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Tumblr says it will permanently ban adult content from its platform beginning December 17 — Tumblr is permanently banning adult content from its platform as of December 17th in a move that will eradicate porn-related communities on the platform and fundamentally alter how the service is used.
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Sources: Microsoft is working on Windows Lite, a super lightweight, instant on, always connected OS that runs only PWAs and UWP apps, to challenge Chrome OS — For more than a year, we have been hearing about Windows Core OS and how it is a modern version of Windows.
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Sources: Apple plans to wait until at least 2020 before releasing an iPhone that works with 5G — - Next IPhone won't connect to new faster networks, people say — Apple Inc. plans to hold off until at least 2020 before offering an iPhone that can connect to the next generation …
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Tweets: @om, @markgurman, and @bloombergquint
| Ryan Smith / AnandTech: |
Nvidia announces a new $2,499 GPU called Titan RTX with 576 tensor cores, 24GB of GDDR6 memory, and the new Turing architecture, shipping later this month — By this point we've seen most of NVIDIA's 2018 Turing GPU product stack. After kicking things off with the Quadro RTX series …
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| Shara Tibken / CNET: |
Samsung and Verizon will partner to release a 5G smartphone using Qualcomm processors in the first half of 2019, plan to show a concept device this week — One of the world's first 5G phones will be coming to the US from Samsung and Verizon. — The two companies on Monday said they plan …
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Verizon Fios & Custom TV, The Korea Herald, XDA Developers, The Verge, Reuters, TalkAndroid.com, Engadget, Softpedia News, PYMNTS.com, Gizchina, FierceWireless, Droid Life, Android Beat, CNN, and Neowin. Tweets: @rdrv3
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft launches Al-powered real-time captions and subtitles for Skype and says PowerPoint will also get them in early 2019 — Alongside news that PowerPoint is getting real-time captions and subtitles in 2019, Microsoft announced similar technology is now available in Skype.
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Skype Blogs, The Verge, Microsoft Accessibility Blog, Neowin, Digital Trends, Android Police, GeekWire, BetaNews, and Digital Trends
Tweets: @skype and @petervogel
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google to expand eSIM support for Pixel 3 to Sprint and carriers in Germany, the UK, and India in the coming months — With eSIM technology, users no longer have to manage the tiny-sized card thanks to all the necessary information becoming digitized. Google today announced expanded eSIM support …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google addresses Pixel 3 and 3 XL RAM management and camera performance issues with its December security patch release — Google detailed the December security patch this morning for all Android devices. For the Made by Google lineup, this update addresses a number of issues that have cropped … | Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
IDC: in Q3 2018, global wearables shipment volume was 32M units, up 21.7% YoY, as Xiaomi became the top vendor by shipments, shipping 6.9M units, up 90.9% YoY — While IDC's latest report on wearables spotlights continued growth in international demand, much of the surge is coming … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Amazon is testing its cashierless technology for bigger stores, leading to speculation that it may use it one day for its Whole Foods chain — Online giant tries to overcome challenges caused by retail spaces with higher ceilings, more products — Amazon.com Inc. AMZN .99% …
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Business Insider, Vanity Fair, Digital Trends, Geek.com, Forbes, Gizmodo, GeekWire, TechSpot, TechCrunch, PaymentsSource, CNET, Fortune, ABC News, SiliconANGLE, Telegraph, Firstpost, The Verge, PYMNTS.com, Neowin, Mashable, Engadget, and Reuters. Tweets: @smulpuru
| Ian Sample / The Guardian: |
DeepMind's latest AI program AlphaFold wins international competition with its algorithm predicting 3D shapes of proteins, beating 97 entrants — AI program's understanding of proteins could usher in new era of medical progress — Having laid waste to the Atari classics …
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Tweets: @demishassabis and @sundarpichai
| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Oura Health, a sleep-tracking platform offering its Oura smart ring, raises $20M with Will Smith, Steve Chen, Michael Dell, and others participating — Oura Health, a sleep-tracking and sleep-improvement platform, just raised $20 million in a funding round led by MSD Capital with participation … Sponsor Posts
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