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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Researchers show that they can use lasers to inject commands to smart speakers, tablets, and phones via Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant from far away — By pointing lasers tuned to a precise frequency at a smart assistant, researchers could force it to unlock cars, open garage doors, and more.
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Apple announces a $2.5B plan to combat the housing availability and affordability crisis in California — Cupertino, California — Apple today announced a comprehensive $2.5 billion plan to help address the housing availability and affordability crisis in California.| Antonio Lucio / Facebook: |
Facebook debuts logo with text that has context-dependent coloring, says it's to further distinguish the company from the Facebook app, which keeps its branding — Facebook started as a single app. Now, 15 years later, we offer a suite of products that help people connect to their friends and family …
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| Dami Lee / The Verge: |
Adobe says it is developing Illustrator for iPad, which will include the core tools alongside new tools made for touch, to be released by the end of 2020 — The long-awaited Photoshop for iPad is available to download today, and to keep the momentum going, Adobe is announcing that it's …
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| Imran Hussain / Wccftech: |
Photoshop for iPad is now available in the App Store, with full PSD editing, layers, context-aware tools, and more, for $9.99 per month and a 30-day free trial — Adobe has finally released the first version of Photoshop for iPad. The update is available as a 30-day trial …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft unveils a new Office app for iOS and Android, combining Word, Excel, and PowerPoint into a single download and with a new logo — Its new mobile app is a central hub for all things Office — Microsoft is unveiling a new Office app for iOS and Android today.
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| Devindra Hardawar / Engadget: |
Microsoft's Chromium-based Edge browser to be generally available on Jan. 15, with new privacy features including InPrivate browsing and tracking prevention — After launching a beta test for the new Chromium Edge in September, Microsoft is now gearing up to officially launch the browser on January 15th, 2020.
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| Dami Lee / The Verge: |
Adobe debuts Photoshop Camera app, which uses its Sensei AI to recognize subjects and suggest which filters to apply, in a limited preview on iOS and Android — Let AI edit your photos for you — Adobe is launching a free AI-powered Photoshop Camera app, available now to a select group …
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Adobe Blog, Adobe Blog, Engadget, Mashable, The Next Web, Android Police, and Digital Trends. Tweets: @dami_lee
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Google Play Points, which rewards Android users with store credit or discounts for buying content like apps and movies, expands to the US from Japan and S.Korea — In September 2018, Google launched Google Play Points, a program that rewards Google Play Store customers with points that can be put toward purchase and rental credit.| Dami Lee / The Verge: |
Adobe releases Aero, its free iOS app to let designers build AR experiences without coding knowledge via imported files from Dimension and Photoshop — Only available on iOS for now — Adobe is releasing its augmented reality app Aero today at its annual Max conference.
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App Store, Adobe Blog, SiliconANGLE, iMore, Yahoo Finance, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, Engadget, and iDownloadBlog.com
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| Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Microsoft announces Azure Arc, which extends its hybrid cloud management tech to Linux and Windows servers and Kubernetes clusters running on any infrastructure — Microsoft has long made hybrid technologies a core part of its Azure platform, letting customers run cloud technologies …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft debuts Project Cortex, a new Office 365 service for knowledge management that uses machine learning to classify documents into topics and collections — At its annual Ignite IT conference in Orlando, Florida, Microsoft today announced Project Cortex, its first new commercial product since the launch of Teams.| Hugh Son / CNBC: |
Deserve, which uses AI to check creditworthiness and offer credit cards to users with little or no credit history, raises $50M Series C led by Goldman Sachs — - Goldman Sachs is a lead investor in a $50 million round in Deserve, a firm that offers credit cards directly …
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