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February 11, 2017, 1:15 PM
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Jeff Grubb / VentureBeat:
Valve's Steam Direct to replace Steam Greenlight, will charge developers a fixed fee to submit a game instead of relying on users to vet submissions  —  Valve wants to take itself out of the equation when it comes to the Steam PC gaming marketplace, and that means it is ending …
Jeffrey Matulef / Eurogamer.net:
Gabe Newell says Valve is working on 3 “full” VR games and is inspired by Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto to design hardware at same time as software  —  “It feels like we've been stuck with mouse and keyboard for a reeeaaally long time.”  —  Valve is in the process of developing three VR games.
Johana Bhuiyan / Recode:
Ford says it will invest $1B into Argo AI over 5 years and take a majority stake in the startup; Argo AI will work on autonomous driving tech for Ford's cars  —  The automaker will take a majority stake in Argo AI, founded by two top engineers from Google and Uber.
Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:
KGI: all three 2017 iPhones will have wireless charging, and OLED model will need additional graphite sheathing to prevent the overheating of 3D Touch sensor  —  Apple is widely rumored to launch three new iPhones this year, and KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo now claims that all of them will feature wireless charging.
Kif Leswing / Business Insider:
Image of Magic Leap's prototype from January leaks, revealing a bulky backpack containing a visible circuit board with a large heat sink  —  Magic Leap, the $4.5 billion startup backed by Google building technology that “augments” human vision with digital imagery, is scrambling to finish …
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Prince's Warner Music catalog returning Sunday to subscription-streaming services, including Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Napster, and iHeartRadio  —  Songs of late music legend Prince will again be available on multiple streaming-music services on Sunday, in releases timed for the 59th Grammy Awards.
Ian Cutress / AnandTech:
Intel reveals 8th Generation Core microarchitecture will remain on the 14nm process node, making it the fourth generation 14nm chip  —  A quick news piece on information coming out of Intel's annual Investor Day in California.  As confirmed to Ashraf Eassa by Intel at the event …
Valentina Palladino / Ars Technica:
Samsung Chromebook Pro review: solid design, good performance and battery life, but Chrome OS and Android integration isn't perfect yet  —  Review: Chrome/Android integration is on the right track.  —  The market is about to be flooded with a new wave of Chromebooks, all focused on Android apps.
Alan F. / PhoneArena:
WhatsApp starts rolling out two-step verification for all iOS, Android, and Windows users  —  Messaging app WhatsApp announced today that it has started rolling out two-step verification for its iOS, Android and Windows users.  It is up to the user of each device to enable the app to use this new feature …
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Samsung Galaxy S8 to be unveiled late next month in New York, with a curved-screen, an AI assistant called Bixby, and in two sizes  —  The South Korean tech company is hoping that a streamlined design and a new virtual assistant for its next flagship smartphone will help consumers forget last year's massive recall.
Julie Bort / Business Insider:
Sources: Enterprise AR company Daqri, which has raised $132M, is laying off about 25% of its nearly 400-person workforce  —  Augmented reality helmet maker Daqri is cutting about 25% of its nearly 400-person-strong workforce worldwide, multiple people have told Business Insider.
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Tim Peterson / Marketing Land:
Facebook opens itself to measurement audit by Media Rating Council, gives brands more control over video ad buys  —  Facebook will sell video ads based on the industry's viewability standard and introduce a new sound-on option.  —  In an effort to rebuild advertisers' trust following …

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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox News says Maria Bartiromo is no longer with Fox; Bartiromo's Mornings with Maria will be retitled Morning with Fox Business and employ a rotation of anchors

Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
The FCC asks a court to throw out ABC's suit that claims the agency is using the regulatory process to abridge ABC's speech; a hearing is set the week of Oct. 5

Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
An Athletic probe finds journalist Dianna Russini violated standards due to her relationship with an NFL coach but finds scant evidence it impacted coverage

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