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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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Tweets: @samfbiddle, @felixsalmon, @pkafka, @jmcduling and @jasonlk
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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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Windows Blog, Brian Krzanich, VentureBeat, eWeek, MacRumors, The Verge, The Next Web, Windows Central, Forbes, Business Insider, Digital Trends, VentureBeat, TechnoBuffalo, Engadget, Laptop Mag, Computerworld, PCWorld, InvestorPlace, TechSpot, VentureBeat, WinBeta, Fast Company, VentureBeat, ZDNet, Mashable and MacDailyNews
Tweets: @benedictevans, @intelnews, @mims, @mims, @benbajarin and @benbajarin
| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
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 Newsroom, ARM Connected Community, Recode, Tech Trader Daily, ZDNet, The Verge, MacRumors, The Register, Forbes, VentureBeat, iPhone Hacks and The Tech Report. Tweets: @tomkrazit
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
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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Intel Newsroom, VentureBeat, SiliconANGLE and CNET
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| Johana Bhuiyan / Recode: |
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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| Lucas Mearian / Computerworld: |
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. … | John Biggs / TechCrunch: |
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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Motherboard, Matt Suiche, Lawfare, Risk Based Security, XORcat, Wired, Foreign Policy, Ars Technica, Securelist, Ars Technica, Guardian, ZDNet, CNET, Motherboard, Schneier on Security, Ars Technica, Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Techdirt, CSO, PCWorld, Motherboard, Softpedia News, International Business Times, Business Insider, Boing Boing, FedScoop, Digital Trends, Business Insider, The Hill, The Daily Caller, Inquirer, CCN, Gizmodo, The Daily Dot, Slate, Fortune, BetaNews, Tech Times, New York Magazine, PYMNTS.com, The Citizen Lab, Fortune, BBC, CSO, Newser, SiliconANGLE, Tom's Guide, The Register, Forbes and CircleID
Tweets: @snowden, @gossithedog, @arstechnica, @ncweaver, @snowden and @dangillmor
| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
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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9to5Mac, iMore, Android Central, Wall Street Journal, Emojipedia, Android Central, Business Insider, Bank Innovation, Quartz, eWeek, Android Police, SlashGear, Softpedia News, 9to5Google, iMore, CNET, ZDNet, Engadget, TechCrunch, Macworld, InfoWorld, SlashGear, Engadget and VentureBeat
Tweets: @geekyranjit, @mkbhd, @alexeheath, @happicamp, @happicamp, @tomwarren, @joannastern and @stevekovach
| 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 …
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Xbox Wire, Windows Blog, The Verge, Digital Trends, The Next Web, PCWorld, Engadget, Neowin, Windows Central, SlashGear, WinBeta, The Fire Hose and The Verge
| 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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BeyondCore, GeekWire, Fortune, Investor's Business Daily, The Register, Silicon Valley Business … and TechCrunch. Tweets: @benioff
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Google's bare-bones FaceTime competitor Duo launches for iOS and Android, won't connect with other communication apps from Google like Hangouts, upcoming Allo — Can Google spring back from its social failures with a bare-bones video-calling app that unites iOS and Android users?
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Engadget, iMore, SiliconBeat, MacRumors, Macworld, Digital Trends, New York Times, The Daily Dot, The Official Google Blog, Ars Technica, Quartz, Bloomberg, TechSpot, Reuters, The Verge, ITworld.com, Silicon Valley Business …, BetaNews, International Business Times, Laughing Squid, MacStories, TalkAndroid.com, iDownloadBlog.com, Socialnomics, Droid Life, Motherboard, Computerworld, CNET, TechnoBuffalo, AndroidGuys, Android Central, The Next Web, MobileSyrup.com, 9to5Google, InfoWorld, Marketing Land, Tech Times, Pocket-lint, The Mac Observer, Tom's Guide, AppleInsider, Softpedia News, The Verge, Inquirer, ABC News, Liliputing, Telegraph, 9to5Mac, Newser, Android Authority, Globe and Mail, MacRumors, Android Police, Pocketnow, Fortune, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, PhoneArena, The Next Web, Android Authority, SiliconANGLE, GeekWire, Guardian, SlashGear, Business Insider, Android Central, USA Today, Android Central, 9to5Google, Droid Life, Mashable, VentureBeat and Recode
Tweets: @dannysullivan, @joshconstine and @jonrussell
Thanks:@joshconstine| Lauren Goode / The Verge: |
Microsoft announces at Intel dev event that all new Windows 10 PCs will work with head-mounted displays and run Windows Holographic apps starting next year — Virtual reality and augmented reality are being touted as the next big thing in truly innovative computing, but they're still …
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Windows Central, BetaNews, Digital Trends, Computerworld, Recode, Engadget and TechCrunch
Tweets: @backlon and @benbajarin
| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
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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