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October 5, 2015, 1:10 AM

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John Paczkowski / BuzzFeed:
Tim Cook: Apple will give developers access to Apple TV universal search with upcoming API  —  Tim Cook Talks Apple TV  —  In an interview with BuzzFeed News, Apple CEO Tim Cook talks about universal search, a key feature of the next-generation Apple TV.  —  Getty
Wall Street Journal:
Amazon to target non-technical users with AWS data analytics service which features a faster method for moving data to AWS  —  Amazon Web Services to Add Analytics  —  Cloud-computing division enters field designed to make better use of collected data  —  Amazon.com Inc. 's cloud-computing division …
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Xiomara Blanco / CNET:
Amazon Fire review: flimsy build, slow performance, but good for $50 price if you're a Prime member  —  Amazon Fire review  —  The operating system of the Fire tablet is tailor-made for Amazon Prime users.  The latest version sports an updated look with a few new features.
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Mat Honan / BuzzFeed:
Autonomous vehicles are safer, more efficient, utterly inevitable, and truly transformative  —  Google's Cute Cars And The Ugly End Of Driving  —  The main thing you should know about autonomous vehicles is that they are utterly inevitable.  —  BuzzFeed News San Francisco Bureau Chief
John Markoff / New York Times:
IBM scientists create tiny carbon nanotube transistors that could potentially replace silicon transistors in future computer processors  —  IBM Scientists Find New Way to Shrink Transistors  —  In the semiconductor business, it is called the “red brick wall” — the limit of the industry's ability …
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
GitHub Launches Support For U2F Security Keys  —  Today at its first user conference, GitHub Universe, GitHub announced that it's launching support for FIDO Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) security keys from companies like Yubico and others.  These physical USB keys automatically generate …
Jeff / iFixit:
New gaskets and seals make iPhone 6s and 6s Plus less prone to liquid damage than predecessors  —  Is the New iPhone Waterproof?  We Opened It Up (Again) to Find Out  —  On Friday, we tore down Apple's two newest iPhones and found something new lurking (quite literally) just below the surface.

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