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Sources: Apple plans to release Watch with cellular connectivity this year, with LTE modems supplied by Intel — Intel is said to supply modem that works with cell networks — Apple plans to begin selling new smartwatch by end of year — Apple Inc. is planning to release a version …
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Google is working on Snapchat Discover-like swipeable stories based on AMP format; stories can be surfaced in search results and publishers' own websites — ‘Stamp’ media product is based around company's ‘AMP’ mobile web pages — Google is developing technology to let publishers create …
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| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Sources: Apple glasses prototypes include a fully autonomous AR headset and a Snapchat Spectacles-like device with no screens that connects to iPhone — As it approaches $1tn valuation, the iPhone maker is betting on augmented reality and robotics technology
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| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
Facebook moves entire translation backend to neural networks, built on Caffe2, to handle 4.5B+ translations per day, says it's seen ~11% increase in accuracy — Facebook announced today that it has started using neural network systems to carry out more than 4.5 billion translations …
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| Jean M. Twenge / The Atlantic: |
How the omnipresence of smartphones, tablets, and internet have affected those born from mid-1990s to mid-2000s: high rates of depression, changing norms, more — One day last summer, around noon, I called Athena, a 13-year-old who lives in Houston, Texas.
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| Peter Rudegeair / Wall Street Journal: |
Online lender Prosper Marketplace in talks to raise $50M at $550M valuation; previous raise in 2015 was at a valuation of $1.9B — Proposed transaction would put value at $550 million, compared with $1.9 billion in early 2015 — Prosper Marketplace Inc. is in talks to sell a roughly 10% stake …
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| Orin Kerr / Washington Post: |
A preliminary legal analysis of the six counts in the Kronos indictment shows that the government's theory of the case will lead to significant legal challenges — The Justice Department has indicted Marcus Hutchins, a security researcher, for allegedly creating and selling malware. The Verge explains:
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| Dani Deahl / The Verge: |
YouTube Red subscribers can now save songs, albums, and playlists for offline listening in YouTube Music app — Offline mode just got a major upgrade — YouTube Red users have had the option to listen to music offline in YouTube Music for some time, but only through the offline mixtape feature … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Sources: Spotify app for Xbox One is coming soon, and is currently being tested internally — Spotify is planning to release an Xbox One app soon. Pictures of Microsoft's Larry Hryb (Major Nelson) testing a Spotify app for Xbox One were spotted on Reddit earlier this week …
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| Pan Yue / China Money Network: |
Alibaba's Tmall invests $300M into Chinese fresh produce e-commerce platform Yiguo.com — Tmall, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's business-to-customer e-commerce platform, has invested US$300 million in Yiguo.com, a fresh produce e-commerce platform. — With the investment … | Stan Higgins / CoinDesk: |
Blockchain-based data storage network Filecoin sold $52M worth of tokens to accredited investors including USV and Sequoia in a pre-sale ahead of ICO next week — San Francisco-based startup Protocol Labs has sold $52 million in a token pre-sale ahead of an initial coin offering launch next week.| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Valve says Steam now has 67M monthly active players, 33M daily active players, and averages 14M concurrent users per day at peak, which is up from 8.4M in 2015 — The world's most powerful PC game distribution platform continues to expand its reach and grow its user base.Sponsor Posts
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