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Sony says its new 4K and 8K TVs launching later this year, which run Android TV, will support AirPlay 2 and HomeKit (Chris Welch/The Verge)

Chris Welch / The Verge: Sony says its new 4K and 8K TVs launching later this year, which run Android TV, will support AirPlay 2 and HomeKit  —  Soon you’ll be able to tell Siri to play something on Android TV  —  In yet another surprise amid Apple’s sudden expansion of AirPlay 2 across popular

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Intel signs deal with Comcast to provide tech for Xfinity enabling 10 Gbps broadband speeds and in-home Wi-Fi 6, with the first devices rolling out this year (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Intel signs deal with Comcast to provide tech for Xfinity enabling 10 Gbps broadband speeds and in-home Wi-Fi 6, with the first devices rolling out this year  —  As Comcast continues to hone its ambitions to be the hub around which our many connected devices and services revolve in your home

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Intel demos its first 10nm Ice Lake chip, which is based on its Sunny Cove architecture, says PCs with the processor will ship by the end of 2019 (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Tom Warren / The Verge: Intel demos its first 10nm Ice Lake chip, which is based on its Sunny Cove architecture, says PCs with the processor will ship by the end of 2019  —  Dell promises an Ice Lake laptop for end of 2019  —  Intel announced a major rethink of its chip design back

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Samsung forecasts decline in Q4 operating profit to ~$9.65B, below analyst estimates of ~$12.4B, due to weak memory chip demand and competition in smartphones (Sam Kim/Bloomberg)

Sam Kim / Bloomberg: Samsung forecasts decline in Q4 operating profit to ~$9.65B, below analyst estimates of ~$12.4B, due to weak memory chip demand and competition in smartphones  —  Samsung Electronics Co. posted fourth-quarter profit below estimates as demand for memory chips slumps amid deteriorating relations between the U.S. and China. Samsung forecasts decline in

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Leaked docs from last March: Uber projected net revenue of $14.2B by 2019, up 2X from 2017, and its 2019 EBITDA losses to shrink to $500M from ~$1.7B in 2018 (Amir Efrati/The Information)

Amir Efrati / The Information: Leaked docs from last March: Uber projected net revenue of $14.2B by 2019, up 2X from 2017, and its 2019 EBITDA losses to shrink to $500M from ~$1.7B in 2018  —  When Wall Street banks last fall were pitching to take Uber public, some suggested the ride-hailing giant could hit

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Nvidia launches Drive AutoPilot, an automated driving system for Level 2+ autonomous cars, says partners will start shipping cars using the system in 2020 (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Nvidia launches Drive AutoPilot, an automated driving system for Level 2+ autonomous cars, says partners will start shipping cars using the system in 2020  —  Nvidia announced that its Drive AutoPilot is the first automated driving system that meets standards for Level 2-plus autonomous cars. Nvidia launches Drive AutoPilot, an automated

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Facebook is investigating the political pages and ads of another group backed by Reid Hoffman

Facebook said it is investigating whether an organization backed by Internet billionaire and Democratic megadonor Reid Hoffman violated the social media giant’s policies when it set up several misleading news pages in a bid to target U.S. voters with left-leaning political messages. Facebook is investigating the political pages and ads of another group backed by

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Samsung unveils two 13.3" laptops: the Notebook 9 Pro, price TBA, and the Notebook Flash, starting at $350 with a fingerprint scanner and Windows 10 Home (Manish Singh/VentureBeat)

Manish Singh / VentureBeat: Samsung unveils two 13.3″ laptops: the Notebook 9 Pro, price TBA, and the Notebook Flash, starting at $350 with a fingerprint scanner and Windows 10 Home  —  Samsung kicks off each year by unveiling a range of laptops at the CES trade show.  CES 2019, which officially started today, is no

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