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| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft Studios creates a new venture The Initiative and buys game studios Undead Labs, Playground Games, Ninja Theory, and Compulsion Games — Microsoft kept the gaming announcements coming at its Xbox E3 press conference where it announced a series of four studio acquisitions meant …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft gaming chief Phil Spencer says the company is building a game streaming network “to unlock console-quality gaming on any device” — Microsoft has been teasing it's working on game streaming from the cloud recently, but today at E3 the company made it official.
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Engadget, CNET, SiliconANGLE, Windows Central, Brad Sams, VentureBeat, PC Gamer, and Polygon
Tweets: @ludwigk and @tomwarren
| Ian Sherr / CNET: |
EA explains how tech advances and users' embrace of subscriptions will soon let it profitably stream games from the cloud to any device you can watch Netflix on — Kyle Fujita is sitting across the room from me playing Titanfall 2. He's running around the popular game's futuristic world and readying himself to gun down enemies.
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| Laura Kate Dale / Kotaku UK: |
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CNET, Polygon, Polygon, Windows Central, Engadget, SlashGear, International Business Times, Digital Trends, Neowin, PC Gamer, Business Wire, VentureBeat, Windows Central, TechRadar.com, games radar, and Neowin
Tweets: @twthereddragon and @twthereddragon
| Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: |
Jarek Duda, inventor of ANS video compression concept, says Google wants to patent his invention; Google says it is patenting specific application of the theory — When Jarek Duda invented an important new compression technique called asymmetric numeral systems (ANS) a few years ago …
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| Gethin Chamberlain / The Guardian: |
After China Labor Watch probe, Amazon admits its own audit found many workers were hired and paid illegally at a Foxconn factory that makes Kindles and Echos — US tech giant admits audit of Foxconn factory in Hengyang found irregularities — Amazon has admitted that thousands of agency workers …
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Engadget, Gizmodo, Fortune, The Guardian, Ubergizmo, China Labor Watch, Good e-Reader, TechSpot, and reddit.com
Tweets: @techworkersco, @ibjiyongi, @lawsofrule, and @craigmod
| Rick Rojas / New York Times: |
Newark opens high-quality feeds from city's surveillance cameras to the public, asks to report suspicious activity; some fear it may help stalkers and burglars — Surveillance cameras monitored by the police have become a ubiquitous presence in many cities. In Newark, anyone with internet access is allowed to watch.
Tweets: @marshallk, @marshallk, @kimzetter, @barryfriedman1, @tomstandage, @meganfrancis, @jswatz, and @nytimes
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Mode, a startup with a new approach to software-defined wide area networks, emerges from stealth and announces a total of $24M in funding led by GV and NEA — Mode, a San Francisco-based startup, came out of stealth today with a new approach to software-defined wide area networks …
Tweets: @gvteam
| Mishaal Rahman / XDA Developers: |
Leaked photos of Google Pixel 3 XL show glass back and display notch, dual front-facing camera sensors, single rear camera, 4GB of RAM, Snapdragon 845 SoC — Late last night, XDA Senior Member meraz9000 blindsided us with real-life pictures of a Google Pixel 3 XL prototype.
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Android Authority, 9to5Google, Thurrott.com, Engadget, BGR, The Verge, CNET, Ars Technica, iPhone Hacks, Inquirer, 9to5Google, CNET, SlashGear, International Business Times, Business Insider, International Business Times, Android Authority, Android Beat, Droid Life, Ubergizmo, and Gizchina.com. Tweets: @johnsboyd
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Austin-based Altr announces it has raised $15M for its blockchain tech that it claims provides ultra-secure data access and storage, after four years in stealth — After four years in stealth, Altr announced today that it has raised $15 million to build software that uses blockchain technology to provide cybersecurity.
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Austin Business Journal and SiliconHills
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Airbnb to pilot new Open Homes program in San Jose, CA that will let residents register as “standby” hosts for emergencies, attend in-person training, more — Airbnb — the travel startup that lets individuals rent out private homes or rooms in private homes to people as an alternative …
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The Verge, Airbnb Citizen, Engadget, and Fortune
| Andrada Fiscutean / ZDNet: |
A behind the scenes look at Russian search giant Yandex's efforts to bring self-driving technology to Moscow's chaotic, snow filled roads — Yandex, Russia's Google, is optimizing its self-driving tech for bad weather and human drivers who bend the rules. — Video: Yandex's autonomous car hits Moscow's streets.| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Agora, a startup that helps developers add voice and video to their apps, adds $30M to its $20M Series B announced in 2015, to fund its global expansion efforts — Agora, a platform that enables developers to add voice and video features to their applications, has announced that it has added …
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