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Medium says it's laying off 50 employees, about a third of its staff, and closing its NY and DC offices, as it refocuses on a “less proven” means to pay writers — We've decided to make some major changes at Medium. — I'll start with the hard part: As of today …
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See also Mediagazer| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
With Alexa, Amazon is building the operating system of the home, a strategy that's more evident with each new Alexa-integrated device announcement — The concept of an operating system is pretty straightforward: it is a piece of software that manages a computer, making said computer's …
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Apple removed news apps made by The New York Times from its App Store in China, complying with what it vaguely described as a request from Chinese authorities — Apple, complying with what it said was a request from Chinese authorities, removed news apps created by The New York Times from its app store in China late last month.
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See also Mediagazer| Nathan Ingraham / Engadget: |
Samsung debuts two stylus-enabled 12.3" Chromebooks that run Android apps: ARM-based Plus, shipping in Feb. for $449, and Intel-based Pro, coming in Spring — Late last year, I lamented that Google didn't make Chromebooks a priority over the holiday season.
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| Chris Velazco / Engadget: |
Samsung re-enters gaming with 15.6" and 17.3" Notebook Odysseys, with up to 32GB RAM and good portability, shipping this Feb. from $1,200 — Samsung makes perfectly nice PCs and all, but it's been years since we've seen it try to court the gamer market with a rig of their own.| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Nvidia debuts $199 4K Shield TV with built in Google Assistant, and Nvidia Spot, a mic device to offer always-on listening, coming later this year for $49.99 — Nvidia has a new Shield streaming device that has 4K streaming capability, with built-in streaming support for 4K content via Netflix and other services.
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| Rich McCormick / The Verge: |
Nvidia announces GeForce Now, a cloud-based game streaming service, is coming to Macs and PCs in March priced from $25 for 20 hours of play — Nvidia's GeForce Now video game streaming service, previously exclusive to its own Android-based Shield devices, is coming to PC and Mac.
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
ASUS debuts the 5.7-inch ZenFone AR, with Tango and Daydream VR support, Android 7.0, 23MP camera, Snapdragon 821 CPU, 6GB RAM, coming Q2 with pricing TBD — The Asus phone leaked earlier this week is now an official product: the ZenFone AR, which puts virtual and augmented reality center stage.
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| Andrew Wallenstein / Variety: |
Hulu's live TV service, expected in Q1 2017, will cost under $40 per month and will include CBS, Hulu's VOD offering, and cloud DVR — Hulu will offer its upcoming live TV service at a price under $40. — Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins announced the price point at Citi's 2017 Internet …
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Apple confirms $1B investment in SoftBank's $100B technology-focused Vision Fund; SoftBank is investing $25B, and Saudi Arabia's government is investing $45B — Apple says fund will support ‘strategically important technologies’ — Apple Inc. confirmed Wednesday that it plans …
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| Sean Hollister / CNET: |
LG's claim that its Gram laptop will last 24 hours on one charge comes from decade-old benchmark assuming minimal use without Wi-Fi, low brightness on screen — If you built one of the lightest laptops in the world, but critics complained about poor battery life, what would you do?| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
ASUS unveils ZenBook 3 Deluxe with 14-inch 1080p display, three USB-C ports, i7 Kaby Lake CPU, up to 16GB RAM and 1TB SSD, available in May starting at $1,699 — Asus unveiled its original ZenBook 3 back at Computex last year that looked like a Windows-powered MacBook …
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| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Samsung announces $150M NEXT Fund targeting pre-seed to Series B for startups specializing in VR, AI, IoT, more — Samsung on Wednesday announced its intentions to support early-stage startups focused on emerging technologies. The company, through its global innovation group …
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| Peter Burrows / MIT Technology Review: |
Sources: Dropbox's annual sales are $750M+, up from around $400M in 2014, though its previous $10B valuation still appears heady as IPO looms — The company became a valuable tech “unicorn” by offering free cloud storage to hundreds of millions of people. Can Dropbox find a way to last by cashing in on corporate users?| Jake Smith / ZDNet: |
Huawei to start selling its 5.9-inch Mate 9 in the US on January 6 for $600 unlocked — Following Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 debacle, Huawei looks to please “phablet” smartphone fans with the Mate 9 in the US. — Huawei will launch its monstrous, 5.9-inch Huawei Mate 9 in the US starting January 6 … | Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Vine app to shutter January 17, will be replaced with Vine Camera app; users can download their Vines before shutdown date — Back in October, Twitter announced that it was shutting down the popular 6-second video sharing service Vine. After outcry from users, however …
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| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
HTC announces TPCast, an add-on that makes Vive wireless, will be available Q2 for $249, unveils Vive Tracker, a device that lets devs track objects in VR, more — After living through the VR frenzy of 2016, it's almost hard to believe that HTC's Vive Pre debuted at CES just a year ago.
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| Jessica Guynn / USA Today: |
Department of Labor sues Google for withholding data during anti-discrimination audit, asks judge to compel Google to comply or cancel its government contracts — SAN FRANCISCO — The Labor Department is going to court to force Google to turn over compensation data during an anti-discrimination audit.
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| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
AT&T will conduct 5G technology trials by streaming DirecTV Now service over fixed wireless to some customers in Austin, Texas later this year — In a simultaneous test of wireless broadband and net neutrality, AT&T will test its upcoming 5G tech with DirecTV Now video streaming.
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| Bloomberg: |
BMW, Intel, and Mobileye partner to test 40 autonomous vehicles in urban areas starting in second half of 2017, with aim of fully autonomous cars by 2021 — 40 test sedans to operate in cities in U.S. and Europe — BMW, Mobileye urge industry alignment on common architecture
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