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| Rani Molla / Recode: |
Mary Meeker's 2017 internet trends report: smartphone sales and internet growth are slowing, Google and Facebook own 85% share of growth in online ads, more — The most anticipated slide deck of the year is here. — Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partner Mary Meeker is delivering …
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| Peter Han / Windows Blog: |
Microsoft says “Always Connected” Windows 10 ARM PCs are coming from Asus, HP, and Lenovo, and shows Asus and Dell Windows Mixed Reality headsets — This year I had the pleasure of taking the keynote stage with Nick Parker, CVP, consumer and device sales and Matt Barlow, CVP … | Jennifer A Dlouhy / Bloomberg: |
Source: Tim Cook called Trump to express support for Paris accord as Musk tweets he'll drop advisory role if US leaves, Intel, Microsoft sign ad supporting deal — Withdrawal risks backlash against U.S. businesses, they warn — Apple's Cook also pressing for U.S. to remain in climate pact
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Nest unveils Cam IQ, a smart home camera with a 4K video sensor that uses Google's AI for facial recognition; preorder now for $299, ships end of June — The Cam IQ presents an intriguing mix of high-fidelity video and smart motion detection and alerts — You'd be forgiven for thinking that Nest … | Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Oculus adds Chromecast support to the Samsung Gear VR headset, letting users stream their VR experiences to TVs, ahead of Daydream support for Chromecast — Oculus has added Google Chromecast support to the Samsung Gear VR headset, so users can stream virtual reality experiences to their TV using …
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| Dell Cameron / Gizmodo: |
Researcher finds 60K+ files from government consulting firm Booz Allen on public Amazon server, including US government passwords, security credentials, more — Sensitive files tied to a US military project were leaked by a multi-billion dollar firm once described as the world's most profitable spy operation, Gizmodo has confirmed.
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| Timothy W. Martin / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Samsung's Bixby virtual assistant won't debut in the US at least until late June, as it is struggling to comprehend English syntax and grammar — The English-language version of Samsung's new voice-activated virtual assistant won't likely debut in the U.S. until at least late June …
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| Meghann Farnsworth / Recode: |
Andy Rubin talks about the Essential PH-1 smartphone and Home at Code Conference — Rubin was interviewed live at Code Conference by Walt Mossberg. — Andy Rubin is the creator of Android and built the Danger Hiptop, one of the first devices to merge threaded messaging, email and the full web into a phone.
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| Thomas Ricker / The Verge: |
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| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Uber fires VP Anthony Levandowski for refusing to cooperate in the Uber vs Waymo case, according to an internal email — SAN FRANCISCO — Uber has fired Anthony Levandowski, a vice president of technology and the star engineer leading the company's self-driving automobile efforts …
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| Priya Anand / BuzzFeed: |
Leaked documents show Uber burned $1M+ during some weeks in San Francisco in 2015 to subsidize UberPool as it battled Lyft — In late 2015, UberPool was losing its home market of San Francisco to Lyft Line. Here's what Uber did to win it back, according to internal company documents.
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| Andrew Dalton / Engadget: |
Twitter creates Requests inbox that filters DMs from people you don't follow, rollout for iOS and Android apps today, coming to web within months — Twitter may never stop tweaking it's direct messaging function. Last summer, the social network added so many features to the DM tab …
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Waze says it's expanding its carpooling service to all of California beginning June 6 after successful tests in San Francisco, Sacramento, and Monterey — Google's Waze is growing its Carpool offering, expanding the ride-sharing service to all of California after successful trials in San Francisco, Sacramento and Monterey.
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| Jonathan Keane / CoinDesk: |
Brendan Eich's browser startup, Brave, raises $35M via its initial coin offering, selling out in under 30 seconds — Brave, the upstart web browser founded by Mozilla co-founder Brendan Eich, completed an initial coin offering (ICO) today that is likely to be distinguished for its speed and earnings.| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Yandex debuts first self-driving car prototype, which is currently limited to closed-circuit driving, with public tests expected in 2018 — When Russia's Yandex revealed that it, too, was working on self-driving cars, it was hard not to be a bit skeptical.
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Reddit now lets users tag their posts with location, powered by Foursquare data, coming first to mobile — Reddit has been quietly transforming into a more mature social network, and today it's adding another small but critical piece: the ability to add location tags to posts.
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