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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Base iPad Pro will have 64GB of storage and “monster” 12.9-inch display that can run 2 full-sized apps side by side; top model prices close to latest MacBooks — iPad Pro: ‘Monster screen’ runs full-sized side-by-side apps, LTE models, keyboard + stylus separate
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| Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Amazon plans to release $50 6-inch tablet and new 8-inch and 10-inch versions for holidays — Amazon to Release $50 Tablet as It Struggles to Sell Pricier Devices — Amazon plans to release a $50 tablet with a 6-inch screen, in time for the holidays.| Reuters: |
Uber to enter 100 new Chinese cities in next 12 months: CEO — Uber Technologies Inc's [UBER.UL] China unit will enter 100 new cities in the next 12 months, the U.S. ride-hailing service's Chief Executive Travis Kalanick said on Tuesday, a rapid ramp up from the previous goal of 50 new cities.| Wall Street Journal: |
Inside Uber's Fight With Its Chinese Nemesis, Didi Kuaidi — China's ride-hailing market has erupted into a brawl between Uber and a Beijing startup, Didi Kuaidi, backed by Alibaba and Tencent
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| Mark Harris / IEEE Spectrum: |
Lidar sensors in most self-driving cars vulnerable to hacking with $60 off-the-shelf Raspberry Pi and a low-powered laser kit — Researcher Hacks Self-driving Car Sensors — The multi-thousand-dollar laser ranging (lidar) systems that most self-driving cars rely on to sense obstacles …
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Telegraph, BBC, Gizmodo, Alphr, Guardian, Silicon Republic, ITProPortal and SlashGear
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
BlaBlaCar Is Raising $160 Million From Insight, Valuing Ride-Sharing Startup At $1.2 Billion — A little more than a year after announcing a $100 million mega-round, we're hearing from multiple sources that long-distance ride-sharing platform BlaBlaCar is in the process of raising another round with Insight Venture Partners.| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft confirms acquisition of cloud security firm Adallom, sources say for $250M — Microsoft Confirms Purchase Of Cloud Security Firm Adallom — Microsoft announced this morning that it purchased cloud security firm Adallom. According to sources familiar with the matter …
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The Official Microsoft Blog, ZDNet, VentureBeat, Reuters and Fortune
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Raspberry Pi's official 7″ touchscreen display goes on sale today for $60 — The Raspberry Pi Foundation has launched an all-new piece of hardware today — the official Raspberry Pi touchscreen display is now on sale for $60 (£48 GBP) online, and through a handful of brick-and-mortar retailers.
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Raspberry Pi, Engadget, CNET, BGR, Gizmodo, Inquirer, The Next Web, BetaNews, SlashGear, Wired.co.uk and Make
| Gerald Lynch / Gizmodo: |
Netflix says offline viewing would add too much complexity to the service, will not be popular despite many users asking for it — The Real Reason Netflix Won't Offer Offline Downloads — Offline downloads are perhaps the most often requested, “holy grail” feature of TV and movie streaming services …
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SlashGear, 9to5Mac, TechSpot, The Daily Dot, Business Insider, Neowin, BGR and iDownloadBlog.com. See also Mediagazer
| Eric Johnson / Re/code: |
GoPro Odyssey, the 16-camera virtual reality rig, costs $15K, launches in early November — GoPro's Virtual Reality Camera Costs $15,000, Lands in Early November — Composite image by Re/code; Originals: GoPro and Shutterstock / solarseven — At Google I/O this year …
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The Verge, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, VentureBeat and Engadget
| Alex Heath / Tech Insider: |
How Spotify is using Echo Nest algorithms and humans to create its Discovery Weekly playlist — Spotify is getting unbelievably good at picking music — here's an inside look at how — There's a playlist on Spotify I love called Discover Weekly. It's updated every Monday with a mix of songs … | Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
500 Startups Announces A $30 Million Fund For Japan — 500 Startups is continuing its quest to cover Asia after the U.S.-headquartered VC company launched a $30 million microfund for Japan. — The firm first moved into Asia in 2013 with its $10 million ‘500 Durians’ fund for Southeast Asia.
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VentureBeat, Tech.eu, 500 Startups, Philipp Moehring and Globes Online
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