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7 June
Vimeo CEO Kerry Trainor steps down
Vimeo CEO Kerry Trainor is leaving the online video upload site, a smaller rival to Google’s YouTube. In a memo to staff Tuesday, Trainor said he was “stepping back” from Vimeo, though he will remain an advisor there as the chief of parent company IAC, Joey Levin, serves as interim CEO. Vimeo is often known as a high-brow YouTube. Like …
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7 June
Google’s AI software is moving into your iPhone
Google’s artificial intelligence software, smart enough to help vanquish the world’s top Go player and answer your email, is coming to your iPhone. On Monday, Google published an early version of TensorFlow (the 0.9 release candidate) that adds support for iOS, the software that powers Apple iPhones and iPads. TensorFlow is “neural network” software that lets computers process data in …
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7 June
Lenovo is set to reveal next
Lenovo looks like it’s set to debut new virtual reality hardware in a year already full of VR surprises, and it’s doing it with the help of a chipmaker named Movidius. A few days in advance of Lenovo’s Tech World event June 9 in San Francisco, chipmaker Movidius has announced via press release that its hardware will be inside a …
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7 June
iPhone owners holding onto their phones longer
iPhone owners in the United States are apparently no longer in such a rush to upgrade to the latest version of the gadget. Among people who upgraded from an old iPhone to a new one, the age of the old phones has increased over the past several years, meaning people are waiting longer to upgrade, according to data released Tuesday …
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7 June
Is T
T-Mobile is giving away pizza and stock, but is that enough to win a customer over? The latest Un-carrier announcement sounds great on paper, but we break down whether any of us would actually take advantage of these freebies. Even if it’s a nice gesture to buy goodwill, T-Mobile’s latest move is a far cry from earlier Un-carrier events, which …
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7 June
Instagram version 8.2 adds a photo
Instagram has announced an update to its popular social photography app that makes it a little easier for iOS users to upload photos directly from any iPhone app. Version 8.2’s latest trick takes a step out of the Instagram photo uploading process by adding a shortcut extension to the iOS Share menu in iOS apps, including the native Photos app. …
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6 June
Best Buy sale shaves up to $200 off Apple Watch
Those of you looking for an Apple Watch can save some cash at Best Buy right now. The retailer is offering a sale on both the entry-level Apple Watch Sport and the mid-level model of the Apple Watch. The sale price varies depending on the version. Apple’s smartwatches face competition from companies such as Samsung, LG and Motorola, though many …
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6 June
Watch a hacked Nintendo Power Glove control a quadcopter
The poor old Nintendo Power Glove may not have been particularly good at its intended purpose as a controller for the NES, but computer engineering graduate Nolan Moore has been able to make it great. As he said on his Hackaday project page, “The ultimate goal of the Power Glove UHID project is to revamp the 1989 Nintendo Power Glove …
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6 June
Uber updates app, with a focus on its drivers
Uber’s relationship with its thousands of drivers has faced a lot of challenges. Drivers have protested Uber’s fare cuts and filed class action lawsuits against the company over their classification as contractors and not employees. In an attempt to placate the people that keep Uber running, the ride-hailing service on Monday unveiled a handful of new features on its app …
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