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AMD details the specs of Radeon Pro 450, 455, and 460 graphics cards used in 15" MacBook Pro — Spoiler: Don't expect to do much gaming on your shiny new MacBook Pro. — Following the announcement of the new Apple MacBook Pro, AMD has launched the Radeon Pro 400 series of power-efficient graphics cards for laptops.| Jeff Benjamin / 9to5Mac: |
New 15″ MacBook Pro supports four 4K or two 5K displays simultaneously, 13" more limited — If you like to run multiple external displays at the same time, then you're going to love the new MacBook Pros. The 15″ MacBook Pro supports a whopping four external 4K displays at the same time.| Apple: |
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Comma.ai cancels Comma One after receiving NHTSA letter asking for detailed information about the $1K self-driving kit — Renowned iPhone hacker turned entrepreneur George Hotz (aka geohot) has cancelled his autonomous driving startup's first official product, the Comma One aftermarket add … | BBC: |
UK employment tribunal rules Uber drivers are workers and are entitled to holiday pay, paid rest breaks, and National Living Wage — Uber drivers in the UK have won an employment tribunal case which ruled they are workers rather than self-employed. — The decision means drivers … | Danny Sullivan / Marketing Land: |
ProPublica's report on Facebook's “ethnic affinity” ad targeting explored the potential for abuse, but was misleading and failed to show actual abuse — “Ethnic Affinity” targeting has been offered for nearly two years, has real benefits and is legal for many types of ads.
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“Celebgate” hacker Ryan Collins sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to federal hacking charges and admitting to a two-year phishing scam — Ryan Collins ran a two-year phishing scam to gain the passwords of more than 100 people, including Jennifer Lawrence, Rihanna and Avril Lavigne
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Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg accuses Wix of copying WordPress for its mobile app, skirting GPL requirements of attribution and public release of code — Anyone who knows me knows that I like to try new things — phones, gadgets, apps. Last week I downloaded the new Wix (closed, proprietary, non-open-sourced, non-GPL) mobile app.
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Vine struggled to monetize and compete with Instagram and Snapchat amid executive churn, while failing to find strategic benefits for Twitter — Closing the loop — The thing about Vine becoming the internet's premiere tool for making short-form videos is that it happened almost completely by accident.
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Heads of EU country data protection authorities, Article 29 Working Party, ask Facebook to stop using WhatsApp data — Yahoo also gets warning over breach of accounts in 2014 — European Union privacy chiefs said Facebook Inc. must stop processing user data from its WhatsApp messaging service … | Facebook: |
Facebook launches election tool with information on national, state, and local candidates and issues, lets voters choose to share choices for specific races — November 8 is around the corner and we want to help you get the information you need to prepare for Election Day.
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Premium Wi-Fi chip designer Quantenna Communications raises $107M in an IPO, closes down 3% on a first day of trading valuing company at about $508M — Quantenna Communications on Friday kept the recent revival in Silicon Valley IPOs going with an offering that raised $107 million after hitting the top of its target range.| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Facebook starts testing Snapchat-style camera effects, ephemeral private photo sharing from main app in Ireland — Prepping for battle — Facebook's war on Snapchat is entering a new stage of hostilities. Starting today, Facebook will expand testing of a new camera in its main app …
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