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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google launches a redesign for its Assistant app on Android and iOS, including introducing larger visuals and controls for smart home devices — Google today is launching a major visual redesign of its Assistant experience on phones. While the original vision of the Assistant focused mostly on voice … | Rachel England / Engadget: |
Google Assistant adds support for developers to sell digital goods and subscriptions, as well as Google Sign-In, which makes pre-purchase authentication easier — Google has taken steps recently to make its voice-controlled Assistant easier to use, and now it's rolling out features to developers …
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The Keyword, Google Developers Blog, ZDNet, VentureBeat, 9to5Google, Variety, Android Police, and PYMNTS.com
| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
LG V40 ThinQ review: 6.4" QuadHD display, 6GB of RAM, Snapdragon 845, available for preorder now for $900+; five camera system is versatile but not high-quality — The V40 gives you a camera bag full of lenses in one device — All too often, when we evaluate smartphone cameras, we are looking at incremental improvements.
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LG Newsroom, 9to5Google, Engadget, Android Police, Android Authority, 9to5Google, Digital Trends, CNET, VentureBeat, Android Central, Gizmodo, and Android Beat
Tweets: @volokin_project, @rossrubin, @dcseifert, and @dcseifert
| Chris Velazco / Engadget: |
LG announces Watch W7 with a 1.2" display, mechanical hands, Android Wear, Snapdragon 2100 chipset, and a watch-only mode, available Oct. 14 for $449 — Android Wear recently got a substantial overhaul, and now it needs some fancy new hardware to run on. That's where LG's new Watch W7 comes in.
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TechCrunch, The Verge, 9to5Google, PCWorld, Android Authority, Digital Trends, Android and Me, Cult of Mac, GSMArena.com, AndroidHeadlines.com, and Android Central
Tweets: @greengart, @chriswelch, and @dcseifert
| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
Wi-Fi Alliance rebrands 802.11n as Wi-Fi 4, 802.11ac as Wi-Fi 5, and the upcoming 802.11ax as Wi-Fi 6 — Quick quiz: Which is better, 802.11n or 802.11ac? — The answer, if you're familiar with Wi-Fi standards coming from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, is 802.11ac …
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Wi-Fi Alliance, The Verge, ZDNet, VentureBeat, AnandTech, TechCrunch, Redmond Pie, Android Police, PC Gamer, MSPoweruser, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechSpot, Cult of Mac, MacRumors, Ars Technica, Michael Tsai, Inquirer, Digital Trends, FierceWireless, Engadget, Windows Central, 9to5Mac, and Fortune
Tweets: @cnetnews, @darylbaxter, @jbogard, @reckless, and @notpatrick
| Brian Fung / Washington Post: |
US government ran the first nationwide test of its wireless emergency alert system at 2:18PM ET today, with a message going to all US wireless users — Beginning at 2:18 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday, Americans across the country were interrupted by an urgent notification on their cellphones.
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New York Times, Wired, The Verge, Quartz, CNN, The Atlantic, BBC, USA Today, FEMA.gov, Slate, Baltimore Business Journal, Fast Company, GeekWire, CNET, Motherboard, BuzzFeed News, TechSpot, Mashable, Associated Press, The Register, The Hill, TechCrunch, Android Police, 9to5Mac, CNBC, Android Authority, Engadget, Lifehacker, and The Daily Caller
Tweets: @fema, @digiphile, @b_fung, @shanselman, @tom_bergeron, @ryanafournier, @gregmania, @fema, @wired, and @ashleyfeinberg
| Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
Amazon is eliminating monthly bonuses and stock awards for US warehouse workers after raising wage to $15/hour; sources say bonuses could be hundreds per month — - Some long-time workers say the changes make their raises less — Amazon says all workers will see overall compensation increase
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The Verge, The Guardian, CNBC, Yahoo! Finance, Zero Hedge, Fast Company, Fortune, and Boing Boing
Tweets: @coryprovost, @kashanacauley, @ranimolla, @karlbykarlsmith, @rwdsu, and @spettypi
| Ryan Gilliam / Polygon: |
Blizzard co-founder Michael Morhaime steps down as president, will remain an advisor, is succeeded by World of Warcraft executive producer J. Allen Brack — World of Warcraft executive producer J. Allen Brack is new president — Mike Morhaime, co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment …
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Blizzard News, VentureBeat, Business Wire, TechCrunch, Business Insider, CNET, Forbes, IGN, PC Gamer, Gamasutra, and GameSpot
| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Hortonworks and Cloudera announce all-stock merger valuing the new company at $5.2B; the two companies helped commercialize Hadoop open-source big data software — Cloudera stock jumped 17 percent on Wednesday after it announced an all-stock merger of equals with competitor Hortonworks.
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The Register, Business Insider, ZDNet, SiliconANGLE, and Investor's Business Daily
Tweets: @mjasay, @ericjackson, @jordannovet, @alex, and @rhatr
| Karl Bode / Motherboard: |
Report: after years of steady decline, BitTorrent usage is once again growing, thanks to the fragmentation of streaming services with exclusive content — BitTorrent usage has bounced back because there's too many streaming services, and too much exclusive content.
