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Intel shows off a wireless all-in-one virtual reality headset called Project Alloy, with all of its cameras, sensors, and input controls built-in — Intel moved full-throttle into the VR space with the announcement of an all-in-one virtual reality headset alongside a new Intel Merged Reality platform at the Intel Developers Forum.
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Intel announces licensing agreement with ARM, opening its 10-nanometer production lines to third-parties to make the chips — Intel Corp., the world's biggest semiconductor maker, said it's licensing technology from rival ARM Holdings Plc, a move to win more customers for its business that manufactures chips for other companies.
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Intel introduces Joule, a new chip module for developers to bring computer vision tech to cheap prototypes — Intel today introduced a new chip module it calls Joule, a tiny board for developers designed to bring powerful computer vision technology to cheap and easy-to-make prototypes.
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Ford plans fleet of fully autonomous cars operating in a riding-hailing service by 2021; CEO says self-driving cars as a service to become main revenue source — The company has invested in four startups as part of that effort. — Ford is finally taking the plunge and setting a date …
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Ford, Baidu each invest $75M in Velodyne LiDAR Inc. that builds 3D-imaging tech for self-driving cars; Ford to double headcount of SV-based research team to 300 — Ford and China's leading search engine company, Baidu, announced today that they've each invested $75 million in Velodyne LiDAR Inc. … | Peter Kafka / Recode: |
Univision acquires Gawker Media for $135M; Denton says employees will continue work under new ownership “disentangled from the legal campaign” — Sold! — Univision has won the auction for Gawker Media. — The TV network and digital publisher has agreed to pay $135 million …
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Hackers post malware allegedly from NSA-linked Equation Group in online auction; Wikileaks says it will publish the tools; Snowden tweets likely explanations — In what Edward Snowden deems “not unprecedented,” hackers calling themselves the Shadow Brokers have collected NSA-created malware from a staging server run by the
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Samsung Galaxy Note7 review: the best big phone on the market, though it's expensive and loaded with bloatware on some carriers — There is no greater evidence of The Future of Computing than the big-screened smartphone. Big phones have become the de facto personal computers for many people …
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Tim Cook pledges to increase investment in China, including creating Apple's first research center in the country, meets with China Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli — U.S. tech company plans to set up an independent research center in China — BEIJING— Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook … | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft opens its Xbox Wireless tech for PC OEMs and gaming peripherals — Microsoft wants everyone to know the joy that is low latency wireless gaming peripheral connections. The company is making the Xbox Wireless connection tech it uses between Xbox One and official controllers available … | Eugene Kim / Business Insider: |
Salesforce says it has acquired data analytics startup BeyondCore — Salesforce just bought another data analytics startup called BeyondCore, adding to its buying spree this year. — The announcement was made through BeyondCore's blog post and confirmed by Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff's tweet.
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Amazon's Twitch acquires gaming content and resource platform Curse, which had raised almost $60M to date — Amazon-owned Twitch today announced the acquisition of Curse, a gaming content and resource hub visited by more than 30 million people each month. — Founded in 2006 …
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