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| 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.| Laura Kate Dale / Kotaku UK: |
EA is testing a multi-device game streaming service, announces Origin Access Premier, a $14.99/mo tier for its subscription program with access to all new games — During EA's E3 press conference today, the company made a pair of small announcement about the future of how you'll be able to play their games.
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| Timothy J. Seppala / Engadget: |
What to expect at the E3 2018 gaming show from Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, Bethesda, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, and others — The Electronics Entertainment Expo is basically New York Fashion Week for the joystick crowd, five days brimming with an overwhelming number of media briefings and new game announcements.| Gethin Chamberlain / The Guardian: |
After China Labor Watch probe, Amazon admits its own audit found many workers at a Foxconn factory that makes Kindles and Echos were hired and paid illegally — US tech giant admits audit of Foxconn factory in Hengyang found irregularities — Amazon has admitted that thousands of agency workers … | 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.| 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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Airbnb Citizen, Engadget, and Fortune
| Alyssa Hertig / CoinDesk: |
51% attacks on small coins like Zencash, Verge become feasible and profitable due to the growth of computing power available for rent for cryptocurrency mining — Monacoin, bitcoin gold, zencash, verge and now, litecoin cash. — At least five cryptocurrencies have recently been hit …
Tweets: @bytecoin_bcn and @el33th4xor
| Nathaniel Meyersohn / CNNMoney: |
Survey: 17% of business school graduates in the US are working in tech, compared to 12% in finance; in 2008, 20% worked in finance while 12% worked in tech — 5 stunning stats on Amazon — Ten years after the financial crisis, Silicon Valley has replaced Wall Street as the place to be.
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| Mark Sullivan / Fast Company: |
Source: Apple Watch to get touch-sensitive solid-state buttons that use Taptic Engine to simulate clicks this or next year, buttons may act as health sensors — The Apple Watch will be getting solid state buttons that don't move up and down but rather sense the touch of a finger …
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Ars Technica, Neowin, Patently Apple, SlashGear, BGR, TechSpot, Mashable, The Verge, iDownloadBlog.com, Fortune, Firstpost, and Engadget
| Financial Times: |
Chainalysis: long-term investors sold ~$30B worth of bitcoins from November to April as ratio of bitcoins held by investors vs traders fell from ~3x to ~1.2x — On the final day in his insurance job last week after 14 years in the sector, Donnie wore a T-shirt emblazoned with a rocket logo …
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| Rollo Romig / The California Sunday Magazine: |
Profile of Indian IT outsourcing giant Infosys, which dominates H-1B visa applications and is facing new challenges amid rising automation and Trump's rhetoric — Indian IT companies keep US businesses running. But is the Indian IT miracle over?
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Marketplace and Longreads
Tweets: @calsunday, @baradwajrangan, @ftrain, @calsunday, @longreads, @pranavdixit, and @vigneshr
| Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic: |
A look at some Instagram “thread” accounts aimed at teens and tweens that have racked up thousands of followers in recent months by offering self-help tips — How does a Google-averse generation figure out how to deal with acne, fake friends, and boy trouble? On Instagram, of course.
Tweets: @elcush
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