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Sources: Amazon and Apple are competing with Warner Bros. and others for rights to the James Bond franchise and are willing to pay as much as the studio — The franchise, and its future, are up for grabs as Agent 007 is being viewed as one of the last untapped brands that could be a game changer.
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T-Mobile's unlimited data family plans with two or more lines now include free Netflix, following AT&T bundling free HBO with its Unlimited Plus plan — If you've got an unlimited data family plan at T-Mobile, you'll soon be getting free Netflix to go along with it.
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Symantec: Dragonfly group of hackers has penetrated operational networks of multiple US and European energy companies that control key parts of the power grid — Intrusion into power companies' operational networks is a dramatic escalation. — Nation-sponsored hackers have penetrated … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft to hold Surface keynote during its annual Future Decoded event next month; sources say it's expected to unveil at least one new Surface device — Microsoft's Surface chief will hold a keynote speech in London at the end of October. The software giant is holding its annual Future Decoded event … | David Meyer / Fortune: |
Facebook says ad reach estimates from Adverts Manager are based on how many could see the ad, not an area's population, explaining discrepancy with census data — Facebook's advertising metrics have again been called into question, after Pivotal Research Group senior analyst Brian Wieser pointed …
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Investigation finds IBM's Watson for Oncology program, pitched as an AI-based system for cancer care, falls far short of the expectations IBM created for it — t was an audacious undertaking, even for one of the most storied American companies: With a single machine, IBM would tackle humanity's …
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Apple's refusal to approve Indian government's anti-spam Do Not Disturb app, which lets users report spam calls or texts, is frustrating telecom regulators — Apple Inc.'s refusal so far to approve the Indian government's anti-spam iPhone app is infuriating regulators …
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| Sewell Chan / New York Times: |
European Court of Human Rights limits private employer rights to snoop on employee communications, urges countries to implement safeguards against abuse — Europe's human rights court ruled on Tuesday that companies can monitor their employees' email if they are notified in advance …
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| Tony Romm / Recode: |
House passes bipartisan SELF-DRIVE Act, which is now heading to Senate and would let companies test as many as 100,000 new self-driving cars on US roads — It's still an early win for companies like Ford, Google and Uber. — The U.S. House approved a bill on Wednesday that could soon pave …
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EU Court of Justice rules in favor of Intel in €1.06B anti-trust case, tells lower court to reexamine its 2014 decision that upheld the EU fine — EU top court in ruling says Intel claims need re-examination — Lower court criticized for rejecting Intel appeal in 2014| Farhad Manjoo / New York Times: |
Survey of wealthy technologists reveals support for left-leaning social policies, like wealth redistribution, but a rejection of regulation and labor unions — Silicon Valley has long preferred to remain aloof from national politics, but the Trump era has altered that stance.
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
LinkedIn launches Audience Network to let marketers promote native ads on sites and apps other than LinkedIn — Microsoft-owned LinkedIn is launching LinkedIn Audience Network, an advertising feature that will let marketers promote native ads to certain audiences on sites and apps other than LinkedIn.
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| Liana B. Baker / Reuters: |
Sports e-commerce firm Fanatics confirms it has raised $1B led by SoftBank's Vision Fund, valuing it at $4.5B, and will use the funds to expand internationally — New York (Reuters) - Sports e-commerce firm Fanatics has closed a $1 billion funding round led by SoftBank Group Corp's Vision fund …
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Google begins rollout of new Street View cameras, the first in eight years, with higher image quality that can be used to better map physical stores, more — STEVE SILVERMAN HELPED build cameras for two NASA rovers that went to Mars. In the less exotic landscape of a Google parking lot …
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Roku launches its own channel for users of its streaming players, sticks, and TVs, offers ad-supported content, including movies from studios like Warner Bros. — Roku, a company capitalizing on the cord cutting trend to the tune of a $100 million IPO, is today launching its own channel …
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| Tas Bindi / ZDNet: |
French data science startup Dataiku raises $28M Series B led by Battery Ventures, plans to add connectors to deep learning frameworks to its platform — The data science software company has raised more than $45 million since its founding in 2014. — Dataiku has announced raising $28 million …
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Car-sharing startup Turo raises $92M Series D led by Daimler and South Korea's SK Holdings, also acquires Daimler's car sharing platform Croove — Car-sharing startup Turo has raised $92 million in series D funding at an undisclosed valuation, the company said today (Sept. 6).
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