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FCC votes to dismantle Obama administration's net neutrality rules in a 3-2 vote; Ajit Pai says rollback is “helping consumers and promoting competition” — WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission voted on Thursday to dismantle landmark rules regulating the businesses …
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
The inability of Ajit Pai and Republican FCC commissioners to make a fact-based case for repeal of popular net neutrality rules will be a problem for GOP — Killing net neutrality isn't just bad policy, it's bad politics — Well, it happened. — Republican Ajit Pai's FCC voted 3-2 …
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| Ben Fox Rubin / CNET: |
Amazon says it will start selling Apple TV and Google Chromecast again, two years after removing them — Amazon said Thursday that it will again be selling Apple TV and Google Chromecast devices, two video-streaming gadgets the e-commerce giant removed from its site two years ago and that compete with its own Fire TV products.
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| Samuel Axon / Ars Technica: |
A look at how creatives, software developers, and third-party applications could take advantage of the new iMac Pro, which goes on sale today — How will creatives and pros put those specs to good use? — Apple's goal with professional hardware has always been to inspire creatives and developers to produce new things.
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Shervin Pishevar says he has resigned from Sherpa Capital effective immediately — Venture capitalist Shervin Pishevar has left Sherpa Ventures, the San Francisco-based firm he co-founded in 2013, following multiple allegations of sexual harassment. He has denied all of the claims …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook confirms it will stop subsidies for Facebook Live publishers, encouraging them to use mid-roll ads, and says pre-roll ads are coming to Watch — Everyone's least favorite ads are coming to Facebook, but six-second pre-rolls will only appear on original Watch tab videos you purposefully view and not in the News Feed.
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| Sarah Knapton / Telegraph: |
Google AI team helps NASA identify a new planet in the Kepler-90 star system, found with the aid of a neural network using data from the Kepler Space Telescope — Google has previously discovered lost tribes, missing ships and even an forgotten forest. But now it has also found two entire planets.| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft releases rebuilt Mixer live streaming app on Android and iOS with a redesign and more — Microsoft's Mixer division is launching its Mixer livestreaming app for Android and iOS today. — The company said the new app is the result of a full redesign, directly shaped by community feedback …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google updates Google Flights, Google Trips, and its hotel search service with price tracking, rolling out globally today — Google today is expanding its booking features for travelers using Google services including Trips, Flights and hotel search, with a focus on helping people find better rates.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Samsung plans to launch its smart speaker, using Bixby and focusing on audio quality and connected device management, in first half of 2018; price TBD — Company considering undercutting Apple with price around $200 — Speaker to run Bixby and focus on sound quality, home devices
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Snap launches Lens Studio, a Mac and Windows app that lets users build their own AR lenses — Let a thousand hot dogs bloom — Snap's second official app is a tool that lets you design and build augmented reality lenses for Snapchat. The company today announced Lens Studio, a design app for Mac and Windows desktop computers.
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| John Biggs / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft quietly adds beta of native OpenSSH client and server to Windows 10 — The first thing I download on a new Windows machine - after Chrome, of course - is PuTTY. This tried-and-true OpenSSH client has served millions of devs quite well for the past twenty years and I'm sure …
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| Gerrit De Vynck / Bloomberg: |
Source: General Atlantic to invest $200M in Squarespace, to be used for stock buybacks, at a $1.7B valuation; CEO says firm has $300M annual revenue, up 50% YoY — $200 million will mostly go toward cashing out early backers — Website builder generated $300 million in revenue this year| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple launches its podcast analytics service in beta, which only tracks data from iOS 11 and iTunes 12.7 users — At WWDC this year, Apple announced it would soon offer its own podcast analytics service for show creators who publish on Apple Podcasts. Today, that service has launched into beta … | Ina Fried / Axios: |
Google Brain founder Andrew Ng unveils Landing.ai to bring AI to the manufacturing industry, starting with Foxconn as its first strategic partner — After helping Google and Baidu kickstart their artificial intelligence efforts, Andrew Ng wants to see AI transform more than just tech companies.
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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Workboard raises $9M Series A led by Microsoft Ventures to build out its SaaS platform that lets companies assess their strategic plans — Workboard, a SaaS platform that helps companies execute their strategies, today announced a $9 million Series A round that included participation from Microsoft's formal venture fund.
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