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Apple's MacBook gets faster dual-core Skylake processors, longer battery life, 8GB memory, faster graphics, and Rose Gold finish, starting at $1,299 — Apple Updates MacBook with Latest Processors, Longer Battery Life & New Rose Gold Finish — CUPERTINO, California April 19 …
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Sources: Apple hires former Tesla VP of Vehicle Engineering Chris Porritt for “special projects”, a likely candidate to lead Apple's electric car initiative — Exclusive: Apple hires former Tesla VP of Vehicle Engineering Chris Porritt for ‘special [car] project’
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| Kevin Kelly / Wired: |
Magic Leap impressions: works well close up unlike some MR/VR systems, transition back to reality is effortless; mixed reality interface demoed in short video — The Untold Story of Magic Leap, the World's Most Secretive Startup — Don't call it a lens: Magic Leap founder Rony Abovitz displaying …
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| Adrian Ludwig / Google Online Security Blog: |
Android security 2015 annual report: Google checks 6B+ installed apps per day for malware, and fewer than 0.15% of devices using only Google Play have malware — Android Security 2015 Annual Report — Posted by Adrian Ludwig, Lead Engineer, Android Security
| Brian Fung / Washington Post: |
Study: 1 in 5 US households are using mobile-only internet, ditching wired broadband, compared to 1 in 10 in 2013 — New data: Americans are abandoning wired home Internet — For the most part, America's Internet usage trends can be summed up in a few phrases.| Dustin Volz / Reuters: |
Apple refused China's request for source code within last two years, said Apple's top lawyer Bruce Sewell in congressional hearing — Apple refused China request for source code in last two years: lawyer — Apple has been asked by Chinese authorities within the last two years to hand …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Viber adds end-to-end encryption and hidden chats as messaging app privacy wave grows — Following WhatsApp's move to add end-to-end encryption to its platform, another big messaging company is joining the wave of apps turning on expanded privacy features. Viber — a messaging app …
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Supposed pictures of 2016 Moto G show a fingerprint reader, and an extra sensor above the camera — The 2016 Moto G gets photographed, complete with fingerprint reader — See what is probably the first Motorola phone made under Lenovo's direction. — A supposed picture of the new Moto G … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Skype's bots arrive on Mac and web, as two new bots get added to selection: Murphy, a bot that finds and creates images, and Summarize, which sums up web pages — Skype's new bots arrive on Mac and web — At Microsoft's annual BUILD conference in March, the company announced its plans …
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| Ellen Huet / Bloomberg: |
A look at the people working behind the human-assisted AI personal assistants and bots like X.ai, Clara, and GoButler — The Humans Hiding Behind the Chatbots — Behind the artificial intelligence personal assistants and concierges are actual people, reading e-mails and ordering Chipotle.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Airbnb bets on local with user-generated guidebooks and new neighborhood/home matching — Last November, we reported on how Airbnb appeared to be experimenting with ways to expand beyond its role as a P2P marketplace for renting private accommodation, to “experiences” …
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| Joshua Brustein / Bloomberg: |
How the Amazon Echo started as part of a secret AR project and ended up as a surprise hit — The Real Story of How Amazon Built the Echo — The talking speaker started as part of a secret augmented-reality project and ended up as a surprise hit. … Telling Jeff Bezos he's wrong is always a frightening proposition.| Daisuke Wakabayashi / Wall Street Journal: |
US law enforcement requested data from Apple 4,000 times in second half of 2015, up from first half of 2015; Apple handed over some data in 80% of the cases — Apple Gets Thousands of Requests From Law Enforcement, Transparency Report Shows — Apple said it handed over some data in 80% …
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| Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
Yahoo bidders include Verizon, TPG, and Bain Capital paired with Vista Equity Partners, which involves multiple former Yahoo execs including Ross Levinsohn — Yahoo bidders are few and far between, but include Verizon, TPG and a gang of exes — As Yahoo prepares to release what is widely expected … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
LinkedIn updates its Recruiter platform with smarter search, suggestions of similar candidates, and overhauled interface — LinkedIn doubles down on Recruiter, its big revenue generator, with a major update — LinkedIn — the social platform used by 400 million professionals looking …
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Microsoft's Azure Container Service is now generally available — Azure Container Service, Microsoft's container scheduling and orchestration service for its Azure cloud computing service, is now generally available. — The service, which allows its users to choose either Mesosphere's … | Ann Christy: |
How scammers are making thousands of dollars via Kindle Unlimited by publishing fake e-books that are free to buy — KU Scammers on Amazon - What's Going On? — This is extremely long and probably only of interest to indie authors, but it does impact readers who shop Amazon, so I'm putting it here for anyone.Sponsor Posts
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