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| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Sources: Facebook appoints CPO Chris Cox to lead Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger apps; CTO Mike Schroepfer to oversee AR/VR, AI, blockchain, more — WhatsApp, Messenger and Facebook's core app are getting new leaders as part of a massive executive reorg.
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| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Sources: Facebook launching new team of fewer than 12 to explore blockchain tech, led by David Marcus and including Instagram's VPs of engineering and product — What is the blockchain? Facebook wants to find out, too. — What is the blockchain? And how should Facebook be using it?
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Walmart agrees to buy a majority stake of about 77% in Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart for ~$16B, says its long-term goal is to see Flipkart publicly listed — - Walmart said on Wednesday that it would acquire an initial stake of roughly 77 percent in Flipkart.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Preview of changes and features coming in Android P: focus on “Digital Well Being” including usage dashboard, visual tweaks, gestures, and deeper AI integration — How the new update could help you use your phone less — This year, Google is doing something different with Android.
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BGR, The Keyword, Android Police, Android Central, International Business Times, The Next Web, SiliconANGLE, ValueWalk, 9to5Google, Android Developers Blog, XDA Developers, Slate, Android Authority, The Verge, OnePlus Forums, TechSpot, Android and Me, TalkAndroid.com, Gotta Be Mobile, The Tech Report, TechCrunch, iDownloadBlog.com, TmoNews, Softpedia News, 9to5Mac, The Verge, Google, and The Verge. Tweets: @backlon
| Andrew Martonik / Android Central: |
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
| Google AI Blog: |
Breakdown of how Google Duplex works, with several audio examples of how the assistant would interact over the phone, handling interruptions, elaborating, more — Posted by Yaniv Leviathan, Principal Engineer and Yossi Matias, Vice President, Engineering, Google
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Tweets: @bridgetcarey, @calbucci, @jamesthomson, and @mat
| Richard Nieva / CNET: |
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Engadget, PCWorld, Washington Post, Tom's Guide, MediaNama, BuzzFeed, CNBC, Refinery29, Google Developers Blog, TechCrunch, Digital Trends, International Business Times, Business Insider, The Keyword, Washington Post, Newser, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check, XDA Developers, Softpedia News, and Cult of Mac. Tweets: @richdemuro
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google adds Smart Compose feature to Gmail, which suggests phrases as you type and lets users autocomplete them by hitting tab, rolling out to all this month — Following a big revamp to Gmail last month, Google is adding a new machine learning feature this month.
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| Dani Deahl / The Verge: |
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Nieman Lab, 9to5Google, TalkAndroid.com, XDA Developers, Droid Life, Good e-Reader, Android Central, BetaNews, TechCrunch, and Mashable. Tweets: @daveyalba
| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Apple starts cracking down on apps that violate its guidelines by sharing location data with third-parties without explicit user consent — Over the last few days, Apple has seemingly started cracking down on applications that share location data with third-parties.
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The Verge, Engadget, VentureBeat, MacRumors, CNET, Inquirer, iPhone Hacks, Ubergizmo, Softpedia News, and Cult of Mac. Tweets: @thomasbcn
| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Glassdoor to be acquired by Japanese HR giant Recruit Holdings for $1.2B, will remain a “distinct and separate part” of Recruit's HR technology business segment — Job review site Glassdoor has agreed to be acquired for $1.2 billion by Japanese HR giant Recruit Holdings Co.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google announces that Chrome OS is getting native Linux app support; preview available on Pixelbook now and coming to more devices soon — Google today announced Chrome OS is getting Linux support. As a result, Chromebooks will soon be able to run Linux apps and execute Linux commands.
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The Keyword, Inquirer, ZDNet, The Next Web, Engadget, Tim Anderson's IT Writing, TechCrunch, BetaNews, Liliputing, SlashGear, Android Authority, XDA Developers, and Android Central
Tweets: @stroughtonsmith and @ihnatko
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple's iOS 11.4, currently in beta, introduces USB Restricted Mode that disables Lightning port after a week of not entering passcode — The iOS 11.4 update, currently being beta tested, includes a USB Restricted Mode that introduces a week-long expiration date on access to the Lightning port …
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ElcomSoft blog, The Next Web, Digital Trends, International Business Times, Inquirer, SlashGear, Engadget, Gizmodo, TechSpot, Redmond Pie, Ubergizmo, Cyberscoop, TechCrunch, and iPhone Hacks. Tweets: @codinghorror
| Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols / ZDNet: |
Microsoft and Red Hat unveil OpenShift on Azure, a jointly managed hybrid cloud service for Kubernetes container management, out in preview in coming months — Microsoft and Red Hat expand their partnership around hybrid cloud, Kubernetes container management, and developer productivity.
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Red Hat, Red Hat, SiliconANGLE, IT Management, Microsoft Azure Cloud …, Microsoft, TechCrunch, CoreOS Blog, The Register, and GeekWire. Tweets: @jwhitehurst
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Waymo to launch a self-driving car hailing service in Phoenix later this year, will partner with multiple companies to expand its autonomous cars to more cities — In a huge surprise, Google invited Waymo CEO John Krafcik on stage at its I/O 2018 developers conference.
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The Next Web, Waymo, SiliconANGLE, MLive.com, Android Authority, The Register, Digital Trends, and Engadget
| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Google debuts ARCore 1.2 with Sceneform SDK, Augmented Images, and Cloud Anchors, which enables collaboration between multiple ARCore device users via the cloud — At the 2018 Google I/O today, Daydream product manager Nathan Martz introduced ARCore 1.2, a new version of the company's …
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9to5Google, The Keyword, 9to5Mac, CNET, SlashGear, Digital Trends, Road to VR, Liliputing, Engadget, TechCrunch, and Android Authority
Tweets: @claybavor and @andrewprojdent
| Thomas Claburn / The Register: |
Windows Notepad to support Unix, Linux, and Mac line endings, available in latest Windows 10 Insider build; behavior can be disabled with registry key change — So happy for you, Microsoft, \r\n — Windows Notepad users, rejoice! Microsoft's text editing app, which has been shipping … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google Photos adds more AI-suggested actions, including colorization tweaks, automatically converting images to PDF, and more; roll out starts this week — Google Photos already makes it easy for users to correct their photos with built-in editing tools and clever, A.I.-powered features …
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