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Sources: SoftBank has taken a $4B stake in Nvidia, representing an equity holding of 4.9%, which is just under the amount requiring a regulatory disclosure — Stake represents 4.9 percent of total outstanding shares — Holding seen moving into SoftBank's $93 Billion Vision Fund| John Mannes / TechCrunch: |
Google Attribution, a free tool for examining marketing strategies and customer purchases, goes live in beta — At Google's Marketing Next conference, the company is announcing a new beta for Google Attribution, a free tool for examining the role that different marketing strategies play in customer purchasing decisions.
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| Michael del Castillo / CoinDesk: |
Blockstack releases developer edition of blockchain-powered browser, plans to introduce tokens later this year — Blockchain startup Blockstack has released a decentralized browser aimed at making apps more easily accessible. — In a way, the release is a kind of Netscape for the decentralized internet …
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple launches free Swift app development curriculum on iBooks, which will be offered by six community colleges this fall — Apple has today announced that is launching a new app development curriculum designed to teach students how to start using Swift to create fully functional iPhone apps.
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| Thomas Ricker / The Verge: |
IKEA says its Trådfri smart lights will be compatible with Apple's HomeKit, Amazon Echo, and Google Home by autumn — Coming this summer and fall — Ikea's low-cost TRÅDFRI smart lights first announced in Europe last year, will soon get voice control for owners of Google Home, Apple HomeKit, and Amazon Alexa devices.
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| Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal: |
Uber underpaid NYC drivers for past 2.5 years, is refunding them the difference plus interest, which may cost the firm upwards of $45M — The ride-hailing company says it is refunding the money after miscalculating its commissions — Uber Technologies Inc. on Tuesday said it mistakenly underpaid …
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| Eduard Kovacs / SecurityWeek: |
Chaos Computer Club hackers say they have defeated Samsung Galaxy S8's iris recognition system using a photo of victim's iris — Hackers of the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) in Germany have managed to defeat the iris recognition system on Samsung's flagship Galaxy S8 smartphones.
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| Jonathan Keane / Tech.eu: |
Warsaw-based medical booking platform DocPlanner raises €15M Series D led by ENERN Investments — Health tech startup, DocPlanner has raised €15 million in a Series D round to further grow its SaaS healthcare booking platform. — The fresh round of funding was led by ENERN Investments …
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| Michael del Castillo / CoinDesk: |
Global distributed ledger consortium R3 raises $107M to develop blockchain-like tech for banks from 40+ investors including Intel, HSBC, BoA Merrill Lynch — Global banking consortium R3 has closed the largest funding round in the history of distributed ledger technology.| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
1Password adds Travel Mode feature that lets users easily wipe passwords from the app before departing and then restore them upon arrival — 1Password received a handy new feature last week that allows the app to temporarily remove all passwords, credit cards, and other stored data from a user's devices.
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AppleInsider, MacStories, BetaNews, MacRumors, The Mac Observer, and TechCrunch. Tweets: @brianfagioli
| Stephanie Condon / ZDNet: |
LinkedIn, HPE, and others launch Open19 Foundation, a nonprofit to support open and customizable datacenter designs — The Open19 Foundation, whose founding members also include GE Digital, Vapor IO and Flex, will support open hardware and open software projects.
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| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Facebook debuts new group features for Live, including Live With, letting users stream side-by-side, and Live Chat with Friends private chatrooms — Facebook Live might be about bringing the entire community together around events, but sometimes you just want to know the reactions of your buddies.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google debuts Family Group feature to easily share calendars, photos, notes, Google Play Family Library, Play Music, and YouTube TV among up to 6 people — Google has increasingly added family friendly functionality in its products. Today, the company is introducing a “Family Group” …
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| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
LeEco says it's laying off 325 employees, or 70% of its US business' workforce, due to a lack of funding — Little-known LeEco cuts 70 percent of its US workforce as its lofty goals couldn't match the reality of a tough market. — It was a chilly January night in Las Vegas as Danny Bowman … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon takes on Etsy's wedding market with launch of new shop, an offshoot of Handmade at Amazon, featuring tens of thousands of handcrafted items on US site — Amazon this morning staked another claim in the billion-dollar wedding industry with the launch of a new Wedding Shop dedicated … | Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Apple's head of worldwide HR, Denise Young Smith, to become VP for Inclusion and Diversity, reporting to Tim Cook; CFO Luca Maestri to temporarily fill HR role — Apple's head of Worldwide Human Resources Denise Young Smith will now run diversity programs for the company under a newly created VP position …
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Tweets: @jordankahn and @jordankahn
| John Eggerton / Multichannel News: |
FCC releases proposal for rollback of Title II net neutrality rules, with initial comments due July 17 and reply comments due August 16 — Will give commenters until Aug. 16 to weigh in — The vetting and explicating on the FCC's network-neturality notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) can now begin in earnest.| Paul Mozur / New York Times: |
Google's AlphaGo beats world's top Go player, China's Ke Jie; China reportedly blocked livestreams of the match, despite enormous interest within the country — HONG KONG — It isn't looking good for humanity. — The world's best player of what might be humankind's most complicated board game …
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