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Yahoo scraps Alibaba spinoff plan, will spin off core assets including stake in Yahoo Japan; Max Levchin resigns from board — Yahoo to Spin Off Its Core Businesses — SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo said on Wednesday that it had dropped a plan to spin off its $31 billion stake in Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce company.
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Negotiations between Apple and TV programmers stalled over Apple TV because of disagreements on the mix of channels to be included in bundles — Why Apple Walked Away From TV (For Now) — Yes, Apple has walked away from the negotiating table with the TV guys, which means you won't be getting …
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| Liam Tung / ZDNet: |
Google publishes results for its D-Wave 2X quantum computer, says tests show it performs 100M times faster than conventional computing for some problems — Google's quantum computer can blitz a normal PC - but it's not ready for production just yet — Google's latest tests show there's light …
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| Sarah Jeong / Motherboard: |
The “Satoshi” PGP keys reported to be linked to Craig Wright were likely backdated, pointing to a hoax — Satoshi's PGP Keys Are Probably Backdated and Point to a Hoax — On Tuesday, both Wired and Gizmodo dropped a big bombshell: According to “leaked” (Wired) or “hacked” …
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Senator Dianne Feinstein to seek legislation to “pierce” through encryption with warrant, working with Judiciary Committee Chairman Richard Burr, others — Top Democratic senator will seek legislation to ‘pierce’ through encryption — A leading Democratic senator …
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Uber to test its food-ordering service UberEATS in a standalone app, available for Toronto residents — The UberEATS Standalone App Has Nothing to Do With Rides — Today Uber launches its first standalone app that isn't about getting a ride. Called UberEATS, it's a new food-ordering app that will be available in Toronto.
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Augmented reality startup Magic Leap raising $827M Series C at a post-money valuation of $3.7B — Secretive Augmented Reality Startup Magic Leap Raising $827 Million — Magic Leap wants to change your reality. And apparently they need a lot of money to do it.
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Uber's first desktop app launches on Windows 10 (Updated) — Uber today launched its first desktop app. Windows 10 users can now hail a ride using the on-demand car service from their computer. — But the app is dead on arrival because the experience is seriously flawed from the get-go.
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Google Play Music adds family plan allowing six family members to stream simultaneously for $15 per month, extends to YouTube Red — Google Play Music launches $14.99 family plan for up to six people — Google's finally rolling out the six-person, $14.99 family plan for Google Play Music that it first teased over two months ago.| Dan Primack / Fortune: |
Atlassian prices its IPO at $21 per share, above its proposed range of $19-$20 per share, valuing the company at $4.4B — And the Price of the Last Big Tech IPO of 2015 Is... Atlassian, maker of cloud-based workplace collaboration software, on Wednesday evening priced its initial public offering at $21 per share.| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
Verizon to start testing sponsored data in coming days, allowing a third party to pay for data consumed when accessing certain content, commercial launch in Q1 — Verizon to Start Testing ‘Toll-Free’ Data in Coming Days — Verizon plans in the next few days to start testing so-called sponsored data …
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Facebook's most talked-about global topics in 2015 include US Presidential Election, Paris attacks, refugee crisis, nepal earthquake, Greek debt crisis — 2015 Year in Review — As 2015 comes to a close, we remember what was on our minds this year and the difference we made by coming together.| Richard Gingras / Accelerated Mobile Pages Project: |
Google to start sending search traffic to AMP pages as early as February, announces new partners including LINE, Viber, and Tango — Continued Momentum For The AMP Project — The AMP effort is building both momentum and speed. There has been significant progress not only since …
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HTC delays Vive VR launch until April, plans to make 7K dev kits available in early 2016 — HTC officially delays Vive virtual reality system launch to April 2016 — Says “an additional 7,000” dev kits will ship to creators at the “start” of 2016. — Earlier this year …
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