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Nest debuts Nest Secure alarm system that has a motion sensor and Nest Tag fob in a $499 pack, an HD video doorbell, and Nest Cam IQ outdoor, a $349 camera — Nest has stepped up its home security efforts. The Alphabet-owned company is live in San Francisco, where it has announced … | Steven Levy / Wired: |
A look at the development of the Nest Hello doorbell, Nest Cam IQ outdoor with Google Assistant integration, and the Nest Secure package including Nest Guard — “We have better light rings than any other products on the market,” says Adam Mittleman. This is a sentence that I have never … | Sheryl Sandberg: |
Facebook will strengthen enforcement of ad targeting policies, add more human oversight, and urge users to report potential abuses directly — Last week we temporarily disabled some of our ads tools following news reports that slurs or other offensive language could be used as targeting criteria for advertising.
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| Lauren Goode / The Verge: |
Apple says Apple Watch Series 3 with LTE has cellular connectivity issue caused by watch trying to join unauthenticated Wi-Fi networks, exploring software fix — The “handoff” isn't working like it's supposed to — Apple's new Series 3 smartwatch starts shipping this Friday …
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
HTC is halting trade of its shares tomorrow in anticipation of a “major announcement”, amid rumors of an acquisition by Google — All eyes on Google — HTC, one of Taiwan's premier tech brands and a true pioneer in the development of the Android hardware ecosystem …
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Source: Tesla working with AMD to develop its own AI chip for self-driving functionality in its cars, has 50+ people on project including chip star Jim Keller — - Tesla is working with AMD to refine its new chip, which will likely reduce its reliance on Nvidia.
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| Dani Deahl / The Verge: |
Equifax customer service, tweeting from @Equifax, accidentally directed customers to a critic's phishing site for over a week in at least three Twitter replies — Earlier this month, hackers broke into Equifax's servers and stole 143 million people's personal information, including their Social Security numbers.
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| Jessica Conditt / Engadget: |
Microsoft rolls out Minecraft's “Better Together” cross-platform play update for mobile, VR, XBox, and Windows 10, says it will come to Switch later this year — The Better Together update brings the biggest set of changes to hit Minecraft in years, expanding the Community Marketplace …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Android One launches in the US with Moto X4, available on Project Fi at $399 — Back in June, Project Fi unceremoniously announced via Twitter that a mid-tier device that supports Google's MVNO service would be coming soon. This was in line with our reporting from earlier in the year …
| Jeff Grubb / VentureBeat: |
Steam introduces histogram to user reviews section to help users identify “review bombing”, where large number of users flood games' pages with negative reviews — The customer review is a relatively young form of criticism, but consumers have already unlocked some of its creative power …
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Amazon working on Alexa-powered smartglasses with bone-conduction audio and a new home security camera system that would tie into its Echo products — Amazon is working on its first wearable device: a pair of “smart glasses” that would allow its virtual assistant Alexa to be summoned any time …
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Tweets: @jeffjohnroberts, @tim, @tim, @lukew, @daveleebbc, @jezcorden, @benfoxrubin, and @tim
| Danny Palmer / ZDNet: |
FedEx reports June's NotPetya cyber-attack cost its TNT Express division around $300M — Falling victim to global ransomware attack “posed significant operational challenges”, the company says in its latest financial report. — Falling victim to the Petya cyber attack cost FedEx around $300m during …
| Mitchel Broussard / MacRumors: |
A list of some of the ARKit-enabled iOS apps now available in the App Store — With the launch of iOS 11 today, Apple has turned hundreds of millions of iPhones into augmented reality-capable devices thanks to the support of a new developer framework called ARKit.
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Tweets: @michaelokaneedu, @mrgoldsworthy12, @scalo, @symbole, @mapbox, @_spencer_smith, @nextgenguy, @russellholly, @redfancomm, and @markpaterson
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