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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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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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| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
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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| 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 … | Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: |
Kleiner Perkins shuts its two-year-old, $4M seed investing program KPCB Edge after all three partners running it leave — Departures of young partners weaken firm's early-stage effort — Kleiner to continue investing broadly in emerging startups — Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers shut …
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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.
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| 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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| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
Amazon suspends sales of BLU phones amid renewed concerns that pre-loaded software is sending user data to China — Following a report that some Blu phones use an app that collects your data, Amazon has made them unavailable on its site. — Amazon just put budget phone maker Blu in the penalty box.
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Gboard for iPhone adds support for drawing, and sending links to Maps and YouTube videos — To all the Gboard fans out there: we're adding some clutch additions to your favorite keyboard companion. Now with a tap of the G button, you'll have access to both Maps and YouTube …
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| Jake Tapper / CNN: |
An email prankster fooled a number of White House officials, including official tasked with cyber security, by posing as other officials — (CNN)A self-described “email prankster” in the UK fooled a number of White House officials into thinking he was other officials, including an episode …
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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 … | James Hibberd / EW.com: |
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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