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Video demonstrates pre-release version of Cortana running on Windows 10 — Exclusive: Here's Cortana running on the desktop in Windows 10 — It's been months since the Windows Technical Preview launched to the public, and we're still yet to see Cortana running on the desktop.
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IBM's Watson Analytics enters public beta — Summary:IBM has made it cognitive analytics package more widely available. — IBM has launched the public beta of Watson Analytics, its set of cloud-based predictive and analytics tools. — The move to public beta for Watson Analytics …
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DeviantArt launching first official iPhone and Android apps, reveals new logo and website revamp — With Its New App, DeviantArt Finally Has A Mobile Place For Those 65 Million Monthly Visitors — With 65 million unique visitors a month sharing, exploring, and discussing artwork of all sorts … | Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Instacart raising $100M+ in round valuing the company at $2B, 5X the previous valuation — Instacart Is Raising North Of $100 Million At A $2 Billion Valuation — Instacart, the home grocery delivery service that launched back in 2012, is close to raising a massive Series C round …
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North Korea's cyber war cell Bureau 121 employs 1800 hackers who are considered military elite — In North Korea, hackers are a handpicked, pampered elite — (Reuters) - Despite its poverty and isolation, North Korea has poured resources into a sophisticated cyber-warfare cell called Bureau 121 … | Scott Rosenberg / Backchannel: |
Why tech giants create new programming languages, and how Go and Swift reflect their creators — My Computer Language is Better than Yours — Go and Swift take another step up the programming-language ladder … Google has Go, first conceived in 2009. Facebook introduced Hack last spring.
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Bebe confirms payment card data breach at retail stores, does not disclose number of affected customers — Retailer Bebe Confirms Payment Card Data Breach — Another day, another payment card data breach. In what's now becoming routine news, this morning retailer Bebe is confirming … | Joseph Rose / Oregonian: |
Defiant Uber rideshare launches in Portland, with City Hall promising to ‘throw the book’ at drivers — Uber says it is no longer willing to wait for the city of Portland to revamp its strict taxi regulations to allow residents to hail and pay for rides with the push of a smartphone button.
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Steve Jobs's 2011 testimony in Apple DRM lawsuit points finger at music labels — Apple's late CEO says rival companies were “collateral damage” — Whether Apple's security measures for iTunes and iPods were designed to actively shut out competitors, or simply keep record labels happy … | Brian X. Chen / New York Times: |
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Former Product VP Daniel Graf Leaves Twitter After Demotion — Twitter's former head of product Dainel Graf is leaving the company just one month after he was demoted. — Graf announced his departure on Twitter Friday afternoon. He was hired to run Twitter's product team in April … | Carmel DeAmicis / Gigaom: |
Secret struggles after clamping down on bullying; CEO teases dramatic revamp coming next week — What's happening with Secret? — Secret, the anonymous messaging app that captured the attention of Silicon Valley in the months after its January launch, is struggling.| Ernesto / TorrentFreak: |
Google Removes Pirate Bay Apps From Play Store — Facing harsh criticism from copyright holders, Google is gradually changing its attitudes towards sites and services that are often associated with piracy. — A few weeks ago the company implemented a major change to its search algorithm … | Chris Ziegler / The Verge: |
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