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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Google announces $799+ 5.5" Pixel 3 and $899+ 6.3" Pixel 3 XL with slimmed down bezels, wireless charging, dual front cameras, available unlocked or on Verizon — Google just unveiled the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, its latest flagship Android smartphones. There was little left to “unveil” …
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Tweets: @ow, @google, @evanrodgers, @sundarpichai, @rogerwcheng, and @stevekovach
| Nicole Nguyen / BuzzFeed News: |
Google's Pixel 3 and 3 XL has a robot call screener feature called Call Screen that can respond to unknown callers; feature will come to other Pixels “soon” — Today, Google is announcing the latest versions of its flagship phone, the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL, at an event in New York.
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Wired, 9to5Google, Android Police, Thurrott.com, The Next Web, BetaNews, TechCrunch, Engadget, The Verge, Android Authority, and The Verge
Tweets: @wired, @tomwarren, and @willoremus
| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
Google announces Pixel Stand, a wireless charger for the new Pixel devices, available on Google Store for $79 — Google's latest set of Pixel smartphones arrived today with the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL. One of the big new features arriving with these phones is wireless charging …
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Thurrott.com, Android Police, TechCrunch, The Verge, The Next Web, Ars Technica, 9to5Google, Engadget, Android Authority, and The Verge. Tweets: @google
| Bloomberg: |
Yossi Appleboum, a security expert working for a “major” US telco provides docs allegedly showing Supermicro sent it hacked hardware; Supermicro stock down 14%+ — Discovery shows China continues to sabotage critical technology components bound for America
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TechCrunch, The Verge, Axios, Naked Security, Quillette, MacMegasite, diginomica, Nextgov, Inquirer, and Slashdot
Tweets: @micahflee and @johnpaczkowski
| Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: |
Hardware security expert Joe Fitzpatrick, a named source in Bloomberg's China spy chip investigation, casts doubt on the story's accuracy — Security researcher Joe Fitzpatrick, one of the few sources named in Bloomberg Businessweek's bombshell Chinese hack investigation …
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Risky Business, 9to5Mac, Axios, Philip Elmer-DeWitt, Investor's Business Daily, iPhone in Canada Blog, iPhone Hacks, ZDNet, Cult of Mac, and SecurityWeek
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| Financial Times: |
President of Sony confirms that the company is working on a successor to the PlayStation 4, but declined to formally name it the “PlayStation 5” — The president of Sony has confirmed that the company is working on a successor to the PlayStation 4, as speculation intensifies …
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Digital Trends, Eurogamer.net, BBC, IGN, Polygon, iPhone in Canada Blog, CNET, Business Insider, On MSFT, SlashGear, Twinfinite, CNBC, Neowin, Siliconera, UploadVR, Pocket-lint, VG247, GameSpot, KnowTechie, GamesIndustry.biz, The Verge, and Fortune
| Mehedi Hassan / Thurrott.com: |
Google debuts Pixel Slate, a Chrome OS tablet with a 3000×2000 display, 8-16GB of RAM, front and rear cameras, no 3.5mm jack; coming later in 2018 from $599 — Google just took the wraps off a new Chromebook device at its hardware event today. The company is launching its new Pixel Slate …
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Tweets: @tomwarren and @mehedih_
| Cherlynn Low / Engadget: |
Hands-on with Google's Pixel Slate: the $200 keyboard is a must-have, making it $800+ all-in, but has an impressive array of features and is less than iPad Pro — Google is cooking up a new formula for detachables, and it has an intriguing recipe with the new Pixel Slate.| Guilherme Rambo / 9to5Mac: |
Sources: 2018 iPad Pro models to sport thin bezels with no notch, will support Face ID in both portrait and landscape; new Pencil will have proximity pairing — Apple is widely expected to hold an event this month to introduce new 2018 iPad Pro models, new Macs, and more.
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CNET, Ars Technica, MacRumors, InvestorPlace, AppleInsider, VentureBeat, KnowTechie, Pocket-lint, BGR, iDownloadBlog.com, Cult of Mac, Engadget, TechSpot, and Redmond Pie
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google announces 7-inch Home Hub, to compete against Amazon's Echo Show, which comes in four colors, has no camera; pre-order today for $149, ships October 22 — With the Home Mini and Home Max in 2017, Google was able to inundate the market with affordable smart speakers, while offering an audiophile experience for the high-end.
