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Samsung Electronics posts Q3 operating profit of ~$15.5B, up 21% YoY, driven by strong sales of memory chips and higher demand for high-end OLED display panels (Saheli Roy Choudhury/CNBC)

{$inline_image} Saheli Roy Choudhury / CNBC: Samsung Electronics posts Q3 operating profit of ~$15.5B, up 21% YoY, driven by strong sales of memory chips and higher demand for high-end OLED display panels — – Samsung Electronics on Wednesday said it recorded an operating profit of 17.57 trillion won (about $15.5 billion) for the quarter ending

Facebook’s Vision for the Future: Less News Feed, More Stories

The social network, which reported slowing growth on Tuesday, has plans to reduce its dependence on News Feed. Facebook’s Vision for the Future: Less News Feed, More Stories Source: NY Times Tech

Electric scooter giant Lime says it recalled scooters amid fears that some could catch on fire

The electric scooter company Lime pulled several thousands devices off California streets due to concerns about rider safety and the threat of fire. The effort coincided with a blaze in a company warehouse involving a faulty battery. Electric scooter giant Lime says it recalled scooters amid fears that some could catch on fire Source: Washington

October 30, 2018

Nintendo’s Switch just outsold the GameCube

The growth of the Nintendo Switch has been nothing short of meteoric, easily surpassing those of the disappointing Wii U within months. Now, according to a new report from Nintendo, the Switch’s lifetime sales just surpassed those of the GameCube. The Switch’s lifetime sales, as of this writing, have reached over 22 million units, which surpasses

Kepler Closes Eyes After a Decade of Discovery

Since its launch in March 2009, the Kepler Space Telescope has provided us with an incredible amount of data about exoplanets within our galaxy, proving these worlds are more varied and numerous than we could ever have imagined. Before its launch we simply didn’t know how common planets such as ours were, but today we

Election 2018 Misinformation Roundup: ‘Problematic’ Text Messages and Doctored Mailers

Midterm elections are seven days away. Here’s a collection of coverage from The New York Times and elsewhere on outreach efforts that have been misleading voters. Election 2018 Misinformation Roundup: ‘Problematic’ Text Messages and Doctored Mailers Source: NY Times Tech

October 30, 2018

One year after doubling tweet length, Twitter finds the average tweet is now 33 characters, one fewer than before the change; 5% are longer than 190 characters (Kia Kokalitcheva/Axios)

Kia Kokalitcheva / Axios: One year after doubling tweet length, Twitter finds the average tweet is now 33 characters, one fewer than before the change; 5% are longer than 190 characters — Nearly a year since Twitter doubled the character limit of tweets from 140 to 280, the company has found that the most common

Facebook revenue rises less than expected as user growth stagnates

Facebook stock remained steady after weather a string of privacy controversies and new regulations. Facebook revenue rises less than expected as user growth stagnates Source: Washington Post Tech

NASA: Kepler Space Telescope is out of fuel and out of time – CNET

The spacecraft, which revealed a universe full of planets that might be similar to our own, is being retired. NASA: Kepler Space Telescope is out of fuel and out of time – CNET Source: CNet

October 30, 2018

Waymo granted the first permit from California's DMV to begin driverless testing of autonomous cars on public roads, will start with limited tests around SV (Carolyn Said/San Francisco Chronicle)

Carolyn Said / San Francisco Chronicle: Waymo granted the first permit from California’s DMV to begin driverless testing of autonomous cars on public roads, will start with limited tests around SV — Waymo is the first company in California allowed to test robot cars on public roads with no human driver behind the steering wheel,

Tesla accused of misrepresenting Autopilot in Florida crash lawsuit – Roadshow

The plaintiff’s Model S had Autopilot enabled when it hit a stationary car on the highway. Tesla accused of misrepresenting Autopilot in Florida crash lawsuit – Roadshow Source: CNet

iPad Pro 2018 vs. Pixel Slate vs. Surface Pro 6: All specs, compared – CNET

Apple gears up to do battle with Microsoft and Google in the premium tablet market. iPad Pro 2018 vs. Pixel Slate vs. Surface Pro 6: All specs, compared – CNET Source: CNet

Facebook sees stagnating sales and user growth – CNET

We’ve become used to seeing faster growth. Facebook sees stagnating sales and user growth – CNET Source: CNet

