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Apple debuts iPhone 8 and 8 Plus with glass back, new 6-core A11 “Bionic” SoC for 30% faster GPU and 25% faster CPU, Qi wireless charging, True Tone display — 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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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
New iPhones support 4K video at 60FPS and 240FPS 1080p slow-motion, larger sensors, “Portrait Lighting” and f/1.8 and f/2.8 apertures on 8+, more — An iPhone 7S in all but name — Apple has officially announced the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus, which are updated versions …
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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 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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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Apple to sell 4K HDR movies via iTunes and upgrade your HD content purchases free of charge; Apple TV will stream 4K Netflix and Amazon Prime Video — Apple is now selling and renting digital 4K movies via iTunes, in addition to its HD and SD resolution versions.
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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 — https://www.apnews.com/195363f168574a13 9fa9c703bdc214f7 — Link copied! — SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday … | Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
At least two dozen federal lawsuits have been filed against Equifax in the United States — (Reuters) - More than two dozen lawsuits have been filed in the United States against Equifax Inc (EFX.N) after the credit reporting company said thieves may have stolen personal information …
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Apple debuts iPhone X with 5.8" edge-to-edge OLED “Super Retina Display”, A11 SoC, Face ID powered by infrared sensor and neural engine, dual OIS rear cameras — ‘The future of the smartphone’ — The long-awaited and extensively leaked special edition iPhone is finally upon us …
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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 … | 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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SoFi CEO and co-founder Mike Cagney to step down following sexual harassment suit; sources say he skirted risk and compliance controls while expanding business — Social Finance, an online lender that has been one of the more prominent financial technology start-ups, said on Monday …
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Russia-linked accounts used promoted Facebook Events to organize anti-immigrant protests in US in 2016; company confirms it shut down several promoted events — Russian operatives hiding behind false identities used Facebook's event management tool to remotely organize and promote political protests …
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| Johana Bhuiyan / Recode: |
NTSB says causes of fatal Tesla crash in May 2016 included driver's over-reliance on Autopilot, approves safety recommendations for automakers, DoT, and NHTSA — The National Transportation Safety Board met on Tuesday to determine the cause of May's fatal Tesla crash.
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Google details plan to distrust Symantec-issued certificates starting with Chrome 66 in 2018 — This post is a broader announcement of plans already finalized on the blink-dev mailing list. — At the end of July, the Chrome team and the PKI community converged upon a plan to reduce …
| Nicole Lee / Engadget: |
Instagram enables sharing other people's Stories through direct messages, rolling out globally today on iOS and Android — Though Instagram's Stories is already more popular than Snapchat, the photo-sharing service won't stop introducing more ways to share them.
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