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Report: Apple is working with Australian startup Sonder on a dynamic e-ink keyboard for future MacBooks, which could be incorporated as soon as 2018 — But as rumors go, this one doesn't seem that trustworthy — Apple reportedly plans to put dynamic E Ink keyboards into MacBook laptops by 2018.
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Facebook rolls out new tools in the US for seeking friends' recommendations on local places or services, discovering local events, and interacting with Pages — People come to Facebook every day to connect and share experiences with friends and family. We share the great places we go and we ask …
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Sources: Google reaches deal with CBS to carry network on Unplugged web TV service on YouTube, to debut early 2017; talks ongoing with 21st Century Fox, Disney — New service, to be housed on YouTube platform, is likely to debut in early 2017 — Google Inc. has reached an agreement …
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G Suite adds new productivity features including Slack integration; assignable Action Items within Docs, Sheets, Slides; more voice commands; and improved Forms — One of the core promises of Google Docs is to help you and your team go from collecting ideas to achieving your goals as quickly and easily as possible.| Brian Fung / Washington Post: |
T-Mobile fined $48M by FCC for mischaracterizing its “unlimited” plan and throttling users' data when they reached the limit — Federal regulators are slapping T-Mobile with millions of dollars in fines and other requirements after consumers complained that the wireless carrier misled …
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
LeEco launches the Le Pro3, a $399 Android 6.0 smartphone with 5.5-inch display, 16 megapixel camera, Snapdragon 821 processor, and no 3.5mm headphone jack — LeEco announced that its first smartphone in the United States will be the Le Pro3. While the phone has been available internationally since …
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Mark Zuckerberg defends having Thiel as a Facebook board member in internal memo, says it's important to stand up for peoples' right to hold different views — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg clearly doesn't intend to distance his company from board member and Donald Trump supporter Peter Thiel.
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Thanks:@alexeheath| Jonathan Mahler / New York Times: |
Anti-Defamation League: 2.6M anti-Semitic tweets were posted from Aug. 2015-July 2016 with 19K+ directed at journalists; “Trump” found in bios of many offenders — She had seen her face superimposed on the body of a concentration camp inmate. She had been called “a slimy Jewess.”
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Microsoft AI research group says its speech recognition tech has reached parity with human-level proficiency, with an error rate of lower than 6% — Microsoft: This marks the first time that human parity has been reported for conversational speech — Microsoft researchers say they have created …
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Amazon Japan announces 32GB manga model of Kindle Paperwhite, priced at $118 for Prime subscribers, $157 for others, pre-orders open now — Amazon Japan has an unusual challenge with the Kindle: it not only has to cater to your typical bookworm, but to a local fondness for image-heavy (and thus storage-intensive) manga books.| Bloomberg: |
New report says top five US tech firms spent $49M on Washington lobbyists last year, as the five largest banks spent $19.7M — Big tech is outspending banks, alumni get government jobs — Wishlist from trade to antitrust poses challenge to regulators — A political weather map of America …
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Thanks:@lutherlowe| Colin Campbell / Polygon: |
Valve sends letter to Washington state regulator refuting allegations the company facilitates gambling via virtual item sales, says it tries to stop sellers — Company distances itself from online skin bets — Valve today sent a strongly worded riposte to the Washington State Gambling Commission …
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| Peter Kafka / Recode: |
Sources: Snapchat to stop sharing ad revenue with media partners within weeks, will change to up-front flat licensing fee as it prepares for 2017 IPO — Evan Spiegel has a new deal for “Discover” publishers: We pay you up front, and we keep all the ad money. — Snapchat says it's done sharing with media companies.
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