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The Inside Story of Surface Book, Microsoft's Next Big Thing — One night about two years ago, Panos Panay couldn't sleep. This happens a lot, waking up in the middle of the night with loud thoughts rattling around in his head. Panay popped off the pillow, reached for his new Surface Pen …
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| Panos Panay / Windows Blog: |
Microsoft Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 now available in US and Canada — Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 go on sale today — The team and I could not be more pumped today. Today Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book go on sale in the US and Canada! It's been three years exactly since … | Keith Peiris / Facebook: |
Facebook bolsters Notifications tab on mobile with birthday, events reminders, location based news, weather updates, nearby movie, restaurant info, more — A More Useful Notifications Tab on Mobile — Today, we're starting to roll out an expanded, personalized notifications tab in the Facebook app.
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple Stores will send some iPhone 6/6s phones for off-site repairs, offering 16GB loaners — In an effort to reduce wait times at Genius Bars within Apple Stores, Apple this week will launch a new repair program for the iPhone 6, 6s, 6 Plus and 6s Plus in select stores across the United States …
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| Jack Clark / Bloomberg Business: |
Google's “RankBrain” AI system is used for a “very large fraction” of queries and is now the third most important signal in the search ranking algorithm — Google Turning Its Lucrative Web Search Over to AI Machines — ‘RankBrain’ uses artificial intelligence to filter results| BelfastTelegraph.co.uk: |
TalkTalk hack: Police arrest teenager (15) in Northern Ireland — A 15-year-old teenager has been arrested in Co Antrim in connection with the TalkTalk security breach. — Metropolitan Police said the teen was arrested at around 16:20 by PSNI officers on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offences.| Danny Yadron / Wall Street Journal: |
Keith Alexander's IronNet raises $32.5M in a Series A led by Trident Capital Cybersecurity, with KPCB participating — Ex-NSA Chief's Cybersecurity Startup Draws Funding — Infusion of $32.5 million in IronNet highlights ties between Silicon Valley and Washington
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
LG's dual-screen V10 phone reaches AT&T and T-Mobile this week — When LG promised that its unique V10 smartphone would reach the US soon after its Korean launch, it wasn't kidding around. Both AT&T and T-Mobile have announced that you can order the dual screen, dual-selfie cam device this week — October 27th and 28th, respectively.| Nathan Layne / Reuters: |
Sources: Wal-Mart applied for FAA permission to test drones for home delivery, curbside pickup, and checking warehouse inventories — Exclusive: Wal-Mart seeks to test drones for home delivery, pickup — Wal-Mart Stores Inc applied Monday to U.S. regulators for permission to test drones … | Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
The new Apple TV is now available to order from the Apple Online Store, first units ship October 30th — The Apple TV is now available to order from Apple's online store, $149 for the 32 GB model and $199 for the 64 GB model. The first Apple TV orders will ship later this week, from October 30th.
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Kangaroo is a phablet-sized $99 desktop PC running Windows 10 on Intel Z8500 SOC, 2GB of RAM, and 32GB of storage, expandable via microSD card — Kangaroo is an amazing $99 Windows 10 portable PC — InFocus today debuted the Kangaroo, a $99 Windows 10 portable PC that “goes anywhere and works with any screen.”| Vindu Goel / New York Times: |
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