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Sources: Apple is working on a rear-facing 3D sensor for 2019 iPhone to improve AR capabilities — Apple looking at different technology from iPhone X's Face ID — New 3-D sensor would improve augmented-reality features — Apple Inc. is working on a rear-facing 3-D sensor system …
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Mozilla releases Firefox 57 “Quantum” browser with faster browser engine, major visual overhaul, and Google as default search engine — Mozilla today launched Firefox 57, branded Firefox Quantum, for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS. The new version, which Mozilla calls …
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US ITC says it has launched a probe into allegations of patent infringement by Apple on various devices including Macs, iPhones, iPads, iPods, and Apple TVs — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. International Trade Commission said on Tuesday it had launched an investigation into allegations …
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YouTube partners with Ticketmaster to sell concert tickets on artists' video pages, launching today in the US — YouTube today announced a partnership with Ticketmaster that will see the Google-owned video network connecting fans with concert tickets and tour information directly on artists' YouTube video pages.| Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Twitter launches premium APIs, starting with historical search, to give developers more tweets per request, higher rate limits, and more complex queries — Twitter is offering a solution for developers who are angry about limitations imposed on their apps when they use the service's free APIs.
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Report: governments in 30 countries manipulated social media to counter critics, drive specific agendas, more; elections in 18 countries may have been affected — Key Findings Online manipulation and disinformation tactics played an important role in elections in at least 18 countries over the past year, including the United States.| Google Devs / Google Developers Blog: |
Google announces TensorFlow Lite to enable fast inference of machine learning models on mobile and embedded devices, now in developer preview — Today, we're happy to announce the developer preview of TensorFlow Lite, TensorFlow's lightweight solution for mobile and embedded devices!
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Proposed Senate tax plan won't impede incumbent companies but would severely handicap startups moving forward, which may explain lack of pushback from big firms — There was an interesting line of commentary around the news that Stitch Fix, the personalized clothing e-commerce company, was going to IPO: these numbers are incredible!| Catalin Cimpanu / BleepingComputer.com: |
All major browsers now support the WebAssembly standard, the binary format for the web introduced in 2015 — It took only two years for all browser vendors to get on the same page regarding the new WebAssembly standard, and as of October 2017, all major browsers support it.| Clare O'Connor / Forbes: |
Profile of Whitney Wolfe Herd, CEO of Bumble, the women-first dating app with $100M/year sales that, sources say, is talking to Match Group about a $1B+ buyout — When Whitney Wolfe Herd started planning an October launch party for a new product at Bumble, America's fastest-growing dating-app company … | Canalys: |
Canalys: Apple retook top spot in wearable band market in Q3 2017 with 3.9M shipments, or 23% of the market; Xiaomi came second with 21%, Fitbit third with 20% — Palo Alto, Shanghai, Singapore and Reading (UK) - Tuesday, 14 November 2017 — Apple retook the lead in the wearable band market in Q3 2017 … | Sarah Buhr / TechCrunch: |
UCSF and Cardiogram study: Apple Watch can detect hypertension with 82% accuracy and sleep apnea with 90% accuracy using Cardiogram's deep neural network — A new study out from health startup Cardiogram and the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) suggests wearables like the Apple Watch …
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Cardiogram, 9to5Mac, SiliconBeat, Gizmodo, iDownloadBlog.com, Circulation, The Loop, Cult of Mac, AppAdvice.com, Wired, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Cardiogram, iPhone in Canada Blog, and Ubergizmo. Tweets: @vijaypande
| Nathan McAlone / Business Insider: |
A&E, Scripps, Discovery, AMC, and Viacom invest $25M in Philo, a new streaming service with programming from 35+ cable TV channels and 30-day DVR, for $16/month — - Philo has launched a $16-a-month internet TV package with programming partners like A+E, AMC, Discovery, Scripps, and Viacom.| Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal: |
Profile of US deputy CTO Michael Kratsios, who comes from Thiel-founded VC firm and oversees ~45 staff of director-less Office of Science and Technology Policy — Tech adviser Michael Kratsios is working on a policy agenda, but he needs some of the president's staunchest critics to cooperate| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
Cloudflare acquires Neumob to boost mobile app speeds and enable end-to-end optimization across desktop and mobile — It is hoped the buyout will boost Cloudflare's network. — Cloudflare has acquired Neumob in a deal designed to speed up app requests flowing through the firm's network.
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Cloudflare Blog, TechCrunch, SecurityWeek, SiliconANGLE, and VentureBeat
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
UK plans $80M in tech initiatives, doubles tech visas to 2,000 to shore up support amid Brexit anxiety — While the UK continues to try to find solid ground to begin its contentious Brexit negotiations, the government has launched several initiatives to try to shore up support to (and from) the country's technology industry.
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Journalists at news orgs partnering with Facebook say its fact-checking tools have failed, and it hasn't disclosed enough data on efforts to curb misinformation — Journalists fighting spread of fake news raise concerns over possible conflicts of interest and say site has refused to disclose needed data| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
HTC and Google cancel plans for the HTC Daydream VR standalone headset in western markets; Google says plans are still in place for a Lenovo Daydream headset — One of the only questions I've asked HTC VR execs consistently over the past several months is whether the Daydream version …
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The Verge, SiliconANGLE, Tom's Hardware, Liliputing, Android and Me, Droid Life, Gizmodo, VRFocus, Engadget, Digital Trends, SlashGear, UploadVR, CNET, Pocketnow, Fast Company, and Road to VR
Tweets: @claybavor and @lucasmtny
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Tweets: @agraylin and @richardlai
| Paresh Dave / Reuters: |
YouTube confirms it has updated its policy on extremist content, broadening it to include videos that do not depict violence or preach hate — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google in the last few months has begun removing from YouTube extremist videos that do not depict violence or preach hate …
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