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Facebook introduces Watch, its redesigned video section for original content, with producers earning 55% of ad revenue, rolling out Thursday — Facebook has a new home for original video content produced exclusively for it by partners, who will earn 55 percent of ad break revenue while Facebook keeps 45 percent.
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| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Uber rolls out out in-app messaging so drivers and riders don't have to share phone numbers; messages to the driver are also read aloud — :Thumbs-up emoji: — It was always a bit weird to wait for your Uber driver and then suddenly receive a text from an unknown number. “Where are you?”| Edward C. Baig / USA Today: |
Consumer Reports pulls its recommendations of Microsoft Surface devices after an issue with their “predicted reliability” based on an annual subscriber survey — NEW YORK— Consumer Reports has removed its coveted “recommendation” designation for four Microsoft Surface laptops it had previously blessed with such status.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Kaspersky Lab to drop its antitrust complaint after Microsoft agrees to make changes to Windows 10 with better visibility, help with compatibility reviews, more — Kaspersky is withdrawing its European antitrust complaint against Microsoft today. The software giant has agreed to make changes … | The Economic Times: |
SoftBank's Vision Fund invests in Flipkart as an extension of its $1.4B April round; source: total invested is ~$2.6B, includes buying shares from Tiger Global — Softbank has invested in Flipkart through its $100 billion technology-focused Vision Fund, the Indian e-commerce company announced on Thursday.| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
Alt-right steps up protests against perceived liberal bias of tech platform operators, even launching alternative services more welcoming to “free speech” — When James Damore, a Google engineer, was fired this week for writing a 10-page manifesto spelling out his grievances … | Susan Wojcicki / Fortune: |
| Marc Vartabedian / Reuters: |
Tesla developing long-haul, electric, semi-truck with self-driving tech that can move in platoons, according to email about road tests between company, NV DMV — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Tesla Inc is developing a long-haul, electric semi-truck that can drive itself and move in “platoons” … | James Vincent / The Verge: |
DeepMind and Blizzard release SC2LE, a toolkit which includes an API, for AI research in real-time strategy game StarCraft II — What can computers learn from playing video games? Quite a lot actually — Teaching computers to play games has always been a useful (if somewhat crude) measure of their intelligence.| Mark Walton / Ars Technica: |
AMD Threadripper 1950X review: the High End Desktop platform to beat, better than Intel in almost every way, but needs robust cooling setup and power supply — Cheaper, faster, and more feature-rich than Skylake-X—what's not to love? — If Ryzen was a polite, if firm way of telling …
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Microsoft debuts open source Coco Framework to address limitations of enterprise blockchain by making it more scalable, governable, and confidential — Microsoft is working to address some of the current limitations of enterprise blockchain with a new cross-platform framework designed … | AnandTech: |
Intel's new server-class SSD with “ruler” form-factor allows for up to 1 PB storage in a 1U server, features hot-swapping, PCIe Gen 5, power, cooling benefits — Intel on Tuesday introduced its new form-factor for server-class SSDs. The new “ruler” design is based …
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| Ryan Whitwam / Android Police: |
T-Mobile's Revvl, a $125 phone with Android 7.0 Nougat, fingerprint sensor, 5.5" screen, 13MP camera, 32GB of storage, and more, to launch Thursday — T-Mobile's oft-leaked budget smartphone is now official. The Revvl is launching tomorrow (August 10th) for a mere $125 if paid all at once.
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How Facebook uses “early bird” warning system to scout popular new tech, then buy or copy it; sources: take-away from an all hands: “don't be too proud to copy” — Tiny Houseparty has a promising video-chat app—the social-media giant has noticed
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| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Data shows a total of 92 ICOs have collectively raised $1.25B in 2017; Goldman Sachs says ICO funding surpassed angel and early stage VC funding in June, July — - The amount of money raised by start-ups via so-called initial coin offerings (ICOs) has surpassed early stage venture capital (VC) funding for internet companies.
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