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Facebook has had data-sharing partnerships with Huawei, Lenovo, Oppo, and TCL since at least 2010 and will wind down the Huawei deal by the end of the week — Facebook has data-sharing partnerships with at least four Chinese electronics companies, including a manufacturing giant …
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Microsoft announces Windows Collaboration Displays platform for Surface Hub-like displays and Windows 10 IoT Core Services with promised updates for next decade — At Computex 2018 in Taipei, Microsoft announced new Internet of Things (IoT) services and enterprise hardware during a keynote address.| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Amazon's Echo Look, the $200 “style assistant” camera which was invite-only is now available to all customers in the US — It's the same $199.99 price as during the invite period — Amazon's Echo Look camera, which analyzes your clothing style and makes fashionable recommendations …
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Microsoft had to acquire GitHub to attract developers because it lacks a mobile platform with enough users and its cloud strategy hinges on corporate customers — Yesterday saw three developer-related announcements, two from Apple, and one from Microsoft. The former came as part … | Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Motorola unveils modular 6.01-inch Moto Z3 Play with Snapdragon 636, 4GB RAM, dual cameras, and a 3,000mAh battery, arriving this summer for $499 — Photography by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge — Motorola unveiled its Moto Z3 Play today, giving its battery-friendly smartphone line …
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AMD announces Threadripper 2, a CPU for desktops with up to 32-cores based on 12nm process, coming later this year — One of the surprises from AMD's first year of the newest x86 Zen architecture was the launch of the Threadripper platform. Despite the mainstream Ryzen processors already taking …
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Sources: Instagram may soon allow posted videos to be up to an hour long, has talked with content creators and publishers about producing long-form videos — Feature to allow videos of up to an hour in length — Instagram, which allows users to post photos and brief glimpses … | Steven Loeb / VatorNews: |
Cloud file storage startup Qumulo raises $93M Series D led by BlackRock Private Equity Partners — The company has now raised over $230 million as it plans to expand further into Europe — Financial trends and news by Steven Loeb — There's a ton of data being created in everything we do now.
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Apple's Live Listen is coming to AirPods with iOS 12 update, allowing iPhones to be used as a directional mic and audio relayed to a user's AirPods — Apple has one hardware-specific feature planned that wasn't announced at Monday's WWDC keynote. In iOS 12, users will be able to use Live Listen … | Robert Ferris / CNBC: |
General Motors says its hands-free Super Cruise driver assistance system is coming to all Cadillacs by 2020 — - Cadillac will introduce its advanced driver-assistance system on all its vehicles beginning in 2020. — Currently on the marquee sedan, the CT6, the system allows drivers …
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Circle says it is in preliminary talks to obtain a federal banking license and is pursuing registration as a brokerage and trading venue with the SEC — - Crypto venue says it met with OCC to explore banking functions — Venture is still at least months away from seeking a charter| Priya Anand / The Information: |
Source: Uber plans to spend up to $500M on a global marketing campaign this year, as part of an effort to repair the company's image after last year's scandals — Uber plans to spend up to $500 million on a global marketing effort this year, according to a person familiar with the matter.| Jeremy Kahn / Bloomberg: |
Rental property site Spotahome raises $40M Series B led by Kleiner Perkins; founded in 2014, Spotahome has about 50K properties listed in 33 European cities — - Silicon Valley VC Kleiner Perkins leads funding for startup — Company offers software for landlords as well as home listings
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Amazon announces four pre-tested white box PC form factors manufactured by Wistron, Compal, and Quanta as part of its Alexa for PCs ecosystem — Amazon is making it easier for PC manufacturers to integrate Alexa into PCs. The retailer today announced four new pre-tested …
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Uber says it will roll out its on-demand electric bicycle service to Europe, starting in Berlin before the end of the summer — - Berlin to be first city in which bikes can be borrowed — Uber Technologies Inc. announced it would roll out its on-demand electric-bicycle service to Europe …
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At WWDC, Apple takes aim at Facebook with new Safari tracking protections, tools to limit app usage, and enhanced social media tools in iMessages and FaceTime — The iPhone maker is improving its media-sharing capabilities while limiting the social-media company's ability to harvest data
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