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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google ‘actively investigating’ reports of Pixel 2 XL screen burn-in — Bad to worse — Over the weekend, people with review units of the Pixel 2 XL began noticing a problem. No, not the already-known issues of muddy color and grainy textures when viewed in low-light, but one that's potentially more worrisome: screen burn-in.
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Essential Phone price drops $200 to $499, a few months after its debut; current US customers get online credit toward other Essential purchases — Essential has an offer that's honestly very hard to refuse: The price of the Essential Phone (PH-1, going by technical model number), is now $200 cheaper, so $499 off-contract and unlocked.| Saqib Shah / Engadget: |
Google rolls out “Pay With Google”, which lets Android users shop faster by using a debit or credit card setup previously on a Google service, like YouTube — As promised, Google is streamlining online purchases made through Android devices by rolling out Pay with Google.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google says 64% of Chrome traffic on Android is now protected with HTTPS, 75% on Mac, 66% on Windows; 71 of the top 100 websites now use HTTPS by default — Google's push to make the web more secure by flagging sites using insecure HTTP connections appears to be working.
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| Raj Mukherjee / Indeed Blog: |
Survey of 1,011 US tech workers: 43% worry about losing their job due to age, 87% say diversity possibly or definitely has a positive impact on performance — In many cultures, elders are held in high regard as a source of wisdom. — In the world of tech, it often seems—not so much.
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| Michael del Castillo / CoinDesk: |
LedgerX starts trading first regulator-approved cryptocurrency derivatives in US, clears $1M+ worth of bitcoin swaps and options in the first week — The first regulated cryptocurrency derivative trades have taken place on a U.S. exchange. — In a statement to the press today …
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Cisco to buy telecommunications software company BroadSoft for ~$1.9B to expand further into software and cloud services — Cisco Systems Inc. agreed to buy BroadSoft Inc. for about $1.9 billion to expand further into software and cloud services. — Cisco will pay $55 a share in cash …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Marketing activation platform ActionIQ raises $30M Series B led by Andreessen Horowitz, to give marketers better audience insights for more effective campaigns — The trend of using big data analytics to glean more targeted insights for your business continues to be democratized …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Hiya, spun out from Whitepages a year ago, raises $18M Series A for its smart caller ID technology — Hiya came to life a year ago when it was spun out by Whitepages to take on TrueCaller and others in the world of smart caller ID services. Using machine learning analytics on a vast database …
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| Ben Popper / The Verge: |
Profile of David Hall, CEO and founder of Velodyne, who designed the rotating LIDAR system now used by 13 automakers and at least 22 big tech firms — No matter what it took, David Hall was going to kill that clown. He maneuvered Drillzilla for another ramming run.| Sophie Daniel / Motherboard: |
Physical penetration tester and infosec consultant on how she uses social engineering to gain access into high security facilities — Sophie is a physical penetration tester and information security consultant. She specializes in social engineering security assessments including physical, voice (vishing) and text (phishing).
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| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
T-Mobile Q3 profit of $550M tops estimates on revenues of $10B; company skips earnings call amid Sprint merger rumors — The “Un-carrier” boasted another strong quarter, but everyone's just wondering when its deal with Sprint will go down. — Outspoken T-Mobile CEO John Legere is playing it low key this time.Sponsor Posts
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