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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Amazon unveils new Echo with smaller design, cloth surface and multiple color options, improved speakers, multi-room audio, for $100 or $250 for three — A smaller, more powerful voice device — Amazon introduced a second-generation version of the Echo today with a dedicated bass tweeter and a modified, shorter design.
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Amazon debuts updated Fire TV with 4K and HDR support, Dolby Atmos integration, 2160p video at 60 frames per second, available for $70 preorder today — And it's tiny, too — Amazon today introduced a new Fire TV with HDR and 4K capabilities, which marks the first time the device has offered the higher-resolution video.
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| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Amazon debuts $150 Echo Plus, which comes with built-in smart home hub that has 100 launch partners and ships with a free Hue light bulb; preorders start today — Sure, the new $99 Echo is a more premium (if lower cost) version of Amazon's wildly popular home assistant.
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Amazon and BMW parter to offer Alexa in select cars starting mid-2018, with access to skills and other services — Amazon's Alexa voice assistant will be your cockpit companion in future BMWs: The automaker will offer Alexa in select cars starting in 2018, Amazon announced today …
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Amazon.com, Digital Trends, The Verge, The Verge, Engadget, and Mashable
| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Amazon launches Alexa-powered Echo Spot alarm clock with videoconferencing, as a smaller and more focused alternative to Echo Show, shipping in Dec. for $130 — Amazon's Alexa-themed event apparently includes Echo speakers for every possible use case under the Sun.
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Amazon announces Echo Buttons that link with Echo for playing games like trivia, available for $20 as a two-pack — Amazon announced a new member to its Echo family, called Echo Buttons, designed to offer physical interaction with other Echo devices, specifically for use in playing family games.
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| Mark Harris / Wired: |
Profile of Anthony Levandowski, covering his early life and schooling, career before and after Alphabet and Uber, and AI-focused religion, founded in 2015 — Many people in Silicon Valley believe in the Singularity—the day in our near future when computers will surpass humans in intelligence …
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Apple publishes updated privacy page and white paper on Face ID, detailing security measures — A new technical paper sheds light on Apple's facial recognition system — Today, Apple published a newly refreshed privacy page. With it came the most new information the company has released … | Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal: |
Uber shuts down its US auto-leasing business, affecting ~500 jobs, to find “a less capital-intensive approach” after it underestimated the loss per vehicle — Decision to close down Xchange Leasing will affect some 500 jobs — Uber Technologies Inc. on Wednesday confirmed …
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| Tony Romm / Recode: |
In tweets, President Trump accuses Facebook of always being “anti-Trump” and questions whether it colluded with newspapers and TV networks — President Donald Trump charged on Wednesday that Facebook was “always” opposed to him, suggesting it is part of a network of “collusion” …
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Mashable, Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, Axios, CNBC, Gizmodo, Fox News, TechCrunch, and USA Today
Tweets: @realdonaldtrump, @realdonaldtrump, and @kylegriffin1
| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Ford and Lyft announce partnership to develop and test autonomous vehicle designs and tech, with aim of putting Ford's self-driving vehicles on Lyft's network — SAN FRANCISCO — For Lyft, winning the race to create the first fully self-driving vehicles on the road is a far from lonely pursuit.
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The Hill, International Business Times, Ford Motor Company, TechCrunch, TechCrunch, Lyft Blog, SiliconANGLE, InvestorPlace, Quartz, Xconomy, Bloomberg, SlashGear, Mashable, CNET, The Verge, Forbes, Investor's Business Daily, Business Insider, Ars Technica, Associated Press, Axios, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Engadget, Fortune, and USA Today. Tweets: @binarybits
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook on efforts to defend German election: deleted tens of thousands of fake accounts in preceding month, Related Articles for different views, Election Hub — Facebook may have dropped the ball with the U.S. presidential election, but it was much better prepared for last weekend's federal election in Germany.| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Amazon says YouTube is no longer available on Echo Show; Google says the implementation violated its Terms of Service and created a “broken user experience” — Goodbye, cooking lessons and music videos — Amazon and Google are in a not-so-fun fight.
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| Alissa McAloon / Gamasutra: |
Oculus Rift and Gear VR now offer refunds for most apps, with a post-purchase window of 14 days on Rift and three days on Gear VR — As of today, the Oculus Rift and Gear VR offer players refunds for ‘most apps’ on each platform. — Oculus says players can request a refund for any reason and …
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Engadget, Oculus, SamMobile, Neowin, VRFocus, MyBroadband, Road to VR, and Digital Trends
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Comcast launches Xfinity Instant TV streaming service in beta for its broadband customers, starting at $18 per month — Todd Spangler — Todd's Most Recent Stories — Comcast is hoping to bring “cord nevers” into the pay-TV fold with Xfinity Instant TV: The stripped-down bundle … | Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Open Whisper Systems, makers of Signal, are testing a way to scan contacts and then provably delete the data from its servers, rolling out in coming months — THE ENCRYPTED-COMMUNICATION APP Signal has a sterling reputation within the security and crypto community, but its critics point to a nagging flaw … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: SoftBank agrees to block any plans to elevate Travis Kalanick at Uber, removing an obstacle in ongoing investment talks — SoftBank to block any plan to make Kalanick CEO or chairman — Uber backer Benchmark wants guaranteed check on former CEO
Tweets: @ericnewcomer and @ericnewcomer
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