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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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| 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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| 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.| 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.| 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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| 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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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 … | 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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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Instagram will roll out live video broadcasting feature to US users over next few days — Instagram announced its Live video broadcasting features in November, which allow users to show your followers what you're up to in real time, and also let users browse for Live videos happening …
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| 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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| Heather Clancy / Fortune: |
Tact, a voice-driven sales assistant founded by ex-Salesforce SVP Chuck Ganapathi, raises $15M Series B led by Microsoft Ventures and Upfront Ventures — Companies spend an enormous sum of money on sales automation and relationship management software, a category that could reach $51.5 billion … Sponsor Posts
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