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| Richard Leadbetter / Eurogamer.net: |
A preview look at Project Scorpio reveals a console that is at least six months away from release and shows impressive performance in a game demo — Digital Foundry has the specs, has seen it running, and has talked to the people who built it. — Last week, Digital Foundry was invited …
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| Jason Schreier / Kotaku: |
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| Kerry Flynn / Mashable: |
Twitter sues Trump administration after DHS tries to compel site to reveal identity of @alt_USCIS, an account critical of the government's immigration policies — So remember how President Donald Trump (a.k.a. @realDonaldTrump) loves Twitter and credits it with helping him win the election?
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| Patrick Traughber / The Twitter Blog: |
Twitter rolling out Twitter Lite, a new mobile web version optimized for slower connections and minimal data usage — Every day, millions of people around the world use Twitter to see what's happening right now. However, there are several barriers to using Twitter, including slow mobile networks …
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Facebook Messenger opens its M assistant to all US users, easing the process of sending money in chats, sharing locations, making plans, starting a poll — Starting on iOS and Android in the US — Facebook's AI assistant, known simply as M, will now pop into your Messenger chat windows …
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| Stefan Etienne / TechCrunch: |
Nvidia updates its Titan Xp GPU with 12GB GDDR5X, 3,840 CUDA cores, and adds Mac support for the first time, available for $1,200 — Nvidia updates its top-of-the-line Titan graphics card yearly, so it's only natural the Titan Xp got announced Thursday. The Titan Xp's new specs include 12GB …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter aims to reset developer relations by streamlining its API platform around core features, introducing tiered access for devs in 2017, releasing a roadmap — Twitter historically has had a rocky relationship with its developer community. — It once encouraged third-party apps …
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| Ben Popper / The Verge: |
YouTube says it will only allow channels with 10K lifetime views to monetize videos, to help make sure revenue flows only to those who play by the rules — The rule change is meant to weed out bad actors — Five years ago, YouTube opened their partner program to everyone.
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| Lauren Goode / The Verge: |
Apple Clips hands-on: a fun, lightweight app for mobile video editing that can be complicated to use but creates nice looking videos, available now — Not a social network, but a fun video app … When I opened up Apple's new Clips app yesterday, as I've been doing for the past few days …
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Tweets: @michaelsteeber, @ashleyrcarman, @joannastern, @theapplepost, and @neilcybart
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Project Zero finds serious Broadcom WiFi chipset flaw that allows hacking of many Android devices; Google releasing patch this month; iOS was patched in 10.3.1 — Broadcom chips allow rogue Wi-Fi signals to execute code of attacker's choosing. — A broad array of Android phones is vulnerable … | Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
F-Secure acquires Jonathan Zdziarski's Mac security app Little Flocker, will continue to offer it rebranded as Xfence for download — Security researcher Jonathan Zdziarski revealed he was joining Apple earlier this month, and now it turns out his Mac security app, Little Flocker, has gone awol because it's joining F-Secure.
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| Leslie Hook / Financial Times: |
Sources: Lyft raises $500M at a $6.9B valuation, a 50% increase over its January 2016 valuation — Read next … Lyft has raised more than $500m at a valuation of $6.9bn, according to three people familiar with the matter, as investors back the Uber rival's continued expansion across the United States.
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Tweets: @lesliehook, @amir, and @amir
| Wall Street Journal: |
Comcast unveils Xfinity Mobile wireless phone service for its internet and TV subscribers for $65 a month, and $12/GB pay-as-you-go plan — Cable-TV giant to unveil cellular plans in challenge to Verizon, AT&T — Comcast Corp. CMCSA -1.19% is poised to enter the fiercely competitive wireless phone market … | Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed: |
Facebook will roll out a new guide tomorrow at the top of its News Feed to help users spot “false news” in 14 countries, including US, UK, and Germany — What the new educational tool will look like in News Feed. — In its latest move to help blunt the flow of misinformation on its platform …
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