October 17, 2017
Google Pixel 2 review
Google wanted to announce more than just a boatload of products at its event the other week. The company hoped to foster a new conversation around consumer hardware,…
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October 17, 2017
Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL reaffirm Google’s top spot among smartphone cameras
Google’s changes to the Pixel cameras are mostly on the software side, but they gain some excellent additional abilities, including a new Portrait mode, as well as optical…
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Feedzai closes $50M Series C to help banks and merchants identify fraud with AI
Feedzai is announcing a $50 million Series C this morning led by an unnamed VC with additional capital from Sapphire Ventures. The six year old startup builds machine…
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Apple responds to Senator Franken’s Face ID privacy concerns
Apple has now responded to a letter from Senator Franken last month in which he asked the company to provide more information about the incoming Face ID authentication technology…
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Strava launches posts to bring athletes back for everything else beyond their workouts
When you walk upstairs at the Strava offices over on Third Street in San Francisco, you’ll find boards as tall as your typical human. They’re covered with images…
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Docker gives into inevitable and offers native Kubernetes support
When it comes to container orchestration, it seems clear that Kubernetes, the open source tool developed by Google, has won the battle for operations’ hearts and minds. It…
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Opternative sues Warby Parker for allegedly stealing its online eye exam
Eyewear ecommerce giant Warby Parker is accused of signing partnership contracts and NDAs with online eyeglass prescription test startup Opternative, then stealing the technology to launch its own…
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Upload exec tasked with turning things around at the troubled VR startup has already quit
The executive tasked with building back community trust in Upload, the VR startup shaken by a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a former employee earlier this summer, has…
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Facebook acquires anonymous teen compliment app tbh, will let it run
Facebook wants tbh to be its next Instagram. Today, Facebook announced it’s acquiring positivity-focused polling startup tbh and will allow it to operate somewhat independently with its own…
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Minecraft now lets you export your creations in 3D — but only on Windows 10
Minecraft players will now be able to easily save their in-game creations as 3D models. A new update adds the capability, but it’s among the few features that…
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