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Zuckerberg's 2017 challenge is to meet and listen to people in all 50 states — After a year of criticism and allegations around fake news, censorship, and bias, Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg is using his yearly challenge to educate himself on the needs and problems of his users around the United States.
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Garmin announces three new Fenix 5 smartwatches, new inReach satellite communications devices, and adds Uber, other apps to its Connect IQ Store — LAS VEGAS (BRAIN) — Garmin announced several new products in features as the Consumer Electronics Show prepared to open here this week.
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| Chuq Von Rospach: |
Apple's sloppiness became evident in 2016 with missed ship dates, lack of significant updates, and long delays on refreshes; company needs to realign in 2017 — This has been the winter of our discontent. 2016 was the year the tone changed. There's always been a lot of criticism and griping …
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Symantec debuts Norton Core router that promises real-time security for up to 20 devices, available June for $280 plus $99/year for Security Plus subscription — You'll know Norton as one of the most popular names in security software, but now it's a piece of hardware too … | Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Samsung unveils three QLED TVs with Chromecast-like functionality, pricing and availability TBD — Samsung today introduced its 2017 lineup of QLED televisions, which the company bills as having the “best picture quality — ever.” While the Q7, Q8, and Q9 displays are markedly improved …
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New browser extension allows users to see tags that Facebook automatically applies to photos, available for Chrome and Firefox — Want to try this? Install it from the Chrome Web Store — Since April 2016, Facebook has been automatically adding alt tags to images you upload that are populated …
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| Nicole Lee / Engadget: |
Sevenhugs unveils its universal smart remote that can control nearly 25K connected devices, preorder now for $229, coming later this year for $300 — Those “universal remote controls” that control just your home entertainment center? They might need a new name.
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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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| Paul Hill / Neowin: |
Telegram update lets users delete messages within 48 hours of sending them — If you got drunk over the holiday and sent out a few messages you wish you could have retracted, you wouldn't be alone. Today, Telegram pushed out an update (3.16) that allows you to delete messages that you might … | Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Amazon pushes Alexa-everywhere strategy at CES, with integrations for Dish's Hopper DVR, Whirlpool appliances, Lenovo assistant devices, more — A bevy of vendors are integrating Amazon's Alexa digital assistant technology. Artificial intelligence matters, but distribution, developers, and integration may matter more.| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
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| Dong Ngo / CNET: |
Comcast announces Advanced Gateway mesh Wi-Fi system and cloud-based platform for connected devices in your home, available to Xfinity customers later this year — Comcast's new cloud-based platform will bring ease of use, whole home Wi-Fi coverage and useful features to its broadband customers.
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Hong Kong-based Hubblo says its portable 360-degree camera for personal VR broadcasting will ship in Q1 2017 for $1K — Hubblo is launching a new 360-degree camera to enable personal virtual reality broadcasting. — Hong Kong-based Hubblo is announcing the Hubblo VR camera …
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| Ángel González / The Seattle Times: |
Amazon says it has 45K robots helping in 20 fulfillment centers, up from last year when it had 30K robots working alongside 230K humans — The world's largest e-commerce retailer said it employed 45,000 robots in some 20 fulfillment centers. That's a cool 50 percent increase … | Nick Statt / The Verge: |
LG unveils the Gram 14, a 2.16-pound ultra-thin notebook which it claims has 21 hour battery life — That claim will have to be tested — LG's latest attempt to blend ultra-thin design with high-end performance may have solved one of the company's most pernicious problems.
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