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iMac Pro to feature A10 Fusion coprocessor, which could be used for always-on “Hey Siri”, BridgeOS 2.0 code from Apple shows — Update: Leaked screens from BridgeOS confirm ‘Hey Siri’ for Mac … The HomePod may be delayed, but we have still have the launch of the iMac Pro to look forward to before the end of the year.
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| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
DoD's CENTCOM found hosting at least 1.8B posts of scraped internet content from last 8 years on open AWS server — There are two big WTFs in this story. First, the Defense Departments Central Command (Centcom) was collecting tons of data on social media posts... and then the bigger one …
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| Jason Del Rey / Recode: |
Stitch Fix CEO Katrina Lake is the first woman to lead a US tech IPO this year; she built a profitable business with nearly $1B revenue in under 6 years — Founder and CEO Katrina Lake is the first woman to take an internet company public this year. — On the day Stitch Fix publicly filed paperwork … | Katie Roof / TechCrunch: |
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| Harry McCracken / Fast Company: |
How The Washington Post built Arc, its suite of digital publishing tools, and started offering the software to other newsrooms as a paid service — The newspaper created a platform to tackle its own challenges. Then, with Amazon-like spirit, it realized there was a business in helping other publishers do the same.| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
FCC approves ATSC 3.0 TV broadcast standard, dubbed “Next Gen TV”, with interactive features, UHD support, and geotargeted emergency alerts and advertisements — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Thursday approved the use of new technology that will improve picture quality … | Kaleigh Rogers / Motherboard: |
How local Detroit non-profits are building infrastructure, mixing fiber and wireless, to deliver the Internet to underserved communities — 40 percent of Detroit residents don't have any access to internet at all. — Being stuck without access to the internet is often thought of as a problem only for rural America.| Reuters: |
3+ years after the demise of Mt. Gox, its customers still haven't received a cent, as the failed Bitcoin exchange remains stuck in a morass of litigation — More than three years after the demise of the Mt. Gox exchange, its customers still haven't received a crypto cent. Here's why.
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| Kif Leswing / Business Insider: |
How Apple is redesigning the Genius Bar as “Genius Grove” to ease strain on Geniuses, serve customers faster, and alleviate overcrowding in its stores — - Apple stores have become overcrowded in recent years as the company has become more popular and successful.Thanks:@lexnfx
| Rita Liao / TechNode: |
LinkedIn's China rival Maimai announces $75M Series C; iResearch says Maimai had 30M users as of April, while LinkedIn China claimed 32M users around that time — Maimai, LinkedIn's biggest China rival, just raised $75 million in its latest Series C round and has plans to go IPO in 2019, our sister site is reporting (in Chinese).
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| Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed: |
Big tech's recent gaffes, on top of concerns over election interference, misinformation, and its unprecedented influence, further erode trust in the sector — Mark Zuckerberg's virtual reality tour of Puerto Rico in October. — Facebook Live — Since summer's end …
Tweets: @buzzfeednews, @cwarzel, and @mikeisaac
| Juro Osawa / The Information: |
Source: Alibaba to invest about $2.9B for ~36% stake in Sun Art, one of the largest retail megastore operators in China — Alibaba Group has agreed to invest about $2.9 billion in one of China's largest operators of retail megastores, according to a person familiar with the matter.| Bryan Menegus / Gizmodo: |
Amazon Flex workers, who are self-employed “last-mile” delivery drivers, describe the job and how the Uber-like Flex app coordinates deliveries — Who delivers Amazon orders? Increasingly, it's plainclothes contractors with few labor protections, driving their own cars … Sponsor Posts
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