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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Police confirm four shot at YouTube's headquarters in San Bruno, three hospitalized, one dead of self-inflicted gunshot wound, suspected shooter was a woman — San Bruno received multiple 911 calls from headquarters, report says — Police have responded to multiple 911 calls at YouTube headquarters in San Bruno, CA.
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Apple hires John Giannandrea, formerly Google's chief of search and AI, to run Apple's machine learning and AI strategy, reporting to Tim Cook — SAN FRANCISCO — Apple has hired Google's chief of search and artificial intelligence, John Giannandrea, a major coup in its bid to catch …
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| Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / ZDNet: |
Dell debuts a new range of lower-priced G Series gaming laptops and refreshes XPS, Alienware, and Inspiron lines, some with new 6-core Intel chips — Dell unveils a huge refresh of the Inspiron PC line, the XPS and Alienware line, and it introduced a new, lower-priced G series gaming laptops.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Overview of gaming laptops using Intel 6-core CPUs, including Samsung Notebook Odyssey Z, Acer Nitro 5, Gigabyte AERO 15/15x, Asus ROG Zephyrus M, Asus ROG G703 — Gaming laptops are getting faster and thinner — Intel unveiled its first Core i9 chip for laptops earlier today …
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| Alex Stamos / Facebook: |
Facebook deletes 70 FB accounts, 138 FB Pages, and 65 Instagram accounts run by Russia's Internet Research Agency this morning, shares samples of IRA content — This morning we removed 70 Facebook and 65 Instagram accounts — as well as 138 Facebook Pages — that were controlled by the Russia-based Internet Research Agency (IRA).
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Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg. Tweets: @alexstamos, @marshallcohen, @joshconstine, @marshallcohen, and @kantrowitz
| Theodore Schleifer / Recode: |
Spotify's direct listing is an inflection point in the push-and-pull power struggle between Silicon Valley and Wall Street — You should care what happens on Tuesday — even if you don't care about Spotify. — Tuesday will be an abnormal day in the history of the IPO. — “Normally, companies ring bells.
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| Forbes: |
36 female VCs launch All Raise, an initiative to increase funding for women from 15% to 25% in 5 years and double the percentage in partner roles in 10 years — AILEEN LEE STARED at the email in her drafts folder for nearly a month, unsure what to do. The summer of 2017 had been brutal for venture capital.
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| Thuy Ong / The Verge: |
Snapchat introduces group video chat for up to 16 people, group audio chat for up to 32 people, and “Mentions” in Stories that allow users to tag friends — You can video chat with up to 16 friends or 32 with just voice — Snapchat is introducing several new features this week …
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| Frank Bajak / Associated Press: |
In letter to Sen. Ron Wyden, DHS acknowledges existence in Washington DC of unauthorized “stingray” devices, used to track cell phones, intercept SMS messages — For the first time, the U.S. government has publicly acknowledged the existence in Washington of what appear …
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Tweets: @kylegriffin1, @dnvolz, @matthew_d_green, and @cfarivar
| Facebook: |
Facebook is rolling out an “About this article” button in the US, showing where an article's been shared, the publisher's Wikipedia entry, and related stories — By Taylor Hughes, Software Engineer; Jeff Smith, Product Designer; and Alex Leavitt, UX Researcher
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| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
HTC Vive Pro review: new head-strap design is very comfortable and high resolution screen is nice, but at $799 without peripherals, it's only for enthusiasts — What if HTC could make the Vive VR headset again, but with better ergonomics, and higher quality screens? That's basically the Vive Pro.
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft acquired enterprise report rendering tech from Forerunner Software; Forerunner says it will support customers through Oct. 2020 — Microsoft has bought Forerunner Software's Mobilizer and Report Viewer products with the intent of improving its client-side report rendering capabilities.
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| Sarah Frier / Bloomberg: |
Internal Facebook white paper says Trump campaign spent $44M on FB ads while Clinton team spent $28M from June-November 2016; Trump team ran 5.9M ad versions — The president's ad campaign was 'more complex than Clinton's' — Trump focused on new donors; Clinton on ensuring broad appeal| Sean White / The Mozilla Blog: |
Mozilla says it is building Firefox Reality, a new cross-platform web browser designed from the ground up to work on standalone VR and AR headsets — Today, we primarily access the Internet through our phones, tablets and computers. But how will the world access the web in five years … | Reuters: |
Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook is not planning to extend its compliance with Europe's GDPR law to users globally — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O) Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Tuesday the social network had no immediate plans to apply a strict new European Union law … | Arjun Panchadar / Reuters: |
Apple says men earn 5% more on average than women at its UK operations, including retail, due to more men in senior roles; median gap was 2% in favor of women — (Reuters) - Apple Inc said on Tuesday that men earned 5 percent more on average than women at its UK operations, although the median pay gap was 2 percent in favor of women.
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Facebook Messenger gets support for sending 360-degree photos and HD video — Visuals are the best way to add delightful expression and meaningful emotions to your chats. Earlier this year we shared that the ability to send photos, videos, stickers and GIFs in Messenger is extremely popular …
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| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Intel sells embedded software unit Wind River to TPG for an undisclosed sum, after acquiring the company in 2009 in a deal valued at $884M — Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. Wind River gets more investment and Intel gets more focus. Intel bought Wind River in 2009 in a deal valued at $884 million.
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