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• Facebook turns on AV1 technology to speed up video streaming - CNET

  25-04-2018 23:59 via cnet.com
  The social network takes its first steps to send video using a new technology that can cut your data use, improve quality, and deliver videos faster.
  
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• A $229 iPhone case? Are you kidding? - CNET

  25-04-2018 23:44 via cnet.com
  A company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, makes artisan wood cases that aren't cheap. But they are unique.
  
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• Trump, top aides talk trade with Apple CEO Cook at White House

  25-04-2018 23:34
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump and two top aides talked about trade issues with Apple Incchief Tim Cook on Wednesday as the White House prepares to try to avert a trade war with China, a manufacturing hub for the iPhone maker.
  
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• YouTube Kids gets new parental-control features - CNET

  25-04-2018 23:30 via cnet.com
  After a controversy over disturbing clips on the child-focused app, Google-owned YouTube says it's rolling out new safety options.
  
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• ServiceNow beats estimates, acquires VendorHawk

  25-04-2018 23:27 via zdnet.com
  eBay also reported first quarter financial results.
  
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• Microsoft's Build 2018 session highlights: Microsoft 365, Graph interface, MSIX packaging, more

  25-04-2018 23:14 via zdnet.com
  Microsoft's early-May Build developer conference is coming into further focus as the company reveals more (but still not all) of the sessions it's planning for the three-day event.
  
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• Honda launches Everus EV brand at Beijing Motor Show - Roadshow

  25-04-2018 23:14 via cnet.com
  The first vehicle from the new brand is an electric crossover that appears to be based on the HR-V.
  
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• Facebook sales soar despite data scandal

  25-04-2018 23:11 via bbc.co.uk
  The firm reports a near 50% revenue rise and says it is taking a broader review of its duties.
  
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• Qualcomm's Q2 better than expected, Apple dispute weighs as does NXP uncertainty

  25-04-2018 23:06 via zdnet.com
  Qualcomm's second quarter had multiple moving parts, but the company said it saw strong chip demand and was prepping for 5G deployments.
  
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• PayPal adds 8 million new active users in Q1

  25-04-2018 22:52 via zdnet.com
  The payments company released the latest user figures inside of its first quarter financial report.
  
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• AT&T adds customers as the courtroom decides Time Warner deal

  25-04-2018 22:49 via zdnet.com
  The company saw a reversal of losses from a year ago, with a strong number of new prepaid customers. Its DirecTV Now service is gaining momentum. Earnings, however, missed expectations.
  
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• How to: Three easy steps to get 4K HDR Streaming - CNET

  25-04-2018 22:45 via cnet.com
  Get your new TV looking its best by making sure you’ve got everything in place to get 4K HDR streaming.
  
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• AMD Q1 rides Ryzen, Radeon, EPYC wave, ups outlook

  25-04-2018 22:41 via zdnet.com
  AMD's first quarter highlights some major traction in the chipmaker's core markets.
  
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• Facebook tops earnings targets despite data privacy scandal

  25-04-2018 22:33 via zdnet.com
  In the US and Canada, Facebook gained roughly one million new daily active users over Q1.
  
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• AutoComplete: BMW Concept iX3 debuts at Auto China video - Roadshow

  25-04-2018 22:30 via cnet.com
  Plus: Lexus reveals sportier ES sedan, Volvo's Polestar 1 gets priced.
  
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• AT&T adds customers as the courtroom decides Time Warner deal - CNET

  25-04-2018 22:21 via cnet.com
  The company saw a reversal of losses from a year ago, with a strong number of new prepaid customers. Its DirecTV Now service is gaining momentum.
  
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• George R.R. Martin has news on two Game of Thrones books - CNET

  25-04-2018 22:19 via cnet.com
  Winds of Winter won't be out this year, but a massive Targaryen history will hit bookstores before the end of 2018.
  
