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Report: Peter Thiel Is Bankrolling Hulk Hogan's Lawsuit Against Gawker
The Facebook board member and PayPal co-founder is funding a case that could financially ruin the digital publisher, according to a Forbes report.
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Pebble's Back With Two New Smartwatches And One Weird Cube
With two heart rate sensor–enabled watches and its first non-smartwatch product, Pebble is doing its best to stay in the game.
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Post-Uber Austin Has A Chance To Redo Ride-Hail
Uber and Lyft fled Austin after losing an expensive regulatory battle with the city, leaving the playing field clear for a bevy of competitors who aren’t eager to see them return.
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Facebook Makes Changes To Trending Section After Bias Accusations
The social network launched an investigation into its trending news section after allegations that conservative stories were suppressed.
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Snapchat Replaced All Of Its Selfie Filters With "X-Men" Ones And People Aren't Happy
You can be Cyclops or Storm, but NOT the puppy with the tongue.
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Lyft Testing Ride Reservation Feature
The ride-hail company is testing a feature that will let passengers schedule rides in advance.
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Finding The Meaning Of Artificial Intelligence At Google I/O
Can anyone in this group of advanced programmers explain the tech world's hottest trend?
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A Bunch Of ISIS Fanboys Posted Photo Messages And Accidentally Revealed Their Locations
Followers of ISIS from around the world tweeted in support of an ISIS speech on Saturday, which allowed intelligence agencies to trace their exact locations.
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Palantir To Buy Up To $225 Million Of Stock From Employees
The “liquidity event" will offer current and former employees $7.40 a share for their common stock — a price above where some large investors value their own Palantir stakes.
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Google's Crazy Modular Smartphone Is Officially On Its Way
Project Ara is finally coming to market. Developers get it in late 2016, consumers in 2017.
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Do You Know What Happened In Tech The Week Of May 16?
Google edition!
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The Future Of The Apple Store Is Trees
The Genius Bar is a Genius "Grove" now.
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Airbnb Is Getting Sued For Racial Discrimination
A black Virginian says the company violated his civil rights by failing to protect users from discrimination. Airbnb says it’s working on technological solutions to the problem.
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Why Google’s Encryption Choices Matter
Allo, Google’s new messaging app, offers end-to-end encryption — but not by default.
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Ride-Hail Has A Woman Problem
Uber and Lyft may be battling each other for market share, but if their recent defeat in Austin tells us anything, it's that they're united on at least one thing: fighting consumer safety measures. And some women say that's a problem.
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Mark Zuckerberg: I Know Many Conservatives Don't Trust Our Platform Is Unbiased
Facebook CEO holds meeting with more than a dozen conservative leaders, says he wants to build trust.
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When It Comes To The Future, Google Doesn’t Need To Be First
The search giant’s annual developer conference revealed that Google is playing catch-up to its Big Tech competitors and it doesn’t seem to care one bit.
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LinkedIn Says Hackers May Have Stolen More Than 100 Million Passwords
Hi 100 million people, please join my network of hacked LinkedIn accounts.
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Leave Your Phone At Home With The New Android Wear
Google's new smartwatch operating system, announced today, will include the ability to untether from your phone, plus a keyboard, handwriting recognition, and more personalization.
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Google's New Virtual Reality Platform Is Called Daydream
Integrated with Android, Daydream is a phone, a headset, a controller, and a bunch of apps you probably already use.
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What Could Possibly Go Wrong With Google Asking The Internet To Come Up With An N-Word?
Google is asking you to name the new Android system something starting with an N. Because the internet is so responsible?
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Google Just Launched Home, Its Amazon Echo Competitor
The sleek new device from Google will solve your in-home entertainment, to-do and information needs (provided you don't already have an Amazon Echo).
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Google Releases Pair Of Messaging Apps For Text And Video
The "fast, smart and secure" app will suggest responses to images, allow emoji size customization, and work alongside Google Assistant.
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Google Just Announced a New Conversation-Based Virtual Assistant
CEO Sundar Pichai claimed at the company's I/O conference that Google Assistant is "far ahead of what other assistants can do."
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Google's Antitrust Troubles In Europe Could Foreshadow U.S. Showdown
With Brussels spearheading two investigations into Google’s search and Android businesses, a decision overseas could embolden U.S. regulators to take action.
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You Can't Quantify Jason Derulo's Magic, Even With Wearables
Jason Deruuullloooooooo
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BET CEO Debra Lee Joins Twitter Board
She'll be the company's first black board member.
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Twitter Reportedly To Eliminate Photos And Links From Character Count
Twitter product change reported. Public exalts.
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