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November 10, 2013, 7:10 PM

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Apple said to develop 4.7 and 5.5 inch curved iPhones for late 2014 release, pressure-sensitive screens for later models — Apple Said Developing Curved IPhone Screens, Enhanced Sensors — Apple Inc. (AAPL) is developing new iPhone designs including bigger screens with curved glass …

Cam Simpson / Businessweek:

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Michael McWhertor / Polygon:

A sometimes true, sometimes false history of the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 — Next week begins what many will consider the official roll out of next-generation consoles when the PlayStation 4 launches in North America. The following week sees the debut of Microsoft's Xbox One.

More: Engadget

Richard Lawler / Engadget:

Early Xbox One delivery reveals 500MB initial update, 17 second startup — then banned (update 3) — Now that there are Xbox Ones in the wild — thanks to Target's apparently leaky pre-order system — we're finding out more and more about the system. Moonlight Swami has been busy messing around …

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David Meyer / Gigaom:

Smartphone cameras can give away PIN codes, researchers warn — Correction: This article originally said the user's eyes were what gave away the code, but it is in fact the orientation inferred from captured images that do so. — Researchers at the University of Cambridge have come …

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Melissa Korn / Wall Street Journal:

More Business Graduates Opt for Tech Over Wall Street — Harvard and Other Elite Schools Look Elsewhere as Finance Loses Its Lustre … A record number of business school graduates from top schools are choosing jobs in the technology sector, as interest in finance continues to show marked declines.

Tweets: @jeffweiner, @iansherr and @obsoletedogma

Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica:

UK spies continue “quantum insert” attack via LinkedIn, Slashdot pages — According to a new report (German) by Der Spiegel, the British signals intelligence spy agency has again employed a “quantum insert” technique as a way to target employees (Google Translate) of two companies that are GRX (Global Roaming Exchange) providers.

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Adrianne Jeffries / The Verge:

Three 20-year-olds build their own version of Healthcare.gov — A trio of programmers in San Francisco have built their own version of Healthcare.gov, the federal insurance marketplace that has had serious technical issues since launching on October 1st, over the course of “a few late nights.”

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Esha Chhabra / New York Times:

Ubiquitous Across Globe, Cellphones Have Become Tool for Doing Good — The cellphone has become more of a tool and less of a toy, especially among the poor, and those trying to help them, in emerging markets. It helps deliver, via text message, water, energy, financial services, health care and even education.

More: MediaNama

Brendan Sasso / TheHill:

White House considers civilian for NSA chief — White House is considering whether to name a civilian to lead the National Security Agency for the first time ever. — No decision has been made yet, but officials have drafted a list of possible civilian candidates for the post …

More: CNET, The Verge and Gizmodo

Dan Primack / Fortune:

How Twitter's largest outside investor tricked me — Twitter's largest outside investor used a brilliantly simple way to avoid detection.—When Twitter unveiled its IPO registration last month, a lot of folks were stunned to learn that the company's two largest institutional owners …

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