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Sources: Apple ramps up work on AR headset, which has its own display and runs on a new chip and OS, aims to have tech ready by 2019 and ship as early as 2020 — Company hopes to have technology ready for 2019; ship later — Breakthrough device will have new chip and operating system
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Sources: Apple is working on a redesigned high-end iPad with Face ID, slimmer bezels, no home button, coming as early as 2018; source says new Pencil coming too — New model will eliminate home button, OLED display unlikely — Latest iPad Pro models have helped revive tablet sales growth
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| Marc Hochstein / CoinDesk: |
Organizers behind Bitcoin's Segwit2x fork, including Jeff Garzik, Mike Belshe, and Erik Voorhees, say the proposal has been called off due to lack of consensus — The organizers of a controversial bitcoin scaling proposal are suspending an attempt to increase the block size by way of a software upgrade.
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| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
Ex-Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer apologizes at Senate hearing for data breach and blames Russian agents for stealing users' data — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer apologized on Wednesday for a pair of massive data breaches at the internet company and blamed Russian agents …
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Instagram Stories will now let users add photos and videos that are older than 24 hours — Instagram is turning on a feature that many users have asked for, letting users add photos and videos from their camera roll - even if they're older than 24 hours. The limitation in place previously …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google says Chrome will start blocking auto-redirects in version 64, rolling out over the coming months — In recent versions, Chrome has implmented various measures to increase security and ensure a good user experience, like preventing content from autoplaying.
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| Terri Cullen / CNBC: |
SEC filing shows China's Tencent bought a ~10% minority stake in Snap; sources say Tencent purchased 145.8M nonvoting shares over the last quarter — - The news comes as a vote of confidence in Snap, one day after the company posted a huge revenue miss for the third quarter.
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Amazon Cloud Cam review: affordable, free cloud storage, and crisp 1080p HD video, but continuous video recording is unavailable, no local microSD card support — Amazon's Cloud Cam finds the right balance for DIY security — Compare These … Review Sections
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| Olivia Zaleski / Bloomberg: |
Postmates launches on-demand grocery delivery service Postmates Fresh for $3.99 per order or $9.99 a month, undercutting fees charged by Amazon and Instacart — Meal-delivery startup will deliver fresh produce for $4, a significant discount to Amazon and Instacart.| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft announces Linkedin-powered Resume Assistant for Word, rolling out to Office 365 users in coming months — Microsoft is tying together LinkedIn Insights and Word to create a new Resume Assistant feature for Office 365 users. — Microsoft is making available another integration between Office …
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| Paul Mozur / New York Times: |
Source: Chinese state media agencies spend hundreds of thousands of dollars each quarter on Facebook ads to spread a positive message about China — A propaganda video produced by Xinhua, China's state news agency, and targeted to English-speaking audiences was published on Facebook.| Caitlyn Gribbin / ABC: |
Facebook tests hashing to eliminate revenge porn in some countries; users send nude pics to themselves that Facebook will hash so they never appear on its sites — If you've had a nude photo taken, you might be nervous about where it could end up. — Your phone may be hacked …
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