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March 1, 2017, 9:15 AM

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Peter Kafka / Recode:
YouTube debuts YouTube TV, a $35/month service including broadcast networks, about 30 cable channels, cloud DVR with unlimited storage, personal recommendations  —  Meet YouTube TV.  —  YouTube used to be the place you could watch almost anything you wanted, for free.
Richard Lawler / Engadget:
Nvidia unveils its top of the line GTX 1080 Ti, available next week for $699, with 11GB of GDDR5X memory, claims it is faster than the $1,200 Titan X  —  Last year we called NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 1080 “the upgrade you've been waiting for,” and now PC gamers have another high-end graphics card to drool over.
Johana Bhuiyan / Recode:
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick says he's seeking “leadership help” in note apologizing for how he treated a driver in leaked video  —  Kalanick responded to a video that surfaced today of him yelling at an Uber driver.  —  Uber CEO Travis Kalanick has issued yet another apology …
Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg:
Leo Kelion / BBC:
Facebook brings suicide prevention tools to Live video and Messenger, begins using AI to spot suicidal users  —  Facebook has begun using artificial intelligence to identify members that may be at risk of killing themselves.  —  The social network has developed algorithms that spot warning signs …
Nat Levy / GeekWire:
Amazon says AWS S3 servers in Northern Virginia are now operating normally after earlier outage, which impaired sites including Quora, Trello, IFTTT, and Imgur  —  This is a developing story.  We will update it as more information becomes available.  —  UPDATE: 2:15 p.m. …
Jordan Novet / VentureBeat:
Google adds its Keep note taking app to the G Suite portfolio of services and integrates it into Docs' interface via a side panel  —  Google today is announcing the addition of the Google Keep notetaking app to its G Suite portfolio of cloud services for organizations.
Cromwell Schubarth / Silicon Valley Business Journal:
Palo Alto Networks misses expectations with Q2 revenue of $423M and a loss of $60.6M, up from $57.3M last year; stock down about 18% after hours  —  A disappointing second quarter report sent shares of Palo Alto Networks down by as much as 18 percent Tuesday in after-hours trading.
Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:
Microsoft, Intel, JP Morgan, Reuters, UBS, and others form the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance to integrate Ethereum blockchain into enterprise products  —  Microsoft is expanding on its Azure Blockchain-as-a-Service work by joining the new Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, along with Intel and a number of leading banks.
Alexandria Sage / Reuters:
Tyto Lidar, a firm specializing in sensor tech acquired by Otto in 2016 along with a Lidar scanner patent, could be a factor in Uber's defense in Waymo battle  —  A company now owned by Uber last year quietly bought a small firm specializing in sensor technology used in autonomous vehicles …

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