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Facebook changes News Feed to automatically detect “clickbait” headlines, rank stories lower if they “withhold or distort information” — Facebook says it plans to marginalize what it considers to be “clickbait” news stories from publishers in its news feed …
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Sources: Apple is talking to TV firms about building a TV guide for Apple TV and iOS, letting viewers browse available in-app content, play shows with one click — Tim Cook doesn't want to sell you TV anymore. He wants to tell you what's on TV. — Last year, Apple shelved its plan to sell you TV.
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Apple is launching an invite-only bug bounty program in September with a few dozen researchers — It's one of the last major tech companies to start paying for exploits — Apple is planning a new bug bounty program that will offer cash in exchange for undiscovered vulnerabilities in its products …
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TechCrunch, iMore, Securosis Highlights, PCWorld, The Register, Macworld, Engadget, Digital Trends, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Daring Fireball, VentureBeat, AppleInsider, CNET, Globe and Mail, Wired, iPhone in Canada Blog, MobileSyrup.com and The Loop. Tweets: @reneritchie
| Kara Swisher / Recode: |
Blake Krikorian, co-founder of Sling Media and former board member at Amazon, has died at 48 — The Slingbox founder had been involved with Microsoft, Amazon and dozens of startups — Blake Krikorian, longtime and much beloved Silicon Valley entrepreneur, died yesterday.
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Sources: Rackspace Hosting is in advanced sale talks with one or more private-equity firms, could reach deal this week; firm could be valued at up to $4B — Move comes two years after cloud-computing company says it would explore deal amid heightened competition
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Tweets: @maxclark, @ingridlunden and @davecbenoit
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Dashlane and Google unveil OpenYOLO, an open-source API for apps to securely access passwords stored in password managers — Password management is one of the key defenses — or key weaknesses — when it comes to protecting your data and identity online, and today Dashlane …
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Dashlane Blog, Ausdroid, PR Newswire, Droid Life, 9to5Google, Android Police, Greenbot, Liliputing and AgileBits Blog
Tweets: @inafried and @swiftonsecurity
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Valve will license its SteamVR Tracking system used in HTC Vive to developers for free, allowing custom motion controllers for the Vive headset — A new Valve program will let companies use the HTC Vive virtual reality tracking system for their own hardware.
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Steam Community, Engadget, Ars Technica, TechCrunch, SlashGear, VRFocus, Road to VR, UploadVR, Polygon and Blue's News
Tweets: @steamdb and @houstontexasvr
| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Jim Prosser, Twitter's head of corporate and policy communications, leaves for financing and loan startup SoFi — Twitter's communications team is changing very quickly. — Twitter is losing another key member of its communications team. Jim Prosser, the company's head of corporate …
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Breitbart, SiliconBeat and TechCrunch
Tweets: @jimprosser, @mattrosoff, @caseynewton, @kurtwagner8 and @vindugoel
| Tom Brant / PC Magazine: |
Xiaomi announces Cardboard-like Mi VR Play headset, wrapped in Lycra, compatible with 4.7" to 5.7"phones — Xiaomi is making an entry-level VR headset, and developers can buy a pre-release version of it for just $0.15. — Called the Mi VR Play, Xiaomi's device is smartphone-based, like the Samsung Gear VR.| Robert Hof / SiliconANGLE: |
Hortonworks reports Q2 revenues of $43.6M, up 46% YoY, but below estimates of $45.2M, loss widens to $64.2M from $43M last year; stock down $25%+ after hours — Big Data is still producing big losses for Hortonworks Inc., one of the few publicly held Big Data companies …
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Hortonworks, Tech Trader Daily, SiliconANGLE, Reuters, ZDNet and Business Insider
| Kathleen Chaykowski / Forbes: |
LinkedIn beats Q2 expectations as it prepares to merge with Microsoft, posts revenues of $933M, up 31% YoY, $119M loss related to tax expenses — LinkedIn's reported a strong second quarter with revenue and and earnings that beat estimates, about two months after Microsoft announced … | iFixit: |
Xbox One S teardown reveals upgraded hard drive and integrated power supply with device receiving a repairability score of 8/10 — Teardown — Teardowns provide a look inside a device and should not be used as disassembly instructions. — Featured Guide
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