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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Magic Leap headset first look: functional and thoughtfully designed, with some advantages over competitors, but not a radical step forward nor a magical advance — When you write about augmented reality headsets, you're supposed to start by describing something impossible …
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| Scott Stein / CNET: |
Magic Leap's One Creator Edition AR headset launches for select users for $2,295+ online; each device must be set up in person via white glove service Enjoy — The Magic Leap One AR headset is out now for $2,295, but not everywhere — Surprise! But there's a good chance you still may not be able to buy it.
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| Jessi Hempel / Wired: |
Interview with Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz as its AR headset launches, on the company's over-hyped marketing, developing for the headset, and more — Over the past few years, onetime supporters have grown skeptical of Magic Leap's mythical augmented-reality product.
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| Ryan Gallagher / The Intercept: |
Docs show how Google's building its censored search engine for China, codenamed Dragonfly, using subsidiary 265.com to compile a list of sites China's blocking — Google analyzed search terms entered into a Beijing-based website to help develop blacklists for a censored search engine …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
New York City Council votes to cap Uber and Lyft, becoming the first US city to do so, imposing a 12-month freeze on new licenses — New York plans to cap ride-hailing services including Uber and Lyft, becoming the first U.S. city to take such a step.
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| Scott Scrivens / Android Police: |
Images and video of alleged Google Pixel 3 XL production unit leak, showing a large notch on the top of the display and USB-C earbuds in the box — We're now just a couple of months out from the reveal of Google's latest Pixel phones, so we expected that leaks and rumors would start to intensify.
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Tweets: @liliputingnews, @kevinctofel, @ow, and @ronamadeo
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Roku brings The Roku Channel, its free ad-supported streaming video offering, to the web and updates navigation on devices to add Featured Free section — Roku's homepage also expanded to include ‘Featured Free’ content — Roku is today bringing its free, streaming entertainment destination … | Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Roku beats estimates in Q2 with revenues of $156.8M, up from $99.6M in Q2 2017, and net loss of $100K, as platform revenues grow 96% YoY to $90.3M; stock up ~9% — Ad-supported streaming continues to lift Roku's results: The company solidly beat market expectations with its Q2 2018 earnings …
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| Justin Lynch / Fifth Domain: |
DHS official says at BlackHat that DHS-funded researchers found major vulnerabilities in phones sold by all four major US carriers, doesn't list manufacturers — Research funded by the Department of Homeland Security has found a “slew” of vulnerabilities in mobile devices offered …
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Q&A with Patreon CEO Jack Conte and Memberful CEO Drew Strojny on Patreon's acquisition of Memberful, building an SaaS startup, and the history of the companies — Long-time Stratechery members may recall that three years ago — a year into the Daily Update — I ripped …
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| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Apple says iOS' Health Records, which improves patient data portability, now has 75+ different health institutions on board, up from 12, and uses open standards — Apple's initiative to enable iPhone users to securely access and carry their own medical records has continued to expand …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook launches two AR games for Messenger video chat that can be played with up to six people — Facebook is diving deeper into in-house game development with the launch of its own version of Snapchat's multiplayer augmented reality video chat games. Today, Facebook Messenger globally launches …
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The Verge, Facebook, iMore, Engadget, 9to5Mac, KnowTechie, iPhone Hacks, Thurrott.com, Business Insider, iDownloadBlog.com, Neowin, Gamasutra, MSPoweruser, iPhone in Canada Blog, and Digital Trends. Tweets: @gibiz
| Thomas Claburn / The Register: |
Intel says it earned $1B in 2017 from sales of Xeon processors running AI workloads in data centers and provides an update for its data center chip roadmap — Optane DC persistent memory ships to Google, Xeon roadmap, and more revealed — At Intel's Data-Centric Innovation Summit today in Santa Clara … | Karl Bode / Motherboard: |
Study shows how millions of customers in the US with very slow broadband speeds are paying the same price as those with much faster speeds — Most Americans pay roughly the same price for their internet connection, even if their service is painfully slow. — Despite the ample hype …
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Trade group says Verizon lied about its 4G LTE coverage, potentially preventing smaller carriers from obtaining funding to expand in underserved rural areas — “Sham coverage map” could prevent rural carriers from getting network funding. — Verizon “grossly overstated” … | Nicole Nguyen / BuzzFeed News: |
Comcast Xfinity flaws exposed partial home addresses and Social Security numbers of over 26.5M customers; Comcast has patched the vulnerabilities — Comcast Xfinity inadvertently exposed the partial home addresses and social security numbers of more than 26.5 million customers … | Dara Kerr / CNET: |
Uber Eats says it's switching from flat $5 delivery fees to variable fees based on distance, usually between $2 and $8; the new pricing is rolling out today — When you order food with Uber Eats, you pay for a few different line items. — First, there's the cost of the pizza, sushi, ice cream or whatever it is you're ordering.
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Some freelancers say they must agree to opt-in to Upwork's Work Diary feature, which counts keystrokes and takes screenshots, to guarantee payments from clients — “I've never had a client expect to be able to look over my shoulder for every minute of every day," Florin told BuzzFeed News via direct message.
Tweets: @derektmead and @buzzfeednews
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: SoftBank-backed Chinese truck-hailing platform Manbang seeks to raise $1B+ at a $10B valuation, up from April's $6B+ figure — Manbang Group is speaking to U.S.-based mutual funds and late-stage investors as it looks to raise $1 billion — Manbang Group, a Chinese truck-hailing platform … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Snap reports Q2 revenue of $262.3M, up 44% YoY, vs. $249.8M est., and 188M DAUs, up 8% YoY but down from 191M in Q1; stock down 6%+ — The Stories War has officially killed Snapchat's growth. In Q2 2018 earnings today, Snapchat's daily user count shrank 1.5 percent to 188 million this quarter …
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| Troy Wolverton / Business Insider: |
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Apple says Infowars podcast violated company's hate speech guidelines, but implies its app doesn't violate App Store guidelines — Apple will continue to allow the Infowars mobile application in its App Store, the company confirmed to BuzzFeed News on Wednesday, just days … | David French / New York Times: |
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