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Google's DeepMind has defeated Go champion Lee Se-dol in first of five matches, a historic victory for AI — Google's DeepMind defeats legendary Go player Lee Se-dol in historic victory — A huge milestone has just been reached in the field of artificial intelligence: AlphaGo …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
The Android N developer preview with split-screen multitasking, bundled notifications, improved Doze for better battery, more, available today as an OTA update — The Android N developer preview with split-screen multitasking is available today — Well, this was unexpected.| Jake Smith / ZDNet: |
Google drops Pixel C tablet from $500 to $349, following Android N developer release — Google gives its flagship tablet a substantial price cut for developers (or who claims to be one), following the release of a new developer version of Android on Wednesday.
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How the FBI can bypass auto-erasing without Apple's help by backing up part of the shooter's iPhone — One of the FBI's Major Claims in the iPhone Case is Fraudulent — Does the FBI Need to Worry About the San Bernadino Shooter's iPhone Self-Erasing? — “We have enormous computing power …
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Tweets: @snowden, @cnbc, @dangillmor, @normative and @jzdziarski
| Alex Heath / Tech Insider: |
Facebook buys popular selfie filter app Masquerade, will keep it operational as a stand-alone app, integrate its technology — Facebook just bought the popular face swapping app that's dominating the App Store right now — Get ready to see more silly selfies.
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Thanks:@alexeheath| Globes Online: |
Replay Technologies acquired by Intel, sources say for $175M, one week after the multi-dimensional video tech startup raised $13.5M — Intel acquires Israeli co Replay Technologies for $175m — The Tel Aviv based startup has developed multi-dimensional video imaging technologies for sports TV coverage.
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Intel Newsroom, Ars Technica, ZDNet, Business Insider, Wall Street Journal, OurCrowd, TechCrunch, Silicon Valley Business …, VentureBeat, Engadget, Haaretz, ValueWalk, Tech Times, SportTechie, Crowdfund Insider, Re/code, NoCamels News Flash, TechSpot, GeekTime and Silicon Republic
Tweets: @shaig and @arstechnica
| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
Let's Encrypt has issued 1M free TLS certificates since launch just over three months ago — Let's Encrypt reaches one million certificate encryption milestone — One million free TLS certificates have now been issued, paving the way for better encryption and security on the Web.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation, Security Affairs, CSO, SecurityWeek and Linux Foundation Blogs. Tweets: @smashingmag
| Leo Kelion / BBC: |
Skype says it will end support for its Skype for TV app in June — Skype ditches support for smart TVs — Skype has announced that it is ending support for its smart TV software. — The Microsoft-owned chat app said that the move reflected the public preference for using mobile devices … | Sonam Joshi / Mashable: |
Facebook Lite data-efficient Android app passes 100M MAUs in 9 months, plans to add background video downloads, after adding low-res streaming last year — Facebook Lite is growing faster than Facebook app — Facebook Lite, the stripped-down version of the social networking app that was launched in 2015 …
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Facebook Code, TechCrunch, The Next Web, Tech in Asia, Ubergizmo, NDTV Gadgets360.com and SocialTimes
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Google introduces Destinations, a travel tool available via search on mobile, with information on flights, hotels, price comparisons, more — Google Search now has travel guides to help plan your vacation — Google is trying to make planning vacations less of a hassle.
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Official Google Blog, Macworld, Search Engine Land, Digital Trends, Android Police, PhoneDog.com, Android News, Rumours …, SocialTimes, Android Beat, Engadget, 9to5Google, Android Authority, SiliconANGLE, Ubergizmo, New York Times, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Refinery29, CNBC, BetaNews, MobileSyrup.com, Skift and mirror
| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Air Transport Services Group will lease, operate 20 Boeing 767's for Amazon, issues warrants for Amazon to acquire up to 19.9% of ATSG shares over five years — Amazon has leased 20 Boeing 767s to carry out fulfillment services — Amazon has finalized a deal with Air Transport Services Group … | Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
With just 3 games, Supercell made $924M in profits on $2.3B in revenue in 2015 — There's something magical in the water, or the snow, in Finland. Helsinki-based Supercell announced some astounding financial results for 2015 based on revenues from its three hit mobile games: Clash of Clans, Boom Beach, and Hay Day.| Catalin Cimpanu / Softpedia News: |
Researchers at Michigan State unlocked fingerprint-protected Samsung Galaxy S6 and Huawei Honor 7 phones using inkjet prints — You Can Unlock Fingerprint-Protected Phones with a Regular Inkjet Printer — Two researchers have come up with a new method of hacking smartphones … Sponsor Posts
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