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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, @ow, @dcseifert, and @backlon
| 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: |
Dell announces premium $599 Inspiron Chromebook 14 with 14-inch FHD touchscreen, Core i3 processor, Intel UHD 620 graphics, 4GB of RAM, available October 23 — The Inspiron 7000 and 5000 families get a bunch of premium updates as well. — Dell added a new member to its Inspiron line ahead of IFA 2018.
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| 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.| 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.| 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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| 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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| New York Times: |
Sources: 100+ Facebook employees form an online group to create space for ideological debate after an internal post challenging its “intolerant” liberal culture — SAN FRANCISCO — The post went up quietly on Facebook's internal message board last week.
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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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 … | 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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| Leigh Cuen / CoinDesk: |
Coinbase survey of 675 US students shows 18% own cryptocurrency, and 21 of the top 50 US universities offer a class on blockchain technology or cryptocurrency — University students are clamoring for more courses about cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.
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| 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 … | 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
| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft to add AI-powered audio and video transcription, file recommendations, and content-sharing tools to OneDrive for Business and SharePoint later in 2018 — Microsoft is adding automated audio and video transcription, file recommendations and new content-sharing options to its OneDrive …
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Microsoft 365 Blog, Inquirer, SiliconANGLE, Digital Trends, Softpedia News, VentureBeat, eWeek, TechSpot, Thurrott.com, PCWorld, SlashGear, The Verge, Engadget, Neowin, Windows Central, On MSFT, MSPoweruser, and TechCrunch. Tweets: @tomwarren
| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
New zero-day flaw found in Microsoft Windows task scheduler that can allow a local user to gain system privileges in Windows 10 — Updated: There is no known workaround for the security flaw. — Microsoft has quickly reacted to the disclosure of a previously unknown zero-day vulnerability in the Windows operating system.
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| Ryan Felton / Jalopnik: |
Report: Waymo's autonomous vans struggle to smoothly perform rather mundane driving tasks, often slowing or stopping at odd times, risking fender benders — If the autonomous revolution ever arrives, it's almost certain that self-driving cars will drive with an over-abundance of caution …
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CNBC, Digital Trends, Business Insider, KnowTechie, Investor's Business Daily, Silicon Republic, Mashable, Telegraph, The Information, SiliconANGLE, Boing Boing, BGR, CNET, and SlashGear
Tweets: @amir, @brianmcc, @amir, @edelagrave, @joshuabrustein, @benedictevans, @mattrosoff, and @mattrosoff
| 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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Windows Central, Engadget, Acer, PC Gamer, Engadget, Thurrott.com, Digital Trends, SlashGear, and The Verge
| 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 Group Product Manager on how Android Pie's Adaptive Battery and Adaptive Brightness work to 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
| Lucia Moses / Digiday: |
Publishers are losing a key ally at Facebook as its Head of News Products, Alex Hardiman, is leaving to join The Atlantic as chief business and product officer — One of Facebook's big hires to improve its relations with publishers is leaving for The Atlantic.Sponsor Posts
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