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Alphabet says Nest will be brought back under Google with Nest CEO Marwan Fawaz reporting to Google's hardware chief Rick Osterloh — Nest has sold 11 million devices, so Google isn't ditching the brand. The new strategy: Try to get Google Assistant into more of Nest's smart gadgets in a war against Amazon's Alexa.
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Sources: Goldman Sachs is in talks with Apple to offer financing to Apple gadget shoppers, using its retail point-of-sale financing arm Marcus — Wall Street firm would lend to shoppers buying expensive Apple gadgets — As Apple Inc.'s AAPL 4.18% investment bank, Goldman Sachs GS 3.85% Group Inc … | Wall Street Journal: |
Snapchat is launching a tool to let TV networks pipe snippets of live broadcasts directly into the app, starting this Saturday with NBC's Olympics coverage — Deal could forge closer ties between traditional TV networks and Snapchat's parent company Snap Inc. — Georgia Wells and Benjamin Mullin
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Tweets: @kerrymflynn, @cnbcnow, @kantrowitz, @alexeheath, @alexeheath, and @lexnfx
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Reddit bans r/deepfakes, which was devoted to making AI-powered porn using celebrities' faces, and updates site-wide rules regarding “involuntary pornography” — Reddit has banned the r/deepfakes subreddit that's devoted to making AI-powered porn using celebrities' faces …
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| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Data from over 1.8M Uber drivers shows women earn $1.24/hour and $130/week less than men on average, in part because they drive slower and for fewer hours — Women drive slower than men, and for fewer hours — Men who drive for Uber earn roughly 7 percent more per hour than women …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google Drive adds ability to comment on Office files, PDFs, and images in preview pane without having to convert them to Google formats — Google is launching an update to Google Drive today that will make it easier for teams and agencies to use a mix of G Suite and Microsoft Office while working with their colleagues and customers.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Report: Google is developing a subscription game streaming service codenamed Yeti that could either work with Chromecast or a Google-made console — Besides Android apps and the Play Store, Google's current gaming efforts are particularly centered around video livestreams on YouTube and Daydream VR.
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| Zack Whittaker / ZDNet: |
US DoJ charges 36 people tied to seven-year cyber-fraud ring that secured $530M+ from selling stolen identities, more; 13 arrested in total with five in the US — Prosecutors said the case is “one of the largest cyber-fraud prosecutions” ever carried out by the Justice Department.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian steps down from daily duties at the company to focus on early stage VC firm he cofounded and personal life, will remain on board — Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian announced on Wednesday he will step down from daily duties at the internet company and focus …
Facebook: Alexis Ohanian Sr.. Tweets: @hunterwalk, @initializedcap, @rrhoover, @moisenoise, and @alexisohanian
| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Microsoft updates its Cortana app for iOS with native iPad support, two years after releasing it for iPhone — Microsoft today updated its Cortana app for iOS with native iPad support. The design looks essentially the same as the iPhone version, but with an interface optimized …
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| Theodore Schleifer / Recode: |
SoftBank's technology funds, the $100B Vision Fund and $6B Delta Fund, have already invested ~$40B of their $106B target; Vision Fund has invested in 26 firms — They said it couldn't be done. — Longtime Silicon Valley hands are still aghast that an investing firm can find …
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| Olivia Zaleski / Bloomberg: |
Inside the battle among Airbnb investors and execs over whether to remain private or IPO; sources say founders and early employees cashed in ~$350M of equity — Investors and executives disagreed over when to take the home-rental company public. The stay-private crowd is winning.
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Tweets: @mikeisaac, @jasonlk, @tomgara, @klendathucap, @sonyaellenmann, @jyarow, and @mims
| Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed: |
Russian trolls posed as black activists on Tumblr and generated hundreds of thousands of interactions with anti-Hillary Clinton, pro-Bernie Sanders content — Tumblrs run by Russian trolls generated hundreds of thousands of interactions with anti-Hillary Clinton, pro-Bernie Sanders content.
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TechCrunch, Engadget, Business Insider, and BBC
Tweets: @jstrauss, @slpng_giants, @emilybell, @micahgrimes, and @kylegriffin1
| Nat Levy / GeekWire: |
Seattle-based VREAL raises $11.7M Series A led by Axioma Ventures to build a VR game live-streaming platform — Seattle virtual reality startup Vreal has landed an $11.7 million Series A round to continue building out what it calls the first VR live streaming and broadcast platform.| Jack Nicas / Wall Street Journal: |
YouTube's recommendations engine, which drives 70%+ of its viewing time, often suggests conspiracy channels and more, even to users who don't seek them out — Google's video site often recommends divisive or misleading material, despite recent changes designed to fix the problem
Tweets: @jacknicas, @max_read, @buzzfeedben, @jacknicas, @jacknicas, @prisonplanet, @jacknicas, @bradnews, and @jacknicas
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram says it's testing a feature that lets users add others' public posts to their Stories, easing up on its philosophy of only promoting original content — Instagram purposefully lacks a “Regram” button to promote original sharing, but it's easing up on that philosophy when it comes to Stories.| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple says a “processing error” meant ad spend and install data for Search Ad Basic users was sent to the wrong developers — Apple today apologized after sending incorrect information to some iOS developers using its Search Ads Basic service yesterday.
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Tweets: @louisdhauwe, @_patmurray, and @stroughtonsmith
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