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| Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
FCC votes to dismantle Obama administration's net neutrality rules in a 3-2 vote; Ajit Pai says rollback is “helping consumers and promoting competition” — WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission voted on Thursday to dismantle landmark rules regulating the businesses …
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| Tony Romm / Recode: |
A coalition of state attorneys general, led by the New York AG, pledge to sue the FCC for repealing net neutrality rules — States like Washington and New York are gearing up to fight the FCC's recent repeal — The United States is about to go to war with itself over net neutrality.
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
The inability of Ajit Pai and Republican FCC commissioners to make a fact-based case for repeal of popular net neutrality rules will be a problem for GOP — Killing net neutrality isn't just bad policy, it's bad politics — Well, it happened. — Republican Ajit Pai's FCC voted 3-2 …
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| Ben Fox Rubin / CNET: |
Amazon says it will start selling Apple TV and Google Chromecast again, two years after removing them — Amazon said Thursday that it will again be selling Apple TV and Google Chromecast devices, two video-streaming gadgets the e-commerce giant removed from its site two years ago and that compete with its own Fire TV products.
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| Sarah Knapton / Telegraph: |
Google AI team helps NASA identify a new planet in the Kepler-90 star system, found with the aid of a neural network using data from the Kepler Space Telescope — Google has previously discovered lost tribes, missing ships and even an forgotten forest. But now it has also found two entire planets.
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| Paresh Dave / Reuters: |
Alphabet's X inks deal with the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh to install 2,000 boxes that provide high-speed wireless internet using light beams — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's X research division said on Thursday that India's Andhra Pradesh state government would buy …
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| Jim Finkle / Reuters: |
“Triton” malware, likely the work of a nation-state, found in Schneider Electric industrial safety systems often used in nuclear, oil and gas plants — (Reuters) - Hackers likely working for a nation-state recently invaded the safety system of a critical infrastructure facility …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Samsung plans to launch a smart speaker for ~$200, running Bixby and focusing on audio quality and connected device management, in first half of 2018 — Company considering undercutting Apple with price around $200 — Speaker to run Bixby and focus on sound quality, home devices
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Apple begins selling its own Thunderbolt 3 USB-C to USB-C cable, with transfer speeds of up to 40 Gbps, for $39 — Why aren't these the standard ones, again? — It's taken a while, but Apple is finally selling its own Thunderbolt 3 USB-C cables in the Apple Store.
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Shervin Pishevar says he has resigned from Sherpa Capital effective immediately — Venture capitalist Shervin Pishevar has left Sherpa Ventures, the San Francisco-based firm he co-founded in 2013, following multiple allegations of sexual harassment. He has denied all of the claims …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple launches its podcast analytics service in beta, which only tracks data from iOS 11 and iTunes 12.7 users — At WWDC this year, Apple announced it would soon offer its own podcast analytics service for show creators who publish on Apple Podcasts. Today, that service has launched into beta …
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| Jason Koebler / Motherboard: |
Motherboard and Vice to build and document a Brooklyn community internet that will connect to NYC mesh network and will not rely on a traditional ISP — The net neutrality battle has been exhausting. It has come at enormous cost in time, energy, attention, and money.| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Canary and Canary Flex cameras will be updated to add AI-powered person detection and more AI features in coming months — More AI-powered features are coming soon — Both the Canary and Canary Flex home security cameras are being updated with a new, AI-driven feature today: person detection.
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The Canary Blog, SlashGear, and Engadget
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook confirms it will stop subsidies for Facebook Live publishers, encouraging them to use mid-roll ads, and says pre-roll ads are coming to Watch — Everyone's least favorite ads are coming to Facebook, but six-second pre-rolls will only appear on original Watch tab videos you purposefully view and not in the News Feed.| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple confirms iMac Pro's custom T2 chip integrates previously separate components like SSD controller, secure enclave, and image signal processor — Apple today confirmed the iMac Pro is equipped with its custom T2 chip for enhanced security and integration.
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Indonesia's ride-hailing service Go-Jek has acquired offline payment firm Kartuku, payment gateway Midtrans, and payment and lending network Mapan — Go-Jek, the company leading Uber and Grab in Southeast Asia's largest market, has bagged a hattrick of deals to advance its mobile payment strategy.| Richard Gao / Android Police: |
Essential Phone's camera app has been downloaded ~50K times, according to Google Play, suggesting sales have been weak — By now, it should be apparent that the Essential Phone hasn't sold in the numbers that Andy Rubin and co. had thought it would. Having started at an MSRP of $699 …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google updates Google Flights, Google Trips, and its hotel search service with price tracking, rolling out globally today — Google today is expanding its booking features for travelers using Google services including Trips, Flights and hotel search, with a focus on helping people find better rates.Sponsor Posts
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