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| Steven Levy / Wired: |
An inside look at Apple's new “spaceship” Apple Park campus, which will hold 12K employees, and was one of Steve Jobs' last projects as Apple CEO — On June 7, 2011, a local businessman addressed a meeting of the Cupertino City Council. He had not been on the agenda, but his presence wasn't a total surprise.
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| Bloomberg: |
Source: Google to announce its voice-based AI assistant for iPhones at Google I/O; the company is also integrating its Assistant into GE home appliances — The Alphabet unit plans to expand its voice-based assistant beyond its own hardware at this week's I/O conference
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Android Police, The Verge, 9to5Mac, Business Insider, Engadget, Digital Trends, Fortune, Computerworld, MacDailyNews, and iLounge. Tweets: @markgurman
| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
HTC launches 5.5" U11 flagship with Quad HD display, Snapdragon 835, pressure-sensitive edge, no 3.5mm jack, available unlocked for preorder for $649 — The HTC U11 will be available from Sprint next month — HTC is announcing its newest smartphone today, the U11 flagship.
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| David Cardinal / DxOMark: |
DxOMark gives the HTC U11 camera a score of 90, the highest ever, which is a point above Google Pixel and two points above Samsung Galaxy S8 — Mobile Review — Overview — With an overall DxOMark Mobile score of 90, the HTC U11 is the highest-rated smartphone camera we have ever tested.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram adds Snapchat-style face filters, an eraser tool for drawings, and hashtags for Stories — Today Instagram Stories adds a more subtle and mature but error-prone copycat of Snapchat's beloved augmented reality selfie filters. The eight initial “face filters” …
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Instagram Blog, 9to5Mac, The Verge, Windows Central, iMore, Search Engine Land, The Next Web, MacRumors, Engadget, CNET, 9to5Google, Los Angeles Times, Recode, iPhone Hacks, Cult of Mac, Droid Life, New York Magazine, iDownloadBlog.com, Adweek, PhoneDog.com, MacStories, The FADER, and NBC Bay Area. Thanks:@joshconstine
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Amazon launches 4K Alexa-powered Fire TVs with voice remote, available for preorder now, starting at $449 for the 43" model, $899 for 65" — Amazon's war with Roku enters its next phase — Like Roku before it, Amazon is working with TV makers to release smart televisions … | Johana Bhuiyan / Recode: |
Sources: Uber board director Ryan Graves and CTO Thuan Pham may come under scrutiny in the sexual harassment investigation and could be fired — Several sources suspect that board member and executive Ryan Graves and CTO Thuan Pham will be fired. — Uber's investigation …
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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
DocuSign says recent malware phishing attacks targeting its users were the result of a breach of a “non-core” system and that only email addresses were accessed — DocuSign, a major provider of electronic signature technology, acknowledged today that a series …
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TechCrunch, Inquirer, Forbes, Engadget, BetaNews, CSO, Tom's Hardware, ZDNet, TechHelpList.com, Softpedia News, Help Net Security, The Register, SecurityWeek, and DocuSign Blog
Tweets: @docusign, @docusign, @swiftonsecurity, and @swiftonsecurity
| Alexander J Martin / Sky News: |
UK's National Data Guardian says Google's DeepMind received 1.6M NHS patients' data on an “inappropriate legal basis” — Google's artificial intelligence arm received the personally identifying medical records of 1.6 million patients on an “inappropriate legal basis” …
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Engadget, Digital Trends, Ars Technica, 9to5Google, The Verge, Silicon Republic, The Guardian, The Register, Bloomberg, Inquirer, TechCrunch, Quartz, Business Insider, and INSIDER
Tweets: @lexanderjmartin and @bengoldacre
| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook updates live streaming policy to ban videos using static images and polls with inanimate material — Facebook is banning misleading uses of its Live video format. The company tells TechCrunch that it's adding a section to its Live API Facebook Platform Policy that reads …
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Axios, Facebook for Developers, Social Media Today, Ubergizmo, VatorNews, Adweek, and Engadget. Tweets: @joshconstine
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google I/O 2017 preview: new capabilities for Assistant and Home, more details about Android O, updates on Daydream and Project Tango, more — Google I/O begins on May 17th, 2017 at 10AM PT / 1PM ET with CEO Sundar Pichai taking the stage for the keynote. Held at the Shoreline Amphitheater …
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MobileSyrup, PC Magazine, Digital Trends, Mashable, Gizmodo, Tom's Guide, CNET, SiliconANGLE, PCWorld, ITworld.com, Ars Technica, and Axios
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Secure messaging app Symphony raises $63M led by BNP Paribas, sources say at a $1B+ valuation — Symphony, a secure messaging app that counts 15 of the world's biggest banks among its investors and 200,000 paying customers, has raised a new tranche of funding to fuel its expansion into new markets.
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SiliconANGLE, PE Hub Blog, Business Insider, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, and TheStreet. Tweets: @ingridlunden
| Dylan / 9to5Google: |
Google releases Allo 11, adds group QR codes; APK “teardown” shows Google Assistant settings and Duo calls within Allo — For several months, Google has been preparing selfie-generated stickers in Allo. We gave you an exclusive preview of that feature about a week ago.Sponsor Posts
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