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G Suite adds Grammar Suggestions in Google Docs, voice commands to Hangouts Meet hardware customers, and its Smart Reply feature to Hangouts Chat — At the Google Cloud Next conference, Google debuted several new capabilities for the productivity suite, which now has more than 4 million customers.
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Google announces new Cloud AutoML offerings: Vision, Natural Language, and Translation, available in beta, also announces Contact Center AI, available in alpha — AI has evolved dramatically in the last two decades. Technologies like image recognition and machine translation are now a part of everyday life for millions.
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Apple issues a fix for 2018 MacBook Pro CPU throttling/thermal management issues via macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 Supplemental Update — Apple has been catching heat over the performance of its new MacBook Pro laptops, but the company hopes a new software update will cool off outraged power users.
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Facebook CSO Alex Stamos told peers in memo about his departure to “intentionally not collect data where possible” and be willing to pick sides on moral issues — In March, days after confirming his plans to leave the company, Facebook's highest-ranking security official implored …
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Facebook set up subsidiary in China with registered capital of $30M; when asked, it said they are interested in setting up an innovation hub to support startups — BEIJING (Reuters) - Facebook has set up a subsidiary in China with registered capital of $30 million, according …
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Steam is rolling out Steam Chat, its new text and voice features that compete with gaming chat app Discord, to all users — In a bid to keep Discord from dominating the social space around PC gaming — Steam has begun rolling out its new text and voice features, as well as its updated friends list, to all users beginning today.
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BitTorrent confirms it has been acquired by blockchain startup Tron; filings suggest about $126M in cash was paid for the company — File sharing veteran BitTorrent has finally confirmed that it has a new owner: “We are excited to announce that Tron has officially closed its acquisition of BitTorrent … | Stephen Shankland / CNET: |
Chrome 68, rolling out today, shows a “not secure” warning for any HTTP website; in October the warning's color will change to red — Three and a half years ago, Google predicted the day would come when Chrome would warn us all of the security risks of using the web's seminal HTTP technology …
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eBay to add support for Apple Pay, beginning rollout this fall in US, and partners with Square Capital on seller financing — Ebay announced this morning it will begin accepting Apple Pay on its marketplace starting this fall, and has also teamed up with Square Capital on seller financing.
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Encryption bug found in many Bluetooth implementations and OS drivers, affecting vendors including Apple, Broadcom, Intel, Qualcomm; some fixes are on way — A cryptographic bug affects the Bluetooth implementations and operating system drivers of Apple, Broadcom, Intel, Qualcomm, and possibly other hardware vendors.| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Washington AG says Facebook signed legal agreement to change ad platform so third parties can't discriminate based on ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation — The agreement with Washington state forces Facebook to make nationwide changes — Facebook has signed a new …
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DHS officials say “hundreds of victims”, not a few dozen, have been impacted by Russian hackers infiltrating control room networks of US electric utilities — Blackouts could have been caused after the networks of trusted vendors were easily penetrated
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Snapchat has been showing non-exclusive video shows from publishers like BuzzFeed, Wired, GQ, and Complex Networks in its Discover feed since June — Complex Networks' “Sneaker Shopping,” which follows host Joe La Puma as he goes shopping with celebrities ranging from Kevin Hart to Marshawn Lynch … | Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
EU fines Asus €63.5M, Philips €29.8M, Pioneer €10.1M, and Denon & Marantz €7.7M for online price fixing — The European Union's antitrust authorities have issued a series of penalties, fining consumer electronics companies Asus, Denon & Marantz …
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Uber begins putting self-driving cars back on public roads in Pittsburgh, but only in non-autonomous mode and driven manually by humans — Uber is putting its autonomous vehicles back on Pittsburgh's city streets, four months after a fatal accident involving one of its self-driving cars prompted … | Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Divvy, a Utah-based real-time expense tracking startup, raises $35M Series B after $10.5M Series A in May; source: Divvy valuation nearly tripled to $150M-$200M — Divvy CEO Blake Murray raised two funding rounds in three months without leaving his office in Utah.Sponsor Posts
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