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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with a picture-in-picture feature called Compact Overlay, new share icon, Dynamic Lock, more — Timed perfectly with Windows Developer Day, Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview for PCs with a Compact Overlay mode, Dynamic Lock, and improved full-screen Game Bar support.
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| Andrew Martonik / Android Central: |
LG debuts 1.2" $249 Watch Style and 1.38" $349 Watch Sport with Android Wear 2.0, on sale Feb. 10; the Sport is bulky but has NFC, GPS, LTE, heart rate monitor — Welcome to a new era of Android Wear smartwatches. — Google is ready to launch its newest revision of Android Wear …
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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
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| Gabriela Vatu / Softpedia News: |
Researchers detail hard-to-detect malware affecting 140+ banks and other orgs that can be injected directly into computer memory using legitimate system tools — A new Kaspersky report talks about at least 140 banks — Banks, telcos, and even governmental agencies in the United States …
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| Alex Heath / Business Insider: |
Facebook is closing around 200 of its 500 Oculus VR pop-ups in Best Buys after a steep decline in consumer demos after Christmas — Facebook is closing around 200 of its 500 Oculus virtual reality demo stations at Best Buy locations across the US, Business Insider has learned.
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| Barb Darrow / Fortune: |
Rackspace lays off 6% of US workforce, about 276 jobs, plus an undisclosed number of overseas jobs — Three months after being taken private in a $4.3 billion buyout, Rackspace is cutting 6% of its U.S. workforce along with an undisclosed number of jobs overseas.| Ben Popper / The Verge: |
Sources: Google combines product teams for YouTube Music and Google Play Music, likely paving way for a single music app in the future — Come together, right now, over me — According to several sources familiar with the change, the product teams working on YouTube Music and Google Play Music are being combined into a single unit.| Cynthia Littleton / Variety: |
HBO Now, HBO's standalone digital streaming service, has surpassed 2M subscribers, Time Warner Chief Jeff Bewkes told investors on Wednesday — HBO's stand-alone digital streaming service has surpassed 2 million domestic subscribers, Time Warner chief Jeff Bewkes told investors Wednesday.
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Pinterest debuts Lens in beta, a search tool which identifies real-world objects and suggests related products — New, more visual search — Pinterest today introduced Lens, a new visual search tool that uses machine vision to detect objects in the real world and suggest related items on the service.
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Tweets: @stevesi, @daveleebbc, @dannysullivan, @pinterest, @jordancooper, @dcseifert, @mikeisaac, and @caseynewton
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Flipboard debuts personalized Smart Magazines, which aggregate stories on various topics, available today — Flipboard is releasing a big update today, which introduces “Smart Magazines” — a new way for people to find news stories and other content tied to their interests.
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Tweets: @mmccue, @mmccue, @pierce, @rafat, @chris_ciaccia, and @caseynewton
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Facebook is testing a machine-learning-powered tool to identify ads for housing, employment, and credit, which will face further racial discrimination screening — Discriminatory advertising has no place on Facebook. Last fall, we committed to providing better education to advertisers …
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| Jasper Jackson / The Guardian: |
In an unusual move, Wikipedia editors vote to ban The Daily Mail as a source after finding it “generally unreliable” — Online encyclopaedia editors rule out publisher as a reference citing ‘reputation for poor fact checking and sensationalism’
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See also Mediagazer| Kif Leswing / Business Insider: |
Sources: Magic Leap's consumer prototype is in “good shape” ahead of board meeting, but January demos used vaporware; as timeline slips, SDK expected in 2017 — The future of Magic Leap, a quickly expanding startup valued at $4.5 billion that's developing a futuristic pair of computer glasses …
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New York Magazine and The Verge. Tweets: @mims, @asanwal, @oliviasolon, @caseynewton, @mattrosoff, @rhhackett, @alex, @reedalbergotti, @stevetweedie, and @eringriffith
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