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Microsoft unveils 13.5-inch Surface Laptop running Windows 10 S, with 4 color options, USB 3, Mini DisplayPort, 14.5-hour battery life, ships June 15 from $999 — Microsoft has announced a brand new Windows-powered notebook called the Surface Laptop. — At an event in New York City today …
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Microsoft unveils Windows 10 S, a streamlined version for education that only runs apps from Windows Store, launching this summer — At its education event in New York City today, Microsoft announced a new edition of its latest operating system: Windows 10 S. Available on first-party …
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Windows 10 S laptops, starting at $189, to ship this summer with free Office 365 and a one-year subscription of Minecraft Education Edition — Microsoft's answer to Chrome OS is called Windows 10 S. This new operating system is a streamlined and secured version of Windows 10.
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Microsoft announces Code Builder extension for Minecraft: Education Edition, which introduces the Agent, a sidekick who helps kids execute coding instructions — Microsoft today announced Code Builder for Minecraft: Education Edition. This new extension will teach kids how to code …
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YouTube revamps its desktop site with an updated design based on Google's Material Design, optional dark theme, and faster framework — YouTube turned 12 on Monday. To celebrate the milestone, the company is today launching a redesign of its desktop site, which now takes advantage … | Charlie Demerjian / SemiAccurate: |
Intel patches remote exploit that affects chips from 2008-2017 with Active Management Technology option enabled — Nehalem through Kaby all remotely and locally hackable — Every Intel platform from Nehalem to Kaby Lake has a remotely exploitable security hole.
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Docker appoints former SAP exec Steve Singh as CEO to replace Ben Golub — Docker was tagged with a $1 billion valuation in the heady days of 2015, when the term “unicorn” was still in vogue and venture capitalists spoke frequently of FOMO (fear of missing out).
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After 18 years, About.com is rebranding as Dotdash and will launch a travel-focused vertical later this month — On Tuesday, About.com is going to change its name. The digital publisher is expected to announce at the Collision Conference that it will henceforth be known as Dotdash (pronounced “dot-DASH").| Peter Kafka / Recode: |
Twitter unveils 16 streaming partners for its live video service, including BuzzFeed, The Verge, Viacom, WNBA, MLBAM, PGA, Bloomberg, and Live Nation — Last year: NFL. This year: Bloomberg, the WNBA, Live Nation and our friends at The Verge. — Yesterday, Twitter announced it was building …
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Facebook rolls out Instant Games on Messenger to all users, currently with up to 50 games including Words with Friends — Facebook is announcing today that it is rolling out Instant Games on Messenger more broadly to the 1.2 billion people who use the messaging system every month.
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Facebook builds new Express Backbone network, to split the cross-data center server-to-server traffic from regular Internet-facing user traffic — Facebook has multiple data centers in the U.S and Europe. For the past ten years, they were connected by a single wide-area (WAN) backbone network known as the classic backbone or CBB.
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Report: Facebook document shared with advertiser shows company's ability to detect feelings of teens, but Facebook denies serving targeted ads based on emotions — Leaked document reveals Facebook knows when teens feel ‘useless,’ but the company denies serving targeted ads based on emotions
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IAC to buy Angie's List in $500M+ deal; Angie's List will be combined with HomeAdvisor to form new publicly traded company called ANGI homeservices Inc. — IAC/InteractiveCorp agreed to buy consumer-recommendation website Angie's List Inc., intending to combine the business … Sponsor Posts
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