T-Mobile leads in wireless growth again as it awaits Sprint acquisition – CNET

The Un-carrier doesn’t want to rock the boat right now. T-Mobile leads in wireless growth again as it awaits Sprint acquisition – CNET Source: CNet

October 30, 2018

Facebook lost 1M DAUs in Europe and stayed flat in North America as scandals and low engagement with teens affected business; revenue also missed expectations (Josh Constine/TechCrunch)

Josh Constine / TechCrunch: Facebook lost 1M DAUs in Europe and stayed flat in North America as scandals and low engagement with teens affected business; revenue also missed expectations — After last quarter’s bloodbath earnings report that cut 20 percent from Facebook’s share price, the social network stumbled in Q3 2018 … Facebook lost 1M

October 30, 2018

Facebook reports Q3 revenue of $13.73B, up 33% YoY, DAUs of 1.49B on average, up 9% YoY, says mobile ad revenue represented ~92% of all ad revenue (Facebook)

Facebook: Facebook reports Q3 revenue of $13.73B, up 33% YoY, DAUs of 1.49B on average, up 9% YoY, says mobile ad revenue represented ~92% of all ad revenue — Facebook, Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) today reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2018. — “Our community and business continue … Facebook reports Q3 revenue

Apple Introduces What We’ve All Been Waiting For

The biggest news this week comes from Apple. There’s a new Mac Mini (the press copy says it makes a great digital signage platform but we’ll stick to our Raspberry Pis), a gigantic iPad that costs $1900, and the MacBook Air gets a display with more than 900 pixels of horizontal resolution. It’s big news,

October 30, 2018

Intel’s AI strategy for 2019 goes beyond chips

There’s a lot of people in the machine learning community who’ll tell you that deep learning (DL) is a dead end. Gadi Singer isn’t one of those people. He believes DL is just getting started, in fact he says we’re about to enter the next phase of AI, and deep learning at the edge is

October 30, 2018

Amazon debuts Alexa Presentation Language in public beta, a suite of dev tools for making "visually rich" skills for devices like Echo Show, Fire TV, Echo Spot (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Amazon debuts Alexa Presentation Language in public beta, a suite of dev tools for making “visually rich” skills for devices like Echo Show, Fire TV, Echo Spot — Amazon introduced the Alexa Presentation Language (APL), a suite of tools designed to make it easier for developers to create … Amazon debuts

Nonfiction: Where Trolls Reigned Free: A New History of Reddit

“We Are the Nerds,” by Christine Lagorio-Chafkin, tells the story of the popular internet platform whose unfettered embrace of free expression has proved controversial. Nonfiction: Where Trolls Reigned Free: A New History of Reddit Source: NY Times Tech

Wavetable General MIDI For Everyone

There are only so many ways to generate music with a computer, and by far the most popular method is MIDI. It’s been around for thirty-five years, and you don’t get to be a decades-old standard for no reason. That said, turning MIDI into audio is a pain, but this project in the Musical Instrument

October 30, 2018

D’Angelo slipped a brand new song into Red Dead Redemption 2

D’Angelo, the king of neo soul, the artisan of R&Baby making music, has a new song — and it’s tucked away in the Red Dead Redemption 2 soundtrack. You may have heard some buzz about RDR2 — like, how it’s had the biggest opening weekend in entertainment history after grossing $725 million in its first three days.

October 30, 2018

Amid uncertainty about slow international sales and more, Amazon's market value has declined by about 25%, or about $250B, since September (Spencer Soper/Bloomberg)

Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: Amid uncertainty about slow international sales and more, Amazon’s market value has declined by about 25%, or about $250B, since September — – E-commerce leader saw sales slow internationally and in cloud — Talk of a tax in Europe and further tariffs add to worry Amid uncertainty about slow international sales

October 30, 2018

Reporters tried to buy fake Facebook ads on behalf of all 100 US senators and Facebook approved all of them, following other high profile fake ad approvals (William Turton/VICE News)

William Turton / VICE News: Reporters tried to buy fake Facebook ads on behalf of all 100 US senators and Facebook approved all of them, following other high profile fake ad approvals — One of Facebook’s major efforts to add transparency to political advertisements is to require those paying for the ads to make a

Apple Unveils New iPad and MacBook Air

The company showed off a slate of new computers with better screens, faster processors and higher price tags. Apple Unveils New iPad and MacBook Air Source: NY Times Tech

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