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Apple releases iOS 10.3 with Apple File System, Find My AirPods, CarPlay updates, ability for devs to reply to app reviews, iCloud Analytics opt-in option, more — Apple is rolling out iOS 10.3 for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. The latest software update includes Find My AirPods support …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Messenger now lets you share your live location to a group of friends or just one person for one hour at a time, on iOS and Android — Facebook Messenger wants to be an offline social gathering tool, not just an online chat app. Today it's adding a new Live Location feature …
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| Natt Garun / The Verge: |
Samsung says returned Galaxy Note7 devices will be sold outside US as “refurbished phones or rental phones where applicable”, remaining devices will be recycled — Pending approval by local regulators — Ahead of the Samsung Galaxy S8 launch, the company has released …
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| Washington Post: |
White House team led by Jared Kushner to work with tech titans like Cook, Gates, and Benioff to modernize tech and data infrastructure of all federal agencies — President Trump plans to unveil a new White House office on Monday with sweeping authority to overhaul the federal bureaucracy …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft adds automated call routing and analytics features to Skype for Business, as Amazon and Google push into the space with Chime and the new Hangouts — Microsoft is adding new features to its high-end Skype for Business service, just as Amazon and Google are trying to get into the enterprise cloud-conferencing game.
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| Olivia Solon / The Guardian: |
Facial recognition databases used by FBI have photos of about half of US adults without consent; algorithm for matches more likely to misidentify black people — Database contains photos of half of US adults without consent, and algorithm is wrong nearly 15% of time and is more likely to misidentify black people
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook officially debuts “Town Hall” for contacting government reps, which now has some features integrated with News Feed, and adds local election reminders — Earlier this month, TechCrunch reported Facebook was rolling out a new feature called “Town Hall,” …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Spotify acquires and shuts down content recommendation startup MightyTV; founder Brian Adams becomes VP of technology at Spotify — Spotify has acquired MightyTV, a New York-based startup that uses AI to provide video recommendations based on personal preferences and opinions of friends.
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Profile of Kirsten Green, who never worked at a VC firm before founding Forerunner Ventures in 2012, and has backed Dollar Shave Club and Jet.com — SAN FRANCISCO — Kirsten Green had only dabbled in investing in start-ups before she began a venture capital fund in 2012.
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| Laura Stevens / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Amazon delays opening of Amazon Go, its first cashier-less retail store, because of technical complications — Retailer must fix glitches in technology that automatically charges customers — Amazon.com Inc. is delaying the public opening of its first cashier-less convenience store because of technical complications.
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| Gina Cherelus / Reuters: |
Uber resumes testing self-driving cars in San Francisco after halt following crash in Arizona; autonomous cars in Arizona, Pennsylvania to resume later today — Driverless vehicles operated by Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] were back on the road in San Francisco on Monday … | Bloomberg: |
Facebook hires Michael Hillman, a 15-year veteran of Apple, as head of Oculus VR hardware — Facebook Inc. has hired Michael Hillman, a 15-year veteran of Apple Inc., as head of hardware for its Oculus VR division. — Hillman held senior engineering and design roles at Apple …
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