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Japan's NHK: Apple considering multibillion dollar investment in Toshiba's chip business for stake of more than 20% — Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is considering investing at least several billion dollars in the chip business put up for sale by Toshiba Corp (6502.T), public broadcaster NHK reported, citing an unidentified source.| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
Google retires the Octane JavaScript benchmark, since developers are making optimizations to boost scores at the expense of real world performance — JavaScript engines have focused too much on the benchmark, to the detriment of the real world. — Google has announced … | Elizabeth Weise / USA Today: |
Facebook rolling out tech that analyzes patterns to find fake accounts that can spread misinformation, malware, and falsely boost page rankings — SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook is ramping up efforts to kill off sham accounts used to spread fake news, pass along malware and falsely boost page rankings … | Kara Swisher / Recode: |
Susan Fowler, the Stripe employee who exposed harassment at Uber, is named editor-in-chief of Increment, Stripe's new quarterly magazine for software engineers — The techie who became famous for her blog about the sorry state of Uber will run Increment. — Susan Fowler …
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Google is testing Google Hire, a tool for managing the job application process, with outside companies — Google has finally begun to provide hints about the app that's been under development by Bebop, the startup created by VMware cofounder Diane Greene that Google acquired in 2015.
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FCC's 600MHz spectrum band auction results: T-Mobile will pay $7.99B for what it says is 31MHz of spectrum nationwide, Dish to pay $6.2B, Comcast to pay $1.7B — Dish, Comcast, and US Cellular also bought plenty of 600MHz spectrum. — T-Mobile USA was the biggest winner in an auction …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Peloton raises $60M Series B from Omnitracs, Intel Capital, Nokia Growth Partners, Volvo Group, and others for its driver assist system for fleets of trucks — Peloton Technology ("Peloton"), a connected and automated vehicle startup that's setting out to improve the safety and efficiency … | James Vincent / The Verge: |
Google has taught a neural network to sketch like humans, understand the concept of what it's drawing, and complete images started by someone else — Remember last year when Google released an AI-powered web tool that played Pictionary with your doodles? Well, surprise!
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Google adds “Style Ideas” feature in Image Search for mobile web and Android to show more fashion possibilities, using algorithms and authoritative sites — Google is not taking Pinterest's search ambitions lying down. The company recently launched a “Similar Items” …
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Google Photos v2.13 for Android adds video stabilization feature — Qualcomm Snapdragon 835: The first benchmark results - comparisons to Pixel, OnePlus 3T, Galaxy S7, and more
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| Hayley Tsukayama / Washington Post: |
Uber now allows riders who want extra privacy to input an intersection instead of an address as a drop-off or pickup location — Uber changed its app Thursday to allow riders to enter an intersection instead of an address as a drop-off or pickup location. That way, customers can give …
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| Lydia Ramsey / Business Insider: |
Blink Health, an app that helps people save money on prescription medications, raises $90M Series B led by 8VC, briging total raised to $165M — Blink Health, a company that provides discounts to prescription drugs, just raised another $90 million. — The New York-based digital health startup …
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