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Ubuntu's Bash and Linux command line coming to Windows 10 — Ubuntu's bash and Linux command line coming to Windows 10 — Rising from the ashes of Project Astoria. — Microsoft built a Linux subsystem for Windows for Project Astoria, its system for running Android apps on Windows 10 Mobile.| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft unveils Desktop App Converter, a developer tool for bringing existing Win32 apps to the Windows Store — Microsoft today unveiled the Desktop App Converter, which lets developers bring existing Windows applications to the Windows Universal Platform (UWP).| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft announces Windows 10 Anniversary Update, which will also come to Xbox One along with UWP apps; available for free in the summer — Microsoft unveils Windows 10 Anniversary Update — At its Build 2016 developer conference event in San Francisco today, Microsoft shared details on its Anniversary Update for Windows 10.| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
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Microsoft is building a variety of AI chatbots that manage tasks via discussion, as part of a “conversation as a platform” strategy — Clippy's Back: The Future of Microsoft Is Chatbots — Predictions about artificial intelligence tend to fall into two scenarios.| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Skype to let you book trips, shop, more by chatting with third-party chatbots, with conversations brokered by Cortana — Skype is getting Cortana and crazy bot messaging — You'll soon be able to use Skype to books trips, shop, and plan your schedule, just by chatting with Cortana.| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
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Google tackles simple 360 content embeds with VR View, introduces Cardboard SDK for iOS — Virtual reality is great for gaming and movies, but when it comes to real-world use cases there's still quite a bit of room for VR to prove itself. — Google is hoping to kickstart this process … | Devlin Barrett / Wall Street Journal: |
ACLU finds 63 instances since 2008 where US government sought court order under All Writs Act to compel tech companies to extract data from smartphones — Google Also Has Been Ordered to Help Unlock Phones, Records Show — Advocacy group finds 63 cases where government sought orders to have phones opened under 1789 law| Ryan Whitwam / Android Police: |
Amazon Updates Its Policies To Ban USB Type-C Cables That Are Not Fully Spec Compliant — Googler Benson Leung has a new ally in his fight against bad Type-C cables on Amazon, and it's none other than Amazon itself. Leung reports that Amazon has added a new line to its prohibited listing guidelines … | Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Garrett Camp, co-founder of Uber, and others raise $100M for Expa Labs, a San Francisco-based incubator where startups receive $500K in backing — Expa Labs Will Nurture Tech Start-Ups a Few at a Time — SAN FRANCISCO — Throw a rock in any direction in Silicon Valley and it may strike … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple launches Safari Technology Preview, a new browser aimed at web developers — Apple today announced it's expanding its efforts in the area of web development, with the launch of a new version of its Safari web browser, designed specifically for developers.| Pavel Alpeyev / Bloomberg Business: |
Foxconn to pay $3.5B for a 66% controlling stake in Sharp — Foxconn Takes Control of Sharp in Reduced Buyout — Foxconn Technology Group Chairman Terry Gou finally clinched a deal to buy Sharp Corp. after years of pursuit, bringing together the main assembler of Apple Inc.'s iPhones … | iFixit: |
Consumer-ready Oculus Rift teardown: two OLED displays with a combined resolution of 2160x1200 mounted to adjustable lenses, 90 FPS refresh rate — Oculus Rift CV1 Teardown — Teardown — Teardowns provide a look inside a device and should not be used as disassembly instructions.| Federico Viticci / MacStories: |
Apple's 29W USB-C power adapter charges an iPad Pro to 80% in just 1.5 hours, compared to 3.5 hours with the included 12W adapter — Testing Apple's 29W USB-C Power Adapter and iPad Pro Fast Charging — When Apple refreshed its online store with a new USB-C to Lightning cable with support … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: AOL CEO Tim Armstrong eyes deal for Verizon to buy Yahoo in plan to build an ad empire that competes with Facebook and Google — AOL's Tim Armstrong Aims to Build Digital-Ad Empire at Verizon — Executive eyes Yahoo deal and courts marketers, planning to take on Facebook and Google| Jessica Guynn / USA Today: |
KLM passengers will soon be able to check in, get flight updates, make travel changes, and more in Facebook Messenger — Facebook's Messenger lands first airline as chat app pushes into commerce — SAN FRANCISCO — KLM Royal Dutch Airlines passengers will soon be able to check in …
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