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Tim Cook says augmented reality is ‘a big idea like the smartphone’ — Like TV, AR is becoming an Apple passion project — It's no secret that Apple's culture of secrecy forbids even the most powerful at the company from spilling details about upcoming products.| Allister Heath / Telegraph: |
Tim Cook says fake news is “killing people's minds”, calls for a PSA campaign, school education, and new tools from tech companies to battle it — Tim Cook, the boss of Apple, is calling for governments to launch a public information campaign to fight the scourge of fake news, which is “killing people's minds”.| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Verizon launches unlimited plan at $80/mo. for one device or $45/mo. per device for four lines, with 10GB of 4G LTE tethering; throttling kicks-in at 22GB/line — Verizon today introduced its first unlimited data plan since 2011. Verizon Unlimited, which includes unlimited talk, text …
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Inside NYT's digital transformation: luring subscribers via Beta Group's vertical apps, a Facebook chatbot, live video, VR, and more on top of strong journalism — Arthur Gregg Sulzberger doesn't remember the first time he visited the family business. He was young, he says, no older than 6 …
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With PC market in decline, Intel shifts its strategy to “data center first”, using newest manufacturing technologies for server chips like Xeon before PC CPUs — With Intel's forecasts projecting the PC could be the smallest moneymaker five years from now, the company has gone … | Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
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Report documents the views of 1.3K tech experts, scholars, businesspeople, and government leaders on the future of algorithms and their impact on society — Algorithms are instructions for solving a problem or completing a task. Recipes are algorithms, as are math equations. Computer code is algorithmic.| Nicole Perlroth / New York Times: |
Restricted spyware from government cyberarms dealer NSO Group found on the phones of advocates for Mexico's 2014 soda tax — SAN FRANCISCO — Last summer, Dr. Simón Barquera's phone started buzzing with a series of disturbing text messages from unknown numbers. One said his daughter had been in a serious accident.
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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 …
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How an increasing number of Silicon Valley employees are trying to organize political resistance against Trump — Silicon Valley employees are emerging as a potent group of anti-Trump activists. Can they make a difference? — The morning after Trump's immigration ban, Jessica Alter was jogging by San Francisco's Crissy Field.| George Avalos / Mercury News: |
Analysis: Bay Area tech sector's job growth in 2016 slowed to 3.5%, or 26.7K jobs, down from 6% growth, or 42.3K jobs, in 2015 — Even with looming layoffs, tech still drives region's economy — SAN JOSE — Job growth in the tech industry used to zoom like a race car, but these days …
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Analysis of Wikipedia comments shows that under half of personal attacks in 2015 were made anonymously; 30% came from registered users with 100+ contributions — New study of Wikipedia comments reveals most attackers aren't anonymous. — We've all heard anecdotes about trolling on Wikipedia … | Ali Breland / The Hill: |
Oracle appeals May 2016 ruling that Google's use of Java APIs in Android was fair use, continuing the companies' seven-year legal battle — Oracle filed an appeal brief on Friday night reviving its copyright and patent claim lawsuit against Google over a dispute regarding the company's Android mobile operating system.
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