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Intel unveils Core X-series of high-end processors, with up to 18 cores and 36 threads, available “in the coming weeks” for $242 to $2,000 — The new X299 platform replaces X99, and scales both lower and higher. — AMD announced its new high-end desktop (HEDT) platform …
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| Richard Lai / Engadget: |
ASUS' Tango-powered ZenFone AR, which will also support Daydream, to hit US as soon as end of June; about 50 Tango AR apps currently run stably on the device — We already knew from Google I/O that ASUS' ZenFone AR, the second-ever Tango phone (and the first to also support Daydream) …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Andy Rubin's Essential debuts phone with 5.71" edge-to-edge display, Snapdragon 835, dual camera, 3,040mAh battery, no 3.5mm jack; preorders open today for $699 — Another stab at making phones modular — The Essential Phone, brought to us by the person who created Android, is finally ready for the spotlight.
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| Daniel Oberhaus / Motherboard: |
Study: after switching exclusively to HTTPS, Wikipedia saw fewer instances of government censorship — Harvard researchers found fewer instances of Wikipedia censorship after the site started encrypting all of its traffic. — “Knowledge is power,” as the old saying goes … | Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
ARM announces next-generation CPUs and GPUs focused on efficient machine learning; ARM Cortex-A75 is new flagship mobile chip, now with 22% better performance — ML plus AI, AR, and VR — ARM is taking on the full set of trendy initialisms — On the eve of Computex … | Stephen Chen / South China Morning Post: |
Mobile payments in China reached $5.5T last year, more than half the nation's GDP and 50x that of $112B in US, as the country sees an increase in QR code use — It's being used to encourage tipping at restaurants, receive cash gifts at weddings...even beggars are using it to collect handouts.| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Sony announces its 13.3" E Ink tablet, with 1,650 x 2,200 resolution and NFC unlocking, will be available in the US in June for $700 — Did you see Sony's second-generation Digital Paper and realize you found your dream e-reader? If so, you'll get to do something about it very soon.
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NYSE seeks SEC approval to change rules regarding direct listings that will allow unicorns like Spotify to go public without raising money — The New York Stock Exchange is seeking to change its listing standards as it vies for Spotify AB and other hot startups that are considering an unusual tactic called a direct listing.
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| Brian Carroll / Independent.ie: |
FOIA documents show how Sheryl Sandberg personally lobbied Irish PM Enda Kenny on two issues of interest to Facebook, taxation and data protection — Facebook chief, Sheryl Sandberg, personally lobbied the Taoiseach at one-to-one meetings and in correspondence, on who would be appointed as Ireland's next Data Protection Commissioner.| Sayan Chakraborty / Livemint: |
Indian food delivery startup Swiggy raises $80M Series E led by Naspers — Swiggy plans to make significant investments in technology, including automation, data sciences, machine learning and personalisation — Bengaluru: Online food delivery start-up Swiggy (Bundl Technologies Pvt. Ltd) …
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| Alex Heath / Business Insider: |
Giphy, which has raised $150M and has 150M+ users watching 4M+ hours of GIFs every day, weighs various revenue models — Plenty of tech startups dream of building a new consumer brand that's used and recognized by hundreds of millions of people every day. — Few of them get as close as Giphy …
Tweets: @pinboard, @pcperini, @bryanrbeal, @whatthebit, and @robreed
| Chris Kirkham / Wall Street Journal: |
Major hotel chains launch marketing campaigns to woo customers away from travel-booking sites, which take commissions of up to 30% for each reservation — Marriott, Hilton and InterContinental Hotels are using extensive marketing campaigns to claw back business from Expedia and Priceline … | Balaji S. Srinivasan: |
How blockchain-based tokens will transform the financing of technology — Tokens are early today, but will transform technology tomorrow. — In 2014, we wrote that “Bitcoin is more than money, and more than a protocol. It's a model and platform for true crowdfunding—open, distributed, and liquid all the way.”
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