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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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| 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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| Alex Sherman / CNBC: |
Sources: GoPro has hired JP Morgan Chase to help it seek a potential sale; GoPro CEO Nick Woodman said he would consider partnership or sale on TV earlier today — GoPro has hired J.P. Morgan Chase to help it seek a potential sale, according to people familiar with the matter.| 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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| 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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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 … | 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 January 19, Facebook is sunsetting the initial version of M, which has been available in closed beta since fall 2015.
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Tweets: @joshconstine, @charlesarthur, and @stevekovach
| 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.| 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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Tweets: @tfadell, @carnage4life, @allazotweets, @dkberman, @stevekopack, @davecbenoit, @janetadamy, and @riskreversal
| 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, NVIDIA Newsroom, PCWorld, The Verge, HP, Geek.com, Droid Life, Android Authority, TechCrunch, Neowin, Android Beat, Android Police, Tom's Hardware, gHacks Technology News, The Tech Report, AnandTech, TechSpot, Engadget, Android Police, Digital Trends, Android Central, The Official NVIDIA Blog, and SlashGear. Tweets: @nvidiageforce
| 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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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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| 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 — 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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