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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 … | Microsoft: |
Microsoft Cloud Strength Highlights First Quarter Results — REDMOND, Wash. — October 20, 2016 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended September 30, 2016: · Revenue was $20.5 billion GAAP, and $22.3 billion non-GAAP
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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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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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Sources: senior executives at AT&T and Time Warner have discussed various business strategies, including a possible merger, in recent weeks — Senior executives at AT&T Inc. and Time Warner Inc. have met in recent weeks to discuss various business strategies including a possible merger … | Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: |
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 … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Slack's user growth slows slightly as it records 33% rise in DAUs in five months, down from 50% in the prior five; app now has 4M DAUs, of which 1.25M+ are paid — Slack is still growing fast, about 33% in daily users and paid seats in the last 5 months. But not as fast as before …
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Data stolen by NSA contractor included NSA hacking tools later used by Shadow Brokers, and is largest leak of classified info, even more than Panama Papers — WASHINGTON — Investigators pursuing what they believe to be the largest case of mishandling classified documents in United States history …
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Sources: Comcast's NBCUniversal finalizing deal for a second $200M investment in BuzzFeed, at a valuation of $1.7B — More money for Jonah Peretti and his video ambitions. — A year after making a major investment in BuzzFeed, NBCUniversal is doing it again.| Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed: |
Analysis of 1K+ posts from 6 partisan Facebook Pages shows that least-accurate are shared widely; 38% of right-wing, 19% of left-wing posts are false/misleading — Hyperpartisan political Facebook pages and websites are consistently feeding their millions of followers false or misleading information …
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