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Amazon unveils Echo Show, an Alexa-powered speaker with a 7" touchscreen and video calling for $229.99; preorders open now, ships June 28 — Look out, world: Alexa is coming to a screen near you. Today Amazon unveiled the Echo Show, a WiFi-enabled home device with a seven-inch screen …
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Amazon adds voice calling and messaging on all Echo devices and the Alexa app, launching the features today — Amazon may have flopped with the Fire Phone, but don't count it out of the telephony game just yet. Alongside Amazon unveiling its newest Echo device earlier today …
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Snapchat adds snaps with unlimited viewing time and looping videos, which will both self-destruct on being closed, and new creative tools like a “magic eraser” — Infinite snaps, loops, and the magic eraser — Snapchat added a set of new creative tools to its arsenal today amid …
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Several studies show that existing Snapchat users are staying loyal to the social network, despite Instagram stunting its growth — U.S. millennials and Gen Zs aren't entirely replacing their Snapchat addiction with Instagram Stories, according to a dozen studies and surveys commissioned or collected by TechCrunch.| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Sarah Tavel leaves Greylock Partners to become general partner at Benchmark Capital, the first woman in that role at the firm — Sarah Tavel has joined venture capital firm Benchmark Capital as its sixth general partner, after having been with rival Greylock since 2015.
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| John Mannes / TechCrunch: |
Facebook publishes convolutional neural net models for machine translation on GitHub that it says are ~9x faster and more accurate than current state of art — In its latest paper, the Facebook AI Research (FAIR) team dropped some impressive results for its implementation …
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Docs show Microsoft's plan to turn Windows 10 PCs into Echo rivals with HomeHub feature, which includes an “always on” welcome screen for lists, notes, more — Microsoft has been working on a new HomeHub feature for Windows 10 to better compete with devices like Amazon's Echo.
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Sources: Senate Intel Committee sent a secret notice to US AG and DNI warning of potential risks of Kaspersky software, given Russian firm's huge market share — Russia's growing aggression toward the United States has deepened concerns among U.S. officials that Russian spies might try … | Bloomberg: |
China's Alipay announces deal with payment processor First Data Corp to let its users shop at 4M stores in US — Mobile payments wallet to be accepted at 4 million U.S. stores — Alipay says it's part of broader international expansion — China's mobile-payments king wants a piece of the world's biggest consumer market.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Current launches Visa debit card for kids and app for parents to track spending, set chores, encourage saving, available for $5/month in the US — A startup called Current is today launching a new way for parents to dole out allowances to their kids: with an app.
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Nvidia debuts VRWorks Audio SDK for immersive 3D sound and VRWorks 360 Video SDK for stitching up to eight 4K cameras into 360-degree video — Nvidia is expanding the capabilities of its VRworks toolkit to streamline the development process. — The tech company revealed its new VRWorks audio …
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Samsung opens US preorders for unlocked Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus, starting at $724.99 for the 64GB unlocked S8 and $824.99 for the 64GB unlocked S8 Plus — Starting at Best Buy and Samsung.com — Samsung has opened preorders for the unlocked variety of its new Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus smartphones.
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