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Nude celebrity picture leak looks like phishing or email account hack — Apple's iCloud service may have been the source of the photos but security experts think password hacks are likely explanation — The leak of pictures and, allegedly, videos of Jennifer Lawrence by an unknown hacker has security experts - and Apple - puzzled.
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Apple has also reached a deal with Visa and MasterCard for its mobile wallet — Apple Said to Team With Visa, MasterCard on IPhone Wallet — Apple Inc. (AAPL) plans to turn its next iPhone into a mobile wallet through a partnership with major payment networks, banks and retailers, according a person familiar with the situation.
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| John Paczkowski / Re/code: |
Veteran Tech Journalist Anand Shimpi Headed to Apple — Anand Lal Shimpi, the editor and publisher of the well-regarded AnandTech site, is going to work at Apple. — An Apple rep confirmed that the company was hiring Shimpi, but wouldn't provide any other details.
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Apple ‘not likely’ to ship redesigned power adapter, Lightning cable with ‘iPhone 6’ — Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo on Monday poured cold water on recent rumors that Apple was preparing to migrate to a reversible version of the Lightning charge cable as well as a larger, possibly …
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Google Sends Invites for September 15 India Event; Android One Launch Likely — Google has sent invitations for an event in India on September 15. While the invite itself says “More details closer to the date!”, it is expected that the much-awaited Android One smartphones will make their debut at the event.
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75% Of Ikea's Catalog Is Computer Generated Imagery — You could have fooled us. Wait, actually, you did. — The best special effects are often the ones you never notice—which may make Ikea the most skillful special effects studio in the world. The Swedish furniture company … | Reuters: |
China gives Microsoft 20 days to provide explanation in anti-trust probe — (Reuters) - A Chinese anti-trust regulator said on Monday it has given Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) 20 days to reply to queries on the compatability of its Windows operating system and Office software suite amid a probe into the world's largest software company.| Farhad Manjoo / New York Times: |
Uber and Lyft are becoming indistinguishable commodities to riders and drivers both — Uber and Lyft Have Become Indistinguishable Commodities — If you need a ride, pull out your phone and load up the Lyft app. Or try Uber. Really, it doesn't matter which you pick.| Nick Wingfield / New York Times: |
In E-Sports, Video Gamers Draw Real Crowds and Big Money — A video game tournament in Seattle in July. Pro gaming, called e-sports, is becoming a lucrative worldwide spectator sport. — Credit: Stuart Isett for The New York Times — SEATTLE — A bewitching creature — half woman … | William A. Radasky / IEEE Spectrum: |
Digitally controlled infrastructure is increasingly vulnerable to electromagnetic weapons — Electromagnetic Warfare Is Here — A briefcase-size radio weapon could wreak havoc in our networked world. In the 2001 action movie Ocean's Eleven, criminals use an electromagnetic weapon to black out a portion of Las Vegas.| Robert Hof / Forbes: |
Baidu's new chief scientist and Google Brain founder Andrew Ng on the new AI lab he's leading — Interview: Inside Google Brain Founder Andrew Ng's Plans To Transform Baidu — Little known outside China, the Chinese search engine Baidu scored a coup earlier this year when it hired Andrew Ng … | Florin T. / PhoneArena: |
Asus ZenWatch will feature voice commands, sub-$200 price confirmed by CEO — While LG and Samsung already unveiled the new smartwatches that they're going to bring to IFA 2014 next week (the G Watch R and Gear S, respectively), Asus prefers to wait until September 3 before fully revealing its first smartwatch.
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