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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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Tweets: @fmanjoo, @reckless, @backlon, @mgsiegler, @fmanjoo, @nickwingfield, @reckless, and @jandawson
| Eugene Kim / CNBC: |
Amazon now has 5,000 people working on Alexa and Echo, up from 1,000 in May 2016; the company's job site lists an additional 1,500 related openings — - Amazon's hardware chief said more than 5,000 employees now work on the Alexa voice technology platform.
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| 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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| 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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| Mark Zuckerberg: |
Trump and some liberals say Facebook helped their opponents, but Facebook's role was different: enabling discussions, voter registration, and candidate outreach — I want to respond to President Trump's tweet this morning claiming Facebook has always been against him.
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| Tony Romm / Recode: |
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Tweets: @realdonaldtrump, @realdonaldtrump, and @kylegriffin1
| Heather Kelly / CNNMoney: |
Facebook is launching a new tool in India on October 1 to help match blood donors with hospitals, blood banks, and individuals in need — In India, people use Facebook for keeping in touch with family, sharing photos and finding blood. — Facebook is launching a new tool in India on Oct. 1 …
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| The Hill: |
Senate committee investigating potential Russian election interference invites Facebook execs to testify on Nov. 1; source says Google and Twitter also invited — The Senate Intelligence Committee has issued a request for Facebook to testify in an open hearing to examine how foreign actors …
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Tweets: @rvawonk, @dylanbyers, @renato_mariotti, and @jdawsey1
| 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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| Eugene Kim / CNBC: |
Roku sets IPO price at $14/share, valuing firm at $1.3B, begins trading Thursday on NASDAQ — Roku set its IPO price at $14 per share, according to Dow Jones, which would give the video streaming device maker a $1.3 billion stock market value when it debuts on Thursday.
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| 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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Tweets: @fmanjoo, @gregbensinger, @jolingkent, @scottmaustin, and @mikeisaac
| 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 …
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| 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 CEOSponsor Posts
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