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Google consolidates its payment offerings, including Android Pay and Google Wallet, under a single brand: Google Pay — If you've ever paid for groceries with Android Pay, used Chrome to automatically fill in your payment info, or purchased an app on Google Play, then you've already experienced …
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Sources: AT&T has walked away from a deal to sell smartphones made by Huawei, a partnership that was expected to be announced on Tuesday at CES — Reversal is set back for Chinese electronics giant's hopes to crack U.S. market — AT&T Inc. T .24% has walked away from a deal … | Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
James Damore, author of controversial diversity memo who was fired by Google, files class action suit claiming it discriminates against white male conservatives — James Damore, a former Google engineer who was fired in August after posting a memo to an internal Google message board arguing … | Janko Rottgers / Variety: |
HTC unveils Vive Pro VR headset with 2880x1600 resolution, a 78% increase over current Vive, and wireless adapter, so customers can lose the wired PC connection — HTC used its virtual reality (VR) keynote at CES in Las Vegas Monday to unveil an updated version of its Vive virtual reality headset … | Sara Salinas / CNBC: |
GoPro issues weak guidance, drops CEO cash compensation to $1, will cut staff by 20%, exit drone business; CEO says he'd consider selling firm; stock down ~15% — GoPro lowered fourth quarter guidance Monday and confirmed layoffs of at least 250 employees. — Shares were halted in premarket trading.
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| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
Facebook says it's sunsetting M as a standalone concierge bot, but its context-based suggestions will live on inside Messenger conversations — Facebook's standalone concierge bot M will soon be no more. — On Jan. 19, Facebook is sunsetting the initial version of M, which has been available in closed beta since fall 2015.
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Apple releases macOS 10.13.2 supplemental update and iOS 11.2.2 with security improvements to Safari and WebKit to mitigate Spectre vulnerability — Apple just released iOS 11.2.2 with some Safari and WebKit improvements to mitigate the Spectre vulnerability. macOS is also receiving an update.| TechCrunch: |
Sources: Telegram to launch Telegram Open Network on new blockchain with native Gram cryptocurrency, ICO pre-sale of $500M, with only real fiat currency buy-ins — Encrypted messaging startup Telegram plans to launch its own blockchain platform and native cryptocurrency, powering payments on its chat app and beyond.
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
HP, Asus, Acer, and others plan to integrate Alexa into some of their Windows 10 desktops and notebooks this year — Amazon Alexa will soon arrive on Windows PCs, creating new competition for Microsoft's built-in Cortana voice assistant. — Hardware makers HP, ASUS …
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| Roger McNamee / Washington Monthly: |
Facebook and Google's influence on the US election and Brexit calls for regulations for more transparency, letting users own their data and social graphs, more — An early investor explains why the social media platform's business model is such a threat—and what to do about it.
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| Nate Oh / AnandTech: |
Nvidia opens beta of GeForce NOW, its cloud-based game streaming service, to Windows users, after launching beta for Mac users last summer — LAS VEGAS, NV — Today at CES 2018, NVIDIA announced PC availability of the GeForce NOW, their cloud-based game-streaming service, as a free closed beta.
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| Jason Cipriani / ZDNet: |
Ring debuts new security system, cameras, lighting products for 2018 and says it's acquired lighting company Mr. Beams — A company once known only for its video doorbell has moved on to an entire home security solution and has some interesting new products to go along with it.
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Facebook has signed a multi-year, multi-territory licensing deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing, allowing users to upload and share media from the catalog — Sony/ATV Music Publishing and Facebook on Monday announced the signing of a licensing agreement. — The multi-territory …
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Bloomberg, The Verge, New York Post, MediaPost, Music Business Worldwide, Fast Company, Billboard, Patently Apple, Reuters, CNBC, Financial Times, TechCrunch, RAIN News, and Seeking Alpha
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| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
After breach exposing millions of parents and kids, toymaker VTech handed a $650K fine by FTC — VTech, the maker of smart toys whose poor security practices exposed data from millions of parents and children, has been slapped on the wrist by the FTC to the tune of $650,000 and probation.
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| Thuy Ong / The Verge: |
PMA/Airfuel developer Powermat joins rival and Qi developer Wireless Power Consortium; Powermat CEO says Qi is now the dominant wireless charging standard — Powermat was pushing its own wireless charging standard, but has now signed on with the competition
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| Matthew Hughes / The Next Web: |
HQ Trivia launches special game for UK players, running every Monday and Wednesday at 3PM and 9PM; first game had ~5K players vs. 500K+ for worldwide games — HQ is a viral sensation, and easily one of the most compelling iOS apps to have emerged in the tail end of last year.| Bloomberg: |
How the semiconductor industry responded to Meltdown and Spectre: initial disbelief, followed by a collaborative months-long effort to patch major tech vendors — Technology titans work in secrecy for months to fix key flaws Researchers uncover security holes too big to believe Pause Mute Current …
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Electronic medical records startup Practice Fusion, which was valued at $1.5B two years ago and raised $157M+, acquired by Allscripts for $100M — Practice Fusion, a start-up in the crowded electronic medical records market, was acquired on Monday for $100 million, two years after bankers …
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