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Live blog of Google's event, where new Pixel phones, a faster Google Assistant, a more affordable Pixelbook, new Pixel Buds, and additional devices are expected — Plus the Pixelbook Go, Nest products, and maybe new earbuds — Google executives will go onstage today to announce the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL smartphones.
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Livestream of the Made by Google event in NYC — Tune in live October 15th at 10am EST to see a few new things Made by Google. #madebygoogle
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| Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: |
Google unveils Pixelbook Go, a laptop with 16:9 13.3" display, a 4K option, Intel CPUs, and up to 256GB SSD; pre-orders open today in US and Canada for $649 — For years, Google has been the driving force behind Chrome OS, making expensive, but visionary hardware to light a fire under other OEMs to compete …
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Google says its Stadia cloud gaming service will launch on November 19 for those who spent $130 on the Founder's Edition package — It streams games to the Pixel 3, Chromecast Ultra, and Chrome web browsers — and likely Pixel 4 — Google's Stadia cloud gaming service is right around the corner …
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| Sandeep Waraich / The Keyword: |
Google unveils truly wireless Pixel Buds, with Adaptive Sound to boost volume as users move into noisy environments, coming next year in the US for $179 — Many of us turn to our phones constantly. On average, people check their smartphones almost 100 times a day, and more than half of those interactions …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
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| Reuters: |
Libra loses Booking Holdings' support, but continues with association draft laws at Geneva meeting, appoints members from a16z, Xapo, PayU, more to its board — LONDON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Backers of Facebook Inc's (FB.O) Libra cryptocurrency project pledged to forge ahead after selecting …
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| Ed Pilkington / The Guardian: |
How AI-powered algorithms are transforming social welfare programs in the US, UK, Australia, and India, while offering victims of errors little recourse — In an exclusive global series, the Guardian lays bare the tech revolution transforming the welfare system worldwide - while penalising the most vulnerable
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| Scott Scrivens / Android Police: |
Google announces Nest Mini, with a near-identical design to previous models, improved audio, and a wall mount option, coming on October 22 for $49 — Photos of Google's Home Mini update leaked out just yesterday, rather dampening the excitement for today's official announcement, but the Nest Mini is now official.
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| Brooks Barnes / New York Times: |
AMC Entertainment to unveil AMC Theaters On Demand, an iTunes-like online video store, in the US, offering ~2,000 films for ~$3-$6 to rent and ~$10-$20 to buy — LOS ANGELES — In a sign of just how much streaming is changing Hollywood, movie fans will soon be able to rent and buy films …
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iMore, Engadget, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Variety, TechSpot, SlashGear, PYMNTS.com, AppleInsider, The Verge, and The Streamable. Tweets: @nytimesbusiness
| Mohit Kumar / The Hacker News: |
A flaw in Sudo, which is installed on almost every Linux OS, could let users run commands as “root” even when they are restricted; patched version now available — Attention Linux Users! — A vulnerability has been discovered in Sudo—one of the most important, powerful …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Smart home startup Level Home emerges from stealth with $71M and unveils $249 Level Lock, which fits onto existing dead bolts on doors to make them smart — As companies like Google, Amazon and Apple hone their strategies to build the brain that helps you use the smart home of the future …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Algolia, which provides search-as-a-service for websites and apps like Twitch and Slack, raises $110M Series C led by Accel, bringing its total raised to $184M — Algolia, one of the group of startups that provides search as a service for websites and apps as an alternative to Google … | Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Microsoft Defender's Tamper Protection antivirus feature hits general availability and will be enabled by default for all users in the coming weeks — Tamper Protection prevents malware from disabling Windows Defender features. — Today, Microsoft announced the general availability … | Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Facebook Portal (2019) review: sleeker design, better Alexa integration, and WhatsApp call capability, but limited streaming services, poor music sound quality — It's a better Portal, but it's still a Portal — Last year, Facebook released the Portal, a smart display that you put … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook should ban political ads and let candidates communicate via their pages since it doesn't need the money and doesn't want to police political speech — Permitting falsehood in political advertising would work if we had a model democracy, but we don't.| Washington Post: |
Docs and interviews show that ~44 US universities work with outside companies to data mine and rank prospective students, including tracking their web activity — Before many schools even look at an application, they comb through prospective students' personal data, such as web-browsing habits and financial history
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Hands-on with Apple's newly-announced Beats Solo Pro headphones, its first on-ears with active noise cancellation and “Hey Siri”, shipping October 30 for $300 — Think of them as the Solo 4 Wireless — Sorry to interrupt, Google, but Apple decided to announce a product …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Mumbai-based CleverTap, which develops cloud-based customer management and engagement tracking tools, raises $35M Series C at a $385M valuation — Mumbai-based CleverTap, which develops cloud-based customer management and engagement tracking tools, today revealed that it recently closed …
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