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Google's Android O is named Oreo, rolls out soon to Nexus/Pixel devices; update includes background activity limits, picture-in-picture, notification channels — Timed with the total solar eclipse today, Google revealed Android O stands for Android 8.0 Oreo.
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| David Ruddock / Android Police: |
Source: Google plans to launch a new Pixel-branded Chromebook and a mini version of the Google Home alongside new phones this fall — According to a source familiar with the company's plans, Google will launch not just two new Google Pixel phones at a hardware event this fall … | John Herrman / New York Times: |
After wave of neo-Nazi bans, tech firms' censorship policies were shown again to be arbitrary, not derived from moral awakening or newfound sense of civic duty — White supremacist marchers had not yet lit their torches when the deletions began. The “Unite the Right” Facebook page …
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| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Spotify's plan to skip a traditional IPO and list directly on NYSE draws scrutiny from the SEC, as NYSE's direct listing rule-change is still pending — Direct-listing plan is said to draw scrutiny from regulators — New York Stock Exchange rule-change proposal still pending
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| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
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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| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
WhatsApp adds colorful text status updates, just like Facebook — WhatsApp today began to roll out Status updates you can make by writing text on a colorful image background, a company spokesperson has informed VentureBeat. While Status debuted as a text-only feature, it grew to include photos and videos.
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Facebook launches a dedicated tab for Safety Check, where it lists crises from around world, rolling out over the coming weeks — Facebook has made a permanent page for Safety Check, its feature for letting others know that you're safe during an emergency. — The results are pretty eerie.| Nathaniel Popper / New York Times: |
Hackers hijack cell phone numbers to drain cryptocurrency wallets, pointing to security weaknesses at both carriers and wallet services — Hackers have discovered that one of the most central elements of online security — the mobile phone number — is also one of the easiest to steal.
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| Ashley Cowburn / The Independent: |
UK's Crown Prosecution Service says it will pursue online hate crime as diligently as offline offenses, expects rise in prosecutions for social media attacks — Changes 'will remind the trolling brigade that there are real consequences for hitting the button' and will ‘undoubtedly lead to an increase in prosecutions’
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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.
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| TechCrunch: |
Y Combinator Summer 2017 Demo Day 1: 50 startups, with AI emerging as a top startup trend — Biotech and artificial intelligence have emerged as the top startup trends at Y Combinator's 25th Demo Day. The 124 companies presenting at the entrepreneur school's twice-yearly graduation event … | Lindsey O'Donnell / CRN: |
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