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Pre-orders for HTC's VR headset Vive start February 29, ships in April — HTC Vive pre-orders to start on February 29 — Pre-orders for HTC's virtual reality headset Vive will open on February 29, boss Cher Wang confirms — HTC will start taking pre-orders for Vive, its virtual reality headset …
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| Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Amazon will release smaller, portable, cheaper Echo in the coming weeks — Amazon to Release Portable Version of Echo Speaker in Coming Weeks — New voice-activated speaker will be smaller, cheaper than Echo — Amazon.com Inc. is doubling down on voice-controlled hardware …
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Eddy Cue: due to a glitch, Apple has been underestimating the number of News app users since launch and passing that inaccurate information to publishers — Apple News App Is Off to a Rocky Start — There's one glitch: Neither publishers nor the company know how many people are reading
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Appellate panel allows DraftKings and FanDuel to operate in New York for now — Court rules that DraftKings and FanDuel can stay open in New York for now — See Also — An appellate panel has ruled in favor of daily fantasy sports sites DraftKings and FanDuel, allowing both to continue operating …
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AT&T brings back unlimited data plans for its DirecTV and U-verse subscribers — AT&T is bringing back unlimited data. The number-two wireless carrier discontinued its original unlimited plans years ago, but it's resuscitating the all-you-can-eat option as a cross-promotion with its DirecTV and U-verse television services.
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| Christina Rogers / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Ford considering separate business unit for autonomous cars, in talks with Google about autonomous-driving software — Ford's Chairman Is on Quest to Reinvent Auto Maker — Company weighs partnerships, new business lines to address challenges of rapid urbanization
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
tvOS 9.2 beta adds Podcasts app, folders, Bluetooth keyboard support, new app switcher, more — Photos: With tvOS 9.2, Apple TV adds Podcasts app, Folders, Bluetooth keyboard support, new app switcher and more — With the new Apple TV tvOS 9.2 beta, Apple has added a whole host of new features to the tvOS platform.
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| Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal: |
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes is trying to sell The New Republic, after buying it in 2012 — New Republic Owner Chris Hughes Puts Magazine Up For Sale — Facebook co-founder, who purchased the title in 2012, says magazine needs a new business model — The New Republic … | Abhimanyu Ghoshal / The Next Web: |
Xiaomi's Redmi 3 offers a massive 4,100mAh battery and all-metal body for just $107 — Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi announced its latest budget handset today, the Redmi 3. The device features all-metal construction and a large 4,100mAh battery, which are both unusual in phones below $250.| Cam Bunton / 9to5Google: |
Lenovo chief: Google Play Services will be in China this year — According to a report by Tech.Sina, Google will finally bring its services in to China. Lenovo chief, Chen Xudong claims Google is on track to bring its Play Services to the nation at some point in 2016, and that its desire to do so isn't a secret.
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| Robin Wauters / Tech.eu: |
SoundCloud raises €32 million in debt funding with an option for additional loans — According to Swedish technology news site DiGITAL, Berlin-based SoundCloud has raised 300 million Swedish krona (a little more than €32 million, or about $35 million) in debt funding.
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How algorithmic systems to score humans like FICO and China's Sesame Credit can lead to social control, and some possible remedies to this problem — The risks — and benefits — of letting algorithms judge us — Bruce Schneier is a security technologist and chief technology officer … | Mark Bergen / Re/code: |
Didi Kuaidi says it has booked 1.43B rides in 2015, 200M of them in December — Take That, Uber! Didi Kuaidi Says It Booked Over a Billion Rides Just in 2015. — Last month, Uber declared that it had booked over one billion rides worldwide through its app since its creation in 2009.Sponsor Posts
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