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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Global PC shipments in Q3 were flat, up 0.1% YoY according to Gartner, while IDC estimates 0.9% decline; Gartner: Microsoft breaks into top 5 PC vendors in US — The PC market is seeing some very interesting moves this year. In Q2 2018, global shipments were up for the first time in six years …
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| Tom Krazit / GeekWire: |
Microsoft joins the Open Invention Network and cross-licenses over 60,000 patents for other members — After years of waging patent war on Google's Linux-based Android mobile operating system, Microsoft agreed Wednesday to join the Open Invention Network and cross-license its more than 60,000 patents to participating members.
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Microsoft Azure Cloud …, ZDNet, Open Invention Network, Forbes, The Next Web, bit-tech.net, Engadget, BetaNews, Silicon Republic, SiliconANGLE, The Verge, Softpedia News, Android Police, SlashGear, Business Insider, TechCrunch, Neowin, TechSpot, Windows Central, Ars Technica, The Register, and On MSFT
Tweets: @natfriedman, @maryjofoley, @sogrady, @reckless, @barnacules, @danjsiegel, @azure, @pavolrusnak, @marypcbuk, @sub8u, @ow, and @maryjofoley
| Alex Sherman / CNBC: |
Sources: Apple plans to make content it owns free to device owners as part of its forthcoming TV service, launching early next year — - Apple is planning to mix free original content with subscription “channels” to existing digital video services on its “TV” application.| CNBC: |
Square CEO Jack Dorsey says CFO Sarah Friar is leaving to become CEO of Nextdoor — Independent Programming Subscribe to CNBC PRO Licensing & Reprints Join the CNBC Panel Advertise With Us Closed Captioning Digital Products Privacy Policy Corrections — News Tips — Got a confidential news tip?
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Tweets: @jack, @delrey, @ericnewcomer, @sarahfrier, @heatherkelly, @levynews, @kurtwagner8, and @danprimack
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Apple to buy a part of Dialog Semiconductor, a chipmaker based out of Europe, for $300M in cash, and will commit $300M in further purchases from the business — Apple has quietly been putting considerable effort into building faster and more efficient chips that can help differentiate …
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Magic Leap expands shipping for its One Creator Edition headset, which costs $2,295, to most of the US with deliveries arriving within 60 days — As Magic Leap holds the first developer conference for its Magic Leap One mixed reality headset, that headset has started shipping across …
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| Janko Roettgers / Variety: |
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| Alyssa Hertig / CoinDesk: |
Blockstream debuts Liquid, a “federated sidechain” for bitcoin that lets partners, which include two dozen exchanges, quickly transact bitcoin — Three years in the making, bitcoin's first sidechain “Liquid” is now live. — Launched by San Francisco startup Blockstream …
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Blockstream, Cointelegraph, Bitcoinist.com, SludgeFeed, BCFocus, CoinSpeaker, CCN, and CryptoGlobe
Tweets: @blockstream, @matt_odell, and @siosism
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Analysis of the top 2,000 websites visited by EU and US residents shows ad trackers per page dropped 4% for EU users after GDPR and rose by 8%+ for US users — An analysis of the impact of Europe's new data protection framework, GDPR, on the adtech industry suggests the regulation has reduced …
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Cliqz. Tweets: @s8mb, @emollick, @niemanlab, @willrinehart, @mattyglesias, @carnage4life, @deaneckles, @dangillmor, and @alexstamos
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Google's Pixel 3 XL, which includes a very tall notch and a “chin” bezel, lacks the groundbreaking tech Apple used to justify the iPhone X's notch — A large notch requires a strong argument, and Google didn't make one — Google's Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL arrived yesterday without too much fanfare.
