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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 … | Kif Leswing / Business Insider: |
DMV website shows that Apple has received the permit to test autonomous vehicles in California — Apple has received a permit from the California DMV to test autonomous cars. — The California DMV updated its website on Friday, adding Apple to over 30 other companies testing self-driving vehicles … | Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
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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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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| 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 … | Lydia Ramsey / Business Insider: |
Blink Health, an app that helps people save money on prescription medications, raises $90M Series B led by 8VC, bringing 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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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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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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Tweets: @calliefield, @johnlegere, @cnet, @sherrard_andrew, and @nevilleray
| 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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| 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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