A preview look at Project Scorpio reveals a console that is at least six months away from release and shows impressive performance in a game demo
Digital Foundry has the specs, has seen it running, and has talked to the people who built it. — Last week, Digital Foundry was invited …
Twitter rolling out Twitter Lite, a new mobile web version optimized for slower connections and minimal data usage
Every day, millions of people around the world use Twitter to see what's happening right now. However, there are several barriers to using Twitter, including slow mobile networks …
Microsoft reveals Project Scorpio specs: 8-core 2.3GHz CPU, custom GPU comprised of 40 units, 12GB GDDR5 RAM, 1TB hard drive, and 4K UHD Blu-ray drive
Microsoft has promised that their next console, Scorpio, will be “the most powerful console ever,” and today the company delivered on that promise …
Comcast unveils Xfinity Mobile wireless phone service for its internet and TV subscribers for $65 a month, and $12/GB pay-as-you-go plan
Cable-TV giant to unveil cellular plans in challenge to Verizon, AT&T — Comcast Corp. CMCSA -1.19% is poised to enter the fiercely competitive wireless phone market …
Nvidia updates its Titan Xp GPU with 12GB GDDR5X, 3,840 CUDA cores, and adds Mac support for the first time, available for $1,200
Nvidia updates its top-of-the-line Titan graphics card yearly, so it's only natural the Titan Xp got announced Thursday. The Titan Xp's new specs include 12GB …
As Japan recognizes bitcoin as a legal payment method from April 2017, businesses may begin accepting bitcoin payments at around 260K retail outlets
Over a quarter of a million stores could be accepting bitcoin by summer this year. — The post Bitcoin Could Soon Be Accepted at 260,000 Stores …
Canonical will discontinue its Unity desktop interface, focusing on GNOME instead, and will shutter its mobile projects
Ubuntu phones and tablets are dead, but the desktop, server, and cloud live on. — Six years after making Unity the default user interface on Ubuntu desktops …
Apple Clips hands-on: a fun, lightweight app for mobile video editing that can be complicated to use but creates nice looking videos, available now
Not a social network, but a fun video app … When I opened up Apple's new Clips app yesterday, as I've been doing for the past few days …
F-Secure acquires Jonathan Zdziarski's Mac security app Little Flocker, will continue to offer it rebranded as Xfence for download
Security researcher Jonathan Zdziarski revealed he was joining Apple earlier this month, and now it turns out his Mac security app, Little Flocker, has gone awol because it's joining F-Secure.
Sources: Spotify is considering directly listing its shares on a public exchange in September, instead of a traditional IPO
Music-streaming service considers a direct listing, bypassing the typical public-offering script — Music-streaming service Spotify AB is readying an initial public offering that is expected by year-...
Twitter aims to reset developer relations by streamlining its API platform around core features, introducing tiered access for devs in 2017, releasing a roadmap
Twitter historically has had a rocky relationship with its developer community. — It once encouraged third-party apps …
YC alumni Sharethebus rebrands as Bus.com, raises $5M Series A from BMW and others for its charter bus booking platform
BMW has invested in Bus.com, a Montreal-based startup that allows users to book charter buses online. It's the latest example of a push by automakers …
Ajit Pai plans to create Office of Economics and Data at FCC by the end of the year for better cost-benefit analysis of agency's regulations
New Office of Economics and Data could ease rollback of net-neutrality rules — WASHINGTON—Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai …
Windows 10 Creators Update and Creators Update SDK are available for download now
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Verizon is primed to become ad-tracking giant and take full advantage of an impotent FCC, using consumer data without permission, as it's done with supercookies
it's going to be a nightmare ad-tracking machine - The Verge DSLreports : FCC, FTC Heads Pen Comical Op-Ed Downplaying Privacy Sell Out Cecilia Kang / New York Times : At F.C.C., Obama-Era Rules on Ch...
Pebble updates iOS and Android apps, decoupling smartwatches from dependency on cloud services so watches can work normally after Pebble servers shut down
Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge :
Facebook Stories now shows friends who haven't posted, creating the impression of a ghost town on the little-used feature
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Google says its TPU chips are 15x to 30x faster on average for machine learning than a standard GPU/CPU combination and offer 30x to 80x better TeraOps/Watt
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YouTube's $35/mo. TV streaming service debuts in Los Angeles, NYC, Chicago, Philadelphia, and San Francisco Bay Area, with 4 major networks, 40+ cable channels
but is it something people want? Eric Johnson / Recode : YouTube wants to be TV, but it's not the same Priya Singh / International Business Times : How To Use YouTube TV: 5 Things To Know About YouTub...
Microsoft launches 'Who's In,' a social event planning app for iMessage
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Okta increases the price range to $15-$17 from $13-$15 per share ahead of its expected Friday IPO and could raise up to $215M
Okta (Private:OKTA) is expected to IPO on Friday … NASDAQ.com : The sky is the limit: Okta increases range ahead of $176 million IPO
Udacity spins out Voyage, which aims to create a fleet of self-driving taxis using retrofitted cars; Voyage has raised a seed round from Khosla Ventures, others
Biz Carson / Business Insider :
Recently unsealed exhibits in Waymo-Uber suit point to Otto co-founder Lior Ron as second executive facing legal action
Dara Kerr / CNET :
Profile of iFixit, a company that sells repair parts and tools with $21M in sales last year, and whose site offers 25K repair manuals covering over 7K devices
David Whitford / Inc.com :
Facebook begins testing a free version of its Workplace enterprise tool, called Workplace Standard, aimed at smaller businesses
Harriet Taylor / CNBC :
Amazon debuts a dashboard for Alexa Skills, letting developers track unique customers, and an API for requesting specific location data
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
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