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Nintendo unveils Switch, a game console/tablet hybrid with two detachable controllers and a dock for connecting to a TV; device launches in March — Tablet system docks to connect to HDTV, comes with detachable controllers. — In a three minute “Preview Trailer” released this morning …
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Nintendo's Switch console is powered by a custom Tegra processor from Nvidia — Who needs a shield when you can have a sword — Nintendo just unveiled a new console called Switch, and it's powered by a custom Tegra processor from Nvidia. The chip has a checkered history of failure and success …
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Tesla says all new cars, including models in production, will come with self-driving hardware but features will be rolled out over time as software is perfected — On Wednesday night, Tesla, the electric car company helmed by Elon Musk, announced that all new cars in production would be equipped with …
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Tesla preemptively bans its customers from making money through ride-sharing services other than the Tesla Network, details of which will be released next year — Self-driving Teslas only allowed to carry paying customers through the Tesla Network. — On Thursday night …
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Sequoia Capital hires Yahoo's Jess Lee, CEO of fashion site Polyvore, as its first female US investing partner — Lee will leave her post as CEO of fashion and home decor site Polyvore. — Sarah McBride — For the first time in its 44-year history, Sequoia Capital …
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Apple teams up with a handful of homebuilders to push Homekit-enabled bundles of smart appliances in new homes — May we offer a $349 wireless shade or a $200 touchscreen lock? — ‘Give me a break,’ a tech analyst says of some home devices — In a darkened master bedroom … | Deanna Ting / Skift: |
Airbnb bans hosts in New York and San Francisco from listing multiple homes starting Nov. 1, will update tech to limit NYC listings to one address per person — Supporters of Airbnb hold a rally outside City Hall in New York. Today, Airbnb announced new policies in an attempt to alleviate concerns …
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NBA will broadcast one game per week, minimum 25 games this season, in VR, in partnership with NextVR — They won't be free, but they will be ad-free. — The NBA is expanding its push into virtual reality. — The league announced Thursday it will broadcast at least one game per week … | Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
Travis Kalanick says Uber has 40M monthly active riders, each paying about $50 per month — Travis Kalanick says his drivers' license is expired — though, of course he has to say that. But in Kalanick's future, with a fleet of driverless Ubers shuttling people around, it might be that everyone's drivers' licenses will expire.
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Google launches Android Pay in Hong Kong, says it is available at over 5K locations to users with devices equipped with NFC and KitKat 4.4 or higher — Google launches ‘simple and secure’ mobile payment system, seeking to close ground with WeChat Wallet and Apple Pay which launched in Hong Kong earlier this year| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Verizon Q3 revenue of $30.9B falls short of expectations, 442K subscriber additions disappoint; IoT revenue jumped 24% YoY to $217M — Verizon's third quarter was a mixed bag amid multiple moving parts. The wireless net postpaid additions fell short of Wall Street targets.
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Google releases Android 7.1 developer preview to beta testers with Nexus 5X, 6P, and Pixel C devices — No major surprises here: Earlier this month, Google announced that the Android 7.1 Nougat Developer Preview and its SDK tools would roll out to developers sometime later this month … Sponsor Posts
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