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Sources: Apple TV 4 coming in October for under $200; Apple TV 3 will support streaming service next year, but won't have App Store or direct Siri controls — Apple TV 4 coming in October for under $200, Apple TV 3 stays & gets new streaming service — Rough mockup of fourth Apple TV vs. third Apple TV by Michael Steeber
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Epix signs multi-year distribution deal with Hulu, will not renew its deal with Netflix after current agreement expires in September — Netflix Is Losing More Hollywood Movies, and Says You'll Be Okay With That — Netflix says it's not renewing a distribution deal with cable network Epix …
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Google OnHub review: looks great, very user-friendly, but performance and functionality aren't worth the $200 price — Google OnHub review—Google's smart home Trojan horse is a $200 leap of faith — Today it's a $200 Wi-Fi router. Tomorrow? We have no idea. (Ok, maybe some idea.)
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| Deepali Gupta / The Economic Times: |
Indian competition commission charges Google with rigging search results; Flipkart, Facebook, and others corroborate complaints — CCI charges Google with rigging search results; Flipkart, Facebook corroborate complaints … MUMBAI: Flipkart, Facebook, Nokia's maps division … | Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post: |
Anonymous administration officials say US may issue sanctions against Chinese companies and individuals who have benefited from cyber theft of US trade secrets — Administration developing sanctions against China over cyberespionage — The Obama administration is developing a package …
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
LTE over Wi-Fi spectrum sets up industry-wide fight over interference — Big Cable and Wi-Fi Alliance cry foul over cellular interference with Wi-Fi. — A plan to use Wi-Fi airwaves for cellular service has sparked concerns about interference with existing Wi-Fi networks … | Keith Collins / Quartz: |
A victim of the recent IRS breach that has affected over 330K Americans offers clues to how the attackers stole $50M by filing fraudulent tax returns — A rare detailed look inside the IRS's massive data breach, via a security expert who was a victim — Michael Kasper thought he was ahead … | Owen Williams / The Next Web: |
Hands on with Facebook's virtual assistant ‘M’: promising Siri competitor but often slow to respond to complex questions — Here's what it's like to use Facebook's virtual assistant, ‘M’ — Facebook unveiled ‘M’ its virtual assistant that lives in Messenger this week …
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| Rachel King / ZDNet: |
Facebook engineers talk about React.js and problems the company faced going mobile first — Facebook engineers: Going mobile-first is not as easy as it looks — Going mobile-first is not as easy as making such a declaration to the world. It requires a lot of organizational changes (and money), according to Facebook engineers.
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| Yael Grauer / Wired: |
A look at some of the real-life apps and tools used in Mr. Robot, a TV drama about hacking — A Peek Inside Mr. Robot's Toolbox — The bar wasn't exactly high for dystopian hacker suspense thrillers when USA Network's Mr. Robot launched, but the show has gone on to surprise everyone.| Rachel King / ZDNet: |
Nvidia debuts Grid 2.0 for enterprise virtual desktops, apps — The chip maker unveiled the next generation of its virtualized graphics technology pitched toward enterprise customers amid the start of VMware's annual expo, VMworld, on Monday. — SAN FRANCISCO—Aiming to bring down any barriers …
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| Parker Higgins / Electronic Frontier Foundation: |
Aborted Wikipedia ban in Russia and GitHub ban in China show how HTTPS encryption can limit censorship as governments are reluctant to block the entire sites — Russia's Wikipedia Ban Buckles Under HTTPS Encryption — Dueling forces of encryption and government censorship came to a head … Sponsor Posts
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