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Microsoft says Windows 10 is now on 300M active devices, free upgrade to end July 29th, full version of Windows 10 Home to cost $119 — Windows 10 Now on 300 Million Active Devices - Free Upgrade Offer to End Soon … We're pleased to see Windows 10 become one of the largest online services in less than a year.
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LAPD successfully hacked into the locked iPhone 5s belonging to the slain wife of “Shield” actor Michael Jace — LAPD hacked into iPhone of slain wife of ‘Shield’ actor, documents show — Actor Michael Jace is flanked by his attorneys Peter L. Carr IV, left …
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| Aaron Ricadela / Bloomberg: |
SAP partners with Apple, will create iOS apps and SDK for its HANA Cloud Platform — Apple and SAP to Develop iPhone, iPad Apps for Businesses — Development kit will let SAP users write native iOS apps — SAP to build its own software for health care and industry
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| Eddy Wu / Netflix Media Center: |
Netflix adds cellular data usage setting on iOS and Android that lets users restrict bitrates to help avoid exceeding data caps — Netflix Introduces New Cellular Data Controls Globally — As we have launched Netflix around the world, we have seen big differences in how much people …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
GM, Lyft to begin testing fleet of self-driving electric taxis on public roads within a year — GM, Lyft to Test Self-Driving Electric Taxis — Move aimed at fighting off Silicon Valley giants amid a reshaping auto industry — General Motors Co. and Lyft Inc. will begin testing a fleet …
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| BBC: |
Craig Wright backs out of promise to provide more proof he's Satoshi Nakamoto, says he lacks the courage to face allegations — Bitcoin ‘creator’ backs out of coin move ‘proof’ — The entrepreneur who has claimed to be the inventor of Bitcoin has reneged on a promise to present new “proof” to support his case.
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| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
Google's training AI with formulaic romance novels to help it become more conversational; uses could include more natural search and email Smart Reply responses — Google Is Feeding Romance Novels To Its Artificial Intelligence Engine To Make Its Products More Conversational — “Her blouse sprang apart.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft Research video shows off sensing tech that reacts to fingers before they touch the screen — Microsoft's hover gestures for Windows phones are magnificent — Microsoft had been planning to introduce a unique 3D Touch feature with a flagship Windows phone back in 2014.
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Romanian hacker Marcel Lehel Lazar known as “Guccifer” claims he breached Hillary Clinton's personal email server in 2013 — Romanian hacker Guccifer: I breached Clinton server, ‘it was easy’ — EXCLUSIVE: The infamous Romanian hacker known as “Guccifer,” speaking exclusively with Fox News … | Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Pivotal scores $253 million Series C led by Ford on hefty $2.8 billion valuation — Pivotal has a couple of new friends with big wallets. Today it announced that Ford and Microsoft were joining EMC, VMware and GE as investment partners on a massive $253 million Series C investment with a whopping $2.8 billion valuation.
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple will require iOS App Store apps to support IPv6-only networks from June 1 — Apple has announced on its developer blog that it will require all apps submitted to the iOS App Store to support IPv6-only networks from June 1 2016. Apple originally introduced the transition a year ago at WWDC 2015 … | Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
Sources: LinkedIn has held talks with publishers about introducing its own version of Facebook's Instant Articles — LinkedIn Exploring Its Own Version Of Facebook's Instant Articles — LinkedIn is considering introducing its own version of Facebook's Instant Articles … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Periscope public beta allows users to permanently save broadcasts by typing #save in title of stream — Periscope mimics FB Live by letting you permanently #Save replays — Periscope added its biggest missing feature today in a move that could make it more palatable to brands and social stars …
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