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Atari reveals first pictures of Ataribox with SD card support, a HDMI port, and 4 USB ports, says console will deliver classic games alongside “current content” — Atari started teasing its Ataribox at E3 this year, promising a “brand new Atari product.”
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| Matthew Miller / ZDNet: |
HTC unveils HTC Alexa app for HTC U11 in the US to bring hands-free Amazon Alexa support; the app also allows users to listen to Amazon Music and Audible books — Throughout the history of HTC, it has been known to be the first to bring various technologies and features to the smartphone world.
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
New line of IBM Z mainframes offer pervasive, full-time encryption to hinder data breaches — Big Blue announced that its latest IBM Z mainframe computer will be able to encrypt all of the data in an enterprise all of the time, bringing encryption to everything from cloud services to databases.| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
The real problem in US is near total lack of ISP competition; FCC's net neutrality plans only enable ISPs to extract more profits with no incentives to reinvest — Why does this keep happening? — FCC chairman Ajit Pai is fond of saying that “the internet was not broken in 2015” … | Natt Garun / The Verge: |
Samsung Pay adds PayPal as a payment method while PayPal's Braintree merchants can now add Samsung Pay as a checkout option in US — Samsung Pay will soon accept PayPal as a payment method in addition to bank accounts, credit cards, and gift cards. It's a tiny update that could be useful … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft is launching a dedicated LinkedIn app for Windows 10 — Microsoft is bringing one of its LinkedIn goals to life today with the launch of a dedicated LinkedIn app for Windows 10. The software giant finalized its $26 billion acquisition of LinkedIn more than six months ago …
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| Brian Fung / Washington Post: |
In provisional ruling, judge denies US Labor Department's request for full details on Google employees that it sought as part of an equal pay investigation — The Labor Department will not get access to the full details it has requested on 21,000 Google employees as part of its investigation of equal pay …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
UK startup WaveOptics raises $16M Series B for its waveguide-based optics for AR devices — WaveOptics, a UK startup that builds waveguide-based optics — technology based on hologram physics and photonic crystals — for augmented reality hardware, has raised $16 million (£12 million) …
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| Ryan Whitwam / Android Police: |
Google Maps for Android now displays a graph showing the best time of day to travel to your destination — Google is always adding something new to Maps, but not everyone gets the new stuff at the same time. Right now, it looks like Google has added a nifty travel time graph to directions …
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| Cat Zakrzewski / Wall Street Journal: |
Leap Motion raises $50M Series C for its hand-tracking computer interface tech, with a16z, Founders Fund, other investors returning — Company believes hand gestures will boost virtual reality devices — Leap Motion Inc. wants to move computing beyond taps on a touchscreen and clicks on a mouse.
| Gali Weinreb / Globes Online: |
Intuition Robotics raises $14M Series A for its intelligent hardware assistant for senior citizens, led by the Toyota Research Institute — Intuition Robotics' robot communicates with and encourages senior citizens. — Israeli startup Intuition Robotics, which yesterday announced …
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| Robert Hackett / Fortune: |
Cybersecurity AI startup Awake Security exits stealth with $31.2M raised to date from Greylock Partners and Bain Capital Ventures — In stealth mode for the past two years, the cybersecurity startup Awake Security is now ready for its public debut. — Based in Mountain View, Calif. … Sponsor Posts
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