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145 tech leaders, including Vinod Khosla, Ev Williams, and Stewart Butterfield sign letter saying a Trump presidency “would be a disaster for innovation” — We are inventors, entrepreneurs, engineers, investors, researchers, and business leaders working in the technology sector.
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Peter Thiel Confirmed As A Speaker At Donald Trump's Republican National Convention — Peter Thiel will appear at the Republican National Convention, FORBES has confirmed, and will speak openly of his endorsement of Donald Trump next week. — A spokesperson for Thiel told FORBES …
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T-Mobile Is Giving Customers a Year of Free Data to Play Pokemon Go — There are few executives in telecommunications—or most other industries for that matter—who are better masters of free publicity than T-Mobile CEO John Legere. — And so, with the popularity of the Nintendo smartphone game Pokemon …
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Interview with Eddy Cue on TV skinny bundles and cable boxes, getting Hollywood content to consumers, working with studios, and making Apple Music stand out — The senior vp also dishes on what he learned from Steve Jobs, why the company won't be buying a Hollywood studio anytime soon and why agents should be “very, very excited.”
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Nvidia launches its first game, VR Funhouse, for HTC Vive VR on Steam, will release it as open source later this summer — Virtual reality could be a big driver for gamer PCs with powerful graphics cards. That's why Nvidia wants it to succeed. And to boost VR hardware sales … | Allegra Frank / Polygon: |
Valve promises to crack down on third-party sites that use Steam to facilitate gambling, denies having any business relationships with such sites — Counter-Strike GO gambling sites asked to cease operations Valve is cracking down on third-party websites that use Steam to facilitate gambling, the company said in a statement today.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Atlassian acquires online service tracker StatusPage, says it will remain a standalone product; pricing, starting at $29/month, will remain the same — Atlassian today announced that it has acquired StatusPage, a Y Combinator-incubated service that allows online businesses to keep … | Mark Hachman / PCWorld: |
Microsoft Edge is the only browser of the big four to play Netflix content at 1080p on Windows 10 — Microsoft's bold claims about Edge turn out to be true. — If you want to watch true 1080p content on Netflix over your PC, you need to use Microsoft's Edge browser.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Amazon's AWS buys Cloud9 to add more development tools to its web services stack — Amazon Web Services has made an acquisition to continue building out the services that it offers around and on its cloud storage platform. It has bought Cloud9, a San Francisco-based startup that has built …
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Razer introduces low-profile, detachable mechanical keyboard for 12.9-inch iPad Pro, connects via Bluetooth, available today for $170 — Razer today announces a whole new ultra-low-profile mechanical switch, designed for and making its debut in the company's first mechanical keyboard case for the iPad Pro.| Brittany Vincent / Engadget: |
Nintendo's Classic Mini is a tiny NES with 30 pre-loaded games launching November 11 for $59.99 — That dusty old NES in your attic might be rife with nostalgic memories, but it's a pain to drag out of its box whenever you get the hankering for a rousing game of Super Mario Bros. Nintendo totally gets it …
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Pinterest acquires team behind Math Camp, creator of location-based app Highlight and photo-sharing app Shorts — Pinterest today said it was acquiring the team behind Math Camp, the creators of Highlight, and will be sunsetting its applications Roll and Shorts in the next few weeks.
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