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Facebook to show more stories from local news sources in News Feed, will identify local publishers by looking at clicks in tight geographic areas — It's the third big change Facebook has announced in the last month. And at least one more is coming. — Facebook says it will bring …
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| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Waymo says it will buy “thousands” more Chrysler Pacifica self-driving minivans from Fiat Chrysler, with the first deliveries starting at the end of 2018 — Google's self-driving unit deepens its partnership with one of Detroit's Big Three — Waymo, the self-driving unit … | Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Google completes its $1.1B HTC deal involving the transfer of 2,000+ engineers and a non-exclusive license for HTC's intellectual property — Google has announced the completion of its $1.1 billion deal to buy a large slice of HTC's hardware business. — The acquisition was announced …
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| Johana Bhuiyan / Recode: |
Indian ride-hailing service Ola, which counts Didi and SoftBank as investors, is launching in Australia; Europe-based Taxify also recently launched in Australia — Ola, which has often touted its home-field advantage over Uber, expects to expand to a number of other countries, as well.
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Sources: Apple to curtail iPhone X production in the first quarter to ~20M handsets, down from ~40M initially planned, due to weak demand — Company will offer its first report on iPhone X sales when it reports earnings Thursday — Apple Inc. AAPL -2.07% is slashing planned production …
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| Colin Campbell / Polygon: |
Microsoft considers buying Electronic Arts says source, as it seeks to increase exclusive games lineup; acquisition rumors also include Valve and PUBG — How can Microsoft match Sony's stellar roster? — Microsoft has given Xbox head Phil Spencer a vote of confidence, promoting him to executive vice president of gaming.
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| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft buys gaming services startup PlayFab to bolster its Azure platform — In the latest chapter of GAFAM's continuing bid to conquer online gaming, Microsoft has acquired PlayFab, which helps game developers launch their titles online more quickly with simplified back-end services.| Alex Sherman / CNBC: |
Sources: Dell considers a sale to VMware, of which it owns 80%, in a reverse merger, which would allow Dell to be traded publicly without formal IPO — - VMware could buy Dell in massive reverse-merger, sources say. Dell currently owns 80 percent of VMware.| Alan Travis / The Guardian: |
UK court of appeal rules mass digital surveillance powers under the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act are unlawful — Appeal ruling means significant parts of 'snooper's charter' legislation must be changed … Appeal court judges have ruled the government's mass digital … | Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
GV leads $25M Series B in Hover, a computer vision startup that allows consumers to easily create 3D models of their homes via a smartphone app — As more and more startups aim to 3D-scan the world, the question of what consumers will actually care about enough to bring into the digital world is a tough one to answer.
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Sources: Apple is delaying some planned iOS features, including improvements to core apps, to next year in order to focus on performance and reliability issues — Apple has shaken up its iOS software plans for 2018, delaying some features to next year in an effort to put more focus …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft Teams gets tighter app integration, revamped command box, slash commands, and a new Store where you can search for apps by name or integration type — Microsoft is doubling down on app support in Microsoft Teams, its chat-based collaboration tool that competes with Facebook's Workplace and Slack.
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| Nick Summers / Engadget: |
UK government will fine companies in “critical industries” up to £17M if they don't have effective cybersecurity measures, in response to 2016 EU NIS directive — The UK government will fine companies in “critical industries” up to £17 million if they have woefully inadequate cybersecurity defences.
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| Evan Ackerman / IEEE Spectrum: |
Researchers train a drone to autonomously fly through city streets by using data collected by cars and bikes; the method could minimize hardware inside drones — Two years ago, roboticists from Davide Scaramuzza's lab at the University of Zurich used a set of pictures taken by cameras mounted … Sponsor Posts
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