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| 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: @reckless, @cnetnews, @darylbaxter, and @notpatrick
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google launches a redesign for its Assistant app on Android and iOS, including introducing larger visuals and controls for smart devices — Google today is launching a major visual redesign of its Assistant experience on phones. While the original vision of the Assistant focused mostly on voice …
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The Keyword, The Verge, Android Authority, Digital Trends, 9to5Google, Android Police, Engadget, VentureBeat, PCWorld, CNET, SlashGear, and Android and Me
| Owen Williams / Charged Tech Blog: |
After years of trying, and as Apple increasingly drops the ball, Microsoft's hardware event showed a coherent and appealing lineup of PCs, desktops, and tablets — At a low-key event held in a New York City warehouse, Microsoft unveiled its next iterations in the Surface lineup.
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| Matt Weinberger / Business Insider: |
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
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| Mehedi Hassan / Thurrott.com: |
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| Laura Stevens / Wall Street Journal: |
In cease-and-desist letter, eBay alleges that ~50 Amazon sales representatives worldwide used eBay's messaging system to try and poach sellers from its platform — In a cease-and-desist letter, EBay alleges Amazon sales representatives sent more than 1,000 messages to sellers on its platform
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| 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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Tweets: @dpcireland, @skuranda, and @malwarejake
| Karl Bode / Motherboard: |
Report: after years of steady decline, BitTorrent usage is once again growing, thanks to the fragmentation of streaming services with exclusive content — BitTorrent usage has bounced back because there's too many streaming services, and too much exclusive content.
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| 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.| David McCabe / Axios: |
US government ran its first nationwide test of its wireless emergency alert system at 2:18PM ET today, with a message going to all US wireless users — Federal officials on Wednesday afternoon will run the first nationwide test of the wireless emergency alert system.
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Tweets: @cwarzel, @ashleyfeinberg, @natashabertrand, @fema, @mattmcgee, @wired, and @pinboard
| 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 …
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| 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 …
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PR Newswire, BetaKit, Bloomberg, tnooz, VentureBeat, Xconomy, and PE Hub Blog. Tweets: @mdudas. Thanks:@ingridlunden
| Tim Fernholz / Quartz: |
GM and Honda partner to develop autonomous vehicles, with Honda investing $750M in GM's Cruise Automation subsidiary and contributing $2B towards development — Japan is bringing big money to self-driving car partnerships: General Motors has struck a new alliance with Honda to produce …
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Cruise, TechCrunch, Honda Newsroom, Wall Street Journal, Wired, CNBC, Bloomberg, TechSpot, Ars Technica, Bloomberg, Engadget, InvestorPlace, and New York Times
Tweets: @cruise, @binarybits, and @binarybits
| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
Four industry groups representing major cable companies and ISPs, like AT&T and Verizon, file suit seeking to block California's mandatory net neutrality rules — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four industry groups representing major internet providers and cable companies filed suit …
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| Zeynep Tufekci / New York Times: |
More worrisome than foreign interference in US elections is how tech companies feed and profit from deepening domestic political polarization — More worrisome than foreign interference in our elections is how our own tech and media companies feed and profit from our deepening domestic political polarization.
Facebook: Zeynep Tufekci. Tweets: @justinhendrix, @karaswisher, @zeynep, @aradwanski, @carnage4life, @frank_schaeffer, @marcacaputo, and @jwiechers
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook's Marketplace introduces buyer and seller ratings and adds AI-based features to offer price range suggestions and auto-categorize items — Facebook is celebrating the two-year anniversary of its Craigslist competitor, Facebook Marketplace, with the launch of new features powered …
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| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
Report: online office suite Zoho's domains are being abused on a massive scale to exfiltrate data collected by malicious programs from compromised machines — The Indian online office suite is reportedly being abused on a massive scale to exfiltrate data from compromised machines.| Alfred Ng / CNET: |
Alphabet's Jigsaw introduces Intra, an Android security app that prevents DNS manipulation attacks often used by governments to censor the internet — When Jigsaw tested this privacy app with a few dozen political activists in Venezuela, the company wanted to keep the trial small.| Sean Lyngaas / Cyberscoop: |
FireEye researchers identify North Korean hacking group APT38, which focuses almost exclusively on financial crimes and has tried to steal $1.1B so far — There is a distinct and aggressive group of hackers bent on financing the North Korean regime and responsible for millions of dollars …
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US-CERT, ZDNet, FireEye, Fortune, SecurityWeek, and The Hacker News
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Plex announces Plex Web Shows in beta, which offer unlimited on-demand streaming shows from brands for free, with 67 shows at launch — At CES, media software maker Plex said it would this year add support for podcasts, web series and other digital media to its platform.
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Digital Trends, BetaNews, Pocketables, Android Authority, iLounge, MacRumors, Android Police, 9to5Mac, and The Verge
| 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.| 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.Sponsor Posts
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