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Intel unveils first 8th gen processors, dubbed “Kaby Lake refresh”, based on an updated Kaby Lake architecture, claims 40% performance increase over 7th gen — No Coffee Lake or Cannonlake here; these are doubled up Kaby Lake parts. — The first “8th generation” …
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
HTC cuts Vive VR headset's price by $200, to $599, to remain competitive with Oculus Rift — You knew HTC wouldn't let the Oculus Rift's price cut go unanswered for long. As of today, HTC has permanently lowered the price of the Vive headset by $200, to $599.| Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair: |
A look at challenges facing Verizon's Oath as the integration of NYC's AOL and SV's Yahoo struggles along, after 2,100 were laid off in mid-June — Can two once-great Internet behemoths come together harmoniously in an age of mergers, roll-ups, and distribution plays?| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Cisco buys hyperconvergence software startup Springpath for $320M to bolster its data center infrastructure portfolio — Springpath has been around since 2012 and the networking giant led its Series C funding round two years ago. — Cisco on Monday announced that it plans to buy Sunnyvale … | Ellen Pao / The Cut: |
An excerpt from Ellen Pao's book “Reset”: This is how sexism works in Silicon Valley. My lawsuit failed. Others won't. — In December 2010, Sheryl Sandberg gave a talk about women's leadership in which she mentioned “sitting at the table.” Women, she said, have to pull up a chair …
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft kicks off Xbox One X pre-orders today with a limited ‘Project Scorpio’ edition — Microsoft just pulled the trigger on Xbox One X pre-orders, offering up the souped up version of its console for $499. Unveiled back at E3 in June after a year's worth of teasers … | Kirsten Korosec / The Verge: |
Inside Argo AI, an autonomous vehicle technology startup in which Ford pledged to invest $1B — In the race to launch autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence expertise is the prize — Somewhere between the 14th and 15th floors in a concrete stairwell, Bryan Salesky pauses … | Giuseppe Stuto: |
How iMessage came to dominate messaging among US teens, with studies showing ~70% use it, and where Apple may go to disrupt apps like Snapchat and Messenger — No one really seems to talk about it or acknowledge it, but iMessage is where a lot of mobile usage is trending towards … | Mark Scott / Politico: |
Sources: after Article 50 was triggered to start Brexit, the European Investment Fund, a key source of capital for many EU VC funds, stopped backing UK VCs — Prominent industry figures say European Investment Fund turned off tap after UK triggered exit process.| Sarah Anne Lloyd / Curbed Seattle - All: |
Chinese bike-sharing startup Ofo enters US with Seattle launch — Ofo VP Grace Lin on the launch plan and the bright yellow bikes — This week, Ofo's bright yellow bikes will join Spin's orange and LimeBike's green bikes on the streets of Seattle. — Unlike our first two bike-share companies …
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| Stan Higgins / CoinDesk: |
Decentraland, a virtual reality world project that uses blockchain tech to track ownership of digital plots of land, raises $25M via ICO — A virtual reality project built on top of blockchain technology has raised over $26 million in ether via an initial coin offering (ICO).| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Researchers: October's Mirai botnet attack on Dyn DNS service was incidental; original target was PlayStation Network name servers used by Dyn — Targets included Brazilian Minecraft servers and the PlayStation Network — Last October, a flood of traffic from the Mirai botnet brought …
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| Christine Chiang / Brave New Coin: |
ZeroEx raises $24M in an ICO for 0x protocol that enables the trading of Ethereum's ERC-20 compliant tokens without the need of centralized exchanges — Application coins, or “appcoins,” are being minted at an astounding rate. Many of these coins have gone through a fundraising process named| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers demo using a hidden chip in a replacement smartphone screen to log keyboard input, install malicious apps, and take pictures — Booby-trapped touchscreens can log passwords, install malicious apps, and more. — People with cracked touch screens or similar smartphone maladies …
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