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Sources: Samsung Galaxy S7 to have pressure-sensitive display, USB Type-C port for full-day's charging in 30 minutes — Samsung Adding Pressure-Sensitive Display, High-Speed Charging Port to Galaxy S7 — South Korean tech major is also considering a retina scanner for some versions of the new flagship smartphone
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| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Taylor Swift's 1989 World Tour Live video, debuting on December 20, will be exclusive to Apple Music; Apple gets rights to Swift's name for store promotions — Apple Gets a Giant Taylor Swift Concert Exclusive (Because It Paid Taylor Swift) — Remember when Taylor Swift and Apple didn't get along …
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SHA1 sunset will block millions from encrypted net, Facebook warns — Companies unveil controversial fallback plan for tens of millions of browsers. — Tens of millions of Internet users will be cut off from encrypted webpages in the coming months unless sites are permitted to continue using SHA1 … | Stephen Hall / 9to5Google: |
Source: Huawei to announce it's bringing the Honor 5X smartphone to the US at CES in January — Huawei's Honor brand to enter the US at CES 2016, likely with the Honor 5X — We told you a few days ago that Honor, a brand of primarily low-end smartphones owned by Huawei, sent out invites for an event early next year at CES.| Andrew J . Hawkins / The Verge: |
Uber is testing UberHop, a bus-like service, in Seattle, and carpooling service UberCommute in Chicago — UberHop is Uber's latest idea for killing mass transit — For months, Uber has denied that it has any interest in becoming a private alternative to public transportation.
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| Sarah N. Lynch / Reuters: |
New York Attorney General encourages public to send in speed test results as part of broadband provider probe — New York attorney general solicits help from the public in broadband probe — New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman invited the public on Sunday to test the speed …
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| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Google debuts a preview of Cloud CDN service to compete head-on with Akamai and Amazon — Google has quietly launched an Akamai competitor — Google has quietly started offering Google Cloud CDN service, a new content-delivery network (CDN) that should appeal to independent developers who want their applications to load quickly.| Alan Boyle / GeekWire: |
Researchers develop algorithm to teach a new concept to a computer using just one example — Bayesian boost for A.I.: Researchers find a quicker way to teach a computer … Researchers say they've developed an algorithm that can teach a new concept to a computer using just one example …
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| Sarah Jeong / Motherboard: |
Twitter Told a Bunch of Users They May Be Targets of a ‘State Sponsored Attack’ — Twitter is letting some users know that their accounts may have been the targets of a state-sponsored attack. … The attack is currently being investigated by Twitter. In their notice to users …
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Tweets: @coldhakca, @beatricemartini, @runasand, @ioerror, @csoghoian, @csoghoian and @sarahjeong
| Chris Plante / The Verge: |
Microsoft plans to revive the Xbox by collaborating with outside studios on games like ReCore, Crackdown 3, and Quantum Break — Save Point — In its first eight years, the Xbox 360 established the company as a powerhouse in the games industry, and one of the best options for streaming apps like Netflix, Hulu, and Pandora.
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| Ted Johnson / Variety: |
Piracy Sites Collect $70 Million a Year by Installing Malware (Study) — A new study estimates that sites that traffic in pirated content collect $70 million per year for installing malware, underscoring the threat of content theft to consumers. — The study, called “Digital Bait,” … | John Gaudiosi / Fortune: |
Los Angeles-based eSports live-streaming startup Azubu raises $60M to take on Twitch and YouTube — How This Startup Plans to Take on Twitch and YouTube in ESports — When it comes to the video game live-streaming market, Amazon-owned Twitch leads the pack.
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