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Sources: Apple working on new AirPods with “Hey Siri” and new wireless chip, coming as soon as 2018, and another water resistant model, coming as soon as 2019 — Company working on water resistance, more Siri integration — Apple CFO says wearables revenue rose almost 70% last year
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| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
FCC's Restoring Internet Freedom order, which repeals 2015 Net Neutrality rules, enters Federal Register today, signalling beginning of various legal challenges — The FCC's “Restoring Internet Freedom” order, which vastly curtails the agency's 2015 net neutrality rules …
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| Shivani Vora / New York Times: |
Airbnb launches Plus, a higher-end option to compete with hotels that is inspected, professionally photographed, and includes amenities, in 13 cities globally — The brand will offer higher-end accommodations that meet a 100-point quality checklist (kitchens with cookware, plush towels, comfortable mattresses).
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| Jason Del Rey / Recode: |
Sources: Amazon plans to open up to six new Amazon Go cashierless stores this year, with most in Seattle and one in Los Angeles' The Grove mall — New futuristic convenience stores could appear in Seattle and Los Angeles. — Amazon's much-heralded convenience store of the future, Amazon Go, may seem like a crazy experiment.
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| George Dvorsky / Gizmodo: |
Top AI experts and policy makers from 14 institutions publish 100-page report on the malicious uses of AI, outlining digital, physical, and political dangers — A new report authored by over two-dozen experts on the implications of emerging technologies is sounding the alarm bells …
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Wired, Motherboard, OpenAI Blog, Gigaom, Malicious AI Report, Malicious AI Report, Electronic Frontier Foundation, New York Times, BBC, Help Net Security, Inverse, Fast Company, NBC News, South China Morning Post, Computer Crime Research Center, Help Net Security, AndroidHeadlines.com, Future of Humanity Institute, Barron's Online, Reuters, MIT Technology Review, CNBC, University of Cambridge, Silicon Republic, Inquirer, The Verge, CNNMoney, SecurityWeek, TheStreet, The Register, Datanami, and Hit & Run
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Anchor's redesigned app is a one stop shop for podcasting where users can record, edit, host, publish, and distribute podcasts with analytics — Broadcasting app Anchor, which helps anyone record and share audio, is relaunching its app today with a new focus on serving the larger podcaster community.| Steve Kovach / Business Insider: |
YouTube, Facebook remove some of the conspiracy videos claiming Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg was an actor but, in many cases, only after promoting them — - YouTube promoted a video featuring a conspiracy theory claiming that one of the survivors of the school shooting last week in Parkland, Florida, is a paid actor.
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Tweets: @stevekovach, @cwarzel, @kevinroose, @jwherrman, @wired, and @emilybell. Thanks:@stevetweedie
| Justina Vasquez / Bloomberg: |
Snap stock slid 6%+ after analyst warned of negative reaction to update and Kylie Jenner tweeted suggesting she uses Snapchat less post-update — Kylie Jenner tweets she hasn't been using the app lately — Users pile on with feedback that echoes Wall Street concerns
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Tweets: @kyliejenner, @kyliejenner, @alexia, and @tonyromm
| Kaleigh Rogers / Motherboard: |
SpaceX launches first test satellites for its proposed Starlink broadband project, which aims to link up many small satellites to provide reliable internet — The goal, to create a constellation of more than 12,000 satellites, is part of a project called Starlink. — Another day, another SpaceX launch.| Mehedi Hassan / Thurrott.com: |
Intel partners with Microsoft, Dell, Lenovo, and HP to launch 5G-connected Windows 10 PCs next year — The launch of Always Connected PCs powered by Windows 10 and Qualcomm's Snapdragon ARM processors was a serious threat to Intel's chip business. Not too long ago, the company launched …
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TechCrunch, VentureBeat, International Business Times, Axios, BetaNews, TechSpot, ZDNet, Engadget, Forbes, The Tech Report, SlashGear, Liliputing, PCWorld, and Petri. Tweets: @benbajarin
| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
How the US Marshals Service ends up selling hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency, seized in criminal cases by various federal agencies — When Alexandre Cazes hanged himself in a Thai jail cell in July, the 25-year-old left behind the trappings of a big-league drug dealer … | Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Lighthouse launches 3D sensing, voice command-enabled, AI-powered smart home security camera for $299 and $10 per month for storage and AI services — This AI startup's first consumer product is a $299 security camera that goes on sale today — Lighthouse AI, an artificial intelligence startup founded …
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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Tezos Foundation, which manages Tezos code after $232M ICO, says board president Johann Gevers and another member to step down after long-running dispute — Two board members of the Switzerland-based Tezos Foundation, including its president Johann Gevers, have stepped down from their positions.
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Tezos Foundation, Fortune, and Trustnodes
Tweets: @johanngevers, @tezosfoundation, and @twobitidiot
| Matt Novak / Gizmodo: |
Twitter issues statement saying its tools and rules are apolitical, after a number of conservative Twitter users lost thousands of followers during bot purge — Twitter suspended thousands of accounts overnight and conservatives on the platform aren't happy about it.
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