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Apple's MacBook gets faster dual-core Skylake processors, longer battery life, 8GB memory, faster graphics, and Rose Gold finish, starting at $1,299 — Apple Updates MacBook with Latest Processors, Longer Battery Life & New Rose Gold Finish — CUPERTINO, California April 19 …
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Sources: Apple hires former Tesla VP of Vehicle Engineering Chris Porritt for “special projects”, a likely candidate to lead Apple's electric car initiative — Exclusive: Apple hires former Tesla VP of Vehicle Engineering Chris Porritt for ‘special [car] project’
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| Kevin Kelly / Wired: |
Magic Leap impressions: works well close up unlike some MR/VR systems, transition back to reality is effortless; mixed reality interface demoed in short video — The Untold Story of Magic Leap, the World's Most Secretive Startup — Don't call it a lens: Magic Leap founder Rony Abovitz displaying …
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| Intel Newsroom: |
Intel announces cuts of 12K jobs, or 11% of global workforce, by mid-2017, with most cuts coming in next 60 days — Intel Announces Restructuring Initiative to Accelerate Transformation — Intel Corporation Announces a Restructuring to Speed its Transition to a Company that Powers the Cloud …
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| Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
Yahoo bidders include Verizon, TPG, and Bain Capital paired with Vista Equity Partners, which involves multiple former Yahoo execs including Ross Levinsohn — Yahoo bidders are few and far between, but include Verizon, TPG and a gang of exes — As Yahoo prepares to release what is widely expected …
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See also Mediagazer| Adrian Ludwig / Google Online Security Blog: |
Android security 2015 annual report: Google checks 6B+ installed apps per day for malware, and fewer than 0.15% of devices using only Google Play have malware — Android Security 2015 Annual Report — Posted by Adrian Ludwig, Lead Engineer, Android Security
| Joshua Brustein / Bloomberg: |
How the Amazon Echo started as part of a secret AR project and ended up as a surprise hit — The Real Story of How Amazon Built the Echo — The talking speaker started as part of a secret augmented-reality project and ended up as a surprise hit. … Telling Jeff Bezos he's wrong is always a frightening proposition.
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| Brian Fung / Washington Post: |
Study: 1 in 5 US households are using mobile-only internet, ditching wired broadband, compared to 1 in 10 in 2013 — New data: Americans are abandoning wired home Internet — For the most part, America's Internet usage trends can be summed up in a few phrases.
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| Dustin Volz / Reuters: |
Apple refused China's request for source code within last two years, said Apple's top lawyer Bruce Sewell in congressional hearing — Apple refused China request for source code in last two years: lawyer — Apple has been asked by Chinese authorities within the last two years to hand …
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| Mark Bergen / Re/code: |
A look at some memes Alphabet employees made about Tony Fadell and Nest, after Fadell appeared before an all-hands meeting — Here are some of the brutal memes Googlers created about Tony Fadell and Nest — Nest, the smart home company under Alphabet, has suffered a wave of recent press critical of its culture and business.| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Supposed pictures of 2016 Moto G show a fingerprint reader, and an extra sensor above the camera — The 2016 Moto G gets photographed, complete with fingerprint reader — See what is probably the first Motorola phone made under Lenovo's direction. — A supposed picture of the new Moto G … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Viber adds end-to-end encryption and hidden chats as messaging app privacy wave grows — Following WhatsApp's move to add end-to-end encryption to its platform, another big messaging company is joining the wave of apps turning on expanded privacy features. Viber — a messaging app …
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Thanks:@ingridlunden| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Skype's bots arrive on Mac and web, as two new bots get added to selection: Murphy, a bot that finds and creates images, and Summarize, which sums up web pages — Skype's new bots arrive on Mac and web — At Microsoft's annual BUILD conference in March, the company announced its plans …
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Garage & Updates, Engadget, iMore, Windows Central, The Next Web, WinBeta and MSPoweruser. Tweets: @jandawson
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Apple rolls out a new App Store developer site with guides and videos for growing app businesses — Apple today is unveiling an overhaul to its App Store developer website, a resource available to the 11 million registered developers worldwide who have helped grow the App Store to now more than 1.5 million applications.
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