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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.| Bloomberg: |
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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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Equifax blames Apache Struts vulnerability that was patched on March 6 for the massive data breach that it says happened in mid-May — Critical Apache Struts bug was fixed in March. In May, it bit ~143 million US consumers. — The Equifax breach that exposed sensitive data …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
iPhone X's notch, used to house Face ID hardware, leads to UI quirks and design compromises, especially when viewing photos and videos or playing games — Hot or notch? — Apple's new iPhone X has a spectacular edge-to-edge display that dominates the entire front of the device.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
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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| Bloomberg: |
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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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Snapchat debuts World Lenses, which project 3D animated Bitmoji avatars onto real-world scenes, rolling out globally on iOS now, coming soon to Android — Snapchat's World Lens feature applies filters intelligently to the world around you using augmented reality and your smartphone's camera …
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| Dustin Volz / Reuters: |
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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Tweets: @dnvolz and @senrubiopress
| 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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| Bloomberg: |
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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| 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.
Tweets: @hadip, @stevenlevy, and @aaronykng
| Pan Yue / China Money Network: |
TNG FinTech, a Hong Kong-based developer of a digital wallet platform, raises $115M led by private equity firm NewMargin — NewMargin Capital, a private equity firm listed on China's New Third Board, has led a US$115 million series A round in TNG Fintech, a Hong Kong-based financial technology start … Sponsor Posts
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