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Amazon unveils Echo Show, an Alexa-powered speaker with a 7" touchscreen and video calling for $229.99; preorders open now, ships June 28 — Look out, world: Alexa is coming to a screen near you. Today Amazon unveiled the Echo Show, a WiFi-enabled home device with a seven-inch screen … | Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Samsung opens US preorders for unlocked Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus, starting at $724.99 for the 64GB unlocked S8 and $824.99 for the 64GB unlocked S8 Plus — Starting at Best Buy and Samsung.com — Samsung has opened preorders for the unlocked variety of its new Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus smartphones.
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Uber hires University of Toronto AI expert Raquel Urtasun to oversee development of new AI research lab in Canada — Uber is hiring Raquel Urtasun, a prominent artificial intelligence researcher at the University of Toronto, as the ride-hailing company aims to build a lab for driverless car research … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
eMarketer forecast: Amazon to control 71% of voice-controlled speaker market in US this year, ahead of Google Home's 24% — Amazon is dominating the voice-controlled speaker market, according to a new forecast from eMarketer out this morning. The maker of the Echo-branded speakers …
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Qualcomm unveils 14nm Snapdragon 660 and 630 SoCs with faster charging, improved connectivity, and enhanced imaging, expected in devices later this year — Qualcomm is bringing some premium experiences to its mid-tier lineup with the addition of the Snapdragon 660 and Snapdragon 630 Mobile Platforms.
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Dealogic: US-listed IPOs have raised $18B+ in 2017 and new listing volume highest since 2014, but high-profile private companies like Uber and Airbnb hold back — The market for IPOs is rebounding, but high-profile startups like Uber and Airbnb are shying away amid concerns their companies …
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Grammarly, maker of AI-powered freemium grammar checker software, announces $110M round led by General Catalyst; company says 6.9M people use their tool daily — Grammarly uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to improve people's writing.
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China's Alipay announces deal with payment processor First Data Corp to let its users shop at 4M stores in US — Mobile payments wallet to be accepted at 4 million U.S. stores — Alipay says it's part of broader international expansion — China's mobile-payments king wants a piece of the world's biggest consumer market.
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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
A look at the UI for Google's “Fuchsia” smartphone OS, written with cross-platform Flutter SDK, as the over-arching purpose of the project remains unclear — Taking a look at Google's mysterious third operating system. — Google, never one to compete in a market with a single product …
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
NVIDIA partners with 50+ companies that make security cameras as it introduces Metropolis, new analytics that uses AI to analyze video surveillance data — In a city of the future, it would be nice to know quickly if there's a fire burning out of control, a crime in progress at a certain location … | Agam Shah / PCWorld: |
SiFive, creators of open RISC-V architecture, announce $8.5M Series B led by Spark Capital as company unveils two new chip designs — The RISC-V chip design can be licensed from SiFive — If you're buying a PC or server, you've likely considered chips based on x86 or, perhaps less often, the ARM architecture.
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Instagram now lets users post images from mobile web, addressing markets with slower networks; mobile web version lacks video uploads, filters, Stories, and DMs — Instagram wants to be the photo app for the whole world, even if you can't or won't download it.
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