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Sources give more details on Google's Fuchsia OS, which now has 100+ engineers working on it and aims to underpin all Google's gadgets from IoT to Pixel — - More than 100 engineers are working on skunkworks Fuchsia OS — New software could replace current systems in next five years
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Leaked internal Apple document states that 2018 MacBook Pro keyboard includes a membrane to prevent debris from entering butterfly key mechanism — In an internal document distributed to Apple Authorized Service Providers, obtained by MacRumors from multiple reliable sources … | The Information: |
Siri cofounder Tom Gruber and Apple's head of search Vipul Ved Prakash have left the company after John Giannandrea was named as the leader of the Siri Group — Tom Gruber, one of the original Siri cofounders, has left Apple, where he was recently the head of Siri's Advanced Development group …
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| Felix Salmon / Wired: |
Amazon has built its empire by playing freely with new ideas; besides book-selling, there isn't any market where Amazon has really disrupted the incumbents — AMAZON IS ONE of the largest and most formidable companies in the world. It's run with brutal efficiency, a keen focus on keeping … | Alex Davies / Wired: |
Alphabet's Loon signs its first commercial agreement to work with Telkom Kenya to provide internet in central Kenya starting next year — IT'S BEEN A big week for Loon. Just eight days ago, it was one of Alphabet's moonshot projects, launching antennas attached to giant balloons into the stratosphere to beam internet down to Earth.| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Source: GV has for years been using an algorithm, dubbed The Machine, to help make investment decisions — When most venture capitalists want approval to make a new investment, they go to their partners. When venture capitalists at GV do it, they go to something called “The Machine.”| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Uber partners with Cargo, which makes boxes of items such as gum, phone chargers, and snacks, to help drivers sell goods to their passengers — Uber has teamed up with Cargo, a startup that makes it easy for ride-share drivers to sell goods to their passengers.
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| Kara Swisher / Recode: |
Mark Zuckerberg clarifies his comments about Holocaust deniers on Facebook: “I absolutely didn't intend to defend the intent of people who deny that” — The Facebook founder has attracted controversy for how the social network deals with content that is offensive to many, such as Holocaust denying.
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
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| Kara Swisher / Recode: |
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook says it will begin proactively locking accounts of those under 13 on Instagram and Facebook, after report showed relaxed attitude by moderators — Facebook and Instagram will more proactively lock the accounts of users its moderators suspect are below the age of 13.
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| Zoe Greenberg / New York Times: |
New York City passes bill to restrict short-term rentals, under which Airbnb would be required to provide detailed information on hosts every month to the city — The New York City Council voted unanimously on Wednesday to significantly restrict Airbnb and other online home rental services …
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| Biz Carson / Forbes: |
Chinese bike-sharing company Ofo lays off majority of staff in the US as insiders say it is scaling back its global operations to focus on China — Chris Taylor rides an Ofo bike in Seattle, the company's first city in the U.S. Taylor resigned from Ofo two weeks ago.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon quietly rolls out “Part Finder”, which uses computer vision to let users identify screws, nuts, bolts, and more, for iOS users — Got an odd screw, nut, bolt, washer or fastener you need to buy more of, but have no idea to how to find the right one? Amazon's “Part Finder” can help.
Tweets: @chris_ciaccia
| Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
Investigation shows Google Home and Alexa struggle to understand Indian, Chinese, and Spanish accents compared to accents from across America — THE ACCENT GAP — We tested Amazon's Alexa and Google's Home to see how people with accents are getting left behind in the smart-speaker revolution.
Tweets: @triketora, @drewharwell, @stevekovach, @klillington, @tressiemcphd, @geoffreyfowler, @drewharwell, @tracyjan, @tracyjan, and @drewharwell. Thanks:@laurenshiplett
| Matthew Hughes / The Next Web: |
Cloudflare launches free service for state and local governments to protect election websites against cyber attacks — Cloudflare has launched a new initiative, called the Athenian Project, to protect electoral websites from online attacks. — The service is available free of charge …
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| Danny Crichton / TechCrunch: |
Intelligent budgeting app Even raises $40M Series B led by Khosla Ventures, bringing total raised to $50.5M — The working class of the United States doesn't get many breaks these days. It's not just a function of low pay and long hours, but also the incredible uncertainty of income … | Richard Speed / The Register: |
Microsoft announces public preview of Windows 10 IoT Core Services, which will let device manufacturers control updates for $.30/device/month after preview ends — Gizmos gain control over Windows 10 updates - at a price — Be still your beating hearts, Microsoft's Windows 10 IoT Core Services …
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Uber's head of strategic finance, Prabir Adarkar, leaves to be the new CFO of DoorDash as Uber's three-year search for a CFO continues ahead of next year's IPO — Food delivery startup DoorDash Inc. named Prabir Adarkar as chief financial officer, poaching the most senior leader of Uber Technologies Inc.'s finance department.| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Insight Venture Partners closes a $6.3B fund, called Fund X, to invest in growth-stage tech companies globally — New York-based venture capital (VC) firm Insight Venture Partners has closed its tenth fund at a whopping $6.3 billion. Fund X, as its known, will be leveraged to continue investing in growth-stage companies globally.
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| Celia Wan / Crunchbase News: |
Baidu-owned online education startup Zuoyebang, which lets students upload homework and find solutions, raises $350M Series D led by Coatue Management — Baidu-owned education startup Zuoyebang just raised a $350 million Series D led by Coatue Management. Participating investors include … | Eric Geller / Politico: |
Survey of election security in 50 US states shows vulnerabilities persist ahead of midterms as only 13 of 40 respondents said they would buy new voting machines — Most states aren't planning to use federal funds to make major election upgrades before November.
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Tweets: @ericgeller, @politico, @benpershing, @ericgeller, @politico, and @senatorlankford
| Farhad Manjoo / New York Times: |
To combat China's rise in tech, the US government should spend more on the research and development of advanced technologies rather than imposing tariffs — At the heart of the trade war between the United States and China lies a profound and unsettling question: Who should control the key technologies that will rule tomorrow?
Tweets: @fryan and @nytimesbusiness
| Rich Gordon / Nieman Lab: |
For stories like the Trump-Putin summit, Google News needs to be clearer about how its algorithm works and learn to separate commentary from factual reporting — The algorithm that ranks content can make some truly strange decisions. What set of signals is Google News looking for?Sponsor Posts
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