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• Facebook still cashing in on user data as sales surge - CNET

  25-04-2018 22:18 via cnet.com
  Mark Zuckerberg’s social network is going through the biggest crisis of its existence. But it’s still making gobs of money.
  
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• Ahead of Avengers: Infinity War, we examine Iron Man at 10 - CNET

  25-04-2018 22:17 via cnet.com
  Ten years ago, the first Iron Man film opened with an un-ironic MySpace reference. Oh, how times have changed.
  
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• Facebook puts ex-FCC chair in charge of public policy - CNET

  25-04-2018 22:16 via cnet.com
  Former Republican FCC Chairman Kevin Martin will take the lead on US lobbying efforts for Facebook in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
  
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• Apple's 2018 iPhones could be called iPhone X Plus, iPhone X2 - CNET

  25-04-2018 22:10 via cnet.com
  Whatever Apple goes with, analysts say the names will be nice and simple.
  
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• China turns to tech to monitor, shame, rate citizens video - CNET

  25-04-2018 21:51 via cnet.com
  In Beijing, the Chinese government is using surveillance cameras, facial recognition and smart glasses to score people on their social behavior, which can lead to public shaming and punishment.
  
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• Download all your Instagram data right now video - CNET

  25-04-2018 21:46 via cnet.com
  If you want to save all of your Instagram data so you can move to another platform -- or just keep a copy of everything -- now you can.
  
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• WD Black NVMe SSD

  25-04-2018 21:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  For better or worse, Samsung has been the undisputed leader in the solid-state drive world with the fastest NVMe drives. While many have tried to dethrone the South Korean electronics firm’s undisputed lead, just as many have failed to deliver the same level of speed.Leave it to the hard drive titan, Western Digital, to come up with a solid-state drive that goes toe-to-toe with Samsung’s best. Not only does the new WD Black NVMe SSD keep up with Samsung’s latest 970 Evo, it&rsq
  
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• In Trump's first year, FISA court denied record number of surveillance orders

  25-04-2018 21:35 via zdnet.com
  More surveillance orders were denied during President Donald Trump's first year in office than in the court's history.
  
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• Elon Musk building a cyborg dragon, because why not? - CNET

  25-04-2018 21:15 via cnet.com
  When you're Elon, there's no reason stop with electric cars, rockets, flamethrowers and tube transportation.
  
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• Artificial intelligence to aid emergency dispatchers in Europe - CNET

  25-04-2018 21:06 via cnet.com
  An AI system called Corti listens in on distress calls for signs of a heart attack and feeds info to human dispatchers. It's headed for wider testing later this year.
  
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• YouTube Kids to give parents more control over output

  25-04-2018 21:00 via bbc.co.uk
  The firm has been criticised for using algorithms not human judgment to curate the app.
  
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• Google to improve YouTube Kids app to let parents control what children watch

  25-04-2018 21:00
  Enhanced controls will allow parents to handpick videos among a host of new features, but campaigners say YouTube must do moreGoogle is updating its YouTube Kids app to improve the control over the videos and channels that can be watched by children.YouTube Kids is a separate app for smartphones and tablets that provides access to a subset of the videos available on the main site. There have been 70bn video views since the app, which is used by 11m families, launched in 2015. In the app’s
  
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• Enter for chance to win* a Hudly head-up display for your vehicle! - Roadshow

  25-04-2018 21:00 via cnet.com
  Two lucky winners will be able to project their navigation, infotainment and more, all within their line of sight with Hudly Wireless. This promotion ends May 9, 2018.
  
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• Bosch says it can fix diesel if you'll just give it one more chance, baby - Roadshow

  25-04-2018 20:41 via cnet.com
  The German technology supplier believes it has nailed the problem of diesel emissions using artificial intelligence.
  
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• Soft and silent eel-like robot can sneak around underwater - CNET

  25-04-2018 20:39 via cnet.com
  A transparent eel-like robot that swims with artificial muscles could one day lurk in the ocean to study the underwater world.
  
