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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Samsung debuts 5.8" S8 and 6.2" S8 Plus with thin bezels, Snapdragon 835, USB-C, 12MP/8MP cameras, Bixby assistant, face and iris unlock, shipping April 21 — Preorders begin March 30th, three weeks before the release date — The Samsung Galaxy S8 is the nicest phone I've ever held.
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| Mark Spoonauer / Tom's Guide: |
Samsung Galaxy S8 hands-on: great screen, impressive design and good build, but how the Bixby assistant stacks up to rivals remains an unknown — The Samsung Galaxy S8 is the sexiest phone ever made, and it also looks to be one of the smartest. — With an all-new design …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Samsung's new virtual assistant Bixby aims to let users control apps directly through voice, but currently only works with about 10 Samsung apps — Samsung's new virtual assistant, Bixby, is a different sort of thing than what you're used to. Where Siri, Google, and Alexa are focused …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Samsung Galaxy S8 to cost $720 on Verizon, $750 on AT&T and T-Mobile; S8 Plus costs $840 on Verizon, $850 on AT&T and T-Mobile; available on April 21 — Samsung just unveiled its brand new smartphones, the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus, and US carriers along with big retailers …
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| Yusuf Mehdi / Windows Blog: |
Microsoft announces Windows 10 Creators Update will roll out on April 11 as a free update, Surface devices will arrive in more countries on April 20 — Creativity has led the inspiration of our world's greatest inventors, architects, educators, entrepreneurs, developers, and students …
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| Karl Bode / DSLreports: |
House passes resolution that lets ISPs sell customers' browsing history without user permission, 215 to 205 along party lines — As most had expected, the House of Representatives today voted 215 to 205 to kill privacy rules protecting US broadband subscribers.
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Inside the privacy vote: Democrats said it would make ISPs “more powerful than Amazon and Google”, GOP said rules “unfairly skew advertising market” — Congress passes bill allowing ISPs to sell customer Web surfing data. — The House of Representatives voted today … | Brian Heater / TechCrunch: |
Samsung's Oculus-powered Gear VR headset will now ship with a bundled controller, for $129 starting April 21 — Samsung wasn't going to get out of today's Unpacked event without an update on the VR front. The company has long had the best low-cost VR headset (courtesy of a partnership with Oculus) …
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| Michael Liedtke / Associated Press: |
Google begins testing order-ahead feature on Waze, announces Dunkin' Donuts as first partner, says it plans to team up with other merchants if test goes well — A customer enters a Dunkin' Donuts store in New York City. — Waze's traffic navigation app already shows ads prodding drivers … | Will Norris / Google Open Source Blog: |
Google launches new site to detail how it uses, releases, and supports opens source, includes internal documentation and processes for projects — Free and open source software has been part of our technical and organizational foundation since Google's early beginnings.
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| Cromwell Schubarth / Silicon Valley Business Journal: |
Quantum computing startup Rigetti announces it raised $24M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz in March 2016 and $40M Series B led by Vy Capital in Nov. 2016 — A “spaceshot” company that emerged from Y Combinator three summers ago and is targeting a revolutionary change in the way computers work …
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MLB.com At Bat and NHL update iOS apps, are first to include iOS 10.3's new user-selectable icons feature that allows fans to use favorite team logos — The MLB.com At Bat and NHL iOS applications have been updated today to take advantage of one of the new, but still under-the-radar features available … Sponsor Posts
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