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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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New York Times, The Verge, Engadget, Washington Post, Gizmodo, Errata Security, CNBC, The Hill, Business Insider, The Gateway Pundit, Axios, and The Verge
Tweets: @realdonaldtrump, @passantino, @passantino, @dmac1, @dmac1, @buzzfeednews, @passantino, and @janelytv
| 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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The Verge, CNET, Quartz, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, Telegraph, Axios, and Mashable
Tweets: @mattnavarra, @timfernholz, @chirag_mehta, @mattnavarra, @slate, @thekenyeung, @martinsfp, and @cnetnews. Thanks:@willoremus
| Robert Mitchell / Variety: |
Facebook announces the international rollout of Facebook Watch, which first launched in the US a year ago this month, starting on Thursday — Facebook has announced the international rollout of Facebook Watch, its video destination for episodic content, which first launched in the U.S. a year ago this month.| 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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9to5Google, Cloud Native Computing …, TechCrunch, The Register, Neowin, The Linux Foundation, SiliconANGLE, and ZDNet. Tweets: @googlecloud
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google redesigns Wear OS with a Google Assistant feed, one-swipe access to Fit, and revamped notifications — And adding a Google Assistant feed — If you have a newer Wear OS watch, sometime in the coming month, you'll get a software update that will change what happens when you swipe on your watchface.
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PCMag, The Keyword, Digital Trends, 9to5Google, ZDNet, SiliconANGLE, Engadget, BGR, TechSpot, Android and Me, Android Developers Blog, Neowin, VentureBeat, iClarified, 9to5Mac, XDA Developers, iPhone in Canada Blog, Android Police, and 9to5Google
Tweets: @ronamadeo, @androiddev, @tomwarren, @dcseifert, @backlon, and @ow
| 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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Tweets: @gigastacey and @ow
| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
DFINITY, a blockchain-based cloud computing project that aims to rival services like AWS, raises another $102M in a token presale from a16z, Polychain, others — An ambitious blockchain project called Dfinity wants to reinvent computing by replacing large platforms like Amazon Web Services …
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Forbes, a16z crypto, CNBC, CoinDesk, Silicon Valley Business …, PYMNTS.com, DFINITY, SludgeFeed, CryptoGlobe, NewsBTC, PE Hub Blog, TechCrunch, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @dfinityexplorer, @chuhnk, @ricmac, @ryansadams, @stakingfac, @ychernova, @jonathanmarcus, @fortunemagazine, @ryansadams, and @ali01. Thanks:@jeffjohnroberts
| 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 … | 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: @delrey, @stephennellis, @marshallk, @lorenpadelford, @laurenthomasx3, and @shiraovide
| 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, and Silicon Valley Business …
Tweets: @fromedome, @mattrosoff, and @ericjackson
| Catalin Cimpanu / BleepingComputer: |
Reports: data of 130M guests at Chinese company Huazhu Hotels, including booking and personal info like phone numbers and email addresses, sold on the dark web — A hacker is selling the personal details of over 130 million hotel guests for 8 Bitcoin ($56,000) on a Chinese Dark Web forum.
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The Next Web, SiliconANGLE, The Register, South China Morning Post, Security Affairs, Bitsonline, Tom's Guide, and TechNode
Tweets: @weldpond and @autumn_good_35
| Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
Analysis of all 88 traffic accidents involving autonomous vehicles in California from 2014-2018 shows that autonomous vehicles were at fault in seven accidents — A year since Axios first examined the data, there are now 55 companies with self-driving car testing permits in California and 54 new accidents … | 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
| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Senate Intelligence Committee confirms Jack Dorsey and Sheryl Sandberg will testify in a Sept. 5 open hearing; Larry Page was also invited but hasn't responded — Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey and Facebook chief operations officer Sheryl Sandberg will testify in an open hearing …
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CNET and Reuters
Tweets: @ceciliakang, @dseetharaman, @ceciliakang, @ceciliakang, @ceciliakang, @lutherlowe, @ceciliakang, @rmac18, and @ceciliakang
| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Skagen unveils a minimalist Wear OS-based Falster 2 smartwatch with a heart-rate sensor, GPS, and NFC, available September 12 and priced from $275 — Skagen's Falster has been one of the darlings among Wear OS smartwatches thanks to its posh yet minimalist look, but it was hard to recommend …
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Mashable, TechCrunch, MSPoweruser, CNET, Thurrott.com, Digital Trends, 9to5Google, 9to5Google, Inquirer, The Verge, Ars Technica, CNET, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, and Pocket-lint
| John Follain / Bloomberg: |
How China is seeking to create a “Greater Bay Area” to compete with Silicon Valley by building a $15B bridge linking Hong Kong, Macau, and Southern China — The completion of one of the world's longest bridges stands as the biggest monument to China's success in reuniting its colonial-era concessions.| Jack Ellis / Tech in Asia: |
Terra, a South Korea-based project working on a stablecoin and blockchain alternative to PayPal, raises $32M in a token sale from four crypto exchanges, others — Mainstream adoption. It's the most significant challenge faced by cryptocurrencies. As cynics are wont to say …
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VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Hacker Noon, Crowdfund Insider, and FinSMEs
| 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 … | Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Dell unveils its fall line-up of Alexa-ready Inspiron, XPS, and Vostro laptops and 2-in-1s, updated with 8th Gen Intel Core processors — Dell revealed its new line-up of laptops, 2-in-1 laptop-tablet hybrids, and monitors with the latest components from Intel.| Kate Clark / TechCrunch: |
Atlanta-based Bark, which uses AI to help parents monitor kids' and teens' online activity, raises $9M Series A led by Signal Peak Ventures — Not to be confused with a dog-walking startup, Bark is a watchdog for kids' and teens' internet security. Today, it announces a $9 million Series …
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Business Wire, Bark, VentureBeat, and PE Hub Blog
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Lacework raises $24M Series B for its AI-based cloud security service, led by Sutter Hill Ventures, bringing total raised to $32.7M — Lacework wants to bring automation, speed, and scale to cloud security, and for that it has raised $24 million in a second round of funding.
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Dark Reading, SC Media US, FinSMEs, eWeek, and Lacework
Tweets: @spikeventures and @laceworkinc
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