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| Matt Weinberger / Business Insider: |
Microsoft debuts Surface Studio 2, coming November 15 from $3,499, with 50% faster graphics and a 28" display that's 38% brighter than the first generation — - Meet the Microsoft Surface Studio 2: a big, beautiful, all-in-one PC that will be available on November 15th at a starting price of $3,499.
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Tweets: @surface, @ow, @luvsinha, @thurrott, @markhachman, @bradchacos, @thurrott, @thurrott, @nmoneypenny, @realmacdan, @thurrott, @thurrott, @daniel_rubino, and @panos_panay
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft unveils Surface Pro 6 with a black finish and Intel 8th-gen chips, claims 13.5 hour battery life, 67% faster than predecessor, coming Oct. 16 for $899 — A new internal design, but still no USB-C — Microsoft is refreshing its Surface Pro tablet / laptop hybrid today.
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Tweets: @surface, @cliftonmthomas, @backlon, @thurrott, @tim_woodson, @tomwarren, and @ow
| David Carnoy / CNET: |
Microsoft unveils noise canceling Surface Headphones with up to 15 hours of battery life, dial controls on each earcup, Cortana; coming this year in US for $350 — Sure, Microsoft has new Surface PCs. But what the company unveiled alongside those products on Tuesday is a total surprise.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
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Tweets: @tomwarren, @ow, @tomwarren, @pierce, @ow, and @jonnybelton
| Guy Rosen / Facebook: |
Facebook says it has found no evidence “so far” that hackers accessed connected third-party apps and is building a dev tool to help log out affected users — We wanted to provide an update on the security attack that we announced that week. This was a serious issue and we worked fast …
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| Issie Lapowsky / Wired: |
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft announces its Windows 10 October 2018 Update is rolling out today, the OS' sixth update so far — Microsoft today announced that the free Windows 10 October 2018 Update is rolling out today. For those keeping track, this update is Windows 10 build 17763 and will bring Windows 10 to version 1809.
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Tweets: @steve_msft and @officenews
| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Amazon unveils Fire TV stick with 4K, Dolby Atmos, and HDR10+ support, with a new Alexa Voice Remote, for $50, available for preorder now, ships October 31 — After years of offering 4K playback on its higher-end Fire TV devices, Amazon is ready to bring that extra resolution to its most affordable hardware.
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Google launches Voice Access, a voice control app for Android to help people with limited mobility navigate their phones — Only on Android for now — Google's launching a new Android app today that'll help people with mobility and motor impairments control their devices.
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| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Uber launches its first electric scooter service by deploying JUMP scooters in Santa Monica, for free till October 7 — Following approval from the city of Santa Monica, Uber is deploying bikes and its first set of scooters via JUMP, the bikeshare startup it acquired earlier this year.| Ian Allison / CoinDesk: |
The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance and the Hyperledger Project agree to collaborate on interoperability between blockchain ledgers for enterprises — Seismic shifts are happening in the world of enterprise blockchain. — Announced Monday, the Hyperledger Project and the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance … | Daniel Palmer / CoinDesk: |
Report: blockchain and cryptocurrency-focused startups have raised nearly $3.9B through VC investments in the first three quarters of this year, up 280% YoY — As the crypto industry sees a decline in initial coin offerings (ICOs) amid regulatory concerns and major losses across token markets … | Lucia Moses / Digiday: |
Publishers are wary of Apple News given the company's secretive culture, disdain for advertising and the fact that big traffic doesn't translate to more money — You can't blame publishers for being wary when a giant Silicon Valley tech platform comes to them promising big new audiences and (someday) a way to make money off them.| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Google acquires Onward, a machine learning and natural language processing startup that has built an enterprise chatbot platform for customer service — Blink and you might have missed Google's acquisition this morning. The search giant bought Onward, a customer service automation startup, for an undisclosed sum.
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| Apple: |
A look at some of the 70+ new emoji coming to iOS 12.1, including new characters who are bald, have red hair, curly hair, and more — More than 70 new emoji will be coming soon to iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac, including new characters with red hair, gray hair and curly hair …
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Tweets: @anniegowen, @jinciipse, and @kateclarktweets
| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
Wi-Fi Alliance rebrands 802.11n as Wi-Fi 4, 802.11ac as Wi-Fi 5, and the upcoming 802.11ax as Wi-Fi 6 — Quick quiz: which is better, 802.11n or 802.11ac? — The answer, if you're familiar with Wi-Fi standards coming from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, is 802.11ac …
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Tweets: @darylbaxter and @cnetnews
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Alexis Ohanian and Garry Tan's VC firm Initialized Capital raises $225M for its fourth fund — “Right now we're in this Empire Strikes Back moment” says Initialized Capital's Garry Tan, referring to tech giants ruthlessly copying and competing with fresh ideas. “We think the startups represent the Return Of The Jedi.”
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Initialized Capital, Axios, and CNNMoney
Tweets: @garrytan, @vincentchu, @alexisohanian, @joshconstine, and @alexrkonrad
| Theodore Schleifer / Recode: |
Sources: Coinbase is in talks to raise up to $500M at an $8B valuation, with Tiger Global leading the round — The company is in talks with Tiger Global and its existing shareholders for an investment of up to $500 million. — Coinbase is finalizing a deal that would value the company …
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Tweets: @coinbase, @teddyschleifer, @roi, @c1aranmurray, and @jasonlk
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Mobile travel booking app Hopper raises $100M Series D led by OMERS Ventures, sources says at a $780M valuation — Hopper — a mobile-only travel booking app cofounded by a former Expedia executive in Montreal, Canada that uses artificial intelligence to help you search for and book hotels and flights … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook rolls out new anti-bullying tools, like a way to hide or delete multiple comments at once and an appeals process for decisions relating to bullying — Facebook is introducing new tools to tackle online bullying, the company announced this morning.
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Tweets: @sadisthailey and @facebook
| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
Facebook launches PyTorch 1.0 with integrations for Google Cloud, AWS, and Azure Machine Learning — Facebook today announced the release of deep learning framework PyTorch 1. in developer preview, which includes a series of tools and integrations to make it more compatible with popular services …
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Tweets: @peteskomoroch, @fbopensource, and @fb_engineering
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