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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Apple unveils 16" MacBook Pro with better speakers, 512GB base storage, and new keyboard with scissor switches, available for pre-order now starting at $2,399 — Apple has launched a new 16-inch MacBook Pro today, available for pre-order now and in stores later this week.
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| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
Phil Schiller says kids with Chromebooks are “not going to succeed” because Apple makes “cutting-edge learning tools” and Chromebooks are only good for testing — Apple's marketing chief shares his thoughts on butterfly vs. scissor keyboards and whether …
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| John Gruber / Daring Fireball: |
16" MacBook Pro first hands-on: while the keyboard's “de-Jony-Ive-ification” is good, we shouldn't be celebrating the return of features we shouldn't have lost — Apple today is releasing its much-rumored new 16-inch MacBook Pro. — It is full of good news.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Following the introduction of the 16-inch MacBook Pro, Apple is discontinuing the 15-inch model, which was refreshed in May 2019 — Goodbye to the classic screen size — The arrival of Apple's new 16-inch MacBook Pro comes with an unexpected twist: the classic 15-inch model is being phased out entirely.| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Report: Google is planning to offer checking accounts to users, in partnership with banks and credit unions, starting as early as next year — Google is the latest big tech company to make a move into banking and personal financial services: The company is gearing up to offer checking accounts to consumers …
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Disney says Disney+ has seen 10M signups since launching on Tuesday — Disney's new streaming service has already seen 10 million sign-ups since launching Tuesday, the company announced Wednesday. — Disney's stock was up slightly on the news. Netflix shares were down 1%.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Docker restructures, raises $35M from Benchmark and Insight Partners, sells its Docker Enterprise business, team, and IP to Mirantis — Mirantis today announced that it has acquired Docker's Enterprise business and team. Docker Enterprise was very much the heart of Docker's product lineup …
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Facebook says requests from governments for user data in H1 2019 were up 16% over H2 2018 to 128,617, the highest on record, led by 50,741 demands from the US — Facebook's latest transparency report is out. — The social media giant said the number of government demands for user data increased …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
GitHub announces improvements to code search and notifications and unveils its first native mobile app, available in beta for iOS, with Android app coming soon — At its annual Universe conference today, Microsoft -owned GitHub announced a couple of new products, as well as the general availability …
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| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
Oculus CTO John Carmack says he is stepping down but will remain as a “consulting CTO”, will work on an artificial general intelligence, as a personal project — One of the driving forces behind Facebook's virtual reality efforts is leaving his post: Oculus CTO John Carmack …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft says Executive VP Harry Shum, who oversaw AI and Research, is leaving in February 2020, with CTO Kevin Scott taking over his responsibilities — Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott is going to be heading up Microsoft's combined AI and Research Group, effective immediately.
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| Ashlee Vance / Bloomberg: |
Inside the Arctic World Archive, where GitHub will store 200 “platters”, each with 120GB of open source software on them, to prevent loss of the software — The last stop for civilization before the North Pole is Svalbard, an archipelago north of mainland Norway along the 80th parallel.
Tweets: @silviakillings, @sophaskins, @silviakillings, @martenmickos, @valleyhack, @valleyhack, and @rezendi
| Financial Times: |
Popular health websites in UK are sharing sensitive user data with dozens of companies including Google and Facebook along with data-brokers and adtech firms — Some of the UK's most popular health websites are sharing people's sensitive data — including medical symptoms, diagnoses …
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Tweets: @financialtimes, @jolyonmaugham, @missig_geek, @carolecadwalla, @ukskies, @aaschapiro, and @stilldelvingh
| Bloomberg: |
Nike will stop selling its sneakers and apparel directly on Amazon, ending a pilot program that began in 2017 — - Move follows naming of ex-EBay CEO as Nike's next chief — Nike Inc. is breaking up with Amazon.com Inc. — The athletic brand will stop selling its sneakers …
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Tweets: @jrichlive, @novy_williams, @shopify, @leshann, @inc, @laurenthomas, @kknapp, @tomfgoodwin, @unsuckebay, and @scottkilmartin
| Candy Cheng / Bloomberg: |
Source: DoorDash is raising $100M at a ~$13B valuation from T. Rowe Price Group and others — DoorDash Inc.'s $2 billion war chest is getting even bigger. The food delivery startup, backed by the likes of SoftBank Group Corp. and Sequoia Capital, is receiving a new cash infusion of $100 million …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Canalys: global smart speaker shipments reached 28.6M, up 44% YoY, in Q3 2019 as Amazon shipped 10.4M units, up 66% YoY, and Google shipped 3.5M, down 40% YoY — The global smart speaker market is on the upswing, according to Canalys, which today released shipment estimates for the most recent fiscal quarter.| Sheridan Prasso / Bloomberg: |
Investigation into Huawei's Safe City program, which pairs cameras with analysis software in 50+ countries, shows Huawei has overstated drops in crime — Islamabad's Emergency Command Center, located in a blast-resistant building on a highway outside Pakistan's capital, has a video wall with 72 screens for 1,950 surveillance cameras.
Tweets: @bw, @hillmanje, and @sheridanasia
| Alex Wilhelm / Crunchbase News: |
New York-based Hive, which develops a productivity platform for workers, raises $10.6M Series A led by Comcast Ventures — Yesterday, Hive announced a $10.6 million Series A round of capital, led by Comcast Ventures. The new round was larger than all the capital that Hive …
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| Aliya Chaudhry / The Verge: |
Privacy-focused open source browser Brave officially launches version 1.0, available on all major platforms — And it has a plan to pay users and publishers for ads — Today marks the official launch of Brave 1.0, a free open-source browser. The beta version has already drawn 8 million monthly users …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Interview with Boston Dynamics CEO Marc Raibert about Spot, Handle, and Atlas, three of the company's robots, as well as AI, viral promotional videos, and more — Before the marketing departments of the world got ahold of “artificial intelligence,” the term used to bring to mind some sort of robot.
Tweets: @jjvincent and @epro
| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Freshworks, which offers a range of customer support and sales software, raises $150M Series H led by CapitalG, Sequoia Capital, and Accel at a $3.5B valuation — Freshworks, a company that provides customer service software and automation tools for businesses, has confirmed …
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| George Gene Gustines / New York Times: |
An in-depth look at how technology has changed the production and distribution of comics, opening up new opportunities while presenting unexpected challenges — The industry has evolved from pencils and inks to computers and tablets. — This article is part of our continuing Fast Forward series …
Tweets: @nytimesarts, @georgegustines, and @bradmeltzer
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