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Sources: Verizon lead bidder for Yahoo, bid includes real estate but not intellectual property, could be announced next week — Verizon is the lead bidder for Yahoo, and a sale could be announced early next week, sources told CNBC on Friday. — Verizon's bid to buy Yahoo's core business …
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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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Tweets: @joi, @bascule, @doctorow, @eff, @dangillmor and @ubuntourist
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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 … | Casey Newton / The Verge: |
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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| 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.| 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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| 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 … | 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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| TechCrunch: |
Sources say Reddit's efforts to remake itself are faltering under CEO Steve Huffman and founder Alexis Ohanian's leadership as more key employees depart — It's been one year since Reddit revolted. When the company cracked down on revenge porn and subreddits containing offensive content last summer …
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Recode. Tweets: @diki24, @evanplus, @joelandren, @ctatplay, @rolandlisf, @thomasaboyt, @geoffwking and @kateconger
| 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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Tweets: @notpatrick and @daviduzumeri
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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 … | Se Young Lee / Reuters: |
Samsung Electronics countersues Huawei in China for patent infringement — Tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) said on Friday it sued smartphone rival Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL] for patent infringements through multiple courts in China, escalating a legal conflict between the two companies.Sponsor Posts
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