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| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
Intel unveils its next CPU architecture, Sunny Cove, built to execute more instructions in parallel with lower latency, better cryptography support, and more — Finally, a move away from just bundling more cores together. — In 2019, Intel will release Core and Xeon chips built around a new architecture …
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Tweets: @_markel___, @intel, @devindra, @devindra, @tomshardware, @dcseifert, and @ow
| Brian Barrett / Wired: |
Intel demos Foverus, a new way to build 3D chips by stacking logic chips atop one another, with a new power delivery process, without sacrificing performance — THE COMPANIES THAT make processors have a long-held obsession with getting smaller. The famous—and increasingly obsolete …
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The Verge, Intel Newsroom, Engadget, Ars Technica, AnandTech, PC Gamer, BGR, and TechSpot
Tweets: @vladsavov, @wired, @benbajarin, and @stshank
| J. David Goodman / New York Times: |
How Amazon is trying to quell opposition to its new NYC offices by hiring well-connected lobbyists and taking to the streets to hear residents' concerns — Amazon is trying to quell rising opposition to its plan for offices in New York, hiring well-connected lobbyists to make its case …
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Facebook: Retail, Wholesale …. Tweets: @ocasio2018, @jdavidgoodman, @ocasio2018, @josheidelson, @jdavidgoodman, @lmatsakis, @chrissmithnymag, @ddayen, @jdavidgoodman, @elephantjournal, @gracerauh, @jdavidgoodman, and @rwklose
| Gillian Brockell / Washington Post: |
Tech companies should automatically turn off irrelevant ads based on info users share, such as ads for baby gear when a pregnant person has a stillborn child — Dear Tech Companies: — I know you knew I was pregnant. It's my fault, I just couldn't resist those Instagram hashtags — #30weekspregnant, #babybump.
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| Kyle Orland / Ars Technica: |
Epic Games, which makes Fortnite, unveils a free SDK, rolling out in 2019, to help developers build cross-platform games that include login and social elements — Online services SDK will roll out slowly through 2019. — Part of the massive success of Fortnite has been the ability …
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| Gerry Smith / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to relaunch Texture as a paid news subscription service, built into the Apple News app, as soon as spring 2019, but publishers remain wary — - Texture is set to evolve into Apple News subscription feature — Media executives remain wary of Apple's latest media foray
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Tweets: @jbenton, @gerryfsmith, @shiraovide, @ohmdee, @gerryfsmith, and @jbenton
| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft launches Clarity, a new web analytics product in beta, to compete with A/B testing tools like Google Optimize — Microsoft today launched a new web analytics product in beta. Clarity is designed to help developers understand user behavior at scale, including why users struggle …
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| Valentina Palladino / Ars Technica: |
LG unveils two Gram laptops ahead of CES: 17" 2.9lb clamshell with 8th gen Intel CPU and claimed 19.5 hour battery for $1,699+, and a 14" 2-in-1 with price TBA — LG will show off all new Gram laptops at CES in January. — We're just a few weeks away from 2019's Consumer Electronics Show …
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| Danny Crichton / TechCrunch: |
Nvidia's stock has dropped 48.8% since Oct. 1 due to growing chip competition, flat sales, less chip demand for crypto applications, and China trade uncertainty — Nvidia is a company that has reached the highest highs and the lowest lows, all in the span of a couple of weeks.
Tweets: @campuscodi
| Joshua Goldman / CNET: |
Samsung upgrades its two-in-one Notebook 9 Pen with a new 15-inch option, 8th-gen Core i7 chip, updated S Pen and a promise of 15 hours of battery life — With its updated Notebook 9 Pen two-in-one laptop, Samsung is targeting creative professionals who want the flexibility of both a laptop …
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Google begins letting Android users donate to select US nonprofits through the Play Store, with 100% of donations going to the organization — Turning its mobile app store into a vehicle for charitable giving — Google is launching a new feature for Android phones today through …
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
McAfee: a coordinated cyber espionage campaign focused on defense organizations sent malware via targeted phishing messages to at least 87 firms in 24 countries — - The infiltration campaign — called “Operation Sharpshooter” — targeted defense and government organizations, McAfee says.
