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Inside the inaugural test flight of Facebook's first internet drone, Aquila — Inside the test flight of Facebook's first internet drone — At 2AM, in the dark morning hours of June 28th, Mark Zuckerberg woke up and got on a plane. He was traveling to an aviation testing facility in Yuma …
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Thanks:@sarahaasullivan| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Mark Zuckerberg discusses Facebook's 10-year plans to improve internet access, the importance of AI, plans for VR, and the challenges of AR — Mark Zuckerberg on his plan to bring the internet to every human on earth — By nearly any measure, Facebook has had a remarkable year.
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| Tom Spring / Threatpost: |
EFF sues US over Digital Millennium Copyright Act clause that restricts tinkering with systems that protect copyrighted materials like films, audio, and code — The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a lawsuit Thursday against the U.S. Government over a provision within …
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See also Mediagazer| Brad Chacos / PCWorld: |
Nvidia unveils new flagship graphics card, the $1,200 Titan X with 12GB GDDR5X memory, claims it is up to 60% faster than previous Titan X, goes on sale Aug. 2 — Well THAT came out of nowhere. — While much of the United States was either preparing to tuck in for the night … | Tinder: |
Tinder launches Tinder Social, a feature that lets groups plan nights out and “match” with other nearby groups that are also going out — Get ready to roll. Your night just got better. — Tinder has always been about getting you out of the house to meet someone new.
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| Greg Hartrell / Official Android Blog: |
Google Play Books debuts Bubble Zoom, which uses machine learning to detect and expand speech bubbles in comic books, starting with some Marvel and DC volumes — Whether it's reading up on the origins of Justice League or enjoying a reboot like Invincible Iron Man, we all love our heroes …
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| Kara Swisher / Recode: |
Profile of Peter Thiel, the eccentric investor who is unlike anyone else in tech, as he endorses Trump with a speech at the RNC — The eccentric investor is not like anyone else in tech. — Okay, I will just say what pretty much everyone in tech thinks, even if they never seem to be able …
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See also Mediagazer| Lisa Beilfuss / Wall Street Journal: |
AT&T reports Q2 revenues of $40.52B, up 23% YoY, profit of $3.41B, up from $3.08B a year ago; adds 2.1M wireless customers but loses 49K video customers in US — Revenue for the telecom giant still falls short of Wall Street expectations — AT&T Inc. logged 23% sales growth …
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| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Salesforce acquires data center analytics startup Coolan — Coolan, a startup that developed software for analyzing data about data center hardware, today announced that it has been acquired by Salesforce. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. — It was not long ago that Coolan launched.
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| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Redbox confirms it is testing Redbox Digital video streaming service — Redbox is officially venturing back into streaming — on a trial basis, anyway. A Redbox spokesperson told Variety Thursday that the company has started to test its new streaming service, dubbed Redbox Digital, with some customers.| Tomio Geron / Wall Street Journal: |
Seeking broader acceptance in the world of venture capital, 500 Startups reveals detailed return fund performance data as it raises its fourth fund — When entrepreneur-investor Dave McClure launched his seed fund and accelerator 500 Startups in 2010, he was perhaps best known for his colorful, opinionated blog posts about startups.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei, whose company controls Sirius XM, floated an offer to buy Pandora for $3.4B+ but was rejected by Pandora's board — Pandora's board rejected bid, wanted better offer, sources say — Liberty Media Corp. Chief Executive Greg Maffei … | Katie Roof / TechCrunch: |
PayPal narrowly beats quarterly revenue expectations with $2.65B as it partners with Visa — PayPal reported earnings after the bell on Thursday, showing $2.65 billion in revenue for the quarter, when analysts were expecting $2.6 billion. Adjusted earnings per share was also in line with Wall Street estimates at 36 cents.| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Moto Z review: huge price increase, no 3.5mm headphone jack, slow OS updates, and lame modules make it hard to recommend — The first Moto flagship under Lenovo's rule isn't a compelling one. — Under Google, Motorola was one of our favorite OEMs. The company delivered bang-for-your-buck hardware …
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