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Sandvine, SiliconANGLE, Engadget, The Next Web, Polygon, SlashGear, IndieWire, TorrentFreak, PR Newswire, and Fortune
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Facebook briefed DHS officials last week and select lawmakers this week about its massive breach to help quell potential backlash in Washington — Social-media company has stepped up its cooperation with Washington as it faces the increasing possibility of more regulation
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TechCrunch, The Hill, Softpedia News, KnowTechie, The Parallax, Threatpost, Lifehacker, Help Net Security, WeLiveSecurity, BBC, BetaNews, Facebook, SecurityWeek, and TechSpot
Tweets: @dnvolz, @dseetharaman, and @itsnicolenguyen
| Sarah Krouse / Wall Street Journal: |
Verizon is transferring IT workers to Infosys as part of a $700M outsourcing agreement and has offered voluntary severance packages to about 44,000 employees — More than a quarter of carrier's workforce affected in effort to cut $10 billion in costs — Verizon Communications Inc.'s VZ .31% offer … | Laura Stevens / Wall Street Journal: |
In cease-and-desist letter, eBay alleges that ~50 Amazon sales representatives worldwide used eBay's messaging system to try and poach sellers from its platform — In a cease-and-desist letter, EBay alleges Amazon sales representatives sent more than 1,000 messages to sellers on its platform
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New York Times, CNBC, The Verge, Bloomberg, InvestorPlace, CNET, GeekWire, The Hill, Engadget, KnowTechie, and Telegraph
Tweets: @shiraovide and @yoda
| Owen Williams / Charged Tech Blog: |
After years of trying, and as Apple increasingly drops the ball, Microsoft's hardware event showed a coherent and appealing lineup of PCs, desktops, and tablets — At a low-key event held in a New York City warehouse, Microsoft unveiled its next iterations in the Surface lineup.
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Windows Blog. Tweets: @ow, @ow, @ow, @ow, @michaelgillett, @brianmcc, @luvsinha, @markhachman, @realmacdan, @nmoneypenny, @panos_panay, @bradchacos, @daniel_rubino, @thurrott, and @thurrott
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook's Marketplace introduces buyer and seller ratings and adds AI-based features to offer price range suggestions and auto-categorize items — Facebook is celebrating the two-year anniversary of its Craigslist competitor, Facebook Marketplace, with the launch of new features powered … | Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Amazon unveils Fire TV stick with 4K, Dolby Atmos, and HDR10+ support, with a new Alexa Voice Remote, for $50, available for preorder now, ships October 31 — After years of offering 4K playback on its higher-end Fire TV devices, Amazon is ready to bring that extra resolution to its most affordable hardware.| Tim Fernholz / Quartz: |
GM and Honda partner to develop autonomous vehicles, with Honda investing $750M in GM's Cruise Automation subsidiary and contributing $2B towards development — Japan is bringing big money to self-driving car partnerships: General Motors has struck a new alliance with Honda to produce …
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Cruise, TechCrunch, Honda Newsroom, CNBC, Axios, Bloomberg, InvestorPlace, Bloomberg, CleanTechnica, Wall Street Journal, TechSpot, Bloomberg, Wired, Engadget, Associated Press, New York Times, The Verge, Ars Technica, and Fortune
Tweets: @cruise, @binarybits, and @binarybits
| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
Four industry groups representing major cable companies and ISPs, like AT&T and Verizon, file suit seeking to block California's mandatory net neutrality rules — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four industry groups representing major internet providers and cable companies filed suit …
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| Samantha Cole / Motherboard: |
Wikipedia editors have voted to classify Breitbart as an unreliable reference for facts and decided that Infowars should be generally prohibited as a source — Alex Jones' InfoWars and the far-right media outlet Breitbart can't be used as a source of fact in Wikipedia articles anymore, “due to its unreliability.”| Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat: |
Freelancing platform Upwork closes up 40% on its first day of trading, with shares reaching $21, raising $187.1M+; the company is now valued at $1.5B — Freelancing platform Upwork's IPO received a hearty welcome on Wall Street as its public debut on the markets capped an unlikely journey …
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Silicon Valley Business …, TechCrunch, and CNBC
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft announces its Windows 10 October 2018 Update is rolling out today, the OS' sixth update so far — Microsoft today announced that the free Windows 10 October 2018 Update is rolling out today. For those keeping track, this update is Windows 10 build 17763 and will bring Windows 10 to version 1809.
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The Verge, Windows Experience Blog, ZDNet, Business Insider, Microsoft Store, The Guardian, PCWorld, Computerworld, BGR, MSPoweruser, Thurrott.com, ITworld.com, Windows Central, BetaNews, TechSpot, CNET, Digital Trends, The Register, Softpedia News, Ars Technica, and Inquirer
Tweets: @steve_msft, @officenews, and @ow
| Daniel Palmer / CoinDesk: |
Report: blockchain and cryptocurrency-focused startups have raised nearly $3.9B through VC investments in the first three quarters of this year, up 280% YoY — As the crypto industry sees a decline in initial coin offerings (ICOs) amid regulatory concerns and major losses across token markets …
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Diar, Bitcoin Magazine, Virtual Mining Bitcoin News, PYMNTS.com, and SludgeFeed. Tweets: @coindesk
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Facebook confirms it recently increased the grace period to reinstate an account a user chooses to terminate from 14 to 30 days — Best to deactivate now if you want your data deleted — Facebook recently extended the deletion grace period for terminating your main account from 14 to 30 days, the company confirmed to The Verge.
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Engadget, VentureBeat, and 9to5Mac
| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
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