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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Google's search app on Android and iOS gets an algorithmic news feed of articles, videos, and other links; feed allows topic follows and other customizations — Searching for relevance — Google today is rolling out its take on the news feed, a personalized stream of articles, videos, and other content.
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Tweets: @google, @tongkl, @reckless, @steverubel, @g_piechota, @chsrbrts, and @tcarmody
| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Apple debuts its Apple Machine Learning Journal for sharing research findings from employees and solicits feedback on the findings — Apple just launched a blog focused on machine learning research papers and sharing the company's findings. The Apple Machine Learning Journal is a bit empty right …
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Tweets: @rsalakhu, @skweird, and @fredericjacobs
| Bloomberg: |
Apple appoints Isabel Ge Mahe, currently VP of wireless technologies, as company's first managing director for Greater China — Wireless technology VP will become MD of greater China unit — China is a major market and also production base for Apple — Apple Inc. has appointed …
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Tweets: @paulmozur and @technology
| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Samsung's Bixby voice assistant is rolling out to all Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus users in the US today — The voice component of Samsung's Bixby assistant has been a long time in coming. The company was quick to boast about its AI helper at the Galaxy S8 launch, but revealed that the signature voice feature …
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| Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
Four Apple contractors, Foxconn, Wistron, Compal Electronics, and Pegatron, accuse Qualcomm of antitrust violations in the US — (Reuters) - iPhone chip supplier Qualcomm Inc faces a fresh set of antitrust allegations from a group of four companies that assemble the iPhone and other products on behalf of Apple Inc.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
NBC News launches “Stay Tuned”, a twice-daily news show on Snapchat, which is aimed at younger viewers who no longer watch traditional TV — NBC News is bringing news broadcasts to Snapchat, the company announced today, with the launch of a twice-daily headline news show it's calling “Stay Tuned.”
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| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Nintendo's Switch Online app, which provides access to voice chat, game invites, and game-specific services, is now available on iOS and Android — After launching the Switch without an online service to speak of, Nintendo has released the iOS and Android app that will be required for much of the system's internet functionality.
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App Store, 9to5Google, Engadget, iMore, BetaNews, Business Insider, The Next Web, CNET, Digital Trends, Gotta Be Mobile, MacRumors, MacStories, International Business Times, Cult of Mac, Neowin, Gematsu, and Kotaku. Tweets: @stroughtonsmith
| Wall Street Journal: |
EU's top court set to decide if Google must apply “right to be forgotten” link removals globally, after French court refers the case — Case could determine whether France can force Google to apply the right to be forgotten across the globe — PARIS—The European Union's top court …
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Reuters, TechCrunch, ZDNet, Search Engine Land, CNET, 9to5Google, Bloomberg, and Seeking Alpha. Tweets: @wsj
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon expands its “Treasure Truck” deals program, where customers pick up items in person from a truck, to all US users in select cities — Amazon's Treasure Truck, the retailer's deal programs that offers discounts on select items paid for online then picked up in person from an actual truck … | Madeline Purdue / USA Today: |
Spurred by Code.org efforts, the number of female students taking AP CS exams grew by over 2X in past year; the number of black and Latino students grew over 3X — Female, black and Latino student participation in Advanced Placement computer science exams has more than doubled in the past year …
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Avast acquires UK-based Piriform, maker of popular system cleaning program CCleaner, says it will continue to offer CCleaner as a standalone product — Security software giant Avast has acquired Piriform, the U.K.-based company behind CCleaner — one of the most popular system cleaners on desktop and mobile.
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| Leon Lazaroff / TheStreet: |
Facebook says it will start testing a subscription service with publishers in October, offering 10 articles free before prompting users to buy subscriptions — Facebook Inc's (FB) Campbell Brown says the world's largest social media platform has heard the cries of news publishers, and it's taking action.
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Marketing Land, International Business Times, Business Insider, SlashGear, CNET, Fortune, TechSpot, TechCrunch, Engadget, VideoInk - Medium, The Verge, and Adweek. Tweets: @leonlazaroff
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