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Reddit moderators shut down popular subreddits after apparent removal of Victoria Taylor, AMA coordinator and Reddit's director of talent — Reddit In Chaos After Allegedly Firing AMA Coordinator Victoria Taylor — If you tried to visit r/IAmA (one of Reddit's biggest subs) recently, you were probably greeted by the image above.
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New iPhone 6S images show updated NFC, 16GB base storage, fewer chips + design tweaks — Our look at the upcoming “iPhone 6S” continues today with a discussion of new internal components that are expected to be inside Apple's latest smartphone. In addition to expected changes such as a Force Touch display … | Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
You can now use any Android app on your Mac w/ BlueStacks App Player — BlueStacks, a free desktop Android emulator that lets users play any mobile game or app on the big screen with a mouse and keyboard, has mostly been limited to PC users until today. But Mac users are about to get access …
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Uber Suspends UberPOP In France Following Turmoils And Arrests — Transportation company Uber just announced in an interview with Le Monde that it will be suspending UberPOP in France tonight at 8pm. The news follows a difficult week for the company. Last Thursday, anti-Uber protests turned …
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Casio is developing a durable men's smart watch priced around $400, expected by early 2016 — Casio Bets on a Watch That Is Smart — Japanese watchmaker hopes to outmaneuver Apple Watch's technological wizardry — Japanese watchmaker Casio Computer saw the potential of the wrist … | John Callaham / Windows Central: |
Microsoft confirms its new Edge browser won't support Silverlight — Microsoft has already announced that its new Microsoft Edge web browser in Windows 10 will not be using many of the features that were a part of its old Internet Explorer browsers. That includes support for ActiveX-based plug-ins.
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Large blocks of IPv4 addresses are no longer available in North America; organizations can either join the wait list or request smaller blocks — It's official: North America out of new IPv4 addresses — But the move to IPv6 picks up speed. — Remember how, a decade ago …
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Industry groups say new Chinese security law could force companies to build backdoors, provide encryption keys, or hand over source code — Jitters in Tech World Over New Chinese Security Law — HONG KONG — When a draft of China's new national security law was made public in May …
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Prince sends takedown requests to Spotify, Rdio, and Deezer — Prince Won't Stream 4 U (Unless You're On Tidal, Or Maybe Google Music) — Call it the Taylor effect: it looks like another high-profile musician is sharpening his arrows to take aim at how streaming music services pay artists.
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Yelp stock closes down about 10% amid reports it has stopped pursuing a sale of company — Yelp skids 10% amid sale halt reports — Yelp shares slipped on Thursday afternoon amid reports the company's sale process had stalled. — Following a trading halt around 12:50 p.m. ET …
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Facebook's Rooms app updated to allow photos and videos in comments, let moderators pin posts and unban users — Remember Facebook's Rooms app? It just got a big update — Things have been relatively quiet for Facebook's Room app - a platform that mashes up forums with subreddit … | Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: |
Apple's iOS 8.4 kneecaps Home Sharing, music streaming now limited to Apple TV — While Apple introduced an array of new music features with its latest iOS 8.4 update featuring Apple Music, it also quietly nerfed content serving functionality by apparently limiting Home Sharing …
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