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Sources: the 2017 Pixel XL, manufactured by LG, will have a 6" AMOLED display with a 2:1 aspect ratio and smaller bezels — The image you see above is what we believe to be an accurate representation of Google's 2017 flagship smartphone, the 2nd-generation Pixel “XL.”| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
Facebook to gradually expand worldwide beta of display ads in Messenger's Home screen, which follow an auction-based model — Facebook Messenger will start to extend its home screen ads beta worldwide in the weeks ahead, Messenger head of product Stan Chudnovsky announced today.
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AT&T Pretends To Love Net Neutrality, Joins Tomorrow's Protest With A Straight Face — You'd be hard pressed to find a bigger enemy of net neutrality than the fine folks at AT&T. The company has a history of all manner of anti-competitive assaults on the open and competitive internet …
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As Google pays academics for research that often ends up justifying its controversial business practices, many academics fail to disclose their funding source — Google operates a little-known program to harness the brain power of university researchers to help sway opinion and public policy …
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| Matt Day / The Seattle Times: |
Microsoft unveils $10B Rural Airband Initiative to bring better broadband to 23.4M Americans, to start efforts in 12 states by offering seed money to local ISPs — In an event scheduled for Tuesday in Washington, D.C., Microsoft plans to propose using technology it helped develop as a cornerstone …
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Google announces a new AI-focused early stage venture fund, Gradient Ventures, which promises its portfolio startups access to Google engineers — - The idea is to spur innovation in artificial intelligence while also providing interesting experiences to Google engineers.
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| Dustin Volz / Reuters: |
Knight First Amendment Institute sues Trump for blocking Twitter users, alleging the practice amounts to an unconstitutional effort to suppress dissent — A free-speech group said on Tuesday it sued U.S. President Donald Trump for blocking Twitter users from his @realDonaldTrump account …
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Twitter hires a new CFO: Ned Segal, longtime Goldman Sachs banker and recent Intuit exec, relieving COO Anthony Noto of the duties he's held since November — Segal was most recently at Intuit. — Twitter has hired a new CFO: Ned Segal, a longtime Goldman Sachs banker who was most recently …
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How Intel's new “Skylake-SP"-based Xeon server chips, launched today, stack up against AMD's EPYC line — This morning kicks off a very interesting time in the world of server-grade CPUs. Officially launching today is Intel's latest generation of Xeon processors, based on the “Skylake-SP” architecture.
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Symantec to acquire mobile cybersecurity startup Skycure, just a week after buying Fireglass, another infosec firm — Security software giant Symantec is continuing its recent spate of acquisitions with the news that it plans to buy U.S / Israeli cybersecurity company Skycure.
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Company emails: Kaspersky Lab has made products for Russian intelligence and accompanied agents on raids; CEO has insisted that ties to Kremlin are “total BS” — Emails show the software-security maker developed products for the FSB and accompanied agents on raids.| Corrie Driebusch / Wall Street Journal: |
Snap's stock closes at $15.47, down 8.95%, well below its $17 IPO price, after one of its IPO's underwriters, Morgan Stanley, downgraded the stock — Morgan Stanley cut its price target for shares of the Snapchat parent - Snap Inc.'s rough week continued Tuesday, as a bank that led … Sponsor Posts
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