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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
iPhone X: 5.8" edge-to-edge OLED Super Retina display without home button, A11 SoC, Face ID, dual OIS 12MP rear cameras, Qi wireless charging — ‘The future of the smartphone’ — The long-awaited and extensively leaked special edition iPhone is finally upon us, and it's called the iPhone X …
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| Apple: |
iPhone X is priced at $999 for 64GB, $1,149 for 256GB; preorders start October 27, ships November 3 — Packed with Innovative Features Including a Super Retina Display, TrueDepth Camera System, Face ID and A11 Bionic Chip with Neural Engine — Cupertino, California — Apple today announced iPhone X …
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
iPhone X hands-on: FaceID feels natural and quicker than other smartphones' face unlock methods, gestures work well, 1125x2436 Super Retina display is brilliant — It's all about that screen — We just got a quick chance to hold the iPhone X, Apple's new flagship phone arriving later this year.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Apple announces Animoji, animated versions of Emoji, which uses iPhone X's face tracking hardware to create custom 3D emoji based on your facial expressions — Apple is introducing a new Animoji feature in iOS 11, which are animated versions of the popular emoji found on the iPhone.
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| Kate Conger / Gizmodo: |
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
iPhone 8 and 8 Plus: 6-core A11 “Bionic” SOC with Apple-designed GPU, glass back, Retina HD True Tone display, 12MP cameras, Qi wireless charging — Apple just unveiled the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus at its press event. It looks a lot like the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, but with a glass back.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
iPhone 8, 8 Plus hands-on: glass blends well into sides, True Tone display not noticeably better than iPhone 7's, glass back design is big aesthetic improvement — The new middle children — Apple just wrapped up its presentation announcing the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus …
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Apple debuts Apple Watch Series 3 with LTE built-in for $399+, same size casing as Series 2, new colors, W2 networking chip; preorder Sept. 15, ships Sept. 22 — The new Apple Watch is now official, offering one big highlight upgrade over the previous version: Built-in cellular support.
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| Chris Nolter / TheStreet: |
Apple Watch Series 3 LTE plans: $10 per month on AT&T, $10 per month on Verizon with three months free, no prices yet for Sprint and T-Mobile — Apple (AAPL) Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams gave A&T (T) a plug during the tech company's special event on Tuesday …
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Apple unveils AirPower wireless charging pad for iPhone 8/8+/X, Apple Watch, and AirPods with new charging case, coming in 2018 — Apple has a new wireless charging pad called the AirPower, which is essentially a mat with room for your new iPhone 8 or iPhone X, as well as your Apple Watch …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Apple announces Apple TV 4K, with 4K HDR video, powered by A10X Fusion chip; preorders open Sept. 15 starting at $179, ships Sept. 22 — Apple's streaming box is now a better match for the latest and greatest TVs — Apple has just unveiled a long anticipated upgrade to its Apple TV set-top box …
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| Youkyung Lee / Associated Press: |
Samsung says it aims to launch a foldable smartphone next year under its Galaxy Note brand and is working with Harman on speaker assistant — SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday it aims to launch a foldable smartphone next year under its Galaxy Note brand.| Jack Nicas / Wall Street Journal: |
Yelp writes letter to FTC alleging Google is breaking 2012 promise not to scrape content from sites that opt-out and says FTC should reopen investigation — The assertion intensifies Yelp's criticism that Google unfairly uses its influence to stifle competition
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
“BlueBorne” Bluetooth exploit works on unpatched Android, iOS 9 or earlier, Linux, Windows devices; Google to release patch today; other OSes have patches — BlueBorne exploit works against unpatched devices running Android, Linux, or Windows. — Over the past decade …
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| John Voorhees / MacStories: |
Apple Announces macOS High Sierra to Launch on September 25th — Today, Apple announced on its website that the official release date of macOS High Sierra will be September 25th. — As detailed at WWDC in June, macOS High Sierra features the introduction of several significant …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
AT&T now offers free HBO on its cheaper $60/month Unlimited Choice plan, in addition to its premium Unlimited Plus plan — AT&T announced this morning it's adding free HBO to all customers on its unlimited wireless plans, including both Unlimited Plus and Unlimited Choice.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Apple slashes iPhone 6s, 6s Plus, 7, and 7 Plus prices by $100; iPhone SE drops by $50 to $349, now the lowest iPhone price point ever — Apple announced its new iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X devices today. And like every year, that means... Discounts!
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| Ionut Arghire / SecurityWeek: |
FireEye report says hackers with ties to North Korea have been targeting South Korean crypto-currency exchanges to obtain funds for the Pyongyang regime — Over the past several months, threat actors believed to have ties with North Korea have been targeting crypto-currency exchanges …
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