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Google's Android O is named Oreo, rolls out soon to Nexus/Pixel devices; update includes background activity limits, picture-in-picture, notification channels — Timed with the total solar eclipse today, Google revealed Android O stands for Android 8.0 Oreo.
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| David Ruddock / Android Police: |
Source: Google plans to launch a new Pixel-branded Chromebook and a mini version of the Google Home alongside new phones this fall — According to a source familiar with the company's plans, Google will launch not just two new Google Pixel phones at a hardware event this fall … | Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
Intel unveils first 8th gen processors, dubbed “Kaby Lake refresh”, based on an updated Kaby Lake architecture, claims 40% performance increase over 7th gen — No Coffee Lake or Cannonlake here; these are doubled up Kaby Lake parts. — The first “8th generation” …
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| John Herrman / New York Times: |
After wave of neo-Nazi bans, tech firms' censorship policies were shown again to be arbitrary, not derived from moral awakening or newfound sense of civic duty — White supremacist marchers had not yet lit their torches when the deletions began. The “Unite the Right” Facebook page …
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| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
WhatsApp adds colorful text status updates, just like Facebook — WhatsApp today began to roll out Status updates you can make by writing text on a colorful image background, a company spokesperson has informed VentureBeat. While Status debuted as a text-only feature, it grew to include photos and videos.
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
HTC cuts Vive VR headset's price by $200, to $599, to remain competitive with Oculus Rift — You knew HTC wouldn't let the Oculus Rift's price cut go unanswered for long. As of today, HTC has permanently lowered the price of the Vive headset by $200, to $599.
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| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Spotify's plan to skip a traditional IPO and list directly on NYSE draws scrutiny from the SEC, as NYSE's direct listing rule-change is still pending — Direct-listing plan is said to draw scrutiny from regulators — New York Stock Exchange rule-change proposal still pending| Ellen Pao / The Cut: |
An excerpt from Ellen Pao's book “Reset”: This is how sexism works in Silicon Valley. My lawsuit failed. Others won't. — In December 2010, Sheryl Sandberg gave a talk about women's leadership in which she mentioned “sitting at the table.” Women, she said, have to pull up a chair …
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Facebook launches a dedicated tab for Safety Check, where it lists crises from around world, rolling out over the coming weeks — Facebook has made a permanent page for Safety Check, its feature for letting others know that you're safe during an emergency. — The results are pretty eerie.| Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair: |
A look at challenges facing Verizon's Oath as the integration of NYC's AOL and SV's Yahoo struggles along, after 2,100 were laid off in mid-June — Can two once-great Internet behemoths come together harmoniously in an age of mergers, roll-ups, and distribution plays?
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| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Cisco buys hyperconvergence software startup Springpath for $320M to bolster its data center infrastructure portfolio — Springpath has been around since 2012 and the networking giant led its Series C funding round two years ago. — Cisco on Monday announced that it plans to buy Sunnyvale … | Kirsten Korosec / The Verge: |
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