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Cryptocurrency-focused financial-services firm Circle acquires crypto exchange Poloniex, source says for ~$400M — Circle, a cryptocurrency-focused financial-services firm, will announce today that it is buying crypto exchange Poloniex—a move that immediately makes Circle one of the largest …
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| Chris Velazco / Engadget: |
Sony announces 5.7" Xperia XZ2 and 5" XZ2 Compact with 18:9 aspect ratio, Snapdragon 845, 19MP camera, on sale next month in UK for £699 and £549 respectively — Sony has longed to find lasting success in the smartphone market, but none of the devices it released in the past few years have done the job.
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| Matthew Reynolds / WIRED UK: |
Sony Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 Compact hands-on: nice redesign, but wireless charging and other features only bring it up to parity with flagship phones from last year — The XZ2 and XZ2 make some much-needed improvements over their predecessors but still feel like they hail from an earlier era of smartphones
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Troy Hunt releases new Pwned Passwords API to securely check your login data against a database of 500M+ leaked passwords; 1Password among first to use the API — A new system that securely checks whether your passwords have been made public in known data breaches has been integrated into the widely used password manager, 1Password.| Selena Larson / CNNMoney: |
Supreme Court to begin hearing email privacy case on Tuesday in the high-profile battle between Microsoft and US government over data stored on foreign servers — When should CEOs get involved in public policy — The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on Tuesday in a digital privacy case …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Sony's $280 Xperia Ear Duo open ear earbuds with head gestures come with Google Assistant and Siri integration, will ship in late May — Sony will release its Xperia Ear Duo wireless earbuds in May for $279.99. Preorders for the “open ear” headset, which has been shown in concept form over the last two years, start today at Amazon.
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| Munsif Vengattil / Reuters: |
Cloud networking company GTT to buy Interoute, operator of one of Europe's largest independent fibre networks, for $2.3B, adding 15 data centers to its network — (Reuters) - U.S. cloud networking company GTT Communications Inc said on Monday it would buy privately held European peer Interoute …
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| Valentina Palladino / Ars Technica: |
Dell XPS 13 2018 review: solid performance, ships with Windows Hello IR camera and a fingerprint sensor, but the webcam is still awkwardly placed below display — The XPS 13 laptop isn't stale anymore, but it still forces a few compromises. — The XPS 13 laptop needed an overhaul and Dell needed to make a statement.| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
S9 and S9+ hands-on: same look and feel as S8, fingerprint reader placement is a welcome improvement, AR Emoji not as precise as Animoji, Bixby button lives on — The Galaxy S9 will feel very familiar to S8 owners — Last year, Samsung walked out of the ashes of the Note 7 debacle …
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Tweets: @nevilleray, @cnet, @dcseifert, @paulobrien, @saschasegan, @saschasegan, and @reneritchie
| The Khronos Group: |
Khronos Group is bringing Vulkan API specification, the successor of OpenGL, to macOS and iOS in collaboration with Valve, LunarG, and The Brenwill Workshop — Valve, LunarG, and The Brenwill Workshop join forces with Khronos to release open source SDKs and runtime libraries …
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AppleInsider, MacRumors, Computerworld, 9to5Mac, AnandTech, VentureBeat, Softpedia News, AppAdvice.com, and iPhone Hacks. Tweets: @timothylottes
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google Assistant expands to 7 more languages and now lets developers deep link to Android apps from Assistant Actions — Actions on Google, the Google Assistant's version of what Amazon calls ‘skills,’ have been around for a while, but Google today announced that is expanding the platform … | Robert Hackett / Fortune: |
Cybersecurity company PhishMe acquired by private equity firms BlackRock and Pamplona Capital Management for $400M and rebranded as Cofense — The trend of private equity firms snapping up cybersecurity businesses continues. — BlackRock and Pamplona Capital Management have jointly acquired PhishMe …
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VentureBeat, TechCrunch, PYMNTS.com, Infosecurity Magazine, and Cofense
| Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: |
Venezuela claims Petro ICO pre-sale raised $735M, but the ICO was plagued by false claims as issuers changed blockchain from Ethereum to NEM midway — Venezuela says its presale raised $735 million in 24 hours. Don't believe it. — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro claims … Sponsor Posts
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