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KGI: 3rd-generation Apple Watch will ship this year in LTE and non-LTE models, won't have “obvious change” to form factor, will keep 38mm and 42mm sizes — Reliable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities has released a new forecast on the next generation Apple Watch.
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Google says it will cancel Daily Stormer's domain registration, shortly after site switched from GoDaddy; Zoho also says it'll stop providing services to site — Google has canceled the domain registration for The Daily Stormer, a company spokesperson confirmed Monday.
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| Johana Bhuiyan / Recode: |
In open letter to Uber employees, Benchmark says it warned Kalanick over a month ago it was preparing litigation and hints of damning findings in Holder report — The VC firm sent a letter to Uber employees to explain why it sued Kalanick and the company. — Benchmark Capital sent a letter …
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| Paul Thurrott / Thurrott.com: |
Microsoft memo: Surface Book return rate hit 17% in late-'15; source: Intel was made scapegoat for Surface Book problems, as other OEMs handled Skylake's issues — Thurrott.com has seen an internal Microsoft memo that indicates that the software giant is readying a broader campaign to undercut …
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Swift and LLVM creator Chris Lattner joins Google Brain following his Tesla Autopilot stint — One of the key creators behind Apple programming language Swift, Chris Lattner, is on the move again. After a short six month stay at Tesla, which he joined last year from Apple to act as VP …
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| Dani Deahl / The Verge: |
Pandora names Sling TV founding CEO Roger Lynch as new CEO and president; Snap Inc. chairman Michael Lynton is also joining the Pandora board — Snap Inc. chairman Michael Lynton is also joining the Pandora board — Pandora has announced that Sling TV founding CEO Roger Lynch will join …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
AWS unveils Macie security service, which uses machine learning to classify sensitive info stored on S3 and then monitors access to it — Amazon's AWS cloud computing service hosted its annual NY Summit today and it used the event to launch a new service: Amazon Macie.
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| Ken White / Popehat: |
Dreamhost, after working with DoJ for several months, opposes DoJ request for info on owners and visitors of anti-Trump site, including 1.3M IP addresses — I used to have DreamHost as a webhost. We parted ways, but I always admired and appreciated that they reliably stood up for their customers …
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| Kerry Flynn / Mashable: |
Snapchat debuts Crowd Surf feature, which stitches together Snaps from select live events by syncing audio, to create multi-perspective viewing experiences — Having FOMO about not seeing Lorde at Outside Lands? Well, Snapchat just released a feature that could help alleviate your melodrama.| Ruth David / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Angry Birds maker Rovio is planning an IPO as early as next month that could raise about $400M and value the company at about $2B — Rovio is said to plan a share listing as soon as next month — Games maker is searching for growth after Angry Birds success| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook is rolling out a “Trending News” section in its iOS and Android apps; on iOS, it's accessible via a link from the app's main navigation — Facebook is rolling out a “Trending News” section on mobile that includes its own link in the app's main navigation.| Martin Brinkmann / gHacks Technology News: |
Opera discontinues Opera Max, the data-saving Android app released in 2013, says it had a “substantially different value proposition than our browser products” — Opera Software announced the decision to discontinue Opera Max, an application for Android designed to save bandwidth and improve privacy today.
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