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Apple says iPhone X will be available for walk-in customers at retail stores on launch day, Friday November 3, encourages customers to “arrive early” — Apple today announced that stores will have iPhone X available for walk-in customers, who it encourages to arrive early, on launch day.
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| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Automotive supplier Delphi acquires Boston-based self-driving startup NuTonomy for $450M — Both companies have autonomous driving pilots in Singapore — Delphi, one of the world's largest automotive suppliers, is acquiring Boston-based self-driving car startup NuTonomy for an upfront purchase price …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Gmail adds support for third-party add-ons for web and Android, with Asana, Trello, Intuit QuickBooks, Dialpad, RingCentral among launch partners — Google is launching third-party add-ons for Gmail today. These native extensions will allow you to bring the power of services like Asana …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Instagram now lets you add a guest to a live video stream — Make way for more talking heads. Instagram, competing hot on the heels of other live video broadcasting apps, is enhancing its video streaming service with a new feature that it hopes will bring out more videos …
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| Alex Heath / Business Insider: |
Source: Snap's internal data showed most Spectacles customers stopped wearing the glasses after 4 weeks — - Despite the initial hype, Snap's Spectacles are a commercial flop. — The company has sold only 150,000 pairs to date, and less than half of Spectacles owners kept using the glasses after the first month.| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Microsoft drops suit against the US DoJ after the department announced new policy to limit use of gag orders by prosecutors for accessing customer data — Microsoft says it's dropping a suit against the U.S. Justice Department that targeted a tactic commonly used by prosecutors …
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Tweets: @tmyerson, @technology, and @bradsmi
| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
Sources: typical AI specialists receiving $300K-$500K a year in salary and stock; well-known names in the AI field have received compensation totalling millions — Nearly all big tech companies have an artificial intelligence project, and they are willing to pay experts millions of dollars to help get it done.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
LinkedIn boosts its messaging with smart replies, pre-written, AI based interactions — LinkedIn — the Microsoft-owned platform for those who want to network with professional contacts and advance their own careers — has been in the middle of a long-term makeover of its social tools, as it looks to drive more usage.
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| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Uber adds new fees to compensate drivers for slow passengers, longer trips to pick up riders, and ride cancellations — Extra fees kick in for pickup trips longer than eight minutes — Uber is adding a bunch of new fees to sweeten the pot for drivers who may be reluctant to wait for slow passengers …
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Google Assistant adds over 50 kids games and activities for Android and Google Home — Google is adding a bunch of new games and activities to the Google Assistant today as a way to keep kids entertained. The update, which was previewed earlier this month, includes “more than 50 new games …
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| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
ARM unveils Platform Security Architecture, a common industry framework for enhancing the security of IoT devices built on ARM Cortex processors — Arm hopes the adoption of its new PSA system will help protect trillions of connected devices in the future.
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Arm, Engadget, SiliconANGLE, MediaNama, HotHardware, MIT Technology Review, Bloomberg, VentureBeat, EE Times, and AndroidHeadlines.com
Tweets: @mondo_agents, @arm, and @benbajarin
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Vimeo debuts a new $500 live event camera, Mevo Plus, following its Livestream acquisition last month — IAC-owned video streaming site Vimeo and Livestream today are announcing their first product integrations today, following Vimeo's acquisition of Livestream's live video streaming platform …
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