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Apple says it has invested $1B in Chinese Uber rival Didi Chuxing — Apple Inc (AAPL.O) said on Thursday it has invested $1 billion in Chinese ride-hailing service Didi Chuxing, a move that Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said would help the company better understand the critical Chinese market.
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Sources: Apple and Didi were in contact for more than a year, closed the $1B deal in three weeks after CEOs met in April to discuss cooperation — HONG KONG — A $1 billion investment by Apple in a Chinese ride-hailing app is a rounding error for the Silicon Valley giant … | Dustin Slaughter / Motherboard: |
Philadelphia Police Department admits it disguised a license plate surveillance truck as a Google Maps vehicle — The vehicle in question. Image: Dustin Slaughter — The Philadelphia Police Department admitted today that a mysterious unmarked license plate surveillance truck disguised …
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SWIFT warns of a new hacker attack on a commercial bank similar to Bangladeshi heist, says it is part of a wider highly adaptive campaign targeting banks — Hackers used malware to target PDF reader of commercial bank — Warning comes after cyber heist from Bangladesh central bank
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Amazon launches programmable $19.95 AWS IoT Button based on Dash hardware, that can be integrated with services like Twitter, Facebook, Netflix, Uber or Slack — Amazon has revealed a programmable Dash Button which can be assigned to any product or purpose, a customizable version of its one-touch reordering gadgets.
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Samsung's $45 Charm fitness bracelet with color-coded LED alerts launches in South Korea, Italy, France, and Russia — Samsung has today officially launched its latest stab at the wearables market with the introduction of its new “Charm” activity band, available in a handful of markets.| Daisuke Wakabayashi / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple providing free iPads, MacBooks, and Apple TVs to 114 US schools in experiment to bridge tech divide between rich and poor students — Top executives guide push to bridge tech divide in schools after industry's earlier efforts fall short — YUMA, Ariz.—Fourth-grade teacher Blanca Rivera …
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Microsoft adding fingerprint support to Windows 10 Mobile this summer — Biometrics is an increasingly popular technology that provides convenient access to systems, services, and resources. Microsoft Windows added Biometrics support back in 2012. The Windows Biometric Framework (WBF) …
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Europe agrees on cross-EU roaming access for Netflix and other video subscription services — Consumers will be able to access their online subscriptions for services like Netflix (NFLX.O), Sky (SKYB.L) and Canal+ (IPO-CANALFRA.PA) when they travel across the European Union under proposals tentatively agreed … | Julie Bort / Business Insider: |
Google for Work president Amit Singh moves to company's virtual reality division as vice president of business and operations — Amit Singh, who hopped from Oracle to Google about six years ago to help Google establish its Google for Work, is jumping to the company's new virtual reality team.
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Mark Zuckerberg promises “full investigation” on Trending Topics matter, will talk to “leading conservatives” — I want to share some thoughts on the discussion about Trending Topics. — Facebook stands for giving everyone a voice.
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Islamic State releases first Android app directed exclusively at children, that teaches vocabulary with jihadist themes — Home page of the application — The Islamic State's “Library of Zeal” has released an application for teaching the Arabic alphabet to children on Android devices.
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