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Intel announces cuts of 12K jobs, or 11% of global workforce, by mid-2017, with most cuts coming in next 60 days — Intel Announces Restructuring Initiative to Accelerate Transformation — Intel Corporation Announces a Restructuring to Speed its Transition to a Company that Powers the Cloud …
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| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
Intel cuts 2016 outlook, beats on quarterly earnings, reports $13.8B quarterly revenue, takes a $1.2B restructuring charge — Intel to cut 11 percent of workforce, take $1.2 billion charge amid weaker 2016 outlook — Intel on Tuesday confirmed it plans to cut 12,000 jobs …
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| Kevin Kelly / Wired: |
Magic Leap impressions: works well close up unlike some MR/VR systems, transition back to reality is effortless; mixed reality interface demoed in short video — The Untold Story of Magic Leap, the World's Most Secretive Startup — Don't call it a lens: Magic Leap founder Rony Abovitz displaying …
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| Apple: |
Apple's MacBook gets faster dual-core Skylake processors, longer battery life, 8GB memory, faster graphics, and rose gold finish, starting at $1,299 — Apple Updates MacBook with Latest Processors, Longer Battery Life & New Rose Gold Finish — CUPERTINO, California April 19 …
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| Dustin Volz / Reuters: |
Apple refused China's request for source code within last two years, said Apple's top lawyer Bruce Sewell in congressional hearing — Apple refused China request for source code in last two years: lawyer — Apple has been asked by Chinese authorities within the last two years to hand …
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| Parker Higgins / Electronic Frontier Foundation: |
App Store Censorship and FBI Hacking Proposed at Congressional Crypto Hearing — Tech experts and industry representatives squared off against law enforcement officials in two sessions of lively testimony today in front of the House Energy and Commerce committee.
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| Fred Lambert / Electrek: |
Sources: Apple hires former Tesla VP of Vehicle Engineering Chris Porritt for “special projects”, a likely candidate to lead Apple's electric car initiative — Exclusive: Apple hires former Tesla VP of Vehicle Engineering Chris Porritt for ‘special [car] project’
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| Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
Yahoo bidders include Verizon, TPG, and Bain Capital paired with Vista Equity Partners, which involves multiple former Yahoo execs including Ross Levinsohn — Yahoo bidders are few and far between, but include Verizon, TPG and a gang of exes — As Yahoo prepares to release what is widely expected …
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| Austin Walker / Giant Bomb: |
Sources: upgraded PlayStation 4 is codenamed NEO, contains stronger CPU, GPU, and faster RAM to support 4K output; there will be no NEO-exclusive games — Sources: The Upgraded PlayStation 4 is Codenamed NEO, Contains Upgraded CPU, GPU, RAM — Though the NEO will offer greater visual fidelity …
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Thanks:@brian_johnsonok| Joshua Brustein / Bloomberg: |
How the Amazon Echo started as part of a secret AR project and ended up as a surprise hit — The Real Story of How Amazon Built the Echo — The talking speaker started as part of a secret augmented-reality project and ended up as a surprise hit. … Telling Jeff Bezos he's wrong is always a frightening proposition.
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| Adrian Ludwig / Google Online Security Blog: |
Android security 2015 annual report: Google checks 6B+ installed apps per day for malware, and fewer than 0.15% of devices using only Google Play have malware — Android Security 2015 Annual Report — Posted by Adrian Ludwig, Lead Engineer, Android Security
| Brian Fung / Washington Post: |
Study: 1 in 5 US households are using mobile-only internet, ditching wired broadband, compared to 1 in 10 in 2013 — New data: Americans are abandoning wired home Internet — For the most part, America's Internet usage trends can be summed up in a few phrases.
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| Mark Bergen / Re/code: |
A look at some memes Alphabet employees made about Tony Fadell and Nest, after Fadell appeared before an all-hands meeting — Here are some of the brutal memes Googlers created about Tony Fadell and Nest — Nest, the smart home company under Alphabet, has suffered a wave of recent press critical of its culture and business.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Airbnb bets on local with user-generated guidebooks and new neighborhood/home matching — Last November, we reported on how Airbnb appeared to be experimenting with ways to expand beyond its role as a P2P marketplace for renting private accommodation, to “experiences” …
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Facebook floats the idea of letting users add a tip jar to profit from posts, among others, in user survey about monetization — Facebook considers letting users add a tip jar to make money from posts — Facebook is exploring new ways for individual users to profit from their posts on the network, The Verge has learned.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Skype's bots arrive on Mac and web, as two new bots get added to selection: Murphy, a bot that finds and creates images, and Summarize, which sums up web pages — Skype's new bots arrive on Mac and web — At Microsoft's annual BUILD conference in March, the company announced its plans …
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