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Tweets: @madebygoogle, @madebygoogle, and @mehedih_
| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
A look at the battle between Apple, Google, Amazon, and Facebook for dominance in the home, and their respective strategies, strengths, and weaknesses — If the first stage of competition in consumer technology was the race to be the computer users went to (won by Microsoft and the PC) … | Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Waymo's driverless cars have now driven 10M miles on public roads, up from 5M miles eight months ago — Alphabet's self-driving technology division, Waymo, revealed that its autonomous vehicles have now driven 10 million miles on public roads. This represents a 100 percent increase …
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Waymo, The Verge, Quartz, TechCrunch, AndroidHeadlines.com, TechSpot, Mashable, Digital Trends, Ars Technica, CNET, Engadget, CNBC, and Axios
Tweets: @johnkrafcik and @andyjayhawk
| Roy Trakin / Variety: |
IFPI report: 86% of survey respondents stream music, 57% of 16-24 year olds use a paid service; 38% of consumers obtain music through piracy — The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), the trade body for the worldwide record business, released its Music Consumer Insight Report …
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IFPI, The Guardian, Wall Street Journal, Pitchfork, Consequence of Sound, Rolling Stone, and RAIN News. Tweets: @chrispirillo
| Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
Razer Phone 2 hands-on: Snapdragon 845, 20MP and 8MP dual rear cameras, and Qi Wireless Charging; available for pre-order now from $799 — When Razer announced its Razer Phone as a ‘gaming smartphone’, a sizeable number scoffed at the idea - how can it be a gaming smartphone if everyone has the same flagship hardware?
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| Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters: |
Sources detail how Amazon shut down a machine learning tool for rating job applications in 2017 because it was biased against female candidates — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc's (AMZN.O) machine-learning specialists uncovered a big problem: their new recruiting engine did not like women.
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Tweets: @broderick, @mark_riedl, @matt_cagle, @paldhous, @peteskomoroch, @tabithagold, @_danilo, @timaeppel, @timaeppel, @timmaughan, @timaeppel, @ejacqui, @rzgreenfield, @ericajoy, and @reuterstech. Thanks:@jldastin
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
New York-based Loadsmart, which uses AI to automate freight booking, raises $21.6M Series A led by Maersk Growth, the shipping giant's investment arm — Roughly 80 percent of all cargo in the United States is transported by the 7.1 million people who drive flatbed trailers, dry vans …
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| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
Google makes alert center for G Suite, launched in beta in September, generally available to help organizations identify security threats and mitigate them — The alert center's security notification system has been opened up days after Google revealed a service-ending Google+ data leak.| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Leaked presentation by Google employees gives a rare and stark look at Google's struggles as it grapples with decisions around freedom of speech and censorship — A rare look at how the employees of the world's most powerful search engine are trying to balance two opposing forces| Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic: |
How teens are using Instagram to bully each other, including making dedicated hate accounts, sometimes with a mass audience, and how Instagram is addressing it — No app is more integral to teens' social lives than Instagram. While Millennials relied on Facebook to navigate high school and college …
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The Verge, Search Engine Journal, and BGR
| Heather Long / Washington Post: |
In response to Sen. Bernie Sanders' questions on the removal of stock awards and bonuses, Amazon says “all hourly employees” will see “total compensation” rise — As backlash mounted over Amazon's decision to raise its minimum wage to $15 but cut bonuses and stock grants …
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Gizmodo, Bloomberg, The Verge, GeekWire, CNET, and HBR.org
Tweets: @mattdpearce, @nytimes, @gideonresnick, @byheatherlong, and @jwjnational
| Angela Watercutter / Wired: |
How some climate scientists use a Fortnite channel on Twitch to discuss and disseminate information about climate change to a young audience — I KNOW VERY little about climate change. I know even less about Fortnite. And Twitch. (Yes, I know; I should be fired.)
Tweets: @burkese, @wired, @thewastedworld, @fredkrupp, and @cwarzel
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Waze announces a US-wide rollout of its carpooling service Waze Carpool, first launched in 2016 — The navigation app first started experimenting with carpooling in 2016 — For many drivers, Waze is the go-to app for circumnavigating pesky traffic jams.Sponsor Posts
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