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| Richard Leadbetter / Eurogamer.net: |
A preview look at Project Scorpio reveals a console that is at least six months away from release and shows impressive performance in a game demo — Digital Foundry has the specs, has seen it running, and has talked to the people who built it. — Last week, Digital Foundry was invited …
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| Jason Schreier / Kotaku: |
Microsoft reveals Project Scorpio specs: 8-core 2.3GHz CPU, custom GPU comprised of 40 units, 12GB GDDR5 RAM, 1TB hard drive, and 4K UHD Blu-ray drive — Microsoft has promised that their next console, Scorpio, will be “the most powerful console ever,” and today the company delivered on that promise …
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| Patrick Traughber / The Twitter Blog: |
Twitter rolling out Twitter Lite, a new mobile web version optimized for slower connections and minimal data usage — Every day, millions of people around the world use Twitter to see what's happening right now. However, there are several barriers to using Twitter, including slow mobile networks …
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| Lauren Goode / The Verge: |
Apple Clips hands-on: a fun, lightweight app for mobile video editing that can be complicated to use but creates nice looking videos, available now — Not a social network, but a fun video app … When I opened up Apple's new Clips app yesterday, as I've been doing for the past few days …
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| Stefan Etienne / TechCrunch: |
Nvidia updates its Titan Xp GPU with 12GB GDDR5X, 3,840 CUDA cores, and adds Mac support for the first time, available for $1,200 — Nvidia updates its top-of-the-line Titan graphics card yearly, so it's only natural the Titan Xp got announced Thursday. The Titan Xp's new specs include 12GB …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter aims to reset developer relations by streamlining its API platform around core features, introducing tiered access for devs in 2017, releasing a roadmap — Twitter historically has had a rocky relationship with its developer community. — It once encouraged third-party apps …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Comcast unveils Xfinity Mobile wireless phone service for its internet and TV subscribers for $65 a month, and $12/GB pay-as-you-go plan — Cable-TV giant to unveil cellular plans in challenge to Verizon, AT&T — Comcast Corp. CMCSA -1.19% is poised to enter the fiercely competitive wireless phone market … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Spotify is considering directly listing its shares on a public exchange in September, instead of a traditional IPO — Music-streaming service considers a direct listing, bypassing the typical public-offering script — Music-streaming service Spotify AB is readying an initial public offering that is expected by year-end.
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
F-Secure acquires Jonathan Zdziarski's Mac security app Little Flocker, will continue to offer it rebranded as Xfence for download — Security researcher Jonathan Zdziarski revealed he was joining Apple earlier this month, and now it turns out his Mac security app, Little Flocker, has gone awol because it's joining F-Secure.
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F-Secure USA, PCWorld, iMore, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, iDownloadBlog.com, and The Register. Tweets: @mikko
| Samburaj Das / CryptoCoinsNews: |
As Japan recognizes bitcoin as a legal payment method from April 2017, businesses may begin accepting bitcoin payments at around 260K retail outlets — Over a quarter of a million stores could be accepting bitcoin by summer this year. — The post Bitcoin Could Soon Be Accepted at 260,000 Stores … | Kirsten Korosec / Fortune: |
YC alumni Sharethebus rebrands as Bus.com, raises $5M Series A from BMW and others for its charter bus booking platform — BMW has invested in Bus.com, a Montreal-based startup that allows users to book charter buses online. It's the latest example of a push by automakers …
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TechCrunch, resources.bus.com, BMW BLOG, VentureBeat, and BetaKit
| Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed: |
Facebook will roll out a new guide tomorrow at the top of its News Feed to help users spot “false news” in 14 countries, including US, UK, and Germany — A new guide offering “Tips for spotting false news” will soon appear at the top of your News Feed.
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