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• The iPhone X Plus could copy the Galaxy Note with an 'iPen' - CNET

  25-04-2018 20:26 via cnet.com
  Analysts claim that the premium 2018 iPhone will support Apple Pencil.
  
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• Lynk & Co 01 SUV will debut in Europe in 2020 as a PHEV - Roadshow

  25-04-2018 20:24 via cnet.com
  Chinese auto startup Lynk & Co lays out its plan for penetrating the European market and it hinges on the 01 PHEV.
  
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• Don't panic! Amazon, Google aren't in a NYSE meltdown - CNET

  25-04-2018 20:03 via cnet.com
  A suspension of trading for key tech companies had people wondering what was going on. It turns out to be a trading bug.
  
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• Gmail gets a big reboot (The 3:59, Ep. 392) - CNET

  25-04-2018 19:38 via cnet.com
  Gmail introduces new features, hackers got Alexa to listen to you and digital money and cryptocurrency can help the poor.
  
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• ​Mosaic turns 25: The beginning of the modern web

  25-04-2018 19:34 via zdnet.com
  25 years ago, the first release of Mosaic web browser appeared and the web, as we know it, began.
  
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• Amazon's Echo for kids likes when you say 'please' video - CNET

  25-04-2018 19:34 via cnet.com
  Alexa now has a child-friendly mode with extra content for the 12-and-under crowd. Amazon is also selling a special kids edition of the Echo Dot.
  
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• BigCommerce raises $64 million to take on Shopify, fuel expansion

  25-04-2018 19:32 via zdnet.com
  BigCommerce says it has now raised more than $200 million in equity funding.
  
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• Cameras to gift your favorite grad - CNET

  25-04-2018 19:26 via cnet.com
  Start them on their journey with a step up in photo and video quality from a phone.
  
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• Google follows Apple in removing the gun emoji - CNET

  25-04-2018 19:07 via cnet.com
  Through an Android update, Google becomes the latest company to swap out its gun emoji for a toy version.
  
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• Where do millennials go for digital media and content?

  25-04-2018 19:03 via zdnet.com
  Where do you prefer to go for inspiration for online media content -- and do milennials get their inspiration elsewhere?
  
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• Don't panic! Amazon, Google aren't in NYSE meltdown - CNET

  25-04-2018 19:03 via cnet.com
  A suspension of trading with key tech companies had people wondering what was going on. It turns out, it was just a trading bug.
  
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• Comcast wages bidding war with Fox for Sky - CNET

  25-04-2018 19:02 via cnet.com
  Comcast submitted a nearly $31 billion bid for European broadcaster Sky, setting itself up for a bidding war with Rupert Murdoch's Twenty-First Century Fox.
  
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• Snapchat launches Snappables AR experiences - CNET

  25-04-2018 18:49 via cnet.com
  Snapchat users will soon be able to invite friends to augmented-reality games and experiences via Lenses called Snappables.
  
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• Europol shuts down largest cyberattack-for-hire website - CNET

  25-04-2018 18:47 via cnet.com
  Webstresser.org was allegedly behind 4 million DDoS attacks before police arrested its administrators.
  
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• BuzzFeed partners with Netflix for documentary series

  25-04-2018 18:35 via bbc.co.uk
  The series, which launches in July, will go behind-the-scenes as journalists pursue stories.
  
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• Amazon Alexa to reward kids who say: 'Please'

  25-04-2018 18:21 via bbc.co.uk
  A good manners feature will praise children if they ask questions politely.
  
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• 7 ways Apple could cut the 2018 iPhone '11' price - CNET

  25-04-2018 18:21 via cnet.com
  Commentary: A cheaper iPhone with Face ID would require deep feature cuts.
  
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• ESA's new Milky Way map shines with 1.7 billion stars - CNET

  25-04-2018 18:12 via cnet.com
  The stars of our Milky Way are giving up their secrets to the European Space Agency's Gaia spacecraft and its stunning new star catalog.
  
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