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Google X working on wearable that can measure pulse, heart rhythm, skin temperature, more; device meant to be prescribed to patients or used for clinical trials — Google Reveals Health-Tracking Wristband — The device can measure pulse, heartbeat rhythm and skin temperature, and also information like light exposure, noise levels.
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Sources: Palantir raising up to $500M at $20B valuation — Palantir Valued At $20 Billion In New Funding Round — The secretive data-processing company is raising up to $500 million in a previously undisclosed round of funding. The round makes it the third most valuable startup in the United States.
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Samsung is actively disabling Windows Update on at least some computers — Samsung is actively disabling Windows Update on at least some of the computers it sells. Microsoft MVP Patrick Barker made the discovery and documented the details on his blog after trying to help a user troubleshoot issues with his Samsung machine.| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
iOS 9 can now automatically delete and reinstall apps on devices with insufficient space to update OS — iOS 9 Includes New Auto App Delete/Reinstall Feature for OS Updates on Devices With Insufficient Space — Developers who are installing the second beta of iOS 9 have discovered … | Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Google finally makes ‘Undo Send’ an official feature of Gmail on the Web — In what could be described as one of the longest “experimental” periods of any product feature, Google is finally bringing the life-saving “Undo Send” option to the main settings on the Web version of Gmail.
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| Sascha Segan / PC Magazine: |
Mobile data speed tests in 30 cities across US show Verizon Wireless has best speed and coverage — Fastest Mobile Networks 2015 — We hit 30 U.S. cities to test mobile data speeds on AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless, and found the most competitive wireless landscape in six years.| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Box to offer integration with IBM content management and security tools as part of a wide-ranging cloud partnership — Box And IBM Ink Wide-Ranging Cloud Partnership — IBM is going Levie. — This evening, Box and IBM announced a partnership that will see their technologies integrated, and their cloud products commingled.| Vlad Dudau / Neowin: |
Lenovo unveils the Ideacenter Stick 300: a $130 PC on a stick running Windows — Lenovo is introducing a brand new PC-on-a-stick device, called the Ideacenter Stick 300. The new device is designed to be taken anywhere and can transform almost any display into a Windows computer.| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Task Manager Todoist Releases Completely Revamped Android App — Popular task manager Todoist just received a major Android update with a completely overhauled user interface and very efficient new features. First, the company switched to Material design in order to make a more polished app … | Raymond Wong / Mashable: |
360fly is building affordable 360-degree cameras for VR, first-gen model will be available in August for $400 — 360Fly could do for VR what GoPro did for action cameras — “GoPro's done a good job,” 360fly's CEO Peter Adderton told Mashable. “They own the [action camera] space.
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Researchers develop palm-sized device, built for less than $300, that can steal laptop crypto keys using radio waves leaked by its processor — This Radio Bug Can Steal Laptop Crypto Keys, Fits Inside a Pita — The list of paranoia-inducing threats to your computer's security grows daily …
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Facebook open-sources Nuclide, an IDE built on Atom, Github's text editor — Building Nuclide, a unified developer experience — At this year's F8, Facebook's developer conference, our infrastructure team talked about Nuclide, a project designed to provide a unified developer experience …
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Google's Sidewalk Labs leads investors in acquisition of two firms behind LinkNYC initiative to bring Wi-Fi hubs to cities around the world — Google Startup Aims to Bring Fast, Free Wi-Fi to Cities — It's buying two of the companies that are blanketing New York City with superfast Internet
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Wired, Gizmodo, Sidewalk Labs, The Next Web, The Verge, Tech Times, Pocketnow, Co.Exist, Business Insider and NYConvergence.com
| Rich Trenholm / CNET: |
Meizu MX4, the third Ubuntu phone, goes on invitation-only sale this week in Europe for €299 — In a novel sales tactic, you need an invitation to buy the new Ubuntu phone — The Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition goes on sale this week in a lottery-style sale.
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Instagram upgrades search, revamps Explore page with trending hashtags and places in the US — Instagram's Overhauled Search: Real-Time Instead of Real Bad — Today Instagram revealed a new approach to search and discovery that may finally enable the photo-sharing app to spotlight news … Sponsor Posts
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