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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’| 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 … | Ellen Huet / Bloomberg: |
A look at the people working behind the human-assisted AI personal assistants and bots like X.ai, Clara, and GoButler — The Humans Hiding Behind the Chatbots — Behind the artificial intelligence personal assistants and concierges are actual people, reading e-mails and ordering Chipotle.
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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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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
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft's Azure Container Service is now generally available — Azure Container Service, Microsoft's container scheduling and orchestration service for its Azure cloud computing service, is now generally available. — The service, which allows its users to choose either Mesosphere's …
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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 … | Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple confirms June 13-17 for WWDC 2016; ticket applications begin at 10 a.m. PT on April 22, with recipients notified April 25 — Siri announces WWDC 2016 will be held June 13th through June 17th in San Francisco [Update] — [UPDATE: Apple has confirmed what Siri told us earlier today.
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Gamestop launches GameTrust, a publishing division that plans to launch 5-10 games every year — GameStop launches full publishing division and signs Ready at Dawn, Insomniac, Frozenbyte and Tequila Works — US retail giant GameStop has launched a publishing division called GameTrust.
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How scammers are making thousands of dollars via Kindle Unlimited by publishing fake e-books that are free to buy — KU Scammers on Amazon - What's Going On? — This is extremely long and probably only of interest to indie authors, but it does impact readers who shop Amazon, so I'm putting it here for anyone.| Nicole LaPorte / Fast Company: |
Sources: Apple held secret talks with A-listers at Sundance and in LA, plans to move into original content alongside Facebook, YouTube, and Alibaba — Apple, Facebook, Google, and Alibaba Take Hollywood — Since Netflix and Amazon proved that outsiders can thrive in entertainment …
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| Jay Donovan / TechCrunch: |
FLIR and Movidius unveil Boson, a smart miniature thermal camera with a 12-core System-on-Sensor — FLIR and Movidius create the smartest thermal camera out there — Even though they are a 38-year-old company, FLIR System's advanced, miniaturized thermal imaging sensors and cameras keep …
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| Ben Bajarin / Tech.pinions: |
At a security-focused press briefing Friday, Apple emphasized its efforts to balance security with ease of use — Apple's Penchant for Consumer Security — At a security “deep dive” at Apple on Friday, executives went into depth on Apple security philosophy and technological approach to the matter.
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