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| Tripp Mickle / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Apple has set a budget of ~$1B to procure and produce original content over the next year, could acquire and produce as many as 10 TV shows — Company immediately becomes a considerable competitor in crowded market for original shows — Apple Inc. AAPL 1.09% has set a budget …
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| Birkan Icacan / Google: |
Google updates G Suite with collaborative features including ability to give and accept suggestions from mobile devices, better search, more — Getting people on the same page for a project can be tough. It requires managing a ton of opinions and suggestions.
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
After missing initial June ship date, Essential says Essential Phone models with black finish will begin shipping within 7 days, but white models are weeks away — When Andy Rubin's Essential finally announced the details surrounding its first smartphone, people got excited.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Google to roll out voice calling feature to Google Home users in US and Canada soon, but it will lack caller ID except for Google Voice or Project Fi users — Google is rolling out a long-awaited feature for its Google Home smart speaker today: voice calling.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
HMD Global debuts Nokia 8, a $705 Android device with 5.3" display, Snapdragon 835, 4GB RAM, 64GB of storage, Zeiss optics, available early September in Europe — HMD Global, the Finnish company that licensed the rights to produce Nokia phones, is revealing the company's first Nokia-branded Android flagship phone today.
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| CNBC: |
Trump disbands the Strategic and Policy Forum and American Manufacturing Council amid loss of support from member CEOs after Charlottesville comments — Members of President Donald Trump's Strategic and Policy Forum have agreed to disband the group, sources told CNBC, as corporate backlash mounts against the president.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon expands cash rewards for high-performing Alexa apps beyond games to lifestyle, productivity, education apps, and more — Amazon today announced a new program that gives developers a way to earn money for their Alexa skills - the voice apps that run on smart speakers like the Echo, and other Alexa-powered devices.
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| New York Times: |
Ukrainian hacker identified as “Profexer”, who created malware used in DNC hacking, has turned himself in and become a witness for the FBI — KIEV, Ukraine — The hacker, known only by his online alias “Profexer,” kept a low profile. He wrote computer code alone in an apartment …
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| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Social virtual reality platform AltspaceVR, which had raised $15M, is not shutting down as previously announced, thanks to new interest from “third parties” — What is dead in VR may never die, perhaps? — Social VR startup AltspaceVR may not be shutting down after all.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft debuts Azure Event Grid, an event routing service that complements Microsoft's existing “serverless” offerings Azure Functions and Azure Logic Apps — Microsoft announced a new product in its Azure line-up in preview today that will make it easier for developers to build event-based applications.| Jack Ewing / New York Times: |
Fiat Chrysler says it has joined BMW's autonomous car partnership with Intel and Mobileye — Fiat Chrysler Automobiles will cooperate with BMW to develop self-driving cars, the companies said Wednesday, as traditional automakers look to defend their turf against cash-rich Silicon Valley giants eager to upend the industry.| Facebook: |
Facebook will let users give friends the option of donating to a US nonprofit on their birthday — People come to Facebook to send well-wishes and celebrate birthdays with friends. In fact, every day more than 45 million people give birthday wishes on Facebook, which is why it's important …
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Neo-Nazi site Daily Stormer moves to dark web after GoDaddy and Google bans, sharing its .onion address — Prominent neo-Nazi news site the Daily Stormer has apparently moved to the dark web after being denied domain registration from Google and GoDaddy. The site's status page tweeted …
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