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After losing out to Apple and Google on smartphones, Facebook's big bets on VR and AR can be seen as attempting to control the next big hardware platforms (Ina Fried/Axios)

Ina Fried / Axios: After losing out to Apple and Google on smartphones, Facebook’s big bets on VR and AR can be seen as attempting to control the next big hardware platforms  —  Facebook’s foray into virtual and augmented reality, which it doubled down on this week, is a bet on where the future of

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ActBlue sees huge surge in small-dollar donations following Ginsburg’s death

Supreme Court 1 (Verge Stock) ActBlue, the FEC-certified Democratic fundraising site, says its fundraising following the Friday death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has topped $100 million. The tally broke ActBlue’s previous records for single-day donations, dollars raised in one hour, and dollars raised in one day, the organization said. Ginsburg died of

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How "Huang's Law", gains in AI chip performance even faster than Moore's Law, moves data processing from the cloud to the edge and may explain Nvidia's Arm deal (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)

Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: How “Huang’s Law”, gains in AI chip performance even faster than Moore’s Law, moves data processing from the cloud to the edge and may explain Nvidia’s Arm deal  —  The rule that the same dollar buys twice the computing power every 18 months is no longer true, but a

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Sunday's Best Deals: Kodak Pocket Projector, 2K HD Rotating Webcam, Digital Air Fryer, Maono Cardioid Condenser Microphone, Smart Home Plugs, Etude House Tint, and More

A 2K HD rotating webcam, a Kodak pocket-sized projector, a 2-pack of smart plugs, a digital air fryer, Etude House water tints, sets of Huckberry Onsen Bath Towels, and a Maono cardioid condenser microphone lead Sunday’s best deals. Read more… Sunday's Best Deals: Kodak Pocket Projector, 2K HD Rotating Webcam, Digital Air Fryer, Maono Cardioid

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US judge in California issues a preliminary injunction halting Commerce Department's order banning downloads of WeChat from Sunday (Amanda Macias/CNBC)

Amanda Macias / CNBC: US judge in California issues a preliminary injunction halting Commerce Department’s order banning downloads of WeChat from Sunday  —  – A U.S. judge in California halted the Trump administration’s ban on downloads of the Chinese-owned app WeChat early Sunday. US judge in California issues a preliminary injunction halting Commerce Department's order

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