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Facebook acquired AI startup Ozlo, which had raised $14M, to help Messenger build its personal assistant; Ozlo will shut down its enterprise API and app — Ozlo is joining Messenger. — Facebook has acquired Ozlo, a Palo Alto-based artificial intelligence startup, to help Messenger build …
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HomePod firmware contains image of new iPhone design with a notch cut out at the top, likely for earpiece and sensors, and references a face detection feature — Late last week, Apple released early firmware for its HomePod smart speaker, which won't be launching to the public until December.
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Reddit raised $200M in funding, is now valued at $1.8B, a16z and Sequoia among investors; sources: Condé Nast owner Advance Publications retains majority stake — It's going on a hiring spree and redesigning its website. — Reddit has raised $200 million in new venture funding …
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| Anna Nicolaou / Financial Times: |
Spotify passes 60M paying customers, adding over 20M so far in 2017, as sources say it plans for IPO on NYSE later this year — Unconventional public debut of music streaming service based on subscription success — Read next … Spotify has reached 60m paying customers … | Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Spotify to double down on original content and fund a new batch of podcasts in coming months, as it promotes shows from established producers — Streaming company promotes shows from established producers — Top music site tries to diversify offerings beyond songs
| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Google says it has begun rolling out Daydream-ready update to Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ — Google's brand of VR is, at last, beginning to arrive on Samsung devices. — Reports emerged last week that certain Verizon Galaxy S8 and S8+ devices were getting the Daydream update, but today Google confirmed the rollout.
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Hackers breach HBO's network and leak future episodes of Room 104 and Ballers, plus a script allegedly from next week's Game of Thrones episode — HBO chairman: ‘Disruptive, unsettling, and disturbing for all of us’ — HBO has joined the ranks of Hollywood entertainment companies to suffer a major cyber attack.
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EPIC files suit with FTC over Google's opaque Store Sales Measurement plan to track shoppers' in-store purchases, saying users have no easy way to opt out — A prominent privacy rights watchdog is asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate a new Google advertising program …
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| Richard Devine / Windows Central: |
Microsoft shuts down its Word Flow keyboard for iOS, suggests downloading SwiftKey instead — After the experiment has been completed, Microsoft has closed down its Word Flow keyboard on iOS. — Back in February of this year we took a closer look at Microsoft's Word Flow keyboard on iOS … | Ryan Smith / AnandTech: |
AMD unveils $499 Radeon RX Vega 64 and $399 Radeon RX Vega 56 GPUs for high-end gaming PCs, launching August 14 — At this point, one must give credit to AMD for their marketing program for the Radeon RX Vega. The company has opted to dip feed information over many months … | Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Second Life creator Linden Lab launches open beta for social VR platform Sansar, currently supported on HTC Vive VR headset, the Oculus Rift, and Windows PCs — Linden Lab has opened the creator beta version of its Sansar social virtual reality platform to the public.
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Latest version of Google's experimental browser Chrome Canary on Android includes setting to block “intrusive” ads — Google will reportedly debut a built-in ad blocking feature for its Chrome browser next year, and now we have the first concrete look at this addition to the web navigation software in action.Sponsor Posts
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