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Seeking to replace microSD with a faster successor, Samsung announces world's first removable UFS memory cards, but no devices support them yet — What comes after microSD cards for removable storage? Samsung has the answer: UFS. The company announced today the world's first removable UFS … | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Although Pokémon Go's sudden success is driven by nostalgia, Pokémon's mechanics are uniquely suited for augmented reality — Basically everyone is Pokémon Go-ing according to Twitter, and I'm sure basic resources like power and water will soon start to shut down because key staff are out chasing Pikachu.
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| Matt Weinberger / Business Insider: |
‘Pokémon Go’ international rollout will be ‘paused’ as players overload the system — People love “Pokémon Go,” the new smash-hit iPhone and Android game that lets you catch pocket monsters in real life, so much so that the strain on the servers keeps crashing it for most people.
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Thanks:@gamoid| Jerry Beilinson / Consumer Reports: |
Samsung Galaxy S7 Active Fails Consumer Reports Water-Resistance Test — The phone is supposed to survive 30 minutes in 5 feet of water. In our testing, it didn't. — Commercials for the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge showed hip-hop's Lil Wayne pouring Champagne over the phone and dunking it in a fish tank.
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Satya Nadella and other Microsoft executives discuss the company's AI plans and why it has a competitive advantage — Satya Nadella bounded into the conference room, eager to talk about intelligence. I was at Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond, WA, and the company's CEO was touting …
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Deleted Tweet archive PostGhost shut down after Twitter cease and desist — PostGhost was a nascent website that archived the tweets of the famous, rich, and important. The site got popular for finding and storing the deleted Tweets of politicians and even Lindsay Lohan who plead with the English PM to #remain.| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Twitter is talking to the NBA, MLS and Turner to buy rights to more sports streams — Twitter is looking to ink more NFL-style streaming deals. — Twitter wants to stream more TV-like live video around major sporting events, so it's approaching the folks who control those rights to cut a deal.| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Alibaba and Chinese automaker SAIC announce the RX5, a $22.3K connected car that uses Alibaba's Yun operating system to connect into various internet services — Alibaba has officially announced its move into the automobile space after it unveiled its first “internet car” in collaboration with SAIC … | Ari Levy / CNBC: |
Sellers say Amazon's counterfeit problem is getting worse after it made it easier for Chinese manufacturers to sell goods to US consumers — Four things you should know about Amazon before shopping the prime sale — Amazon has opened the doors to allow Chinese manufacturers to sell directly to consumers …
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Facebook releases new statement explaining censorship policy for Live, says it only removes content if it celebrates or glorifies violence — Facebook only removes content if it celebrates or glorifies violence, not if it's only graphic or disturbing, according to a spokesperson.| Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed: |
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| Ross Todd / LAW.com: |
IRS examining Facebook tax liabilities related to transfer of many global assets to Ireland in 2010, seeks court order for documents firm has failed to provide — SAN FRANCISCO—The U.S. Department of Justice is asking for a court order forcing Facebook Inc. to provide information … | Dylan Martin / BostInno: |
Bain Capital Ventures Raises New, $600M Fund, First Since 2014 — Bain Capital Ventures has raised a new, $600 million fund, the venture capital firm disclosed in a Friday regulatory filing. The venture arm of Bain Capital, with offices in Boston and New York, had last raised $935 million …
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard: |
Facebook Messenger's end-to-end encryption not on by default because of inability to store keys in browsers and the firm's reluctance to make big UX changes — Privacy nerds got some good and some bad news on Friday, when Facebook became the latest major company to embrace encryption …
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