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First HomeKit-Compatible Products Launching Today, Led by Lutron, iHome and Elgato — Ahead of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, several of the company's HomeKit partners are today announcing the availability of the first HomeKit-compatible products.
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| Sebastian Anthony / Ars Technica UK: |
Thunderbolt 3 embraces USB Type-C connector, doubles bandwidth to 40Gbps — Thunderbolt 3 integrates USB 3.1, optional 100W power delivery, 5K @ 60Hz display. — At Computex 2015, Intel has unveiled Thunderbolt 3. The headline feature: Thunderbolt 3 has changed connector from Mini DisplayPort to USB Type-C.
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| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Sources: Apple's subscription TV service won't be announced at WWDC15 — Apple Subscription TV Service Won't Be Announced Next Week — Apple won't be announcing its much-anticipated subscription TV service next week at its Worldwide Developer Conference, according to several people with knowledge of the situation.
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Microsoft confirms it has bought 6Wunderkinder, maker of the Wunderlist to-do list app — Welcome 6Wunderkinder! Microsoft acquires Wunderlist — What's better than completing that last important task on your to-do list? Doing so with a beautiful and useful productivity app.
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| Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / ZDNet: |
Intel updates fifth-gen Core chips with Iris Pro graphics — Intel has revamped its fifth-generation Core lineup of silicon for desktops and mobile, adding an Iris Pro 6200 graphics chip to the CPUs. — Intel has revamped its fifth-generation Core lineup of silicon for desktops and mobile …
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| Josh Lowensohn / The Verge: |
SoundHound's new Hound voice search app handles complex queries faster than Siri, Cortana, and Google Voice Search — SoundHound's new voice search app makes Siri and Cortana look slow — Nearly a decade ago, SoundHound founder Keyvan Mohajer took an idea to a group of investors.
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| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Canary Smart Home Security System Locks Down $30 Million In Series B — Canary, the smart home monitoring system, has just closed on $30 million in Series B funding led by Walden Riverwood Ventures, with participation from Cota Capital, Khosla ventures, Flextronics, Two Sigma Ventures and WTI.
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| Craig Timberg / Washington Post: |
The vulnerable Border Gateway protocol, a quick-fix solution from 1989, still directs most internet traffic — Net of insecurity Part 2 — The long — life of a — quick ‘fix’ — Internet protocol from 1989 leaves data vulnerable to hijackers — The long life of a quick ‘fix’
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Pirate Bay Co-Founder Fredrik Neij Released From Prison — Fredrik Neij, one of The Pirate Bay's co-founders, was a key operator of the torrent site during its early years. — In 2012 Fredrik received a 10-month prison sentence for his involvement with the notorious site, which he initially avoided.| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Angela Ahrendts finally readies employees for June Apple Watch retail launch in new video — Apple is finally preparing to start selling the Apple Watch in its retail stores after solely offering the Watch via its online store due to constrained supplies. In a private video message … | Kia Kokalitcheva / Fortune: |
Online education marketplace Udemy raises $65 million for international expansion — Following Google's announcement last week of its new skill-based degrees in partnership with Udacity, the interest in online education continues. On Tuesday, online course marketplace Udemy …
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| Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal: |
Facebook Opens Third Artificial-Intelligence Research Hub in Paris — Facebook is bolstering its artificial-intelligence expertise with a third center in Paris to help the social network better sift through photos, posts and videos shared by its 1.4 billion users.
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| Ryan Lawler / TechCrunch: |
Vimeo Now Lets Creators Launch Their Own Subscription Video-On-Demand Channels — Video distribution platform Vimeo wants to provide new ways for creators to make more money from their content. A few years after launching a video on demand offering so creators could rent out or sell access to their videos … | Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Foursquare, Via Button, Now Lets You Order An Uber Directly In The App — Foursquare and Uber are teaming up, with the help of mobile deep-linking startup Button, to offer Foursquare users a button within the app to call an Uber. — The idea is that, as you look up restaurants or fun destinations …
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| Brian P. Rubin / ReadWrite: |
Wireless-charging standard groups A4WP and PMA make merger official — The Wireless Power Merger Is Official — Two of the three major wireless-charging standard groups—the Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) and the Power Matters Alliance (PMA)—finally announced Monday that their plans to merge are official.| Brad Sams / Neowin: |
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