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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google redesigns Wear OS with a Google Assistant feed, one-swipe access to Fit, and revamped notifications — And adding a Google Assistant feed — If you have a newer Wear OS watch, sometime in the coming month, you'll get a software update that will change what happens when you swipe on your watchface.
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Tweets: @tomwarren, @dcseifert, @backlon, and @ow
| Robert Mitchell / Variety: |
Facebook announces the international rollout of Facebook Watch, which first launched in the US a year ago this month, starting on Thursday — Facebook has announced the international rollout of Facebook Watch, its video destination for episodic content, which first launched in the U.S. a year ago this month.| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
Blockchain-based cloud computing project DFINITY raises $102M from Andreessen Horowitz, Polychain Capital, and others — An ambitious blockchain project called Dfinity wants to reinvent computing by replacing large platforms like Amazon Web Services and Salesforce with a cheaper, decentralized alternative.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Sonos says it will open its developer program to all partners on September 6, opening the door to audio notifications and more — The company is opening its developer program to all in September — Alongside the announcement of its brand new Sonos Amp today, Sonos has also revealed an expansion of its developer program.
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| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
Trump's Twitter account unblocks 41 more users after US court ruling in May that said government officials' accounts were public forums, but some remain blocked — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday unblocked some additional Twitter users after a federal judge … | Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Dell unveils its fall line-up of Alexa-ready Inspiron, XPS, and Vostro laptops and 2-in-1s, updated with 8th Gen Intel Core processors — Dell revealed its new line-up of laptops, 2-in-1 laptop-tablet hybrids, and monitors with the latest components from Intel.| Valentina Palladino / Ars Technica: |
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Skagen unveils a minimalist Wear OS-based Falster 2 smartwatch with a heart-rate sensor, GPS, and NFC, available September 12 and priced from $275 — Skagen's Falster has been one of the darlings among Wear OS smartwatches thanks to its posh yet minimalist look, but it was hard to recommend …
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| William Denniss / Google Cloud Blog: |
Google to hand over operational control of the Kubernetes project to its community and donates $9M in Google Cloud credits to Cloud Native Computing Foundation — Product Manager, Google Kubernetes Engine — (GCP). And in that time, Kubernetes has become one of the world’s most popular open-source projects.
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
SurveyMonkey discloses more details about its IPO, says it's seeking to raise up to $100M and had $121.2M revenue in first half of 2018 on a $27.18M net loss — SurveyMonkey, a company with software that companies can use to get input from employees, customers and others … | Jason Del Rey / Recode: |
A look at the recent $100M+ acquisitions of direct-to-consumer startups, including MVMT and Native, that raised little to no venture capital — A new breed of entrepreneurs is creating huge consumer brands — like MVMT and Tuft & Needle — without venture capital, and laughing all the way to the bank.
Tweets: @delrey, @marshallk, @stephennellis, @lorenpadelford, @laurenthomasx3, and @shiraovide
| Catalin Cimpanu / BleepingComputer: |
Reports: data of 130M guests at Chinese company Huazhu Hotels, including booking and personal info like phone numbers and email addresses, sold on the dark web — A hacker is selling the personal details of over 130 million hotel guests for 8 Bitcoin ($56,000) on a Chinese Dark Web forum.
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The Next Web, Bitsonline, South China Morning Post, Security Affairs, Tom's Guide, and TechNode
Tweets: @weldpond and @autumn_good_35
| Jack Ellis / Tech in Asia: |
South Korean blockchain-based PayPal alternative Terra raises $32M seed funding from four top crypto exchanges and others — Mainstream adoption. It's the most significant challenge faced by cryptocurrencies. As cynics are wont to say: It's all very well to have dozens …
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| John Follain / Bloomberg: |
How China is seeking to create a “Greater Bay Area” to compete with Silicon Valley by building a $15B bridge linking Hong Kong, Macau, and Southern China — The completion of one of the world's longest bridges stands as the biggest monument to China's success in reuniting its colonial-era concessions.| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
What to expect from IFA 2018: Sony XZ3, Huawei Mate 20, new smartphones from BlackBerry, HTC, and Nokia, and updated laptops from Dell and Lenovo — Fall is almost here, and it's bringing lots of new gadgets — Aside from CES, IFA is probably the biggest tech show in the world …
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| Sarah Jeong / The Verge: |
An excerpt from Sarah Jeong's book “The Internet of Garbage”, which discusses online harassment as a threat to the useful functions of the internet — Today, The Verge is publishing an interim edition of Sarah Jeong's The Internet of Garbage, a book she first published in 2015 but has since gone out of print.
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Boing Boing. Tweets: @reckless, @tressiemcphd, @yurivictor, @attackerman, @presenteric, and @posty
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Casio debuts the Pro Trek WSD-F30, a rugged Wear OS-powered smartwatch with 1.2" OLED display that has a battery-saving monochrome mode, coming in January 2019 — At IFA 2018 in Berlin, Casio today announced the Pro Trek WSD-F30, the newest entrant in its Pro Trek Smart series.
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| Ellen Pao / Wired: |
CEOs of social media companies should not hide behind “naiveté” and “free speech” as an excuse for letting fake news and harassment flourish on their platforms — IT'S NOT OFTEN you hear some of the richest, most powerful men in the world described as naive, but it's becoming pretty commonplace.
Tweets: @profgalloway, @wired, @ilvestoomas, and @wired
| Daniel Oberhaus / Motherboard: |
Two cryptographers have run a blockchain timestamping hash once a week in the New York Times classified section since 1995 — This really gives a new meaning to the “paper of record”. — The first time I heard about blockchains was at a party where a friend of mine spent the night talking …
Tweets: @tsimonite and @dylanmatt
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Acer launches detachable OJO 500 Windows Mixed Reality headset with built-in speakers, shipping November starting at $399 — Acer announced its latest Windows Mixed Reality headset during a packed press conference at the annual IFA event in Berlin this morning.
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Acer, Engadget, Windows Central, PC Gamer, Digital Trends, Thurrott.com, Engadget, SlashGear, and The Verge
| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Netflix has hired Vernā Myers in the newly-created role of VP, Inclusion Strategy, tasking her with diversifying the company — Netflix has hired Vernā Myers in the newly-created role of vice president, inclusion strategy. — Myers has spent the past two decades at the head … | Dan Primack / Axios: |
Sources: a16z is shifting from multi-sector to specialized funds and plans an early stage $750M fund for consumer and enterprise software startups next year — Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is changing up its fundraising strategy, moving away from multi-stage, multi-sector flagship vehicles … | Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Interview with Google's Ben Poiesz, an Android lead, on how Android Pie's Adaptive Battery and Adaptive Brightness optimize battery life and screen brightness — Long before Google announced the Android Pie name, the company was talking up AI in the latest version of its mobile operating system.
Tweets: @epro
| Kate Clark / TechCrunch: |
Atlanta-based Bark, which uses AI to help parents monitor kids' and teens' online activity, raises $9M Series A led by Signal Peak Ventures — Not to be confused with a dog-walking startup, Bark is a watchdog for kids' and teens' internet security. Today, it announces a $9 million Series …
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