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Sources: Magic Leap seeks $500M+ for ~$6B valuation with Singapore firm Temasek mulling investment; company hopes to ship headset within 6 months for $1.5K-$2K — Wearable computing startup closes in on $6 billion valuation — Device set to ship in six months, be priced more than $1,500
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Samsung launches $300M Samsung Automotive Innovation Fund for autonomous tech, invests $90M into TTTech, a safety software developer for autonomous systems — Not to be outpaced in the connected car market by other tech giants, today the world's largest smartphone maker, Samsung …
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Trump administration issues directive giving agencies 90 days to discontinue use of Kaspersky software, citing concerns about ties to Russian government — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Wednesday told U.S. government agencies to remove Kaspersky Lab products …
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Sources: Apple in talks to invest $3B in Bain Capital's bid for Toshiba's memory chip business, adding to financial support from Dell, Seagate, and SK Hynix — Apple Inc. is playing the role of kingmaker in the contentious battle for Toshiba Corp.'s memory chips business.
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| Scott Scrivens / Android Police: |
Google video and billboard suggest launch of next Pixel phone on October 4, the same day it unveiled the first Pixel phone last year — Rumors up to now have led us to believe the event to announce this year's Pixels phones would be on October 5th. It made sense, being just a day after last year's keynote on October 4th.
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President Trump blocks $1.3B sale of Lattice Semiconductor to China-backed private equity fund Canyon Bridge, citing national security — Fourth presidential block of foreign takeover in last 27 years — Order adds to string of failed Chinese deals for U.S. firms
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| Casey Michel / Extra: |
A deep look at Heart of Texas, a Russia-linked Facebook group that promoted Texas secession and had 225K+ members before being taken down in summer of 2017 — When is a Texan not a Texan? — Earlier this week, Facebook announced that they had shuttered almost 500 accounts they believe …
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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Equifax employee portal in Argentina listed 14K names, social security number-like DNIs of customers in plain text until notified by security researchers today — Equifax last week disclosed a historic breach involving Social Security numbers and other sensitive data on as many as 143 million Americans.
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| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
Windows 10 Fall Creators Update will require third-party apps ask permission to access camera and other sensitive information or hardware — Microsoft is continuing to tinker with the privacy configuration and options in Windows 10, with the Fall Creators Update, due for release on October 17 …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Atlassian's Trello, a popular productivity tool, finally launches Mac and Windows apps — It's only taken six years, but the popular project management tool Trello — which was recently acquired by Atlassian — today launched its desktop apps for Mac, with the Windows app launching tomorrow.
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| Steven Levy / Wired: |
Profile of CTRL-Labs and its Brain-Machine Interface, currently in the form of an armband that lets people type without a keyboard — Thomas Reardon puts a terrycloth stretch band with microchips and electrodes woven into the fabric—a steampunk version of jewelry—on each of his forearms.
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| Ali Montag / CNBC: |
Computer vision-powered kiosk maker Bodega debuts to furious internet backlash on concerns the startup wants to replace mom-and-pop corner stores — For two former Google employees, the launch of their new app may not have gone exactly as planned. — Paul McDonald and Ashwath Rajan released …
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