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Google releases Android O Developer Preview 3 with final APIs — Google today launched the third Android O developer preview, available for download now at developer.android.com and via the Android Beta Program. The preview includes an updated SDK with system images for the Nexus 5X … | Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Teardown of new 4K 21.5-inch iMac reveals removable RAM and a modular CPU, a Kaby Lake processor that's not soldered onto the logic board — iFixit has published a teardown of the new 4K 21.5-inch iMac, which reveals that - surprisingly - Apple's smallest all-in-one desktop machine …
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Microsoft to acquire Israel-based cybersecurity company Hexadite, sources say for $100M, to bolster its advanced threat detection services — Yet more activity in the world of cybersecurity. Microsoft today confirmed that it has acquired Hexadite, an Israeli startup that uses AI to identify and protect against attacks.
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| Matt Weinberger / Business Insider: |
Yahoo shareholders officially approve $4.48B sale to Verizon; deal will close on June 13th — Yahoo's shareholders have officially approved the company's sale to Verizon for $4.48 billion. The deal will close on June 13, 2017. — Once the deal closes, Yahoo and AOL will be merged into a combined entity called “Oath.”| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Verizon will cut about 15% of AOL-Yahoo staff, or as many as 2.1K jobs, after merger closes — The proportion of jobs being made redundant across AOL and Yahoo is around 15 percent globally, we have confirmed with our sources. — This shakes out to as many as 2,100 jobs being lost as part of the corporate merger.| Tripp Mickle / Wall Street Journal: |
Former Apple employees on how Siri's progress was crippled by lack of ambitious goals, shifting strategies, and insufficient usage data — Nimble competitors developed new voice-powered products for the home while Apple remained focused on its phone — In a 2.5-hour keynote …
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Amazon ends its unlimited data storage plan for Amazon Drive, now offers up to 100GB for $11.99 a year or up to 1TB for $60 — Time to check you don't have auto-renew turned on — Amazon has killed off its generous unlimited cloud storage deal for Amazon Drive.| Diana Goovaerts / Wireless Week: |
Cisco: global average IP traffic from smartphones will reach 14.9GB/mo per device in 2021, compared to 3.5GB/mo per device in 2016 — A massive rise in mobile data traffic has been playing out over the past several years, but a new forecast from Cisco indicates the global average internet traffic …
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Akamai: US ranks 28th in the world in mobile internet speeds with an average of 10.7 Mbps; UK takes top spot with average of 26 Mbps — We have slower mobile internet than Greece. Greece! — The U.S. lags behind much of the rest of the developed world in mobile internet speeds, ranking 28th.
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French search startup Algolia raises $53M Series B led by Accel, says Medium, Twitch, and Periscope are among its 3K customers driving 25B searches a month — French startup Algolia just raised a $53 million Series B round led by Accel, a couple of years after raising $18.3 million with... Accel also leading the round.
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Airbnb launches Open Homes with 6K listings worldwide to help refugees find short term housing, following up on a pledge made in response to Trump's travel ban — Open Homes pairs those in need with housing — Airbnb has a history of proactively working with its hosts to offer temporary housing …
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Fintech startup Addepar, cofounded by Palantir's Joe Lonsdale, raises $140M led by Valor Equity Partners, 8VC, and QuantRes founder Harald McPike — Addepar, the provider of data collection and monitoring services for the financial industry (it's Palantir's somewhat less ethically compromised cousin) …
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