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Sources: Apple began developing a new low-power ARM-based chip last year for Macs, which will work alongside Intel's chipset and handle “Power Nap” duties, more — A part built with ARM Holdings is used in keyboard's Touch Bar — New design could help improve battery life in MacBook laptops
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ZeniMax awarded $500M damages in breach of NDA lawsuit against Oculus; Oculus to pay $300M, co-founder Iribe to pay $150M, co-founder Luckey to pay $50M — A Dallas, Texas jury today awarded half a billion dollars to ZeniMax after finding that Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey failed to comply with a non-disclosure agreement he signed.
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Sources: Facebook, Microsoft, Google, Apple, and Amazon circulating draft open letter to Trump on recent immigration order ahead of planned release this week — Financial, manufacturing, consumer companies also involved — Draft expressed concern about Trump order, offers help
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Facebook reports Q4 revenue of $8.81B, vs $8.51B expected, as MAUs grow to 1.86B, up 17% YoY, and DAUs rise to 1.23B for December 2016, up 18% YoY — Facebook had another strong quarter in Q4 2016, earning $8.81 billion in revenue and $1.41 EPS. It pulled that from 1.86 billion monthly users …
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Waymo says disengagement rate per 1K miles driven autonomously dropped from 0.8 in 2015 to 0.2 in 2016, even while miles driven rose to 635K overall — Waymo's self-driving software had far fewer disengagements in 2016 than it did in 2015 in the state of California, despite a big increase in the number of miles driven overall.
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Tesla has been testing four autonomous cars on California roads, totaling 550 miles between October and December, reporting 0.33 disengagements per mile — State DMV publishes ‘disengagement’ reports from 11 companies — Tesla had four autonomous vehicles that covered 550 miles
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Source: The first new smartwatch with Android Pay, the LG Watch Sport, will cost $349 — After revealing late last week that LG's Watch Style will come in at $249, today we can confirm via one of trusted sources that its bigger, LTE-enabled brother will cost $100 more.| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
AT&T says it will begin rollout of its “5G Evolution” network with 400 Mbps+ peak theoretical speeds in Austin and Indianapolis later this year — With top speeds starting at 400Mbps — AT&T is paving the way for 5G in the US, starting with an initial rollout in its Austin …
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New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sues Charter Communications, claiming Charter's Spectrum unit promised internet speeds it knew it couldn't deliver — Charter-owned cable provider defrauded and misled customers, AG's complaint says. — New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman today filed …
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Facebook is testing a “Discover People” feature for connecting with strangers on Facebook who share interests, employers, are attending an event, more — Facebook is rolling out a new section on mobile called “Discover People,” which encourages users to introduce themselves …
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HPE acquires behavioral security analytics firm Niara — Niara's behavior analytics software will be integrated with HPE Aruba's ClearPass network security portfolio. — HPE announced Wednesday that it has acquired Niara, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based behavioral security analytics firm.
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Valve and five game publishers face EU antitrust probe for geo-blocking and regional pricing, ASUS for online price-fixing — Valve, the company behind games distribution platform Steam, is being investigated by EU antitrust regulators. Agreements in place between Valve and five game publishers …
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