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Twitter says it does not block or remove controversial tweets of world leaders because it would hide important information people should see and debate — There's been a lot of discussion about political figures and world leaders on Twitter, and we want to share our stance.
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Experts: human damage to undersea fiber optic cables would be less severe than military warns; of ~428 cables, one is damaged every couple days, often by nature — IT MIGHT SEEM like nightmare scenario. A terrorist organization or nefarious nation state decides to derail the global internet … | Max Yuryev / AppleInsider: |
iMac Pro (8-core, 32GB RAM): same great screen, RAW video editing is a big plus, awesome space gray color, good value, but no access to RAM, upgrades are costly — Apple's new, high-end iMac Pro packs a ton of power into a svelte, all-in-one desktop machine.| Douglas Busvine / Reuters: |
How infosec researcher Daniel Gruss and his team discovered the Meltdown CPU flaw and developed the KAISER tool to patch Meltdown on Windows, Mac, and Linux — FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Daniel Gruss didn't sleep much the night he hacked his own computer and exposed a flaw in most of the chips …
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| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
Google says Assistant is available on 400M+ devices, while it sold more than one Home every second since Home Mini Oct. launch, which translates to 6M+ speakers — Google Assistant is now available on 400 million devices, including more than 6 million Home smart speakers sold since the Home Mini first became available last October.
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| Theodore Schleifer / Recode: |
Sources: Benchmark, GV sold ~14.5% of their Uber stakes, worth ~$900M, ~$350M respectively; Garrett Camp sold ~15% for ~$400M; Menlo sold ~46%, First Round ~38% — Google Ventures, or GV, also sold several hundred million dollars of stock in the transaction.
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
New US Customs guidelines for border searches of devices still allow search of info stored locally, need “reasonable suspicion” to move info to external devices — The US Customs and Border Protection agency has updated its guidelines for electronic border searches …
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| Steven Millward / Tech in Asia: |
Report: China's tech funding rose to record $58.8B in 2017, up from $56.1B in 2016; logistics and transportation sector raised the highest at $16.8B — China's startups and tech giants pulled in a record US$58.8 billion from investors in 2017, according to the Tech in Asia database.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Web developers and Google's own apps are increasingly diverging from open web ethos by optimizing for Google-developed standards that first ship in Chrome — Chrome-only sites are a problem — Chrome is now the most popular browser across all devices, thanks to Android's popularity …
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As China mulls regulating power-hungry bitcoin mining, some of the biggest miners including Bitmain, BTC.Top, and ViaBTC open facilities in US, Canada, Iceland — Policy makers outlined curbs on mining this week, people say — Canada, Iceland, U.S. are among alternative destinations
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Sources on how Snap's hub-and-spoke org structure, with Evan Spiegel at the center of all decision-making, has employees on edge amid major overhaul of Snapchat — This fall, employees on Snap's product team received a surprising message from CEO Evan Spiegel: stop what you're working on, they were told.
Tweets: @skweird, @harrymccracken, @joshconstine, @caseynewton, and @willoremus
| Daniel Cooper / Engadget: |
What to expect at CES 2018: from energy efficient laptops, high-end TVs, and self-driving car tech to AR/VR gaming, robots, and smart home tech — It's January, which means that Las Vegas, or the bit that pretends not to be Las Vegas for tax reasons, will play host to CES.Sponsor Posts
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