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| Kara Swisher / Recode: |
As Trumplethinskin lets down his hair for tech, shame on Silicon Valley for climbing the Tower in silence — But don't expect a fairy tale ending! — Hoo boy, would I have liked to be in the room when Sheryl Sandberg/Tim Cook/Larry Page/fill-in-your-billionaire-tech- leader-here were reacting …
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| Will Evans / Reveal: |
5 ex-Uber employees say there was broad access to “God View” and abuse of it to track users including celebrities and politicians, even after initial news broke — For anyone who's snagged a ride with Uber, Ward Spangenberg has a warning: Your personal information is not safe.
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft says it's shipped Surface Hubs to 2K+ customers since March with an average deal size of 50 units; product is now in stock — Microsoft officials say they've sold Surface Hub conferencing systems to more than 2,000 customers since March, and that they've now got their supply situation under control.| Ryan Whitwam / Android Police: |
Android's Google Keyboard renamed Gboard with new features including Google Search, emoji search, dedicated number row, multiple active languages, and more — Google released a keyboard app for the iPhone some months back called Gboard, and everyone was wondering if it would come to Android.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft debuts its Xbox streaming app on Oculus Store today, 18 months after its announcement — Microsoft is releasing its Xbox streaming app to the Oculus Store today. It's a simple streaming app that lets Xbox One owners stream games to the Rift VR headset, via a Windows 10 PC.
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Experiences, Windows Blog, UploadVR, Road to VR, Tom's Hardware, bit-tech.net, and On MSFT
| John Callaham / Android Authority: |
Google acquires Cronologics and its smartwatch OS to help improve Android Wear — Google is still looking to improve its standing in the smartwatch industry with Android Wear . Today, it was revealed that a smartwatch startup, founded in part by former Google employees, will now be working on Android Wear directly.| Ryan Smith / AnandTech: |
AMD announces new Radeon Instinct machine learning chips for the server market to rival NVIDIA, coming in first half of 2017 — With the launch of their Polaris family of GPUs earlier this year, much of AMD's public focus in this space has been on the consumer side of matters.
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft's Windows 10 Creators Update will bring Cortana support to IoT devices with screens in 2017 — Microsoft's Windows 10 Creators Update, coming next year, will include the ability for Cortana to work from across the room with certain IoT devices — but only those with screens.
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The Verge, Windows Central, Neowin, and On MSFT
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Sources: Apple has discussed investing up to $1B in SoftBank's $100B tech fund — SoftBank is raising up to $100 billion to invest in disruptive technologies — Apple Inc. has held talks about investing in a $100 billion fund being raised by Japanese internet and telecommunications giant … | Michael Weissenstein / Associated Press: |
Google to install servers in Cuba to host its most popular content in hopes of speeding up load times of its sites by up to 10x — HAVANA (AP) — Google and the Cuban government signed a deal Monday allowing the internet giant to provide faster access to its data by installing servers …
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| April Glaser / Recode: |
On Friday, the Senate failed to reconfirm Democratic pro-net neutrality FCC Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, portending new Trump era leadership and agenda — The Senate failed to reconfirm one of net neutrality's top advocates at the FCC. — Setting the stage for new leadership …
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Motherboard and International Business Times. Tweets: @kendallmire and @aprilaser. See also Mediagazer
| Lucian Constantin / PCWorld: |
Many models of Netgear routers exposed to critical remotely-exploitable security flaw; affected users recommended to stop using routers until patch is available — Several models of Netgear routers are affected by a publicly disclosed vulnerability that could allow hackers to take them over.
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