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August 7, 2015, 1:45 AM

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Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch:

Apple.com redesign does away with ‘Store’ tab and ‘store.apple.com’ domain, integrates shopping buttons in every product page — Apple.com, One Of The World's Biggest Stores, Gets A Redesign — A redesign of Apple.com that went live today removed the standalone ‘Store’ tab …

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US officials: Russian “state actor” hacked Pentagon's Joint Staff unclassified email system around July 25; no classified data seized — Russia hacks Pentagon computers: NBC, citing sources — NBC News is reporting Russia has hacked computers at the Pentagon, with CNBC's Sue Herera.

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Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac:

Everything new in iOS 9 beta 5: AT&T Wi-Fi Calling, keyboard changes, CarPlay tweaks, and more — With the release of today's iOS 9 beta, Apple has introduced several new features. The first on the list, and probably one of the most important, is support for Wi-Fi Calling on AT&T …

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Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:

Pornhub, world's largest porn site, introduces a $9.99/month premium tier with no ads, faster playback, higher quality streams, exclusive content — Pornhub Premium: Netflix for porn costs $9.99 per month — Pornhub, the largest pornography site on the Internet, is going premium.

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Michael Gold / Reuters:

Taiwan's HTC says to cut jobs, smartphone models to revive sales — Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC Corp said it would cut jobs and discontinue models as part of its strategy to focus on high-end devices to better compete with the likes of Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics.

More: International Business Times, Pocketnow, Phandroid, PhoneDog.com, Bloomberg Business, The Tech Report, Droid Life and Android Central

Bing Blogs:

Bing to warn users if they follow links to pharmaceutical sites that have been flagged by the FDA as fake or illegal — Bing to warn customers about the threats of fake online pharmacies — Picture Fred, a 60-year-old man who has a few medical conditions.

More: Search Engine Journal, WinBeta, Microsoft News, Search Engine Land, Windows Central and BetaNews

Zack Whittaker / ZDNet:

Hackers can remotely steal fingerprints from Android phones built by Samsung, HTC, and Huawei; affected vendors have provided patches — Hackers can remotely steal fingerprints from Android phones — Researchers outline how hackers can attack your smartphone to steal your fingerprint on a “large scale” — without anybody noticing.

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Dan Seifert / The Verge:

Pebble Time Steel now available for preorder for $249 with leather strap, $299 with steel band — Pebble's next smartwatch is here — Pebble's latest smartwatch, the Pebble Time, has been widely available for purchase for just a couple of weeks. But the company isn't slowing down …

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Jason Shirk / Microsoft Security Response Center:

Microsoft expands its Bug Bounty schemes with higher rewards, bonuses, and new eligible software — Microsoft Bounty Programs Expansion - Bounty for Defense, Authentication Bonus, and RemoteApp — I am very pleased to be releasing additional expansions of the Microsoft Bounty Programs.

More: ZDNet, CNET, PCMag Australia Feed, Microsoft News, The Tech Report, TIME, WinBeta, SC Magazine, Neowin, SecurityWeek, Inquirer and Help Net Security

Larry Dignan / ZDNet:

Informatica goes private, counts Microsoft, Salesforce as strategic investors — Salesforce Ventures and Microsoft buy into partner Informatica as the data integration and management company goes private in a $5.3 billion deal. — Informatica closed its deal to go private Thursday …

More: New York Times, Informatica US, NASDAQ.com, Forbes, The Register, PCWorld and VatorNews

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

HBO Now adds Chromecast support to its iOS and Android apps — HBO NOW Adds Support For Google's Chromecast — HBO's over-the-top streaming service may not be making money just yet, but it is rapidly expanding its footprint. Starting today, the service will support Google's Chromecast …

More: Google Chrome Blog, Gizmodo, The Verge, iDownloadBlog.com, TechnoBuffalo, Consumerist, ZDNet, Phandroid, BetaNews, Ubergizmo, Macworld, 9to5Google, 9to5Mac, Engadget, The Next Web and CNET. See also Mediagazer

Rachel King / ZDNet:

Nvidia beats Q2 expectations; credits gains to auto, gaming tech growth — The company chief also exhibited excitement for enterprise graphics and cloud initiatives as Nvidia's business customer base has more than tripled in one year to over 300 enterprises.

More: NVIDIA Newsroom, VentureBeat, Reuters, TechCrunch, The Register and Tech Trader Daily

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:

Moto G 2015 review: cheap with good performance, but has inconsistent camera and dull display — Moto G (2015) review: this is Motorola's real flagship — When Motorola introduced its latest series of smartphones last week, all eyes were on the Moto X. For several years …

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