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September 2, 2015, 9:15 AM
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Brandon Hill / HotHardware.com News:
Intel unveils Skylake Y, U, H, and S CPU series for desktops, notebooks, convertibles, and compute sticks  —  Intel Unleashes Onslaught Of Skylake CPUs For Next Gen Notebooks, Convertibles And Compute Sticks  —  When it comes to Intel's Skylake processors, we've already got you covered things …
Vlad Savov / The Verge:
Windows 10 and Skylake processors were ‘designed together,’ says Intel's Kirk Skaugen  —  Intel makes a habit of announcing its new processor generations in gradual steps.  A month ago, it introduced the first members of its sixth-gen Core family — better known by the codename Skylake …
Ian Cutress / AnandTech:
The Intel Skylake Mobile and Desktop Launch, with Architecture Analysis  —  Intel's 6th Generation of its Core product line, Skylake, is officially launching today.  We previously saw the performance of the two high end Skylake-K 91W processors, but that was limited in detail as well as product.
Tamar Yehoshua / Official Google Blog:
Google reveals new logo  —  Google's look, evolved  —  So why are we doing this now?  Once upon a time, Google was one destination that you reached from one device: a desktop PC.  These days, people interact with Google products across many different platforms, apps and devices—sometimes all in a single day.
John Koller / PlayStation.Blog:
PS4 v3.0 update to include gameplay streaming to YouTube, increased online storage, more; beta starts today  —  PS4 System Software 3.00 Features Detailed, Beta Starts Today  —  We've been busy preparing our next major system software update for PS4, version 3.00 (codename: Kenshin).
Avram Piltch / Laptop Mag:
Lenovo Unfolds New ThinkPad Yogas with Silver Chassis, 2K Displays  —  Just as we expect a MacBook to be silver (or gold), we always picture a Lenovo ThinkPad clad in raven black.  However, the leading PC vendor is shaking up its palette by offering a pair of new ThinkPad Yoga 2-in-1s in a choice of silver or black.
Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Acer's coolest new PC lets you build a computer like Lego bricks  —  Building your own computer is starting to come back in style thanks to initiatives like Phonebloks and Google's Project Ara, and now Acer is bringing that idea to the desktop.  It's introducing a new PC today called the Revo Build Series …
Mark Sullivan / VentureBeat:
Traditional looking Huawei Watch on sale September 17, priced from $350 to $800  —  Huawei today announced the U.S. availability and pricing of its Huawei Watch, a large-ish metal smartwatch that runs on Android Wear.  The watch will go on sale September 17 and will come in models ranging from $350 to $800.
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
Chrome 45 launches with new developer features, automatically pauses less important Flash content, like ads  —  Google today launched Chrome 45 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android, with some expected changes and new developer tools.  You can update to the latest version now using …
Lucian Constantin / PCWorld:
Popular Belkin Wi-Fi routers plagued by unpatched security flaws  —  Attackers could exploit the flaws to hijack DNS requests or completely take over the devices  —  If your Wi-Fi network is using the popular Belkin N600 DB router, be warned: it may have several vulnerabilities that could allow hackers to take it over.
Brandon Chester / AnandTech:
Asus ZenWatch 2 goes on sale in October, in two sizes; 1.6" display for €149, 1.45" display for €169  —  ASUS Details The ZenWatch 2: Coming In October  —  At this year's Computex Taipei ASUS released some teaser information about the upcoming ZenWatch 2.
Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:
Popcorn Time lawsuits continue as 16 are sued for watching Survivor  —  App that makes piracy easy has become a target for one Oregon lawyer.  —  The “Popcorn Time” app was launched in 2014 as a kind of “BitTorrent for dummies” with a simple Netflix-style interface for viewing movies.
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Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Google says it will penalize mobile pages with app install ads covering a “significant amount of content”  —  Google Will Soon Start Punishing Mobile Sites That Use Annoying App Install Ads  —  There's nothing wrong with app install ads, but too often now, you click on a mobile search result …
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Toshiba's Satellite Radius 12 combines a 4K display with a Windows Hello camera  —  It feels like it has been years since Toshiba announced an exciting Windows laptop, but it looks like the wait is finally over.  At IFA today, Toshiba is revealing the Satellite Radius 12 convertible.
Barb Darrow / Fortune:
SAP Vora plugs into Spark to speed up big data queries  —  The world has been drowning in talk about big data, the massive troves of information churned out by sensors, engines, and other machinery.  That information can be very useful to businesses but there's been a divide between …

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New York Times:
Sources: Sony Pictures Entertainment and Apollo discussed a joint all-cash offer for Paramount, which is still in an exclusive negotiation window with Skydance

David Ingram / NBC News:
Hyundai says it is pausing ads on X, after one ad appeared next to antisemitic and pro-Nazi content; the ad appeared on a user profile that had 55K+ followers

New York Times:
The judge in Trump's NY criminal trial ordered reporters on April 18 to not disclose jurors' job info and warned against sharing jurors' physical descriptions

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Colin Lecher / The Verge:
US district judge in San Francisco grants California Uber drivers class action status in lawsuit against the company

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Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
LinkedIn Messaging Gets Long Overdue Revamp, Adding GIFs, Emojis And Stickers
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Amazon, Cisco, Google, Intel, Microsoft, Mozilla, and Netflix launch Alliance for Open Media to develop next-generation of royalty-free video formats
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Instagram Direct's 85M Users Can Now Reply With Photos In Snapchat-Style Visual Convos
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