us-hotdailynews: 2015-11-07 U.S. Technology

Toyota Invests $1 Billion in Artificial Intelligence in US
New York Times
PALO ALTO, Calif. — Silicon Valley is diving into artificial intelligence technology, with start-ups sprouting up and Google and Facebook pouring vast sums into projects that would teach machines how to learn and make decisions. Now Toyota wants a ...
Autonomous cars aren't nearly as clever as you think, says Toyota exec   Computerworld
Toyota Setting Up Major Research Lab in Silicon Valley   Wall Street Journal
Demand for robots, artificial intelligence rising   CBS News

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Apple TV review (2015): A huge leap forward, unless you want 4K
Engadget
For years, Apple TV has been like a perpetually ignored child, eclipsed by its overachieving siblings, the iPhone and iPad. Design-wise, it hasn't changed at all since 2010, and it's been shackled with one of the most archaic Apple interfaces around ...
Opinion: With Apple TV 4's open app platform, some classic channels offer ...   9 to 5 Mac (press release)
Apple TV is pretty great, but there's one $#&%# thing | Tech Review   The Seattle Times
iOS App Store Gains New 'Shopping' Category   Mac Rumors
AppAdvice
BGR
eWeek
Plex Blog
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Google Acquires Fly Labs To Join Its Google Photos Team
TechCrunch
Today, Google acquired Fly Labs to join its Google Photos team. The company aimed to help people edit videos and photos and it sported 3 million downloads over the past 18 months. Their suite of apps (Tempo, Fly and Crop) will be made available for the ...

Google Acquires Fly Labs To Bring Photo Editing To Google Photos   Tech Times
Google acquires video and photo editing startup Fly Labs   VentureBeat
Google acquires Fly Labs to build video editing tools for Google Photos   The Verge
Apple Insider
USA TODAY
Business Insider
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Fortune

Activision Blizzard Studios Co-President: 'Call Of Duty Is Bigger Than Marvel'
Fortune
Disney veteran Nick van Dyk, now co-president of Activision Blizzard Studios, explains the power of video game across all media. On the heels of its plan to acquire Candy Crush maker King Digital Studios for $5.9 billion, Activision Blizzard has gone ...

Activision Blizzard launches movie and TV studio   Los Angeles Times
Activision Blizzard's strategy for world conquest   VentureBeat
Activision Blizzard Launches Studio, Plans 'Call of Duty' Cinematic Universe   Hollywood Reporter
Cinema Blend
PC Magazine
Variety
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Instagram testing next-gen ads leveraging Apple's 3D Touch, Apple Pay [u]
Apple Insider
Facebook-owned Instagram is reportedly testing ads that exploit two of Apple's most recent technologies, 3D Touch and Apple Pay, as part of a broader effort to reap more cash from the photo-sharing service. [Updated with Instagram denial]. In the case ...
Apple Loop: New iPhone 7 Leaks, Apple Breaks iOS 9.1, How Android Beats iPhone   Forbes
Instagram Begins Testing Ads That Use 3D Touch and Apple Pay   Mac Rumors
Apple might enable your iPhone with a secret way to activate 'panic mode'   Macworld
The Verge
CNET
Mashable
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The New York Times VR app took me inside the news
Engadget
I'm standing in the center of a rubble-filled classroom. The floor is ankle deep in books with overturned desks jutting up like volcanic islands in a sea of literature. At the chalkboard, a young boy is writing something. It's difficult to see what he ...
Quantum shift: welcome to The New York Times' VR future   The Verge
YouTube updates app for VR   Hypergrid Business
YouTube to support virtual reality video on its app   Reuters
CNET
Huffington Post
Phys.Org
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