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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft halts AMD Meltdown and Spectre patches after reports of some AMD PCs becoming unbootable after installing recent updates — Microsoft blames AMD's documentation — Microsoft has paused distributing its Meltdown and Spectre security updates for AMD machines after reports of PCs not booting.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft on Spectre updates' speed impact: “single-digit slowdowns” on new PCs, big effect on PCs with Haswell/older chips and servers with I/O-intensive work — It's bad news for older Windows 7 and Windows 8 machines — Microsoft is taking the surprise step of detailing …
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| Alex Heath / Cheddar: |
Sources: Facebook plans to unveil Portal, an Echo Show-like video chat device with a screen and camera, at F8 in May and ship it in second half of 2018 for $499 — Facebook is about to jump into the consumer hardware business in a big way with a video chat device named “Portal,” …
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| Taylor Lorenz / The Daily Beast: |
Leaked Snapchat DAU metrics from April to September 2017 show Snapchat is used mainly as a chat app, with Snap Maps' usage trailing off to ~19M since launch — Snapchat takes its secrecy seriously. Very, very seriously. — Take the case of one former Snapchat employee.
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| Sean O'Kane / The Verge: |
Riding in a self-driving Lyft in Las Vegas is smooth, in-car audio cues and a tablet share information about ride, but human safety driver required for now — The future of Lyft feels a lot like the present — for now — It's not terribly easy to go to a casino in Las Vegas and come …
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| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Ford teams up with Lyft, Domino's, Postmates to pilot autonomous vehicles and will work with Qualcomm on “Transportation Mobility Cloud” initiative — Auto giant is teaming up with Lyft, Domino's, and now Postmates, to deploy autonomous vehicles
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Self-Driven, TechCrunch, TechCrunch, TechCrunch, City of Tomorrow, VentureBeat, Engadget, Self-Driven, and Ubergizmo
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google Assistant is coming to smart speakers from a variety of companies this summer, including speakers with displays from JBL, Lenovo, LG, and Sony — Google Assistant is coming to a ton of speakers, some with their own screens — If Google's gigantic “Hey Google” …
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| Nicole Lee / Engadget: |
Lenovo unveils Mirage Solo, its first Google WorldSense VR headset, which has dual mics, 2560x1440 screen, Snapdragon 835, 4GB RAM, ships Q2 for “under $400” — Last year, Google announced that it would be making standalone Daydream headsets with the help of HTC and Lenovo.
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| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Anker announces Roav Viva, a USB car charger with Alexa enabled via Bluetooth 4.0, available for preorder now in the US on Amazon for $50 — Some automakers are already planning to load their new models with Amazon's famous voice assistant, but you don't need to buy a new car to have Alexa as a road companion.| Zack Whittaker / ZDNet: |
Wi-Fi Alliance unveils WPA3, a new set of security standards to address weak points of open Wi-Fi networks, expects it in devices this year — Finally, a security reprieve for open Wi-Fi hotspot users. — At last, Wi-Fi security — or lack of — is about to get its day in the sun.
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| Corinne Reichert / ZDNet: |
At CES keynote, Intel CEO claims major breakthrough with new 49-qubit quantum computing chip, showcases Loihi “neuromorphic” chip, reveals VR partnerships, more — Intel's CES 2018 keynote focused on its 49-qubit quantum computing chip, VR applications for content …
| Michelle Robbins / Search Engine Land: |
Google announces that Google AMP cache will display publisher URLs and drop the Google AMP URL prefix in search results, starting in the second half of 2018 — Google announced today that it is well on its way to solving one of the most annoying (to publishers) “features” of AMP …
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| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Apple issues statement in response to investors' concern about kids' iPhone addiction, says it will address the issue with enhanced iOS parental controls — Apple has a response of sorts to activist shareholders concerned about kids' addiction to iPhones: Enhanced parental controls are coming to iOS.
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Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, 9to5Mac, Macworld, The Guardian, Fast Company, Ubergizmo, and Ars Technica
| Jimmy Westenberg / Android Authority: |
Danish watch brand Skagen announces Falster, its first touchscreen smartwatch with a minimalist design running Android Wear, launching this month for $275-$295 — Skagen is perhaps most well known for its beautiful analog watches, and over time those watches have been getting smarter.
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The Verge, Android Police, CNET, 9to5Google, Digital Trends, TechCrunch, and Digital Trends. Tweets: @dcseifert
| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
Ripple countersues bank consortium R3, claiming R3's option contract for roughly 10% of the total supply of XRP, now worth ~$12B, was signed in bad faith — In the summer of 2016, Ripple's former CEO Chris Larsen made a fateful decision: he signed a deal with a bank consortium R3 … Thanks:@jeffjohnroberts
| Jeremy Herron / Bloomberg: |
Kodak's stock spiked as much as 77% on its announcement to launch KODAKcoin, “a photocentric cryptocurrency” for better image rights management — Kodak's latest moment has it joining the cryptocurrency frenzy. — Shares in Eastman Kodak Co. jumped as much as 77 percent … | Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
Dell unveils Mobile Connect which lets you handle your smartphone's calls, messages, and more from your laptop, to be preinstalled on many Dell PC lines in 2018 — Having to look at your phone while you're in the middle of writing an important report can be incredibly distracting.
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VentureBeat, PCWorld, Windows Central, Laptop Mag, The Verge, Bloomberg, HotHardware, MSPoweruser, and Liliputing
| Jamie Rigg / Engadget: |
Maker of Blocks modular smartwatch, unveiled at CES in 2015, says it's on track to deliver units to all its Kickstarter backers within the next few months — It's been several years since Blocks had its initial 15 minutes of fame, capturing the internet's attention with the idea of a modular smartwatch.
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Android Police, Digital Trends, and CNET
| Robert Ferris / CNBC: |
Toyota says it will add Amazon Alexa to some Toyota and Lexus models in 2018 and plans to add to other models in 2019 — Toyota said Tuesday it will introduce Amazon Alexa, Amazon's cloud-based voice-assistant, in some Toyota and Lexus vehicles in 2018. — The feature will be available …
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| Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch: |
Samsung unveils Flip, a 55" digital whiteboard with screen-sharing, able to flip between portrait and horizontal positions, available later in Jan. for $2,700 — Digital whiteboards are a curiously popular project for big companies to dabble with lately. It's one of those things companies build …
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| Reuters: |
Trump signs executive order that lets companies more easily build broadband infrastructure on federal land and buildings, in effort to improve rural broadband — U.S. President Donald Trump was expected on Monday to sign an executive order to make it easier for the private sector …
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