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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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| Washington Post: |
Facebook says it sold ~$100K of ads on politically divisive topics to Russia-linked accounts from 6/15-5/17; sources say FB told Congress ads targeted voters — Representatives of Facebook told congressional investigators Wednesday that it has discovered it sold ads during the U.S. presidential election …
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Symantec: “Dragonfly” hacker group 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 …
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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 — It 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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| 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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| Mark Wilson / Co.Design: |
Researchers find all popular voice assistants, like Siri or Alexa, can be controlled via verbal commands emitted on ultrasonic frequencies over ~$3 of hardware — Hackers can take control of the world's most popular voice assistants by whispering to them in frequencies humans can't hear.
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| Neil Hughes / AppleInsider: |
KGI's Ming-Chi Kuo says iPhone 8's Samsung-made OLED display costs $120-$130 per unit, over double the current LCD's $45-$55 per unit cost — The upcoming launch of the “iPhone 8” will reportedly see Apple in a precarious position in terms of parts, as the only company currently capable …
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| Shannon Liao / The Verge: |
Twitter begins rolling out its Night Mode feature on Twitter.com, following iOS and Android apps — Twitter.com launched its Night Mode feature on desktop today, although the feature has yet to roll out to all accounts. The feature has already been available on iOS and Android since last year.
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| Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
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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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
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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| 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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| 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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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
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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| 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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| Andrew Wallenstein / Variety: |
Spotify hires Disney executive Courtney Holt to lead its efforts in original video and podcast programming — Spotify has lured digital-media veteran Courtney Holt over from Disney to lead its efforts around original video and podcast programming, Variety has learned exclusively.| Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: |
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| Uber Engineering Blog: |
Inside Uber's Michelangelo, its machine learning platform in use for about a year, built with HDFS, Spark, Samza, Cassandra, MLLib, XGBoost, and TensorFlow — Uber Engineering is committed to developing technologies that create seamless, impactful experiences for our customers.
Tweets: @ubereng and @benhamner
| 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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| 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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