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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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| 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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| 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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Android Police, Google Developers Blog, Mynewsdesk, 9to5Google, VentureBeat, The Verge, The Keyword, The Verge, Engadget, Lenovo Blog, Android Authority, Android Police, Digital Trends, Droid Life, Pocketnow, WRAL TechWire, RAIN News, WebProNews, Android Developers Blog, International Business Times, SlashGear, Android Beat, Android and Me, CNET, PhoneDog.com, Android Police, Engadget, and Gizmodo. Tweets: @abdophoto
| 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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| 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 …
| 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.
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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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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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| 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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| 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 … | Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Data governance startup Collibra raises $58M Series D led by Iconiq and Battery Ventures, a year after its $50M Series C round — Collibra, a company that wants to help firms understand data governance, announced a $58 million Series D funding round today led by Iconiq Capital and Battery Ventures.
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| Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: |
Google to roll out revamped Google Search Console in coming weeks, with new and updated reports including ones to track job postings and status of AMP sites — Google announced today that it will be making the new Google Search Console available to everyone in the coming weeks.| Bloomberg: |
Australia-based graphic design app Canva raises $40M Series C led by Sequoia China, making it Australia's only private tech startup to be valued at $1B+ — Design software developer raises $40 million from backers — Few Australian technology companies have achieved major scale
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Sydney Morning Herald, ABC, Fast Company, Financial Review, TechCrunch, and Mashable
| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
Researcher publishes CoffeeMiner to show how public Wi-Fi users' traffic can be hijacked to mine cryptocurrency, weeks after similar project was spotted in wild — A new attack called CoffeeMiner can exploit public Wi-Fi services to secretly mine cryptocurrencies.
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Mashable, International Business Times, and Help Net Security
| Nicole Lee / Engadget: |
Lenovo unveils Mirage Solo, its first Google WorldSense VR headset with dual mics, 2560x1440 screen, 4GB RAM, Qualcomm 835, ships Q2 for “under $400” — Last year, Google announced that it would be making standalone Daydream headsets with the help of HTC and Lenovo.| 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
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Baidu announces three smart speakers for China running DuerOS 2.0; one has a screen, one is a lamp, and one is a projector — Baidu is one of the biggest web companies in China, so naturally, it's trying to take over the smart assistant market there just as Google and Amazon are in the US.
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