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Google opens its human-sounding Duplex AI to a small group of “trusted testers” and businesses that have opted in to receiving calls from Duplex — Google is moving ahead with Duplex, the stunningly human-sounding artificial intelligence software behind its new automated system …
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| Sridhar Ramaswamy / The Keyword: |
Google rebrands AdWords as Google Ads, consolidates enterprise tools as Google Marketing Platform, and unifies publisher monetization tools as Google Ad Manager — We launched AdWords nearly 18 years ago with a simple goal—to make it easier for people to connect online with businesses.
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| Tony Romm / Washington Post: |
Sources: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey dined with and consulted Ted Cruz, Mercedes Schlapp, Sean Hannity, and others to assuage complaints of liberal bias — Twitter and Facebook are scrambling to assuage conservative leaders who have sounded alarms — and sought to rile voters … | Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Apple and Samsung settle seven-year long patent fight over copying the iPhone; terms of the settlement were not disclosed — Apple and Samsung have finally put an end to their long-running patent battle whose central question was whether Samsung copied the iPhone.
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| Shruthi Muraleedharan / Facebook: |
Facebook adds a Keyword Snooze button to the News Feed which hides posts containing exact words or phrases for 30 days so users can avoid spoilers — Ever read a spoiler online before you've watched the last episode of the season? Or maybe you waited years for a movie sequel only to have your favorite blogger reveal the ending?
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Sources: Snap to launch a platform later this year to let outside developers create games that can be played in Snapchat — In the past few months, Snap has been lightly dipping its toe into the waters of gaming. Later this year, it's going to take the plunge.
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| Steven Musil / CNET: |
DOJ says first nationwide undercover operation targeting darknet vendors has resulted in arrests of 35 people suspected of selling illicit goods on the darknet — After a yearlong sting operation, US law enforcement officials have arrested 35 people suspected of selling “illicit goods” …
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| Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: |
Lyft has raised $600M in new funding led by existing investor Fidelity at a post-money valuation of $15.1B — Lyft has raised $600 million in new funding led by existing investor Fidelity at a valuation of $15.1 billion post-money, up from $11.7 billion at the previous round.| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon Wear 2500 Platform for kids' smartwatches with a quad-core A7 processor, 4G LTE, and 5MP camera — Qualcomm is betting more kids will soon be sporting smartwatches. — The San Diego chipmaker on Tuesday in Shanghai (Wednesday, China time) …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft launches Azure IoT Edge out of preview, to help users securely deploy Azure services, AI, and custom logic to IoT devices — Microsoft today announced a major update to Azure IoT Edge, its cloud solution for internet of things devices. It's exiting preview and gaining support …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google confirms some Google Home and Chromecast users are experiencing an outage and says it is working on a fix — It's not just Slack, there's a Google Home and Chromecast outage, too. A Google spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch that there's an issue affecting “some” …
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| Antonio Villas-Boas / Business Insider: |
Samsung sends out media invites for Unpacked event on August 9 in New York City where it is expected to announce Galaxy Note 9 — Samsung sent out press invites on Wednesday for its Unpacked event on Thursday, August 9, when the company will most likely announce the successor to the Galaxy Note 8.
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| Mallory Locklear / Engadget: |
Twitter adds support for login verification through physical USB security keys, such as YubiKey, as a part of two-factor authentication process — Twitter announced today that you can now use a USB security key, such as Yubikey, as part of the two-factor authentication process.
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