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Apple says Consumer Reports' battery test had disabled Safari cache in developer settings, which triggered an obscure bug that has since been patched — Last month, Consumer Reports came up with some interesting battery test results with the latest MacBook Pro models. Results ranged from 3.75 hours to 19.5 hours.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
LG says upcoming G6 will have 5.7-inch QHD+ 564 PPI display with 18:9 aspect ratio, lower power consumption, and 0.2mm bezels — With LG in decline due to its mobile division, the company is attempting a turnaround with its upcoming G6. In an interesting move, LG Displays has announced …
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The Korea Heald, Korea IT Times, Android Police, and PCWorld
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After criticism, Microsoft adds privacy web dashboard, simplifies existing privacy controls and adds app-specific granular options in Windows 10 Creators Update — In the past year, regulators and privacy advocates have taken potshots at Microsoft over its data collection policies.
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| Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: |
Fitbit acquires European luxury smartwatch maker Vector for an undisclosed sum; no new products will be developed using the Vector name — Well this is a relatively fast exit. In March last year a brand new smart watch brand appeared, hoping to offer something different.
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Windows Central, Tech.eu, Digital Trends, VentureBeat, MacRumors, Fortune, Mashable, iPhone in Canada Blog, Neowin, iPhone Hacks, Ubergizmo, Android Central, Phandroid, Wearable Tech Insider, Tech Times, Engadget, and Liliputing. Tweets: @psawers
| Andrew Dalton / Engadget: |
FDA warns St. Jude's Merlin@home transmitters used in monitoring pacemakers, other cardiac devices are vulnerable to hacking; OTA fix started going out Monday — According to a cybersecurity notice from the Food and Drug Administration, certain pacemakers and cardiac devices are currently vulnerable to hacking.
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U.S. Food and Drug …, St. Jude Medical, ZDNet, Inquirer, TechSpot, The Merkle, WeLiveSecurity, Silicon Republic, SecurityWeek, Softpedia News, Computerworld, The Register, CNNMoney, and Ubergizmo. Tweets: @matthew_d_green
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Europe proposes expanding telco data privacy rules to email and mobile messaging services like WhatsApp and Gmail, aims for proposal to be adopted by May 2018 — The European Commission has set out proposals for updating rules which govern the use of personal telecoms data that would expand …
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EU Press Room, Reuters, International Business Times, BetaNews, The Register, Ars Technica, The Hill, The Guardian, Naked Security, and Neowin. Tweets: @eu_commission
| Alexei Oreskovic / Business Insider: |
SEC filing: Marissa Mayer, Yahoo co-founder David Filo, and four others to leave Yahoo board after Verizon sale; remaining business to be renamed Altaba Inc. — Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is resigning from company's board of directors, Yahoo announced in a filing with the SEC on Monday.
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Tweets: @danprimack, @stevenlevy, @harrymccracken, @ia, @shiraovide, @markmilian, @nickwingfield, @mat, and @modestproposal1
See also Mediagazer| Steve Brachmann / IPWatchdog.com: |
IBM granted record 8,088 patents in 2016 by the USPTO, its 24th straight year at the top of the list, followed by Samsung with 5,518 and Cannon with 3,665 — In 1992, Bill Clinton was elected President of the United States. Hurricane Andrew bore down on the American Southeast …
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VentureBeat, IBM Corp, IBM, HotHardware, GSMArena.com, TechRadar.com, Wall Street Journal, MSPoweruser, The Register, CNET, Bloomberg, Investor's Business Daily, Inquirer, Fortune, eWeek, and ITworld.com. Tweets: @rwlord
| Dona Sarkar / Windows Blog: |
Microsoft debuts latest Windows 10 preview; new features include settings for lower blue light at night, tile folders, Edge web payments, and tab preview bar — Hello Windows Insiders! — Today we are excited to be releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 15002 for PC to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring.
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InfoWorld, TechnoBuffalo, Liliputing, Microsoft Developer, TechCrunch, Geek.com, Inquirer, TechSpot, Neowin, The Register, SlashGear, CNET, On MSFT, Tech Times, International Business Times, Redmond Pie, The Verge, VentureBeat, The Tech Report, PCWorld, Engadget, Tiles and Toasts, The Next Web, Digital Trends, Ars Technica UK, ZDNet, Laptop Mag, Ubergizmo, gHacks Technology News, and Windows Central
Tweets: @kylealden, @masterdevwi, and @msftenable
| Robert Scoble / Facebook: |
Source at Zeiss says Apple and Carl Zeiss AG are working on AR, mixed reality glasses that may be announced this year — Exclusive news: Apple and Zeiss working together on augmented reality optics. — For the nerds who were at CES and not paying attention to all my posts.
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Tech Trader Daily, Cult of Mac, AppleInsider, InvestorPlace, iMore, 9to5Mac, Silicon Valley Business …, BGR, Fortune, Forbes, Silicon Republic, Business Insider, TechnoBuffalo, Tom's Guide, iDownloadBlog.com, SlashGear, Inquirer, Neowin, iPhone Hacks, iLounge, MacRumors, The Next Web, Ubergizmo, MAC blog, Digital Trends, iPhone in Canada Blog, CNET, The Mac Observer, and MacDailyNews
Tweets: @benedictevans, @benedictevans, and @benedictevans
| Alan Boyle / GeekWire: |
LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, Omidyar Network back $27M Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence Fund for research into the social impacts of AI — LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and Omidyar Network anchor a newly formed $27 million fund to support research into the social impacts of artificial intelligence.| Tom Korosec / Bloomberg: |
Trial in $2B ZeniMax lawsuit against Oculus over intellectual property in Rift began on Monday in Dallas — ZeniMax alleges Facebook acquisition Oculus stole technology — Zuckerberg may testify in $2 billion Dallas trial over goggles — Facebook Inc. bet early on virtual reality …
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Tweets: @gamerlaw, @business, and @bryanrieger
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