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Google consolidates its payment offerings, including Android Pay and Google Wallet, under a single brand: Google Pay — If you've ever paid for groceries with Android Pay, used Chrome to automatically fill in your payment info, or purchased an app on Google Play, then you've already experienced …
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Sources: Telegram to launch Telegram Open Network on new blockchain with native Gram cryptocurrency, ICO pre-sale of $500M, with only real fiat currency buy-ins — Encrypted messaging startup Telegram plans to launch its own blockchain platform and native cryptocurrency, powering payments on its chat app and beyond.
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Apple releases macOS 10.13.2 supplemental update and iOS 11.2.2 with security improvements to Safari and WebKit to mitigate Spectre vulnerability — Apple just released iOS 11.2.2 with some Safari and WebKit improvements to mitigate the Spectre vulnerability. macOS is also receiving an update.
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| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
Facebook says it's sunsetting M as a standalone concierge bot, but its context-based suggestions will live on inside Messenger conversations — Facebook's standalone concierge bot M will soon be no more. — On Jan. 19, Facebook is sunsetting the initial version of M, which has been available in closed beta since fall 2015.
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| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
James Damore, author of controversial diversity memo who was fired by Google, files class action suit claiming it discriminates against white male conservatives — James Damore, a former Google engineer who was fired in August after posting a memo to an internal Google message board arguing …
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
HP, Asus, Acer, and others plan to integrate Alexa into some of their Windows 10 desktops and notebooks this year — Amazon Alexa will soon arrive on Windows PCs, creating new competition for Microsoft's built-in Cortana voice assistant. — Hardware makers HP, ASUS …
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| Sara Salinas / CNBC: |
GoPro issues weak guidance, drops CEO cash compensation to $1, will cut staff by 20%, exit drone business; CEO says he'd consider selling firm; stock down ~15% — GoPro lowered fourth quarter guidance Monday and confirmed layoffs of at least 250 employees. — Shares were halted in premarket trading.
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| Roger McNamee / Washington Monthly: |
Facebook and Google's influence on the US election and Brexit calls for regulations for more transparency, letting users own their data and social graphs, more — An early investor explains why the social media platform's business model is such a threat—and what to do about it.
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Facebook has signed a multi-year, multi-territory licensing deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing, allowing users to upload and share media from the catalog — Sony/ATV Music Publishing and Facebook on Monday announced the signing of a licensing agreement. — The multi-territory …
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| David Benoit / Wall Street Journal: |
Two Apple investors, who hold ~$2B in stock, say Apple should study impact of phone overuse on kids' mental health, offer parents better tools to manage use — Two activist shareholders want Apple to develop tools and research effects on young people of smartphone overuse and addiction
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| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Nvidia says its new Xavier SoC can process Level 5 self-driving data, powers its Drive IX vehicle safety and convenience and Drive AR infotainment UX platforms — Nvidia unveiled the next generation of its autonomous driving stack at CES 2018. — LAS VEGAS — Graphics chip giant Nvidia …
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Nvidia partners with Acer, Asus, HP to launch 4K 120Hz 65-inch gaming displays this summer, with its G-Sync tech and Android TV-based Shield platform built in — Nvidia is announcing today that it is going to supersize PC gaming with a new breed of Big Format Gaming Displays — or BFGDs.
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| Valentina Palladino / Ars Technica: |
Garmin launches its first GPS watch to store music, Forerunner 645, with 3.5GB storage that can save ~500 songs, starting at $449 — Ready to hold 500 songs from iHeartRadio, iTunes, and other playlists. … Garmin's Vivoactive 3 provided a solid alternative to the Fitbit Ionic …
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| Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
Intel unveils 8th-gen Intel Core i5 and i7 chips with Radeon RX Vega M Graphics, the first Intel chips with AMD's Radeon graphics — Intel's Performance Numbers — *Disclaimer: All performance numbers in this section are from Intel and have not been independently verified
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