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Ming-Chi Kuo: updated AirPods with wireless charging support and upgrades to the Bluetooth spec to launch in Q1 2019, an all-new design model coming in Q1 2020 — The AirPods truly-wireless earbuds are on track to be Apple's best growth product for the foreseeable future, according to Ming-Chi Kuo.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to wait until at least 2020 before releasing an iPhone that works with 5G — - Next IPhone won't connect to new faster networks, people say — Apple Inc. plans to hold off until at least 2020 before offering an iPhone that can connect to the next generation … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Amazon is testing its cashierless technology for bigger stores, leading to speculation that it may use it one day for its Whole Foods chain — Online giant tries to overcome challenges caused by retail spaces with higher ceilings, more products — Amazon.com Inc. AMZN .99% …
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| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Samsung and Verizon will partner to release a 5G smartphone using Qualcomm processors in the first half of 2019, plan to show a concept device this week — One of the world's first 5G phones will be coming to the US from Samsung and Verizon. — The two companies on Monday said they plan … | Ian Sample / The Guardian: |
DeepMind's latest AI program AlphaFold wins international competition with its algorithm predicting 3D shapes of proteins, beating 97 entrants — AI program's understanding of proteins could usher in new era of medical progress — Having laid waste to the Atari classics …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft to roll out live captions and subtitles for PowerPoint in early 2019, with support for 12 spoken languages and on-screen display in 60+ languages — Available in early 2019 — Microsoft is adding real-time captions and subtitles to PowerPoint early next year.| Thomas Claburn / The Register: |
Google applied for a patent, rejected by USPTO, allegedly based on research shared with its ATAP group during a visit from an MIT doctoral student — Googlers sought patent on tech described during job chat — Jie Qi, cofounder of edu-tech electronics biz Chibitronics … | Aditi Shah / Reuters: |
Source: ride-hailing startup Grab invests $100M in Indian hotel-booking startup Oyo, as part of SoftBank-led $1B round that had raised $800M earlier — (Reuters) - Singapore-based ride-hailing firm Grab has invested $100 million in Indian hotel-reservations startup OYO, a source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Monday.
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| CNN: |
Canadian activist sues NSO Group, claims its spyware empowered Saudi officials to access WhatsApp messages with Jamal Khashoggi, possibly leading to his killing — London (CNN)In his public writings, Jamal Khashoggi's criticism of Saudi Arabia and its Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was measured.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
TrackR, maker of Bluetooth trackers for physical objects, rebrands as Adero, a system to organise multiple groups of items using three or more smart tags — Earlier this year, we reported that Trackr, a startup that makes a small Bluetooth device that you attached to items like keys to locate … | NASDAQ.com: |
Tencent Music sets its US IPO price range of $13 to $15 per share, aims to raise $1.15B at a valuation of $23.4B at midpoint of the range — Tencent Music Entertainment Group, China's largest online music-streaming service, announced terms for its IPO on Monday.
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| Brian Dowling / Xconomy: |
Aras, which provides product lifecycle management software for large manufacturing companies like Airbus and GE, has raised $70M Series D led by Goldman Sachs — Aras, a “product lifecycle management” software company based in Andover, MA, has raised $70 million in a Series D investment round led by Goldman Sachs.Sponsor Posts
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