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| Lance Ulanoff / Mashable: |
iPhone X review after one week: fast and powerful, both front and back cameras are great, Face ID works effectively but can't distinguish between some twins — The iPhone X changes everything. But the future is in good hands. — Apple's iPhone X is the beginning of something new.
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| Nicole Nguyen / BuzzFeed: |
iPhone X one week review: great all-screen experience, decent battery life, Face ID is fast, new gestures easy to learn, but software has some weird UX choices — The iPhone X has the 8 Plus's killer cameras, in a size that's much better for small hands. — iPhones have had the same thick borders …
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
iPhone X review after 24 hours: gorgeous design and display, notch is ugly but tends to fade away, but it's expensive and Face ID can be spotty in some lighting — Works in progress can still be great — After months of hype, endless speculation, and a wave of last-minute rumors about production delays …
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| Tony Romm / Recode: |
Sources: Facebook, Google, Twitter to tell Congress that Russian election meddling wider than reported; source says 126M Facebook users may have seen content — Read early testimony from Facebook, Google and Twitter before they appear at hearings on Capitol Hill this week.
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Sources: Apple is designing iPhones and iPads that would exclude Qualcomm modem chips and include Intel or possibly MediaTek chips instead — Company considers building devices only with chips from Intel, possibly MediaTek — AAPL 2.25% Apple Inc., locked in an intensifying legal fight …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft says it will launch business-focused Surface Pro with built-in LTE Advanced in December for $1,149+ — Microsoft today announced that in December it will launch a Surface Pro with built-in LTE Advanced support to its business customers. Panos Panay, Microsoft's corporate VP for Windows devices … | Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Samsung Electronics' Q3 profits, driven by memory chip demand, nearly tripled YoY to $12.92B on $55.18B revenue, up 30% YoY, mobile sales rose 23% YoY to $2B — The Korean company is making a lot of money from its components business. — Samsung may be known for its phones …
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Amazon Kindle Oasis (2017) review: beautiful design, excellent e-ink display, but can't use Audible narration while reading and is expensive — Drowning in books — A decade after its release, the Kindle is a curiosity. Tablets — including some made by Amazon — have long since outstripped the e-reader in power and features.
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| Troy Wolverton / Business Insider: |
Waymo gives journalists showcase of its autonomous Chrysler vans at its Castle test ground, highlighting progress and hurdles — - Waymo, Google's self-driving car spinoff, showed off its technology to reporters on Monday at its California testing facility.
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| Kif Leswing / Business Insider: |
Support for third-party developers on Apple's HomePod is limited to messaging, lists, and notes via Siri, shutting out services like Spotify and Uber — - Apple's smart speaker, HomePod, will go on sale in December for $349. People will use it by talking to it.
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| Theodore Schleifer / Recode: |
Coursera has quietly ousted several top-level executives including COO, CFO, and CMO; sources say about 30 to 40 employees have left the company in recent weeks — As many as 40 people have departed the company after raising $60 million just five months ago.| Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: |
Berlin-based Ada Health, an Alexa-like AI-driven medical app, raises $47M led by Access Industries, Len Blavatnik's global investment group — Ada Health, the AI-driven app which works a little like an ‘Alexa for health’, has raised a $47M (€40M) funding round led by Access Industries, Len Blavatnik's global investment group.
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