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Medium lays off third of staff, blaming reliance on ads
پنجشنبه 16 دی 1395 22:44
Medium CEO and Twitter co-founder Ev Williams says a "broken system" of ad-driven media on the internet led to the pullback. Medium CEO Ev Williams said the publishing platform will close its New York and Washington DC offices. Photo by Mike Windle/Getty Images Medium, the web-publishing site run by Twitter...
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Twitter adds PGA Tour to roster of sports live streams
پنجشنبه 16 دی 1395 22:42
Twitter will be showing more of golf champ Rory McIlroy's swings as part its new live-streaming deal with the PGA Tour. Photo by Ross Kinnaird, Getty Images Golf fans can now do more than just follow the PGA champion Rory McIlroy's tweets on Twitter, they can actually see him play live on the social network. Twitter...
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Debbie Reynolds, Carrie Fisher celebrated in 'Bright Lights'
پنجشنبه 16 دی 1395 22:39
Mother-daughter relationships can run the gamut from "Gilmore Girls" to "Mommie Dearest." But the bond between Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds feels particularly loving and playful, as portrayed in a new documentary. "Bright Lights: Starring Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher," which...
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No Russian attempt to hack Vermont power grid found
پنجشنبه 16 دی 1395 22:36
Someone browses the internet on his work laptop. The laptop connects to a potentially malicious IP address. Nothing happens. It's a garden variety internet risk. Just part of being a 21st century digital citizen. On Friday evening, however, a similar and apparently benign event led to a report that Russian hackers may...
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LG's G6 phone will lose the modular gimmick
پنجشنبه 16 دی 1395 22:34
The LG G5 featured a snap-on construction that let you attach different modules to the bottom of the phone. It flopped. Photo by Jason Cipriani/CNET LG is backing away from what made its previous top-of-the-line phone unique. The company last year launched the G5, which ventured off the beaten path of phone design:...
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Google wants to help you buy a BMW
پنجشنبه 16 دی 1395 22:28
A new app from BMW and Google lets you digitally customize a car. Photo by Rainer Häckl, courtesy of Google You could probably call it tech for the 1 percent: Google and BMW are teaming up to make it easier to shop for that new Beemer you've had your eye on. The two companies unveiled on Wednesday a new app that helps...
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A fitness watch that holds all your music? Misfit Vapor wants to be that watch
پنجشنبه 16 دی 1395 22:22
Big, bright, round screen? Check. GPS? Check. Water resistant for swimming? Heart rate? Check, check. Misfit's newest fitness watch looks like it's going for all the features. But yet, after seeing it, I'm not even sure it'll exist in the form I saw. Called Misfit Vapor, the round watch looks sharp and promises a mix...
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Razer Project Valerie is a gaming laptop with a triple-screen surprise
پنجشنبه 16 دی 1395 22:19
Every year at CES, Razer is a good for a couple of cool PC prototypes or concept pieces. The inventive tech company was once best known for its hard-core gaming accessories, like mice and keyboards, but has quickly become a leader in the laptop category with its Blade systems. The newest laptop from Razer is a...
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Scientists search for aliens in galaxy sending weird radio signals
پنجشنبه 16 دی 1395 22:17
Our first contact from aliens probably won't be as simple as the 1997 movie "Contact," where Jodie Foster listens for otherworldly signals at the Very Large Array (VLA) in New Mexico. However, there is a teeny, tiny chance it does start at the VLA. Astronomer Casey Law hooked up 24 parallel CPUs to that same...
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This is what it was like to be at Intel's all-VR press conference
پنجشنبه 16 دی 1395 22:15
As I walked into a ballroom at the Mandalay Bay casino, I could immediately tell that this was going to be a different kind of CES tech-show presentation from Intel. In front of each plush, black-leather chair in the audience, the chipmaker had placed a small table rigged with a high-powered laptop and an Oculus Rift...
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Samsung kicks off CES event with Note 7 mea culpa
پنجشنبه 16 دی 1395 22:10
Samsung sure didn't take long to address the elephant in the room at CES -- its exploding Galaxy Note 7. The company kicked off its press conference, which typically highlights its shiny new TVs and home appliances, with an acknowledgement that the company has work to do to regain customer trust. "As you know,...