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| Avram Piltch / Tom's Hardware: |
Microsoft says Windows 11 requires a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chip, excluding a significant number of Windows 10 computers from upgrading to the new OS — Even some three year old computers may not be able to run the OS. — Traditionally, we think of Windows as the operating system …
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Interview with Satya Nadella about Windows 11, bringing Windows closer to Android, integrating Amazon Appstore, antitrust bills in Congress, and more — We've got a special episode of Decoder today — I'm talking to Satya Nadella, the CEO and chairman of Microsoft.
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| Sascha Segan / PCMag: |
Microsoft's Android app plan for Windows 11 is doomed, because pretending there is a viable US Android app store other than Google Play is theater — In a perplexing swerve, the new Windows 11 is going to run Android apps out of the box, integrating Amazon's Android app store into Microsoft's onboard app store.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft announces Windows 11, with a simplified UI, new Windows store, Start menu, Teams integrated into taskbar, and more, available free to Windows 10 users — A new version of Windows is officially on the way — Microsoft is officially confirming the name for the next release of Windows today: Windows 11.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
In his closing Windows event remarks, Nadella issued a subtle but stinging critique of Apple, positioning Microsoft as Apple's main competition for developers — ‘Windows has always stood for sovereignty for creators and agency for consumers’ — At the end of a surprisingly eventful … | Wall Street Journal: |
UK's CMA launches an investigation into whether Amazon and Google are doing enough to crack down on fake reviews and deter sellers from manipulating listings — U.K. regulator opens investigation into whether tech giants are doing enough to deter sellers from manipulating product listings
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| Ali Breland / Mother Jones: |
Journalists say Amazon's PR team uses aggressive, manipulative, and sometimes outright deceptive tactics to intimidate and mislead reporters — Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.
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| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Western Digital says some My Book Live devices are being compromised by malware leading to a factory reset erasing all data, believes its servers weren't hacked — Western Digital My Book NAS owners worldwide found that their devices have been mysteriously factory reset and all of their files deleted.
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| Shirin Ghaffary / Vox: |
Google is showing a warning on some searches that it may not have reliable sources to show, usually on trending topics — The company is notifying people when they search for rapidly evolving topics. — Google is testing a new feature to notify people when they search for a topic that may have unreliable results.
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| Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: |
Ex-TikTok staff say its boundaries with ByteDance are non-existent, with ByteDance involved in decision-making; source: ByteDance has access to US user data — - Former TikTok employees say there is cause for concern when it comes to the popular social media app's Chinese parent company.| TechCrunch: |
Amazon's AWS acquires encrypted messaging service Wickr, says it will continue operating the service and offer it to AWS customers — Amazon's cloud services giant Amazon Web Services (AWS) is getting into the encrypted messaging business. The company has just announced …
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VICE, PYMNTS.com, GeekWire, ZDNet, Gizmodo, SiliconANGLE, MUO, Amazon Web Services, VICE, Dark Reading, Insider, Financial Times, SC Media, Tech Xplore, CNBC, The Verge, SecurityWeek, SlashGear, Engadget, TechSpot, and PCMag
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| Janko Roettgers / Protocol: |
FCC filings reveal Verizon's 8-inch 1280×800 smart display with 4G connectivity and a custom “Hi Verizon” wake word, as part of Alexa Custom Assistant program — The carrier is getting ready to sell a smart display based on Amazon's Alexa voice assistant, according to FCC filings published Friday.
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| Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: |
Mozilla launches Rally, a Firefox plugin that lets users share browsing data with researchers studying the web, starting with researchers from Princeton — By this point in the internet's history, most of us have come to terms with the fact that accessing the web involves giving up information …
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