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Intel is buying Movidius, a startup with about 180 employees that makes vision chips for drones and virtual reality — It's the latest in a string of acquisitions for the chip giant. — Intel announced late Monday that it is buying Movidius, a small chipmaker that makes computer vision processors used …
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Sources: Twitter's board of directors will meet this Thursday and discuss the company's options, including potential sale, trimming or selling off MoPub, Vine — Talk of a sale continues to rumble, but finding a buyer won't be easy. — Twitter's quiet summer may soon be coming to an end.
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KGI: Apple to announce new wireless earbuds called AirPods, which will target the premium headphone market and use custom “Bluetooth-like” low-power tech — Apple's new wireless earbuds, expected to be announced this week as “AirPods,” are said to feature a custom-designed wireless chip … | LeakedSource: |
Over 98M records leaked online from 2012 hack of Russia's Yahoo-like service Rambler.ru, each record contains: username/email address, plaintext password, more — Nearly 100 million records have been leaked online in yet another “mega breach”, this time from the website Rambler.ru …
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Xiaomi's Android set-top box, Mi Box, to launch as soon as October for less than $100 and will be its first mainstream product on sale in the US — There's much anticipation about Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi's long-awaited entry into the U.S. market. And we don't have long to wait. Kinda.
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PayPal strikes deal with MasterCard to allow payments in stores, will share data on any transactions using MasterCard mobile tap — Move comes at expense of short-term profitability, analysts say — PayPal Holdings Inc. has struck another deal with a payments network, this time MasterCard Inc. … | Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Qualcomm, AT&T to test drones' capabilities on 4G LTE networks using Qualcomm's Snapdragon Flight development platform — Qualcomm said its researchers will team up with AT&T to test how unmanned aircraft systems can utilize cellular networks for processing, navigation and flying beyond line of sight.
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| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Box and IBM partner to create Relay, an enterprise workflow management tool designed to automate complex tasks; a test version is coming in Q4 — Software provides simpler, one-stop tool for collaborative projects. — Box Inc., trying to expand revenue amid slower billings growth …
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Yelp debuts bug bounty program with rewards ranging from $100 to $15K, coordinated through the HackerOne platform — Hackers, start your engines. — Yelp launched a public bug bounty program today, inviting the world's hackers to pick apart its websites and mobile app in search … | Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
Palantir files suit against early investor Marc Abramowitz, claiming the investor stole confidential info about key projects, then filed patents independently — Palantir, a secretive firm that supplies data analytics to companies and governments, filed a dramatic lawsuit against one of its early investors … | Peter Rudegeair / Wall Street Journal: |
Homeowners renting rooms on Airbnb face additional scrutiny from lenders when applying for loans — Homeowners who rent rooms are facing additional scrutiny when applying for loans — Room-rental services such as Airbnb Inc. are blurring the line between residential and commercial property.| Emma Hinchliffe / Mashable: |
Instagram kills its photo maps feature, citing low usage — Instagram is taking away your photo maps. — The photo-sharing app has begun to kill its photo map feature, with some users already seeing the option removed when visiting other profiles. — Instagram confirmed the changes to Mashable on Tuesday.Sponsor Posts
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