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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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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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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: |
Flipkart raises undisclosed sum from SoftBank's Vision Fund as an extension of its $1.4B round in April; source says sum is between $2.5-$2.6B — 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 …
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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.| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
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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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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