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Reported Bitcoin “founder” Craig Wright's home raided by Australian Federal Police in relation to Australian Tax Office investigation — Reported ‘Bitcoin founder’ Craig Wright's home raided by Australian police — Exclusive: Police search home belonging to Australian entrepreneur …
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Leaked documents, corroborating interviews point to two likely Bitcoin creators: Australian Craig Wright and deceased US computer forensics expert Dave Kleiman — This Australian Says He and His Dead Friend Invented Bitcoin — A monthlong Gizmodo investigation has uncovered compelling … | Sarah Jeong / Motherboard: |
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Yahoo scraps Alibaba spinoff plan, will spin off core assets including stake in Yahoo Japan; Max Levchin resigns from board — Yahoo to Spin Off Its Core Businesses — SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo said on Wednesday that it had dropped a plan to spin off its $31 billion stake in Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce company.
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CBS CEO Les Moonves says Apple puts live TV plans on hold; source says media firms want more money for their programming — Apple Said to Suspend Effort to Develop Live TV Service — Focus instead will be on App Store as platform for others — Media companies resist channel package at $30 to $40 a month
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Google Play Music adds family plan allowing six family members to stream simultaneously for $15 per month, extends to YouTube Red — Google Play Music launches $14.99 family plan for up to six people — Google's finally rolling out the six-person, $14.99 family plan for Google Play Music that it first teased over two months ago.
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| Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica: |
HTC delays Vive VR launch until April, plans to make 7K dev kits available in early 2016 — HTC officially delays Vive virtual reality system launch to April 2016 — Says “an additional 7,000” dev kits will ship to creators at the “start” of 2016. — Earlier this year …
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Augmented reality startup Magic Leap raising $827M Series C at a post-money valuation of $3.7B — Secretive Augmented Reality Startup Magic Leap Raising $827 Million — Magic Leap wants to change your reality. And apparently they need a lot of money to do it.| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Uber's first desktop app launches on Windows 10 — sadly still requires a phone — Uber today launched its first desktop app. Windows 10 users can now hail a ride using the on-demand car service from their computer. — But the app is dead on arrival because the experience is seriously flawed from the get-go.
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One-fifth of Americans report going online ‘almost constantly’ — As smartphones and other mobile devices have become more widespread, some 21% of Americans now report that they go online “almost constantly,” according to a Pew Research Center survey. — Overall, 73% of Americans go online on a daily basis.
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| Michael Mimoso / Threatpost: |
Microsoft patches 71 flaws, two for Office and Windows kernel vulnerabilities currently under attack, warns of leaked Xbox Live certificate — Microsoft Patches 71 Flaws, Two Under Attack; Warns of Leaked XBox Live Cert — Forgive your local Windows admin if they're a little shy on holiday cheer in the coming days.
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| Jessi Hempel / Wired: |
Uber spins out UberEATS from main app into standalone app, to let you order food in Toronto — The UberEATS Standalone App Has Nothing to Do With Rides — Today Uber launches its first standalone app that isn't about getting a ride. Called UberEATS, it's a new food-ordering app that will be available in Toronto.
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Amy Hess, chief of FBI's Operational Technology Division, admits using zero-day exploits to hack targets — Meet the woman in charge of the FBI's most controversial high-tech tools — In the aftermath of Wednesday's shooting rampage in San Bernardino, FBI teams recovered computer hard drives … | Ben Brown / Official Google Blog: |
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Zoho Sign takes a bite of Apple's latest: iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS Golden Gate — It's September, and you know the drill. Apple just handed us a fresh batch of releases, and there's plenty to look forward …
Zoho Sign takes a bite of Apple's latest: iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS Golden Gate — It's September, and you know the drill. Apple just handed us a fresh batch of releases, and there's plenty to look forward …
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