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T-Mobile is acquiring Denver-based TV tech company Layer3 TV and says it will launch its own wireless TV service to compete with Comcast, others, in 2018 — T-Mobile says it will launch its own TV service in 2018, expanding its competitive focus beyond the U.S. wireless giants to target major cable …
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| Josh Lipton / CNBC: |
Apple awards $390M from its $1B Advanced Manufacturing Fund to Finisar, which makes laser chips used in iPhone X and AirPods for depth and proximity sensing — - Apple is investing $390 million into Finisar, which makes chips used by Apple products for depth and proximity sensing.
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Apple, Business Insider, Apple, Digital Trends, Recode, International Business Times, ZDNet, Wall Street Journal, 9to5Mac, SiliconANGLE, iMore, TechSpot, CNET, Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Silicon Valley Business …, TechCrunch, The Loop, Fortune, iDownloadBlog.com, Fone Arena, The Verge, Cult of Mac, New York Times, VentureBeat, Seeking Alpha, MacRumors, Business Insider, and Reuters. Tweets: @marrathon
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Patreon CEO Jack Conte says the company will “press pause” on planned change to service fee for each pledge, set to start Dec. 18, after uproar from creators — Patreon has called off plans to add a service fee to patrons' pledges, a proposed update that angered many users.
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Tweets: @patreon, @tasharobinson, @marc_irl, @realgoinginraw, @starleekine, @moderatelyokcos, @sims, and @mikeyface
| Nate Raymond / Reuters: |
Unsealed court documents show three men have plead guilty to creating the 2016 Mirai botnet that disrupted access to major internet platforms — (Reuters) - A former Rutgers University student and two other men have agreed to plead guilty to computer crimes related to the creation and use …
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| Jason Del Rey / Recode: |
Target says it plans to acquire grocery delivery platform Shipt for $550M in cash and will run it as independent unit; Shipt has 170 staff and has raised $65M — Target will offer same-day delivery from half of its stores by summer. — Another domino just fell in the wake of the Amazon-Whole Foods acquisition.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google says it's bringing Assistant to tablets running Android 6.0+ and phones running Android 5.0+ in US, UK, India, Australia, and elsewhere — The Google Assistant, Google's take on Siri, Cortana and Alexa without the approachable name, has long been available on most modern phones and tablets.
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Google says it's opening an artificial intelligence research center in Beijing, its first in China — Google has officially announced that it is opening an AI center in Beijing, China. — The confirmation comes after months of speculation fueled by a major push to hire AI talent inside the country.
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Tweets: @ebkania, @qingqingparis, and @evawxiao
| Margaret Harding McGill / Politico: |
Sources: FCC CTO Eric Burger, appointed by Ajit Pai, emailed FCC commissioners' offices to express concerns about the consequences of repealing net neutrality — The warning challenges the FCC's official line on the planned repeal of the net neutrality rules, set for a vote Thursday.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon says it has expanded same-day and one-day delivery to 3,000+ new markets across the US, bringing total to 8,000+ — Amazon announced today it has expanded its same-day delivery and one-day shipping service to thousands more markets across the U.S., just in time for last-minute holiday shopping.
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple makes iOS 11.2.1 and tvOS 11.2.1 available, fixing HomeKit vulnerability and restoring remote access for shared users in Homekit — Apple has released iOS 11.2.1 for iPhone and iPad. The software update restores remote access in HomeKit for shared users which was temporarily disabled …
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MacRumors, AppleInsider, iMore, MacRumors, Softpedia News, MacRumors, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Engadget, and Naked Security. Tweets: @fraserspeirs
| Sahil Patel / Digiday: |
Sources: Facebook plans to end program that paid ~300 publishers and other content creators to produce videos for News Feed — Multiple publisher sources said Facebook no longer plans to pay publishers and other video makers to produce videos for the news feed.| Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed: |
How ad networks and publishers are using page redirects and “pop-unders” to create tons of legitimate-looking traffic, a technique commonly found on porn sites — Unscrupulous ad networks and publishers have come up with a way to generate massive amounts of fake traffic and ad impressions.| Kim Willsher / The Guardian: |
French government moves to ban smartphone use in primary, junior, and middle schools, affecting children age 6-15, starting in September 2018 — Pupils, teachers and parents seem less than convinced by measure prohibiting use in primary, junior and middle schools
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TechSpot, ZDNet, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Memo, The Next Web, Telegraph, NPR, Ubergizmo, Sky News, The Times & The Sunday Times, The Verge, and Quartz. Tweets: @lukehashman
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Twitter says Russia-linked accounts spent just $1,031.99 on six Brexit-related ads during regulated campaign period before UK referendum from April to June 2016 — Twitter has disclosed that Russian-backed accounts spent $1,031.99 to buy six Brexit-related ads on its platform during last year's European Union referendum vote.| David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times: |
| Johana Bhuiyan / Recode: |
Uber says its head of driver product, Aaron Schildkrout, is leaving the company after three years, as the firm concludes its 180-day driver improvement campaign — Aaron Schildkrout joined Uber in 2015. — Uber's head of driver product, Aaron Schildkrout, is leaving the company after three years.
Tweets: @ericnewcomer
| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Location-based VR firm Dreamscape Immersive raises $10M more to bring Series B total to $30M; Nickelodeon invests, will let its IP be used in new VR experience — Dreamscape Immersive, the location-based virtual reality (VR) startup headed by Disney and DreamWorks veterans …
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Techstars partners with Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten and its chat app Viber on three-month Asia-based accelerator focused on mobile chat and related areas — Techstars is bringing its global accelerator program to Asia for the first time in partnership with Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten and its chat app Viber.
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