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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: |
Microsoft reveals Project Scorpio specs: 8-core 2.3GHz CPU, custom GPU comprised of 40 units, 12GB GDDR5 RAM, 1TB hard drive, and 4K UHD Blu-ray drive — Microsoft has promised that their next console, Scorpio, will be “the most powerful console ever,” and today the company delivered on that promise …
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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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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Pebble updates iOS and Android apps, decoupling smartwatches from dependency on cloud services so watches can work normally after Pebble servers shut down — One of the biggest questions for Pebble owners following the company's acquisition by Fitbit last year has been how long their watches would keep working going forward.| 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 … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Spotify is considering directly listing its shares on a public exchange in September, instead of a traditional IPO — Music-streaming service considers a direct listing, bypassing the typical public-offering script — Music-streaming service Spotify AB is readying an initial public offering that is expected by year-end.
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| Samburaj Das / CryptoCoinsNews: |
As Japan recognizes bitcoin as a legal payment method from April 2017, businesses may begin accepting bitcoin payments at around 260K retail outlets — Over a quarter of a million stores could be accepting bitcoin by summer this year. — The post Bitcoin Could Soon Be Accepted at 260,000 Stores … | Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Canonical will discontinue its Unity desktop interface, focusing on GNOME instead, and will shutter its mobile projects — Ubuntu phones and tablets are dead, but the desktop, server, and cloud live on. — Six years after making Unity the default user interface on Ubuntu desktops …
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| Kirsten Korosec / Fortune: |
YC alumni Sharethebus rebrands as Bus.com, raises $5M Series A from BMW and others for its charter bus booking platform — BMW has invested in Bus.com, a Montreal-based startup that allows users to book charter buses online. It's the latest example of a push by automakers …
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| 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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| Kevin Gallo / Windows Blog: |
Windows 10 Creators Update and Creators Update SDK are available for download now — This is a big day! Today we opened access to download the Windows 10 Creators Update and, along with it, the Creators Update SDK. And today is a great day for all Windows developers to get the SDK …
| Ben Popper / The Verge: |
YouTube's $35/mo. TV streaming service debuts in Los Angeles, NYC, Chicago, Philadelphia, and San Francisco Bay Area, with 4 major networks, 40+ cable channels — Young people in the United States have already made the switch from traditional television to streaming services.
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| John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal: |
Ajit Pai plans to create Office of Economics and Data at FCC by the end of the year for better cost-benefit analysis of agency's regulations — New Office of Economics and Data could ease rollback of net-neutrality rules — WASHINGTON—Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai … | Washington Post: |
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