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Tweets: @ow, @pierce, @rogerwcheng, @thurrott, @bdsams, @rogerwcheng, and @jank0
| Ryan Gallagher / The Intercept: |
Transcript of remarks on Dragonfly by Google search chief Ben Gomes to staff seem to contradict Google's claims about limited progress on Chinese search engine — “We have to be focused on what we want to enable,” said Ben Gomes, Google's search engine chief. “And then when the opening happens, we are ready for it.”
Tweets: @freedomofpress, @johnpaczkowski, @kateconger, @jillianiles, @aaschapiro, and @rj_gallagher
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram will use machine learning to scan photos to detect bullying and send them to community moderators for review if needed, rolling out in coming weeks — Instagram and its users do benefit from the app's ownership by Facebook, which invests tons in new artificial intelligence technologies.
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Instagram, Gizmodo, CNET, Android Police, TechSpot, Neowin, KnowTechie, and Wired
Tweets: @joshconstine and @mosseri
| Michelle Castillo / CNBC: |
Sources: some advertisers are moving over half of their budget for Google search to Amazon ads instead, amounting to a shift of hundreds of millions of dollars — - In some cases, brands are moving 50 to 60 percent of their Google Search ad budgets to Amazon, two media agencies noted.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Wunderlist's founders raise $19M Series A for Pitch, a presentation tool they plan to launch by summer 2019 — Microsoft's Powerpoint today has over 1 billion installs, 500 million users, and some 95 percent market share, making it the most ubiquitous presentation software in the world.| Naomi Nix / Bloomberg: |
Google says it has decided not to compete for a DoD cloud contract worth potentially $10B, citing poor bidding process and potential conflict with its AI values — - Company says cloud deal may clash with its values on AI — Google also criticizes plan to pick a single winner among bids
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Tweets: @evansiegfried, @stevesi, @politicalshort, @tomwarren, and @streetwiseprof
| Saheli Roy Choudhury / CNBC: |
Microsoft says it will invest in ride-hailing company Grab as part of a strategic partnership on big data, AI, cloud services, more; the amount is undisclosed — - Tech giant Microsoft said it will invest an undisclosed sum into Singapore-based ride-sharing company Grab as part of a strategic partnership.
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Microsoft, Fortune, GeekWire, Financial Times, Reuters, On MSFT, Engadget, Thurrott.com, PYMNTS.com, MSPoweruser, and Business Insider
Tweets: @sallyshin and @harper
| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
Forbes partners with journalism blockchain network Civil to become the first major media company to experiment with publishing stories to the blockchain — Forbes, the century-old business publisher, is joining forces with Civil, a journalism blockchain network, to become the first major media company … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Google debuts an updated Chromecast with multi-room audio support and support for 1080p streaming at 60fps, available now for $35 — In the years since the first Chromecast hit store shelves in 2013, Google's $35 plug-in streaming dongle has come to dominate the set-top landscape.
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TechCrunch, Android Authority, and The Keyword
| Stephanie Mehta / Fast Company: |
Q&A with Kirsten Green, as her VC firm Forerunner Ventures announces it is raising a new $360M fund, one of the largest raised by a woman-founded venture firm — Kirsten Green, founder and managing partner of Forerunner Ventures, has been an enthusiastic supporter of the direct … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook debuts video chat devices for home: the $199 Portal with a 10" screen and $349 Portal+ with a 15.6" swiveling screen; preorders today, ships November — Facebook's first hardware product combines Alexa (and eventually Google Assistant) with a countertop video chat screen that zooms to always keep you in frame.
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Fortune, USA Today, BuzzFeed News, TechCo, ExtremeTech, The Verge, RAIN News, MarketWatch, InvestorPlace, Naked Security, Silicon Republic, Retail Dive, and The Ringer
Tweets: @facebook, @nivo0o0, @sarahfrier, @sarahfrier, @mattnavarra, @kevinroose, @alexjamesfitz, @chriskeall, @boztank, @sarahfrier, @jank0, @cnet, @danlinden, @robjective, and @alexrkonrad. Thanks:@joshconstine
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
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