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| Pali Bhat / The Keyword: |
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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| TechCrunch: |
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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Crunchbase News, Cryptovest, Cointelegraph.com News, and Dean Bubley's Disruptive …
Tweets: @joshconstine, @joshconstine, @federicotenga, @udiwertheimer, and @mdudas. Thanks:@crunchboardeu
| Sara Salinas / CNBC: |
GoPro issues weak guidance, confirms plans to cut workforce by 20% or ~250, reduces CEO cash compensation to $1, will exit the drone business; stock down 20%+ — GoPro lowered fourth quarter guidance Monday and confirmed layoffs of at least 250 employees. — Shares were halted in premarket trading.
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Tweets: @alexeheath, @cnbcnow, @alexeheath, @benbajarin, @cnbc, and @cnbctopstories
| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
HP, Asus, Acer, and others plan to integrate Alexa into some of their Windows 10 desktop and notebook PCs 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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Acer, The Verge, TechHive, CNET, The Verge, The Information, Ars Technica, Android Authority, Windows Central, Mehedi Hassan, TechCrunch, ZDNet, VentureBeat, Mashable, Forbes, Windows, Digital Trends, iPhone in Canada Blog, BGR India, On MSFT, and Engadget. Thanks:@taylor_soper
| David Benoit / Wall Street Journal: |
Two Apple investors, which 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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| 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.| 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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What's New, The Official NVIDIA Blog, The ROG Swift PG65 Big …, Acer, PCWorld, NVIDIA Newsroom, Android Authority, The Verge, HP, TechCrunch, Android Police, Tom's Hardware, The Tech Report, Neowin, Android Beat, gHacks Technology News, AnandTech, TechSpot, Engadget, Android Police, Digital Trends, Android Central, The Official NVIDIA Blog, Windows Central, and SlashGear. Tweets: @nvidiageforce
| David Gilbertson / Hacker Noon: |
Developer indicts culture of dependency-laden projects with cautionary tale of an npm package for websites that would scrape and send sensitive user info — The following is a true story. Or maybe it's just based on a true story. Perhaps it's not true at all.
Tweets: @olivier_poitrey, @thejameskyle, and @thomasfuchs
| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
HP announces Spectre x360 15 laptop with 8th generation Intel CPUs and Radeon RX Vega M or Nvidia GeForce MX150 GPUs, starting at $1,370, available on March 18 — You'd be hard pressed to see a big difference between HP's last Spectre x360 15, and the new version of the convertible it's debuting at CES.
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The Verge, Mehedi Hassan, AnandTech, VentureBeat, and Laptop Mag
| Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
Intel officially launches 8th Gen Intel Core with Radeon RX Vega M Graphics, the first Intel chips with AMD's Radeon Graphics — It's here - one of the most unlikely partnerships in the semiconductor industry. Long-time rivals Intel and AMD, battling out of x86 dominance for over 35 years, are now co-conspirators.
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The Verge, AnandTech, Laptop Mag, Patently Apple, Mehedi Hassan, Inquirer, and VentureBeat. Tweets: @tapbot_paul
| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
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Inquirer, VentureBeat, PCWorld, PCWorld, ZDNet, Digital Trends, Laptop Mag, and AnandTech. Tweets: @gordonung
| 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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VentureBeat, The Official NVIDIA Blog, TechCrunch, BGR, SlashGear, TheStreet, The Official NVIDIA Blog, Inquirer, The Verge, and Engadget
Tweets: @patrickmoorhead and @benbajarin
| 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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ZDNet and Digital Trends
| Valentina Palladino / Ars Technica: |
Netatmo debuts Smart Home Bot, a Facebook Messenger chatbot for its own and partner devices like thermostats, cameras, smart lights, and blinds — Voice controls not your thing? No problem. — While voice assistants like Amazon's Alexa and Google's Assistant are taking over the home …
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Belkin starts shipping WeMo HomeKit Bridge hub with Apple HomeKit support, announced 8 months ago, for $40 — Belkin is releasing a new version of its Wemo smart home hub that allows its connected home system to integrate with Apple's HomeKit. The new hub costs $40 and is going on sale today …
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iMore, TechHive, Digital Trends, CNET, MacRumors, Gotta Be Mobile, Zatz Not Funny!, and Ubergizmo
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