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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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New York Times, Engadget, USA Today, Quartz, TechCrunch, CNNMoney, Business Insider, Mercury News, Axios, Mashable, SludgeFeed, and Investor's Business Daily
Tweets: @om, @kurtwagner8, @recode, @recode, @tangentialism, @jason_kint, @joshconstine, @mattrosoff, @caseynewton, @recode, @sarahfrier, and @caseynewton
| 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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Wired, VentureBeat, The Verge, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, CoinDesk, CNET, CNBC, and CNBC
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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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The Keyword, Google, The Verge, Android Authority, Android Police, 9to5Google, The Verge, CNET, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, XDA Developers, Inquirer, BetaNews, OnePlus Forums, MacRumors, Android Police, TalkAndroid.com, Gizmodo, Softpedia News, The Next Web, TmoNews, Gotta Be Mobile, iDownloadBlog.com, TechSpot, Android Developers Blog, BGR, Android Beat, Android and Me, The Tech Report, Gizmodo, and Engadget. Tweets: @backlon
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
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InfoWorld, Android Police, NDTV Gadgets 360, Phone Scoop, Ars Technica, and XDA Developers
Tweets: @pcmagindia, @jetscott, @gauravgladstone, and @reneritchie
| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
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9to5Google, InfoWorld, and The AI Blog
Tweets: @reza_zadeh, @paulrteich, @ryanshrout, @geoffblaber, and @ryanshrout
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
| 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: @mat and @caseynewton
| Richard Nieva / CNET: |
A look at Google's experimental Duplex tech, demoed at I/O, enabling Assistant to place voice calls for you, make restaurant and barber reservations, more — The conversation seems mundane. At least, at first. — In a building called the Partnerplex on Google's sprawling campus in Mountain View …
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| 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.| 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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The Keyword, Engadget, Droid Life, The Next Web, TalkAndroid.com, CNET, iDownloadBlog.com, and Business Insider
Tweets: @google, @russellholly, @hallstephenj, and @pierce
| Dani Deahl / The Verge: |
Google unveils redesigned Google News, based on its Material Design language, with aim of helping surface stories and supporting publications, rolling out today — Google is giving Google News a refresh that brings all its news products into one experience, the company announced at its annual developer's conference.
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The Keyword, Android Police, 9to5Google, BetaNews, TechCrunch, Droid Life, PCWorld, VentureBeat, Neowin, Good e-Reader, iDownloadBlog.com, BBC, Fast Company, AndroidHeadlines.com, and Engadget
Tweets: @daveyalba, @google, @lanceulanoff, @sundarpichai, @geoffreyfowler, and @cwarzel
| 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, Redmond Pie, Ubergizmo, TechSpot, Softpedia News, Cyberscoop, iLounge, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone Hacks, ZDNet, TechCrunch, and 9to5Mac
| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Google Maps to get AR directions and recommendation features through a “For you” tab, as well as new social features like voting on where to eat, coming summer — Plus, the ability to vote on restaurants with friends — Google showed off new features for Google Maps at I/O today … | Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: |
Equifax finally fully discloses data breach impact in SEC filing: 145.5M SSNs, 99M addresses, 20M phone numbers, 17.6M driver's license numbers, more exposed — 17.6 million driver's license numbers, thousands of ID images stolen in breach. — On May 7, executives of Equifax submitted a …
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U.S. Securities …, TechCrunch, Investor Relations, DataBreaches.net, TechSpot, Washington Post, and Business Insider. Tweets: @drewharwell
| Swapna Krishna / Engadget: |
Nintendo announces its $20/year online service for Switch, lets users back up game data to cloud, gives access to 20 NES games; no plans for a Virtual Console — The announcement of an online service for the Nintendo Switch yesterday raised more questions than answers, it seems.| 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 Next Web, Engadget, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, The Verge, ZDNet, and XDA Developers
| Lauren Goode / Wired: |
Google announces update to Lens, rolling out end of May, focusing on shopping, text-reading, and language support; some handsets will offer Lens from camera app — WHEN GOOGLE FIRST announced Google Lens last year, it was described as a kind of search in reverse.
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The Keyword, Android Authority, The Verge, The Verge, PCWorld, Android Police, Pocket-lint, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Droid Life, Android Central, and 9to5Google. Tweets: @google
| 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 and Android Authority
| Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Google announces it's adding six new voices, both male and female, to Assistant and will add musician John Legend's later this year — Not to be outdone by recent upgrades to Alexa and Siri, Google today announced that it's adding not one, but six new voices to its Assistant offering.
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CNET, CNET, Engadget, TechCrunch, The Next Web, and 9to5Mac
| Dan Mangan / CNBC: |
AT&T confirms it paid Michael Cohen, the Trump lawyer in Stormy Daniels case, in 2017 for “insights” into administration; Daniels lawyer says amount was $200K — - Telecommunications giant AT&T said it has paid President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen for “insights” on the Trump administration.
Tweets: @amy_siskind, @chrislhayes, and @r0wdy_
| 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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SiliconANGLE, Red Hat, TechCrunch, GeekWire, and The Register
| Mitchel Broussard / MacRumors: |
Ring debuts Neighbors app that pulls out local security and crime-prevention features from the Ring app, including feeds of posts shared by nearby Ring owners — Ring today launched a standalone “Neighbors” app on iOS [Direct Link] and Android devices, pulling out the local security …
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Motherboard, Business Wire, Engadget, The Ring Blog, 9to5Mac, and VentureBeat
| Elizabeth Segran / Fast Company: |
Instagram announces new tools for businesses including improved DMs and integrations for booking events with OpenTable, Fandango, Eventbrite, Yelp, others — If you spend as much time on Instagram as I do, you may have run into the following problem: You're scrolling through the app … | Washington Post: |
The White House will host a summit on AI on Thursday, convening executives from Amazon, Facebook, Google, Intel, and 34 other major US companies — The White House on Thursday plans to convene executives from Amazon, Facebook, Google, Intel and 34 other major U.S. companies as it seeks …
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CNBC, MIT Technology Review, The Hill, Business Insider, TechSpot, and Bloomberg. Tweets: @chafkin. Thanks:@tonyromm
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