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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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USA Today, Quartz, Engadget, New York Times, TechCrunch, CNNMoney, Business Insider, Axios, SludgeFeed, Mashable, Investor's Business Daily, and East Bay Times
Facebook: Mari Smith. Tweets: @caseynewton, @om, @kurtwagner8, @jason_kint, @sarahfrier, @recode, @recode, @tangentialism, @caseynewton, @joshconstine, @recode, and @mattrosoff
| 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, The Verge, Reuters, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, CoinDesk, CNBC, CNET, and CNBC
Facebook: David Marcus and James Spediacci
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| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
| 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, 9to5Google, The Next Web, The Verge, Slate, Google, The Verge, SiliconANGLE, Android Authority, Android Police, The Verge, OnePlus Forums, TmoNews, Gotta Be Mobile, iDownloadBlog.com, TechSpot, TechCrunch, Android Developers Blog, BGR, CNET, TalkAndroid.com, Android Beat, Softpedia News, Android and Me, International Business Times, XDA Developers, Inquirer, BetaNews, MacRumors, Android Police, and Gizmodo. Tweets: @backlon
| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
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Digital Trends, TechCrunch, Android Police, Android Authority, USA Today, 9to5Google, and Gotta Be Mobile. Tweets: @mkbhd
| 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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The Keyword, SiliconANGLE, Wired, MIT Technology Review, CNET, Washington Post, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, eWeek, The Atlantic, SD Times, Android Authority, Tom's Guide, NBC News, Search Engine Land, Google Developers Blog, XDA Developers, New York Magazine, Droid Life, The Verge, Digital Trends, ZDNet, Thurrott.com, Newser, PCWorld, and Pocketables. Tweets: @mat
| 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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9to5Google, Engadget, BuzzFeed, Thurrott.com, Engadget, Reuters, The Keyword, The Verge, TechCrunch, The Register, Associated Press, CNBC, Gizmodo, Digital Trends, MSPoweruser, Softpedia News, Tom's Guide, Washington Post, Business Insider, Refinery29, Android Beat, Cult of Mac, and PCWorld
Tweets: @richdemuro, @nickstatt, @mattk, @chillmage, @chillmage, @chillmage, @chillmage, @mattrosoff, @lexysavvides, @jackiehluo, @cutebleats, @jackiehluo, @sama, and @danqgoo
| 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, Engadget, AppleInsider, CNET, VentureBeat, iDownloadBlog.com, TechCrunch, Redmond Pie, Ubergizmo, Softpedia News, TechSpot, iPhone Hacks, Cyberscoop, iLounge, 9to5Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone in Canada Blog, and ZDNet. Tweets: @codinghorror
| 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, The Next Web, TalkAndroid.com, CNET, iDownloadBlog.com, Business Insider, and Droid Life
| 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, XDA Developers, 9to5Google, TalkAndroid.com, Neowin, Good e-Reader, iDownloadBlog.com, BBC, PCWorld, VentureBeat, and BetaNews
Tweets: @daveyalba and @google
| 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, Android Central, The Verge, XDA Developers, and ZDNet
| 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.| 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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Bloomberg, Recode, Financial Times, Glassdoor Job Search, and Glassdoor Blog. Tweets: @hunterwalk. Thanks:@toddbishop
| 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 …
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The Keyword, MacRumors, Mashable, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, Android Police, TheStreet, TechCrunch, and Droid Life
| 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
| 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.| 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 … | 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, Red Hat, TechCrunch, The Register, and GeekWire
| 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, SiliconANGLE, Investor Relations, DataBreaches.net, TechSpot, and BleepingComputer.com. Tweets: @drewharwell
| 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, TalkAndroid.com, PCWorld, Android Police, Pocket-lint, Droid Life, Android Central, Gizmodo, and TechCrunch. Tweets: @google
| Dan Mangan / CNBC: |
Amid its Time Warner merger, AT&T confirms it paid Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen for “insights” on administration in 2017 — - Telecommunications giant AT&T said it has paid President Donald Trump's personal attorney Michael Cohen for “insights” on the Trump administration.| 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, The Next Web, Engadget, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, and 9to5Google
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