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Oracle files suit in federal court against US government over $10B Pentagon JEDI cloud contract, arguing that awarding it to one vendor is unfair and illegal — Oracle filed suit in federal court last week alleging yet again that the decade-long $10 billion Pentagon JEDI contract with its single-vendor award is unfair and illegal.
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| Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed: |
Sundar Pichai's appearance before Congress was another in a long line of pointless hearings, where lawmakers display limited knowledge and execs are evasive — It's hard to imagine how these hearings will result in anything more substantial than a few less-than-viral soundbites.
Tweets: @cwarzel, @rakeshlobster, @cwarzel, @caseyjohnston, @annehelen, @caseyjohnston, @cwarzel, @niemanlab, @drphilgoff, and @wiczipedia
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Tweets: @issielapowsky, @cspan, @kevinroose, @mhbergen, @willsommer, @jguynn, @shiraovide, @joshconstine, @dmac1, @recode, @josephfcox, @daveyalba, @shiraovide, @oliverdarcy, @recode, @ceciliakang, @recode, @daveyalba, @shiraovide, @daveyalba, @richardjnieva, @shiraovide, @issielapowsky, @rdrv3, @issielapowsky, @cwarzel, @recode, @rsg, @samstein, @kevinroose, @tonyromm, @tonyromm, @caseynewton, @jguynn, @tonyromm, @tonyromm, and @tonyromm
| Shira Ovide / Bloomberg: |
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Tweets: @issielapowsky, @clarajeffery, @wired, @laurengoode, and @shiraovide
| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
SEC settles with the former CEO and COO of AriseBank, which it sued in January for alleged fraud and issuing unregistered securities during an ICO, for $2.7M+ — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has settled charges with two former executives of AriseBank, which was hit with a token sale fraud lawsuit in early 2018.
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U.S. Securities …, SiliconANGLE, Cointelegraph.com News, Crypto Briefing, and The Block
Tweets: @sec_enforcement, @coindesk, and @sec_enforcement
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
ZeniMax and Facebook agree to settle dispute over Oculus tech, after ZeniMax was awarded $250M in June 2018; terms of the settlement were not disclosed — - Google Unveils 2018 Top-Trending Searches: ‘Black Panther,’ Stan Lee, ‘Roseanne’ Among Most Popular Queries
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| Colin Lecher / The Verge: |
FCC passes controversial rules classifying text messages as an information service, boosting carriers' power to curb spam — Passed on a party-line vote — On a party-line vote, the FCC today approved a controversial measure that gives mobile phone carriers more power over text messages.| Holly Brockwell / Gizmodo UK: |
Source: Samsung Galaxy 10 series will be unveiled Feb. 20, with UK prices starting at £669 for the S10 Lite, £799 for the 6.1-inch model, and £899 for the S10+ — Listen up, Samsung fans: we've got a bumper leak about the upcoming Galaxy S10 for you.
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CNET, SlashGear, Pocket-lint, TechSpot, Android Authority, Tom's Guide, and Inquirer. Tweets: @reddit_tweeters
| Rani Molla / Recode: |
Ookla report on US broadband: mean download speeds rose 35.8% and upload speeds rose 22.0% from last year; Xfinity and Verizon were fastest broadband providers — New Jersey had the fastest broadband, while Maine had the slowest. — Finally some good news: The internet is getting faster, especially fixed broadband internet.| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
DuckDuckGo says Google has transferred ownership of Duck.com to DuckDuckGo, following its complaint from July about how Duck.com redirected to Google — Clearing up confusion for users — DuckDuckGo, the privacy focused search engine, has acquired Duck.com from Google, reports NamePros.Sponsor Posts
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