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Windows 10 Anniversary Update starts rolling out today via Windows Update or manual download — Starting today the Windows 10 Anniversary Update will begin rolling out for our customers around the world*. The Windows 10 Anniversary Update is full of new features and innovations …
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| Brett Howse / AnandTech: |
Windows 10 Anniversary Update review: more polished OS, improved Cortana, support for Edge extensions, other improvements make it a worthwhile update — It's already been a year since Microsoft launched Windows 10, and we have had a couple of updates since release.
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| Peter Kafka / Recode: |
Time Warner buying 10% of Hulu, source says for $580M, will join Hulu's new pay TV service — This TV package is different from the rest. — After months of talks, Time Warner is buying a chunk of Hulu, the web TV service. — The deal means Time Warner will be partners with existing owners Disney … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram “Stories” clones Snapchat's Stories feature for ephemeral photo and video slideshows, will roll out globally on iOS and Android over next few weeks — People only post the highlights of their life on Instagram, so today the app adds its own version of “Stories” …
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Telegram says only publicly available data collected in attack on Telegram in Iran, accounts not accessed — Certain people checked whether some Iranian numbers were registered on Telegram and were able to confirm this for 15 million accounts. As a result, only publicly available data …
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| Charles Bovaird / CoinDesk: |
Hong Kong-based Bitcoin exchange Bitfinex hacked, roughly 120K bitcoins worth $60M+ stolen; Bitcoin down almost 20% — The price of bitcoin fell sharply today exacerbating an already existing decline as global market participants reacted to news that one of the largest digital currency exchanges had been hacked.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Grab raising $600M+ round led by Didi Chuxing and Softbank, and raising $400M separately — China's Didi Chuxing and SoftBank Group Corp. are leading a new round of funding in top Southeast Asian ride-sharing service Grab that could top $600 million, according to people familiar with the deal.
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| Alan Levin / Bloomberg: |
White House science and tech office announces Alphabet's Project Wing drone delivery to be tested in US; NSF will spend $35M on drone research and safety — White House announces funding, research for unmanned flight — Industry also promises education campaign on drone safety
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft expands HoloLens availability to business customers, debuts HoloLens Commercial Suite with Kiosk Mode, support for VPN, BitLocker, more — Microsoft is starting to roll out on a limited basis its HoloLens augmented-reality glasses to business customers, beginning with those in the U.S. and Canada.
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| Kellex / Droid Life: |
Samsung Galaxy Note 7 available on major US carriers on August 19, starting at $850 unsubsidized, or $35+/month with a 2 year contract — Ready to pre-order the Samsung Galaxy Note 7? Or maybe you just want to know how much this bad boy is going to cost?
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| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
Hacker known as Peace is selling a dump of alleged user credentials for 200M+ Yahoo accounts from 2012 for 3 BTC; Yahoo is investigating — A notorious cybercriminal is advertising 200 million of alleged Yahoo user credentials on the dark web, and the company has said it is “aware” … | Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica: |
Xbox One S review: striking new design, 4K and HDR are good though limited, but hard to recommend with the more powerful Project Scorpio coming in 2017 — Review: Welcome new design, 4K and HDR tricks under the hood—but are those enough? — What was going on in the Microsoft Devices Group during the Xbox One's design phase?
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