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Jason Del Rey / Re/code:

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Ben Popper / The Verge:

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Jeff Mason / Reuters:

Obama criticizes China's new rules requiring US tech companies to provide backdoor access, says Beijing must change policy if it wants to do business with USA — Exclusive: Obama sharply criticizes China's plans for new technology rules — (Reuters) - President Barack Obama …

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Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch:

Luxe Confirms $20M In New Funding, As It Hires A Business Chief And Expands To New Markets — Last week we reported that on-demand valet startup Luxe had raised $20 million in Series A funding from Venrock Partners and Redpoint Ventures to expand its service into new markets.

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Kurt Wagner / Re/code:

Oculus Has Hired Mary Lou Jepsen Away From Google X — Facebook-owned Oculus has hired away big-time Google X executive Mary Lou Jepsen, according to sources familiar with the move. — Jepsen, who spent the last three years running the Display Division at Google X, is joining …

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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

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Dan Seifert / The Verge:

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Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:

Uber launches a quarterly print magazine, Momentum, for drivers in Boston, New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, Ohio, and Oklahoma — Uber just launched a quarterly print magazine, Momentum — Here's something different. — Uber, the $41 billion ride hailing company …

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Ryan Smith / AnandTech:

Khronos unveils Vulkan: next generation of OpenGL, a cross-platform efficient graphics API — Next Generation OpenGL Becomes Vulkan: Additional Details Released — Continuing this week's GDC-2015 fueled blitz of graphics API news releases, we have Khronos, the industry consortium behind OpenGL …

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Mic Wright / The Next Web:

SXSW's official app will hook up with 1,000 iBeacons across Austin — Austin's annual jamboree of film, music and startup culture, SXSW kicks off in 10 days and the festival has just launched its official app, which relies heavily on Apple's iBeacon technology.

More: Re/code, SXSW, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, PandoDaily and iMore

Kevin Dugan / New York Post:

With $66M in funding from a consortium of 15 banks, Goldman Sachs backed messaging and social networking service Symphony will launch by July — Goldman Sachs to debut new social networking service — Call it Goldman Apps. — A Goldman Sachs-backed messaging and social networking service …

More: Mediaite. Tweets: @moorehn

Luke Westaway / CNET:

The Lenovo A7000 is a $169, 5.5-inch 4G LTE smartphone with Dolby sound — BARCELONA — Once the preserve of the high-fallutin', gadget-lovin' elite, smartphones no longer need to cost the Earth. The latest mobile to offer smartphone tech on a modest budget is Lenovo's A7000 …

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AnandTech:

Lenovo unveils 5-inch VIBE Shot 2-in-one 16MP smartphone/camera with image stabilization, tri-color flash; available June for $349

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Sebastian Anthony / Ars Technica:

Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 will feature Kryo CPU, Krait's 64-bit successor — At long last, it's (almost) time for Qualcomm's custom-designed 64-bit chip. — BARCELONA, Spain—Qualcomm, after an agonizingly long wait, has finally revealed a few details about its next-gen, top-end CPU core.

More: AnandTech, Engadget, Ars Technica, Forbes, TechnoBuffalo, Wired.co.uk, Android Authority, Wired.co.uk, BBC, Pocket-lint, Neowin, CNET and The Verge

Joel Hruska / ExtremeTech:

Qualcomm's cognitive compute processors are coming to Snapdragon 820

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