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Haswell is here: we detail Intel's first 4th-generation Core CPUs — Quad-core chips for laptops and desktops are first, with dual-cores to follow. — Intel has been releasing information about Haswell, its next-generation CPU architecture, for months now.
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CNET, Tom's Hardware Guide, The Verge, PC World, Computerworld, Inquirer, LAPTOP Magazine, Gizmodo, Engadget, PC Pro, AnandTech and Missing Remote
| Glenn Künzler / MacTrast: |
Mac Pro Retail Supplies Drying Up Ahead of WWDC — Apple's WWDC conference is almost upon us, and with the expectation that the company will unveil new Macs at the event, I decided to do a bit of checking around on retail stock levels. What I found, somewhat to my surprise, was a remarkable shortage of Apple's entry-level Mac Pro.
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Macworld, TUAW, MacRumors, Softpedia News, iMore, iClarified and Electronista
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Google says it won't approve any Glass apps with facial recognition until it has protections in place — Today, Google posted a notice to its Google Glass channel on G+ that lays out its plan to prevent abuse of facial recognition on the head-mounted computer. It's solution?
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Project Glass, Business Insider, AllThingsD, Engadget, CNET, Marketing Land, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, The Verge and Wired.co.uk
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Samsung Galaxy S 4 Active Revealed for AT&T — It's no secret that Samsung's got a full complement of Galaxy S 4-derived handsets trickling out over the next few months; the company just revealed the S 4 Mini, and next up we're expecting a more rugged, full-sized device known as the Galaxy S 4 Active (codename: J Active).
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CNET, Engadget, www.idigitaltimes.co.uk, IntoMobile, Unwired View, 9to5Google, Gotta Be Mobile, Droid Life, Pocketnow and BGR
| Leslie Katz / CNET: |
Oculus VR co-founder, 33, killed by speeding car — Tragedy hits the company that made the Oculus Rift head-mounted virtual-reality display as co-founder Andrew Reisse finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time during a police chase. — Andrew Scott Reisse, co-founder of the company …
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KABC-TV, Ars Technica, TechCrunch, VG247, VentureBeat, Joystiq, Gamasutra and Polygon
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‘Virtual’ Currencies Draw State Scrutiny — State banking regulators are scrutinizing companies that let people buy and sell virtual currencies such as bitcoin, and some are looking at requiring costly licenses, according to people familiar with the efforts.| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Treasury Department official says money laundering crackdown isn't part of an anti-Bitcoin campaign — In March, US Treasury department FinCEN — which handles enforcement of financial crimes — turned its eye towards the world of virtual currency. The bureau published guidelines … | Sam Biddle / Valleywag: |
Tumblr's Creative Director Quits — Jacob Bijani joined Tumblr as one of its original, most formative employees (and its first designer/product engineer) back in 2008—when a $1.1 billion Yahoo buyout was unfathomable. Now he's leaving. — According to a farewell post on Bijani's site …
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Jacob Bijani, CNET, Business Insider, Mashable, SlashGear, The Next Web and WebProNews. See also Mediagazer
| Steve Rubel / AdAge: |
Why Reddit Is Betting On Original Content — A Move to Reach Marketers in a Tech-Savvy Community — The “80s cliché is that video killed the radio star. Now it's quickly killing other priorities as a growing number of media concerns put greater focus on original programming, all in a quest for higher CPMs.| Bloomberg: |
DirecTV Said Among 3 Hulu Bidders at $1 Billion or More — DirecTV (DTV), the second-biggest U.S. pay-TV service, and two other bidders are each offering at least $1 billion for Hulu LLC, the online video website, said people with knowledge of the bid. — The other two couldn't be identified immediately.| Jessica Roy / Betabeat: |
Every '90s Tween's Favorite Angst Outlet Xanga Will Shut Down Unless You Pony Up $60K — Xanga, one of the original online diary hubs for tweens too cool for Livejournal but not so cool that they didn't know to eschew blogging altogether, may soon shut down.
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Valleywag, Xanga Crowdhoster, Digital Trends and The Verge
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After Four Years, Twitter Platform Director Ryan Sarver to Depart — Ryan Sarver, Twitter's director of platform who worked closely with the company's partner ecosystem over the past four years, announced on Friday that he plans to leave the company. — “After four incredible …
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The Next Web, TechCrunch, The Next Web, BuzzFeed, GigaOM, CNET and The Next Web. Tweets: @rsarver
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