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| Alex Kipman / Windows Blog: |
Microsoft says developers can access Mixed Reality SteamVR preview and Halo: Recruit and other VR games are coming October 17 — Mixed reality will unleash the creativity of every person and every organization on the planet. Our journey has been filled with key moments in time that have shown us …
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Samsung Newsroom, Windows Central, Quartz, BBC, AltspaceVR Inc, The Next Web, Digital Trends, Neowin, On MSFT, Pocket-lint, The Fire Hose, VRFocus, Road to VR, and silicontap.com. Tweets: @jank0
| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft acquires social virtual reality app AltspaceVR, which had 35K MAUs as of July — At a special event today in San Francisco, Microsoft announced that it has acquired social VR app AltspaceVR. — The virtual reality social networking app allows users across headset and web platforms …
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The Verge, PCWorld, Windows Central, Business Insider, ZDNet, VentureBeat, Engadget, Axios, MSPoweruser, New World Notes, and Seeking Alpha. Tweets: @fxshaw
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| Max Read / New York Magazine: |
How Facebook's increasing size and scope, potential for abuse, and new use cases led Zuckerberg to rethink its neutral role and emphasize community values — The same company that gives you birthday reminders also helped ensure the integrity of the German elections.
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Digital Trends, The Hill, TechSpot, The Guardian, Fortune, Engadget, and BuzzFeed
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Facebook should have a searchable database of all ads, and ramp up authenticity requirements for all buyers, not just for those self-reporting as political — Fifteen years on, this paragraph from a Bill Gates' memo is a bit cringe-inducing: — Equivocating computer viruses …
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BuzzFeed, Silicon Valley Business …, and Forbes
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Verizon says Yahoo breach in 2013 affected all of its 3B users, up from initially reported 1B users — Company disclosed late last year that 2013 hack exposed private information of over 1 billion users — A massive data breach at Yahoo AABA 1.95% in 2013 was far more extensive than previously disclosed …
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Oath, USA Today, MacRumors, Washington Post, The Next Web, The Verge, Business Insider, Bloomberg, CNET, Engadget, and DataBreaches.net
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| Droid Life: |
Walmart listing showed a $49 pre-order for Google Home Mini, arriving on October 19, and another image of the Pixel 2 XL — The Google Home Mini, a device we first revealed back in mid-September as the cheaper, smaller Google Home assistant speaker for $49, is now up for pre-order at Walmart.| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Intel's former CEO Paul Otellini has passed away at the age of 66; he joined Intel in 1974 and became its fifth CEO in 2005 — Former Intel CEO Paul Otellini has passed away at the age of 66. — Otellini was a lifelong Intel employee who had silicon in his blood.
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| Rochelle Toplensky / Financial Times: |
Sources: Amazon to be fined several hundred million euros in back taxes by the EU on Wednesday, after investigation into sweetheart tax deal with Luxembourg — Brussels will hit Amazon on Wednesday with a bill for Luxembourg back taxes worth several hundred million euros …
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The Hill, Bloomberg, CNBC, Tech Narratives, The Daily Caller, Investor's Business Daily, Business Insider, and Wall Street Journal. Tweets: @phillipjhay
| Natt Garun / The Verge: |
Dropbox rolls out its first major redesign, with bolder colors, new logo, and global ad campaign — Dropbox announced a redesign today that introduces a whole lot more color into its former white-and-blue aesthetic. The new look also includes a flatter box logo that makes it look less …
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Adweek, CNET, TechCrunch, and Windows Central
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| John Mannes / TechCrunch: |
Judge delays Waymo/Uber trial until December 4, following recent disclosure of Uber documents; jury selection had initially been scheduled for October 10 — This morning, Judge William Alsup ruled that the Waymo v. Uber trial would be delayed until December 4th.
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| Jason Del Rey / Recode: |
Walmart acquires Brooklyn-based Parcel, which offers logistics for same-day delivery in NYC; source says price was less than $10M — The deal was small but key to Walmart's new express delivery service. — Walmart.com will soon begin offering same-day delivery to some customers in New York City …
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blog.walmart.com, Engadget, Ars Technica, Business Insider, VentureBeat, GeekWire, Mashable, Fortune, and PYMNTS.com
| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Instagram adds polling stickers to Stories, an eyedropper color-picking tool to Android and iOS, and text and sticker alignment tool, limited for to iOS now — Instagram is making its Stories a little more interactive with a new polling feature that users can add with a “poll” sticker.| Salvador Rodriguez / Reuters: |
Slack and Oracle partner to integrate the tech giant's enterprise software products into the popular messaging app — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Slack Technologies Inc has secured a partnership with Oracle Corp (ORCL.N) to integrate the tech giant's enterprise software products … | TechCrunch: |
Amazon has acquired 3D body model startup, Body Labs, for $50M-$70M — TechCrunch has learned that Amazon has acquired Body Labs, a company with a stated aim of creating true-to-life 3D body models to support various b2b software applications — such as virtually trying on clothes or photorealistic avatars for gaming.| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Google's new program will enable anyone with suitable hardware to contribute to Street View, starting with Insta360's Pro, a $3,499 8K camera — Google has a new program called “Street View ready” which will make it possible for anyone with the right hardware to contribute …
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Insta360 Blog, Digital Trends, The Verge, Fortune, Android Police, iPhone in Canada Blog, Engadget, and 9to5Google
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple releases iOS 11.0.2 update with fix for iPhone 8 and 8 Plus crackling earpiece issue — Apple today released the second official update to its new iOS 11 operating system, iOS 11.0.2. iOS 11.0.2 comes one week after Apple released iOS 11.0.1, and two weeks after Apple released iOS 11 to the public.| Amir Efrati / The Information: |
Sources: Google prepares to launch fully autonomous taxi service by 2018, maybe in Phoenix suburb, amid lingering issues with software, like making left turns — Alphabet's Waymo is gearing up to launch a self-driving ride-sharing service this fall, but major problems with the technology persist … | Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed: |
How the big tech platforms including Facebook, Google, and Twitter, who've pledged to provide accurate information during major crises, are failing miserably — In aftermath of Sunday evening's mass shooting in Las Vegas, visitors to Facebook's Crisis Response page for the tragedy …
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Mashable, Fortune, and Scripting News
Tweets: @cwarzel, @buzzfeednews, @walldo, @jasmineelgamal, and @cwarzel
| Cale Guthrie Weissman / Fast Company: |
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