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Apple confirms it has acquired Akonia Holographics, a Colorado-based startup that is making lenses for smart glasses — (Reuters) - Apple Inc has acquired a startup focused on making lenses for augmented reality glasses, the company confirmed on Wednesday, a signal Apple has ambitions …
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| BuzzFeed News: |
Trump tweets video claiming Google didn't promote his State of the Union address on its homepage; Google says it did, confirmed by screenshot posted on Reddit — “Google promoted president Obama's State of the Union on its homepage. When President Trump took office, Google stopped," a video shared by Trump falsely claimed.
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| Kara Swisher / New York Times: |
Trump's accusations against Google, Facebook, and Twitter about limiting conservatives have no merit because those platforms have always amplified his messages — The idea that Google and Twitter are rigging their platforms against him is patently false. — Ms. Swisher covers technology and is a contributing opinion writer.
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Google's Titan Security Key set, including a USB key, a Bluetooth key, and various connectors, is now available to all for $50, shipping immediately — Google's Titan Security Key is finally available to anyone who wants one. The two-factor token went live today in the Google store …
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| Will Oremus / Slate: |
Twitter confirms that it ran a limited test for a feature that recommended accounts to unfollow that users rarely engage with — A well-established feature of Twitter is “Who to Follow.” Drawing on data about what accounts you follow and interact with, Twitter's software automatically recommends …
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Engadget, 9to5Mac, Thurrott.com, Mashable, The Verge, Quartz, CNET, Neowin, Social Media Today, BGR India, Gizmodo, Axios, Telegraph, and Firstpost
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| Joshua Brustein / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Uber has begun engineering its own scooter, a project that is being overseen by Jump Bikes, which Uber acquired in April for more than $100M — The company is playing catch-up in a market already flush with billion-dollar startups. — This spring, Uber moved into a cavernous brick building … | Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Edits made to Mapbox data changed the name of New York City to “Jewtropolis” for 4+ hours, affecting Snap Maps, The Weather Channel, CitiBike, and others — New Yorkers who opened up Snapchat, The Weather Channel, CitiBike or a number of other apps and services this morning found …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Chinese startup Anker unveils a $130 smart speaker and $300 smart vacuum cleaner, both with Alexa integration — An emerging theme of IFA 2018 is smart speakers. Bose announced one (the Bose Home Speaker), followed by Bang & Olufsen (the BeoSound 1 and 2) and Sony (the HT-FZ9).
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| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces a special event on September 12 at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino — It's official: Apple will hold its next big event on September 12. Apple issued media invites with the tagline ‘Gather round’ as a teaser today. While three new flagship iPhones and a redesigned Apple Watch …
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Sony announces 6-inch Xperia XZ3, which is like a larger XZ2 with an OLED display, slightly larger battery, and Android Pie, going on sale in October for $900 — Sony has just taken the wraps off of the Xperia XZ3, its latest flagship smartphone at IFA 2018, And while Sony is positioning …
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| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft says companies with 50+ employees seeking contracts will need to offer 12+ weeks of paid maternity leave, to be phased in over the next 12 months — Companies that provide temporary workers to the software giant will have to offer 12 weeks paid — Companies that want to staff …
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
ZTE unveils its latest flagship, the Axon 9 Pro, with 6.21-inch display, 4,000mAh battery, and Android 8.1 Oreo, available in Europe for €649 from September — ZTE can't resist its notch envy. The company introduced its newest flagship phone — the Axon 9 Pro — at IFA in Berlin today …
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| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
US Court of Appeals upholds lower court ruling that an IP address is not enough evidence to tie copyright infringement to an individual — Tons of copyright lawsuits (and even more copyright trolling shakedowns that never even reach court) are based on one single bit of data: the IP address.
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TechSpot, TorrentFreak, and TechNadu
| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Garmin unveils Vivosmart 4 activity tracker with advanced sleep tracking via a pulse oxygen sensor, available now starting at $129 — Garmin has launched the latest version of Vivosmart, and based on its features, the wearable is meant to be a direct competitor to Fitbit's Charge 3.
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TechCrunch, Android Authority, Macworld, Digital Trends, ZDNet, Ars Technica, and Gizmodo
| 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 — Kubernetes, the container orchestrator created and open-sourced here at Google, has experienced incredible development and adoption since it was introduced in 2014.
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9to5Google, Cloud Native Computing …, Neowin, Cloud Native Computing …, The Linux Foundation, The Register, TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, and ZDNet. Tweets: @googlecloud
| Andrew Liptak / The Verge: |
DC Universe streaming service will launch on September 15 for $7.99 a month, or $74.99 for 15 months, as the first three months are free — DC Universe's first show Titans will premiere on October 3rd — DC Universe introduced its upcoming video service to viewers in a live stream hosted … | Heather Murphy / New York Times: |
Profile of Barbara Rae-Venter, a former attorney who helped police uncover the Golden State Killer's identity by sleuthing DNA data from online testing sites — Barbara Rae-Venter's genealogical sleuthing acumen has inspired others to help law enforcement with unsolved cases, as well as an ethics and privacy debate.
Tweets: @nytimes, @grrlscientist, and @michaelroston
| David Meyer / ZDNet: |
Telegram publishes a new privacy policy, says it may comply with court orders to disclose IP addresses and phone numbers of terror suspects — Under Telegram's new privacy policy, it could hand over user IP and phone details given the right court order. — On Tuesday, Russian communication …
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Radio Free Europe/Radio …, The Next Web, Firstpost, The Star Online, and Meduza.io. Tweets: @christopherjm
| Will Sommer / The Daily Beast: |
A look at Liker, a social networking site from the founder of Occupy Democrats Facebook page, which is now filled with inaccurate claims about Trump — The founder of Facebook's Occupy Democrats page has launched a new social-media front in the battle against President Trump.| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Instacart signs a deal with Kroger to expand to additional 75 markets, making it available to 70% of all US households after expansion is completed in October — Toward the end of 2017, Instacart penned a partnership with one of the country's biggest grocery retailers, Kroger.
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Q&A with five experts on whether it is time to regulate facial recognition technology and its usage by police, and what needs to be done to overcome racial bias — Facial recognition is everywhere — airports, police stations, and built into the largest cloud platforms in the world … Sponsor Posts
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