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| Chris Velazco / Engadget: |
Hands-on with Galaxy Note8: excellent build, both 2x optical zoom and adding background blur with Live Focus work well, much improved S Pen functionality, more — After the nightmare that was the Galaxy Note 7, few people would've been surprised if Samsung killed the Note line entirely. But it didn't.
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| Kris Carlon / Android Authority: |
Samsung announces Galaxy Note8 with 6.3" QHD AMOLED infinity display, Snapdragon 835, 6GB RAM, 64GB/128/256GB storage, dual 12MP cameras, 3300mAh battery, IP68 — We all know there's a lot more to a phone than its specs sheet, but sometimes a specs sheet comes along that looks to be about as perfect as a phone can get.
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Note8 costs $960 on Verizon, $950 on AT&T, $930 on T-Mobile; preorders begin Aug. 24, bundled with Gear 360 camera or 128GB SD and charging pad; ships Sept. 15 — One of Samsung's most expensive phones, ever — The Note 8 is here, and it might just be Samsung's biggest and best smartphone ever.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google and Walmart announce partnership to offer voice shopping through Assistant on Google Home; Google drops $95/year fee for Google Express — Walmart and Google are today announcing a new partnership that will enable voice shopping through Google Assistant, Google's virtual assistant …
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| Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times: |
Sources: disagreements led to Apple scaling back on car project; team now focused on campus shuttle using a commercial vehicle to test autonomous driving tech — SAN FRANCISCO — As new employees were brought into Apple's secret effort to create a self-driving car a few years ago …
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| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
President of Samsung's mobile division DJ Koh confirms the company is working on its own smart speaker, may announce soon — Samsung is working on a smart speaker that will be launched “soon”, the company's mobile chief told CNBC, which will pit it against the likes of Amazon, Apple, and Google, in the hotly-contested space.
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft shares more details about Project Brainwave, a real-time AI platform running on FPGAs — Microsoft is sharing more details about its plans for bringing its deep-learning platform to customizable chips — a step toward making Azure an ‘AI cloud.’ — On August 22, Microsoft unveiled …
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
In Q2, Uber had gross bookings of $8.7B, up 17% QoQ, revenue of $1.75B, up from Q1's $1.5B, net loss of $645M, down ~9% QoQ, 14% YoY; global trips rose 150% YoY — Uber's gross bookings were up 17% in the second quarter, the number of trips taken rose 150% in the past year and its adjusted loss fell … | Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Facebook is rolling out an option to take 360-degree photos and video from inside its mobile apps, allows 360-degree images to be used as Cover Photos — Facebook has been a big supporter of 360-degree photos and video, adding support for the immersive media formats early on Facebook itself.
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| Tom Krazit / GeekWire: |
Google Cloud Platform launches cheaper Standard Tier traffic networking option that uses public internet, not its fiber — Google Cloud Platform customers will have a new option when selecting the type of network used to deliver their traffic to their users: they can keep using Google's network … | Georg Szalai / Hollywood Reporter: |
Snapchat's VP of Content Nick Bell says the company expects to debut scripted shows by year's end, aiming to complement TV — “We want to be friends of media,” says Nick Bell at the Edinburgh Television Festival as he outlines the company's mobile-first TV strategy.
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| Alexis C. Madrigal / The Atlantic: |
Inside Waymo's self-driving effort, including its physical test base, called Castle, and Carcraft VR simulations, where 25K virtual cars drive 8M miles per day — In a corner of Alphabet's campus, there is a team working on a piece of software that may be the key to self-driving cars.| Clare O'Connor / Forbes: |
Women-First App Bumble Turned Down $450 Million Buyout Offer From Dating Giant Match Group — Dating app Bumble has turned down a $450 million acquisition offer from Match Group, Forbes has learned. — Match Group, the umbrella company which owns Bumble competitors including Match.com …
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