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Apple confirms it has acquired Akonia Holographics, a Colorado-based startup that is making lenses for smart glasses — (Reuters) - Apple Inc has acquired a startup focused on making lenses for augmented reality glasses, the company confirmed on Wednesday, a signal Apple has ambitions …
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Trump tweets video claiming Google didn't promote his State of the Union address on its homepage; Google says it did, confirmed by screenshot posted on Reddit — “Google promoted president Obama's State of the Union on its homepage. When President Trump took office, Google stopped," a video shared by Trump falsely claimed.
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| Kara Swisher / New York Times: |
Trump's accusations against Google, Facebook, and Twitter about limiting conservatives have no merit because those platforms have always amplified his messages — The idea that Google and Twitter are rigging their platforms against him is patently false. — Ms. Swisher covers technology and is a contributing opinion writer.
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| Will Oremus / Slate: |
Twitter confirms that it ran a limited test for a feature that recommended accounts to unfollow that users rarely engage with — A well-established feature of Twitter is “Who to Follow.” Drawing on data about what accounts you follow and interact with, Twitter's software automatically recommends …
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9to5Mac, Thurrott.com, Engadget, The Verge, Mashable, Quartz, CNET, Neowin, Social Media Today, BGR India, Gizmodo, Axios, Telegraph, and Firstpost
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Google's Titan Security Key set, including a USB key, a Bluetooth key, and various connectors, is now available to all for $50, shipping immediately — Google's Titan Security Key is finally available to anyone who wants one. The two-factor token went live today in the Google store …
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| William Denniss / Google Cloud Blog: |
Google to hand over operational control of the Kubernetes project to its community and donates $9M in Google Cloud credits to Cloud Native Computing Foundation — Kubernetes, the container orchestrator created and open-sourced here at Google, has experienced incredible development and adoption since it was introduced in 2014.
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| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
US Court of Appeals upholds lower court ruling that an IP address is not enough evidence to tie copyright infringement to an individual — Tons of copyright lawsuits (and even more copyright trolling shakedowns that never even reach court) are based on one single bit of data: the IP address.
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Sony announces 6-inch Xperia XZ3, which is like a larger XZ2 with an OLED display, slightly larger battery, and Android Pie, going on sale in October for $900 — Sony has just taken the wraps off of the Xperia XZ3, its latest flagship smartphone at IFA 2018, And while Sony is positioning …
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| Andrew Liptak / The Verge: |
DC Universe streaming service will launch on September 15th, will cost $7.99 a month, or $74.99 for 15 months, as the first three months are free — DC Universe's first show Titans will premiere on October 3rd — DC Universe introduced its upcoming video service to viewers in a live stream hosted … | David Meyer / ZDNet: |
Telegram publishes a new privacy policy, says it may comply with court orders to disclose IP addresses and phone numbers of terror suspects — Under Telegram's new privacy policy, it could hand over user IP and phone details given the right court order. — On Tuesday, Russian communication …
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Radio Free Europe/Radio …, The Next Web, Firstpost, The Star Online, and Meduza.io. Tweets: @christopherjm
| Joshua Brustein / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Uber has begun engineering its own scooter, a project that is being overseen by Jump Bikes, which Uber acquired in April for more than $100M — The company is playing catch-up in a market already flush with billion-dollar startups. — This spring, Uber moved into a cavernous brick building … | Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Garmin unveils Vivosmart 4 activity tracker with advanced sleep tracking via a pulse oxygen sensor, available now starting at $129 — Garmin has launched the latest version of Vivosmart, and based on its features, the wearable is meant to be a direct competitor to Fitbit's Charge 3.
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Appeals court upholds FCC's ruling removing price caps on dedicated data lines from ISPs like AT&T and Verizon, gives FCC wide leeway to evaluate competition — The FCC can “choose which evidence to believe,” court says. — An appeals court has upheld a Federal Communications Commission ruling … | Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Sonos says it will open its developer program to all partners on September 6, opening the door to audio notifications and more — The company is opening its developer program to all in September — Alongside the announcement of its brand new Sonos Amp today, Sonos has also revealed an expansion of its developer program.
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The Verge, Wired, iMore, The Next Web, TechHive, The Verge, Engadget, TechCrunch, RAIN News, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, Android Police, CNET, MacRumors, and Engadget
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| Will Sommer / The Daily Beast: |
A look at Liker, a social networking site from the founder of Occupy Democrats Facebook page, which is now filled with inaccurate claims about Trump — The founder of Facebook's Occupy Democrats page has launched a new social-media front in the battle against President Trump.| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Q&A with five experts on whether it is time to regulate facial recognition technology and its usage by police, and what needs to be done to overcome racial bias — Facial recognition is everywhere — airports, police stations, and built into the largest cloud platforms in the world … | Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
SurveyMonkey discloses more details about its IPO, says it's seeking to raise up to $100M and had $121.2M revenue in first half of 2018 on a $27.18M net loss — SurveyMonkey, a company with software that companies can use to get input from employees, customers and others …
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Axios, TechCrunch, Fortune, Silicon Valley Business …, and Fortune
Tweets: @fromedome, @mattrosoff, and @ericjackson
| Jason Del Rey / Recode: |
A look at the recent $100M+ acquisitions of direct-to-consumer startups, including MVMT and Native, that raised little to no venture capital — A new breed of entrepreneurs is creating huge consumer brands — like MVMT and Tuft & Needle — without venture capital, and laughing all the way to the bank.
Tweets: @math_rachel, @sub8u, @marshallk, @delrey, @stephennellis, @lorenpadelford, @laurenthomasx3, and @shiraovide
| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Salesforce beats with Q2 revenue of $3.28B, up 27% YoY, Sales Cloud revenue of $1B, up 12.7% YoY, and net income of $299M — The CRM giant delivered non-GAAP earnings of 71 cents per share on revenue of $3.28 billion, up 27 percent year over year. — Salesforce reported strong second …
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Salesforce, SiliconANGLE, Business Insider, GeekWire, CNBC, and Business Insider
Tweets: @salesforcenews and @davidpapp
| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
Trump's Twitter account unblocks 41 more users after US court ruling in May that said government officials' accounts were public forums, but some remain blocked — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday unblocked some additional Twitter users after a federal judge … Sponsor Posts
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