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Google debuts 5.7" Pixel 4 for $799 and 6.3" Pixel 4 XL for $899 with gesture recognition, two rear cameras including one with a telephoto lens, coming Oct. 24 — The most-leaked phones ever are now official — You've seen them, you've read plenty about them, and now Google's latest smartphones …
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| Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
Pixel 4's dual camera system adds better zoom capability, live-view HDR+ to fine-tune shots, revamped portrait mode, and extends Night Sight to astrophotography — Over the last three years, Google's Pixel phones have earned a well-deserved reputation for photographic strength.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google says the Pixel 4 won't support its Daydream mobile VR platform, which is being phased out as it also stops selling the Daydream viewer — Google's Daydream, Android's built-in virtual reality platform, is as good as dead. Following the company's annual hardware event today …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Interview with Google execs about Project Soli, the tech behind Pixel 4's Motion Sense radar, and why they think gesture-sensing is more than just a gimmick — Why does a phone need radar? — By now, you've heard: the new Google Pixel 4 has a tiny radar chip inside it, which allows you to swipe or wave your hand to do a few things.
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Twitter to restrict user interactions with world leaders' tweets that violate its rules, will let users quote-tweet, but not retweet, like, reply, or share — Twitter said it will restrict how users can interact with tweets from world leaders who break its rules.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
LinkedIn launches Events, a new free tool to plan, announce, and invite people to meetups in the physical world, starting Oct. 17 in English-speaking countries — LinkedIn, the Microsoft-owned social network for the working world with around 650 million users, is known best as a place …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google unveils Pixelbook Go, a Chromebook 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 — It's small, it's cute, it's $650 — For the first time, Google is making a Chromebook that actually approaches a reasonable price … | 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 … | Stephen Nellis / Reuters: |
Intel has agreed to purchase Smart Edge, a software business from Toronto-based Pivot Technology Solutions, for $27M to support its plans for 5G — (Reuters) - Intel Corp (INTC.O) has agreed to purchase a software business from Toronto-based Pivot Technology Solutions Inc (PTG.TO) for $27 million, the U.S. chipmaker said on Tuesday.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Google unveils Nest Wifi Router, which is mesh-capable but lacks Wi-Fi 6, coming in Nov. for $269 for a two pack, and Google Assistant-enabled Nest Wifi Point — If you're in the market for a new router, good news: Google just announced a replacement for its long-in-the-tooth Google Wifi.
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| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Skip, one of the original scooter rental startups SF granted a permit, leaves SF after its permit wasn't renewed, still operates in DC, San Diego, and Austin — The balance of scooter power in SF shifts — San Francisco announced recently that it was expanding its permit program to include Uber's Jump … | BuzzFeed News: |
As Facebook says politicians can lie in ads, so far in October it has banned 160+ ads from Trump, Biden, Warren, Sanders, Steyer for profanity and fake buttons — Last week, Facebook announced that it would allow political candidates to lie in ads posted to its platform …
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| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
Cambridge, UK-based Healx, which aims to use AI to help discover new treatments for rare diseases, raises $56M Series B led by Atomico — Healx, a Cambridge, U.K.-based startup using AI to help discover new treatments for rare diseases, has raised $56 million in Series B funding.Sponsor Posts
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