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Facebook says it will unify its AR/VR teams into a group called Facebook Reality Labs, renames Oculus Connect event to Facebook Connect, to be held on Sept. 16 — Facebook is moving further away from the Oculus brand. — The company says it is changing the name of their augmented reality …
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Microsoft adds an audio transcription feature to Word's web version for Office 365 that will work with prerecorded or live audio — Microsoft's Word writing tool will soon be able to record and transcribe audio, marking an evolution long requested by everyone from students to reporters to Microsoft executives.
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Palantir files S-1 for its public market listing, confirming a net loss of $580M in 2019 on $742.6M in revenue; intends to debut with a direct listing — - The data analytics company co-founded by Peter Thiel is going public after 16 years. — Data analytics company Palantir Technologies …
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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Facebook is testing a Shop section in its app in the US, while Instagram expands Live Shopping to more sellers in the US — Facebook is announcing a number of new e-commerce features both within the main Facebook app and on Instagram. — The pandemic has forced many businesses to shift online …
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| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
As content moderators started working from home, YouTube's reliance on automation resulted in double the video removals; Facebook saw removals steeply decline — When YouTube sent content moderators home in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it dramatically expanded its use of automated filters … | Paul Mozur / New York Times: |
Emboldened by Hong Kong's new security law, police are targeting the social media accounts of media executives, pro-democracy politicians, and activists — Under a new national security law, the police are targeting the social media accounts of executives, politicians and activists.
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Gartner: global smartphone sales in Q2 dropped 20.4% YoY, similar to Q1's 20% drop; Samsung and Huawei virtually tie for top spot, after Samsung drops 27% YoY — The last couple of years have been tough on the smartphone industry, as sales plateaued and eventually eroded.
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| Foreign Affairs: |
NSA director says the US disrupted “a concerted effort” to undermine 2018 midterms and describes Cyber Command's proactive strategy ahead of the 2020 election — In early October 2019, personnel from U.S. Cyber Command landed in Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro, at the invitation of the country's government.
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Judge denies Epic's motion to restore Fortnite to the App Store but orders Apple to not block Unreal Engine; full hearing scheduled for September 28 — Epic Games won a temporary restraining order against Apple, at least in part — Epic Games just won a temporary restraining order against Apple — at least in part.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon is rolling out a new AR shopping tool, Room Decorator, that lets users see multiple pieces of furniture and other home décor in their own space — Amazon is rolling out a new augmented reality shopping tool, Room Decorator, that will allow you to see furniture and other home decor in their own space.
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| Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to open an online store in India next month and is planning two retail stores there next year, first in Mumbai and then in Bangalore — - Online store comes a year after India eases rules on retail — IPhone maker also plans a second physical outlet in India
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Verta, founded by the creator of ModelDB that tracks versions of machine learning models, emerges from stealth with $10M Series A led by Intel Capital — Manasi Vartak, founder and CEO of Verta, conceived of the idea of the open source project ModelDB database as a way to track versions … | Frank Chaparro / The Block: |
Crypto derivatives exchange FTX has acquired crypto price tracking app Blockfolio for $150M, in the form of equity, FTX's native token, and cash — Crypto derivatives exchange FTX has acquired popular crypto price tracking app Blockfolio for $150 million in one of the largest acquisition deals in the digital asset space this year.
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Fitbit unveils $330 Sense smartwatch with ECG and a sensor for detecting stress, and $230 Versa 3 with GPS and Google Assistant, both shipping in late September — Even as Google's $2.1 billion acquisition hangs over Fitbit, the wearables company today announced three new devices.
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An overview of 94 companies that launched at Y Combinator's Summer 2020 Demo Day 2; the Summer 2020 batch of companies was YC's first fully remote startup batch — And we're back! Today was part two of Y Combinator's absolutely massive Demo Day(s) event for its Summer 2020 class.
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Facebook says it aims to launch its News tab in multiple countries within the next 6-12 months and is considering the UK, Germany, France, India, and Brazil — Facebook is expediting the launch of its Facebook News tab in countries beyond the U.S., the company will announce Tuesday.
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| Bill Gurley / Above the Crowd: |
The rise in SPACs is leading to improved terms for targeted companies and an overall lower cost of capital, as company underpricing in traditional IPOs worsens — If you are looking past or through Covid — and why not, all of Wall Street is — the topic du jour in Silicon Valley is Special Purpose Acquisition Companies, or SPACs.| Jim Salter / Ars Technica: |
A Chromium feature is responsible for nearly half of the traffic load on root DNS servers by issuing DNS lookups that often propagate up to root nameservers — Google is doing to DNS what D-Link once did to NTP. — The Chromium browser—open source, upstream parent to both Google Chrome …
Tweets: @hackerfantastic, @swiftonsecurity, and @jgamblin
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Mozilla rolls out Firefox 79 for Android with Enhanced Tracking Protection, a new UI, its own mobile browser engine GeckoView, improved privacy mode, and more — After more than a year of development, Mozilla today launched Firefox 79 for Android, branded Firefox Daylight.
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| Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Nintendo plans to launch an upgraded Switch in 2021, possibly with 4K graphics, more computing power, and a lineup of new games — - Strong lineup of Nintendo games set to accompany new hardware — Update would make the Switch Nintendo's most enduring console
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Salesforce reports Q2 revenue of $5.15B, up 29% YoY, vs. $4.90B est., gives Q3 revenue guidance of $5.24 to $5.25B, up 16% YoY; stock jumps 11%+ after hours — - A gain on investments benefited Salesforce's adjusted earnings in the quarter. — The company's full-year guidance beat expectations …
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| Andrei Frumusanu / AnandTech: |
TSMC says its 3nm process will hit volume production in 2022, and 5nm N5 chips, which should ship in products this year, will use 30% less power than the N7 — At TSMC's annual Technology Symposium, the Taiwanese semiconductor manufacturer detailed characteristics of its future 3nm process node …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft makes Azure's Immersive Reader generally available, letting developers embed a reading accessibility view with features like Read Aloud into apps — Microsoft today announced the general availability of Immersive Reader, an Azure Cognitive Services offering that allows developers …
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