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Google Said to Be Under U.S. Antitrust Scrutiny Over Android — New FTC inquiry comes years after it closed search-engine case — Lingering skepticism meets probe over access to phone platform — Google Inc. is back under U.S. antitrust scrutiny as officials ask whether … | iFixit: |
iPhone 6s teardown reveals smaller 1715 mAh battery, 3D Touch display, x-ray view of Taptic Engine — iPhone 6s Teardown — Teardown — Teardowns provide a look inside a device and should not be used as disassembly instructions. — In Progress — This guide is a work in progress.
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| Hayden Dingman / PCWorld: |
Samsung and Oculus announce $99 consumer Gear VR with support for Samsung's 2015 flagship phones and a redesigned trackpad, shipping in November — Samsung's new Gear VR virtual reality headset only costs $99 — And even better, the new Gear VR works with all of Samsung's flagship Galaxy phones released in 2015.
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Forcing suspects to reveal phone passwords is unconstitutional, court says — Demanding “personal thought processes” amounts to compelled self incrimination. — The Fifth Amendment right against compelled self-incrimination would be breached if two insider trading suspects were forced … | Ina Fried / Re/code: |
BlackBerry confirms “Priv” Android phone will launch at the end of 2015, posts weak Q2 earnings with loss of 13 cents per share — BlackBerry Confirms Android Plans, Posts Weaker-Than-Expected Earnings — BlackBerry on Friday confirmed its plans to launch an Android-based handset …
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Adobe announces Photoshop and Premiere Elements 14 with 4K video editing, motion titles, tools to remove camera shake and haze, and more — Adobe updates Elements hobbyist photo and video apps with more pro-level features — As a consumer photo/video editing package … | Katherine Noyes / Computerworld: |
Michigan sues HP over $49M project that's 5 years late — Hewlett-Packard has faced no end of financial and legal woes in recent months, and on Friday it was hit with one more: A new lawsuit filed by the state of Michigan over a $49 million project the state says is still not completed after 10 years.
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iOS ad blocker Crystal will get a flat monthly fee to let through ads that are on Adblock Plus owner Eyeo's paid whitelist — Propelled By Apple, Ad Blocking Cottage Industry Emerges — Software promises to block ads, and in some cases allow “acceptable” ones| Ryan Gallagher / The Intercept: |
GCHQ debuted a program called Karma Police seven years ago to track the browsing habits and communications of “every visible user on the Internet” — From Radio to Porn, British Spies Track Web Users' Online Identities — THERE WAS A SIMPLE AIM at the heart of the top-secret program …
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Researchers: cookies can be used to bypass HTTPS, reveal private session information in all modern browsers — Cookies can render secure websites vulnerable in all modern browsers — Share1 — Pin1 — TOTAL SHARES 3 — CERT have issued a new directive notifying that cookies …
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iOS 9's space-saving “app slicing” disabled for now, will return in future update — iCloud bug affects users who are restoring backups to new devices. — Back in June, we wrote a bit about App Thinning, a collection of iOS 9 features that are supposed to make iOS 9 apps take up less space on iDevices.| Alex Barinka / Bloomberg Business: |
Pure Storage seeks to raise $450M in IPO at $16-18/share, for a valuation of up to $3.33B — Pure Storage Seeks to Raise as Much as $450 Million in IPO — Flash-storage maker would be valued at up to $3.33 billion — Company to offer 25 million shares at $16 to $18 apiece
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