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Mark Zuckerberg responds to fake news controversy and outlines projects Facebook is working on to combat the issue — A lot of you have asked what we're doing about misinformation, so I wanted to give an update. — The bottom line is: we take misinformation seriously.
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| Rick Merritt / EE Times: |
Intel details its vision for AI chips, mostly based on Nervana technology, but the strategy remains incomplete until the Movidius deal closes — AI strategy incomplete without Movidius — SAN FRANCISCO - Intel rolled out its intentions for a soup-to-nuts offering in artificial intelligence …
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Intel Newsroom, Wired, PCWorld, Inquirer, Tech Times, TechWeekEurope UK, The Tech Portal, Computer Business Review, Converge! Network Digest, investing.com, toptechnews.com, HotHardware, The Register, InfoWorld, Tech Trader Daily, Wall Street Journal, ZDNet, VentureBeat, Fortune, Digital Journal, IT ProPortal, Neowin, SiliconANGLE, ZDNet, bit-tech.net, Fortune, SlashGear, CRN, Forbes and IT Peer Network. Tweets: @brianroemmele
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple offers qualified users $150 repairs for iPhone 6 Plus devices with “touch disease” or unresponsive screens, will give refunds to users who have paid more — Apple today launched a new repair program for the iPhone 6 Plus, addressing complaints about a manufacturing issue …
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| Todd Haselton / TechnoBuffalo: |
Nest updates mobile apps with “instaclips” to easily share video, brings live video feeds to Android TV, and says Apple TV support coming soon — Nest announced a big update to its Nest Camera application on Friday that's focused on sharing video clips you've captured.
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| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
Facebook SEC filings reveal $6B stock buyback program that starts Q1 2017, and chief accounting officer's resignation, effective February 17 — Facebook today said it is authorizing a $6 billion stock buyback that will go into effect in the first quarter next year.
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Intel planning large number of layoffs in New Devices Group, its wearables division — According to sources close to the company, Intel is about to step back from wearables in a big way. — In 2014, the company purchased Basis, a little-known producer of some truly excellent fitness watches.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Surface Studio review: impressive screen and design, old CPU and GPU a slight letdown, Dial needs more app support, but overall the device is good for artists — Touch, pen, and Dial all in one display — The last desktop PC I owned was a 2009 iMac. I now use a laptop every day for work …
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| Will Hobson / Washington Post: |
DraftKings and FanDuel agree to merge; DraftKings CEO Jason Robins to run the new company, and FanDuel CEO Nigel Eccles to become chairman of the board — DraftKings and FanDuel, the two largest companies in the daily fantasy sports market that exploded into national consciousness last fall …
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
AT&T customers will be able to send messages via Echo after Amazon adds the Send Message skill to Alexa on November 19 — Alexa's on a quite a roll of late. Amazon's AI assistant is adding new skills all the time, and this week the company's adding one of its highest profile partners.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
French IoT startup Sigfox raises $160M Series E, sources say at a $637M valuation; Sigfox says it has around 10M devices registered on its network — Sigfox, the IoT company based out of France that is building a dedicated, global network to connect, monitor and control devices like smart-home alarms …
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VentureBeat, PR Newswire, Tech.eu, SiliconANGLE, The Register and FinSMEs. Tweets: @diogomonica. Thanks:@ingridlunden
| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
IRS seeks identities of Coinbase US customers who traded bitcoin between 2013 and 2015 — In bitcoin-related investigations, authorities will often follow the digital trail of an illegal transaction or suspicious user back to a specific account at a bitcoin trading company.| Nathan McAlone / Business Insider: |
Delaware filing: BuzzFeed authorizes sale of $200M worth of shares at $1.5B valuation, unchanged from last year — BuzzFeed is raising another $200 million at a valuation of $1.5 billion, the same valuation it had last year, according to documents from CB Insights.| Katrina Brooker / Vanity Fair: |
Airbnb launches 500+ guide-led experiences called Trips, available in-app to guests; initial set includes samurai lessons in Japan, running in Kenya, more — Airbnb shook up the hotel business by giving anyone with a spare bed and a mobile phone a way to start a business.
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