
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