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Facebook removes 800+ US-based accounts and pages, some with 100K+ followers, that were spamming people with political messages for profit — SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook said on Thursday it has purged more than 800 U.S publishers and accounts for flooding users with politically-oriented content …
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Genius partners with Apple Music to show lyrics and annotations for thousands of selected songs and makes Apple Music the official music player for Genius — Music encyclopedia and lyrics database Genius has announced a partnership with Apple Music, pairing the website's lyrics with songs.
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Facebook rolls out Facebook 3D photos that use AI to add make-believe depth to iPhone portrait mode shots — What if you could peek behind what's in your photos, like you're moving your head to see what's inside a window? That's the futuristic promise of Facebook 3D photos.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Apple to buy a part of Dialog Semiconductor, a chipmaker based out of Europe, for $300M in cash, and commits $300M to make further purchases from the business — Apple has quietly been putting considerable effort into building faster and more efficient chips that can help differentiate …
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Google updates Assistant on phones to let users access it from the lockscreen, brings Digital Wellbeing features to the Home app on smart displays — Google announced a bunch of new hardware at its Made By Google event earlier this week, but it notably skimmed over updates to Google Assistant …
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Alipay and Tencent say hackers used stolen Apple IDs to access some customer accounts and steal unknown sums of money; Alipay says Apple hasn't fixed the issue — - China's top digital wallet didn't say how much was stolen — Ant Financial and Tencent are working with Apple on the case
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Microsoft rolls out October 2018 update for Xbox One with new avatars, Dolby Vision support for Netflix, and the ability to control Xbox with Alexa or Cortana — Microsoft is releasing a significant dashboard update for the Xbox One today. The new October 2018 update for Xbox brings Microsoft's …
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| Tom Krazit / GeekWire: |
Cloud data warehouse vendor Snowflake Computing raises $450M led by Sequoia Capital at a $3.5B valuation, bringing its total raised to $923M — In January, after raising $263 million, Snowflake Computing CEO Bob Muglia indicated that the next time his fast-growing cloud data warehousing company tapped …
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Global PC shipments in Q3 were flat, up 0.1% YoY according to Gartner, as IDC estimates 0.9% decline; Gartner says Microsoft broke into top 5 PC vendors in US — The PC market is seeing some very interesting moves this year. In Q2 2018, global shipments were up for the first time in six years …
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Trump signs the Music Modernization Act that makes it easier for rights holders to get paid when their music is streamed online — President Trump has signed the Music Modernization Act (MMA) into law, officially passing the most sweeping reform to copyright law in decades.| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Pocket improves article listening function with text-to-speech service Amazon Polly with a more human-like voice, on iOS and Android — Pocket is rolling out a handful of updates today, as the Mozilla-owned app reminds users that it's more than a simple read-it-later service.
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Walmart is creating a joint venture with New York-based “interactive storytelling” startup Eko; sources say the investment with Eko is worth $250M — Walmart is going Hollywood. — The world's largest retailer, in a constant battle with its rival Amazon …
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PayPal partners with Walmart to let users deposit and withdraw cash from their PayPal accounts inside Walmart stores — PayPal chief executive Dan Schulman noted that this the first time the two companies are working together in this capacity. — PayPal and Walmart have inked … | Jamie Rigg / Engadget: |
Samsung unveils the mid-range Galaxy A9 with four rear cameras, 6.3-inch display, Snapdragon 660, 128GB storage, and 3,800mAh battery, for €599 in November — Google's Pixel 3 reveal came and went earlier this week, bringing us ever closer to the end of new flagship season.| Tom Krazit / GeekWire: |
Microsoft joins the Open Invention Network and cross-licenses over 60,000 patents for other members — After years of waging patent war on Google's Linux-based Android mobile operating system, Microsoft agreed Wednesday to join the Open Invention Network and cross-license its more than 60,000 patents to participating members.
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Sources: Tencent Music is postponing its IPO until at least November because of the selloff in global markets — Music streamer and underwriters worried global market selloff would hurt pricing — Tencent Music Entertainment Group is postponing its initial public offering until …
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Amazon unveils three new APIs that send camera feeds to Echo devices and let third-party apps for Alexa trigger actions with doorbell presses and motion alarms — Amazon's making it easier for Alexa developers to tap into connected security cameras and doorbells.| Eric Newcomer / Bloomberg: |
Lime submits an application to the San Francisco city attorney for a temporary restraining order on the city's scooter pilot program which is to start on Monday — - Startup will attempt to delay SF's planned scooter rollout — Dispute underscores the industry's multi-billion dollar stakes
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| Dawn C. Chmielewski / Deadline: |
Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman say their mobile video startup is called Quibi and will have a two-tiered subscription model targeting 25-35 year olds — Media mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg and veteran tech executive Meg Whitman used the prominent platform of Vanity Fair's New Establishment Summit … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook is apologizing to some users after a since-patched bug deleted users' Live videos if they tried to post them to a Story or News Feed after broadcast — This time instead of exposing users' data, a Facebook bug erased it. A previously undisclosed Facebook glitch caused it to delete … | Rob Price / Business Insider: |
Legal chatbot service DoNotPay now helps users lock down privacy settings of social media accounts and sue companies that expose users' data through hacks — - Automated legal tool DoNotPay is trying to help people lock down their online privacy settings and sue companies that get hacked.
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