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January 8, 2018, 9:20 PM
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| Pali Bhat / The Keyword: |
Google consolidates its payment offerings, including Android Pay and Google Wallet, under a single brand: Google Pay — If you've ever paid for groceries with Android Pay, used Chrome to automatically fill in your payment info, or purchased an app on Google Play, then you've already experienced …
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Tweets: @ow, @ronamadeo, @charlesarthur, @lordpancreas, and @delrey
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Sources: AT&T has walked away from a deal to sell smartphones made by Huawei, a partnership that was expected to be announced on Tuesday at CES — Reversal is set back for Chinese electronics giant's hopes to crack U.S. market — AT&T Inc. T .24% has walked away from a deal … | Janko Rottgers / Variety: |
HTC unveils Vive Pro VR headset with 2880x1600 resolution, a 78% increase over current Vive, and wireless adapter, so customers can lose the wired PC connection — HTC used its virtual reality (VR) keynote at CES in Las Vegas Monday to unveil an updated version of its Vive virtual reality headset …
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| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
James Damore, author of controversial diversity memo who was fired by Google, files class action suit claiming it discriminates against white male conservatives — James Damore, a former Google engineer who was fired in August after posting a memo to an internal Google message board arguing …
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Apple releases macOS 10.13.2 supplemental update and iOS 11.2.2 with security improvements to Safari and WebKit to mitigate Spectre vulnerability — Apple just released iOS 11.2.2 with some Safari and WebKit improvements to mitigate the Spectre vulnerability. macOS is also receiving an update.
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| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Oculus to launch the Mi VR in China, which will be similar to Oculus Go but with partner Xiaomi providing software for the headset instead of Facebook — The new headset comes thanks to a partnership with Chinese tech giant Xiaomi. — Facebook is taking a major step toward its goal …
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Sources: Telegram to launch Telegram Open Network on new blockchain with native Gram cryptocurrency, ICO pre-sale of $500M, with only real fiat currency buy-ins — Encrypted messaging startup Telegram plans to launch its own blockchain platform and native cryptocurrency, powering payments on its chat app and beyond.| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Baidu announces three smart speakers for China running DuerOS 2.0; one has a screen, one is a lamp, one is a projector — Baidu is one of the biggest web companies in China, so naturally, it's trying to take over the smart assistant market there just as Google and Amazon are in the US.
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| Nate Oh / AnandTech: |
Nvidia opens beta of GeForce NOW, its cloud-based game streaming service, to Windows users, after launching beta for Mac users last summer — LAS VEGAS, NV — Today at CES 2018, NVIDIA announced PC availability of the GeForce NOW, their cloud-based game-streaming service, as a free closed beta.
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| Jason Cipriani / ZDNet: |
Ring debuts new security system, cameras, lighting products for 2018 and says it's acquired lighting company Mr. Beams — A company once known only for its video doorbell has moved on to an entire home security solution and has some interesting new products to go along with it.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google Assistant is coming to smart speakers from a variety of companies this summer, including speakers with displays from JBL, Lenovo, LG, and Sony — Google Assistant is coming to a ton of speakers, some with their own screens — If Google's gigantic “Hey Google” … | Alex Cranz / Gizmodo: |
Qualcomm unveils Bluetooth chip that the company claims will reduce power consumption by 65% and give wireless headphones nearly 3x the playback time — There are currently two major annoyances with wireless headphones: the Bluetooth can cut out in areas with a lot of signal noise, and battery life is mostly terrible.
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| Sara Salinas / CNBC: |
GoPro issues weak guidance, drops CEO cash compensation to $1, will cut staff by 20%, exit drone business; CEO says he'd consider selling firm; stock down ~15% — GoPro lowered fourth quarter guidance Monday and confirmed layoffs of at least 250 employees. — Shares were halted in premarket trading.
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Tweets: @alexeheath, @jonerlichman, @alexeheath, and @benbajarin
| Karen Hao / Quartz: |
Some students are taking advantage of free electricity in their dorms to mine cryptocurrencies, resulting in higher profit margins than most miners — Mark was a sophomore at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, when he began mining cryptocurrencies more or less by accident.
Tweets: @pakman
| Thuy Ong / The Verge: |
PMA/Airfuel developer Powermat joins rival and Qi developer Wireless Power Consortium; Powermat CEO says Qi is now the dominant wireless charging standard — Powermat was pushing its own wireless charging standard, but has now signed on with the competition| Roger McNamee / Washington Monthly: |
Facebook and Google's influence on the US election and Brexit calls for regulations for more transparency, letting users own their data and social graphs, more — An early investor explains why the social media platform's business model is such a threat—and what to do about it.
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| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
Facebook says it's sunsetting M as a standalone concierge bot, but its context-based suggestions will live on inside Messenger conversations — Facebook's standalone concierge bot M will soon be no more. — On Jan. 19, Facebook is sunsetting the initial version of M, which has been available in closed beta since fall 2015.
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Tweets: @charlesarthur, @joshconstine, and @stevekovach
| Variety: |
Facebook has signed a multi-year, multi-territory licensing deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing, allowing users to upload and share media from the catalog — Sony/ATV Music Publishing and Facebook on Monday announced the signing of a licensing agreement. — The multi-territory …
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Bloomberg, The Verge, New York Post, Fast Company, Billboard, Patently Apple, MediaPost, Music Business Worldwide, TechCrunch, Reuters, CNBC, Financial Times, RAIN News, and Seeking Alpha
Tweets: @tictoc and @alexeheath
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
After breach exposing millions of parents and kids, toymaker VTech handed a $650K fine by FTC — VTech, the maker of smart toys whose poor security practices exposed data from millions of parents and children, has been slapped on the wrist by the FTC to the tune of $650,000 and probation.
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The Verge, New York Times, The Register, Federal Trade Commission, Reuters, USA Today, PR Newswire, epic.org, Gizmodo, and CNET
Tweets: @selenalarson and @mattk
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
HP, Asus, Acer, and others plan to integrate Alexa into some of their Windows 10 desktops and notebooks this year — Amazon Alexa will soon arrive on Windows PCs, creating new competition for Microsoft's built-in Cortana voice assistant. — Hardware makers HP, ASUS …
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| Reuters: |
Source: French consumer fraud watchdog launches probe into Apple's “alleged deception and planned obsolescence” of its products — A French prosecutor has launched an investigation of U.S. tech giant Apple <AAPL.O> over alleged deception and planned obsolescence of its products following …
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