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Apple invites media to event on Sept. 7 at 10AM PT at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, expected to announce new iPhones and updated Watch line — September 7 will be the day of the iPhone 7. — Apple sent invitations to the press for a September 7 product launch event …
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Sources: Apple working on new pro software features for iPad expected 2017, a 5K monitor, and Mac updates, including a thinner MacBook Pro with flatter keyboard — Deeper stylus integration, faster displays planned for iPads — New MacBooks, iMac, and 5K monitor with LG in product pipeline| Michael Isikoff / Yahoo: |
FBI issued warning that two state voter registration databases were breached by suspected foreign hackers; sources: Arizona, Illinois databases were the targets — The FBI has uncovered evidence that foreign hackers penetrated two state election databases in recent weeks …
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Facebook's Trending section shows fake Megyn Kelly story days after firm lays off curators; company removes story, says is working on better detecting fake news — That didn't take long. — Facebook cut its Trending Topics team on Friday in favor of employing algorithms to surface news stories on the social networking platform.
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Sources: Apple faces multibillion tax bill in EU ruling over receiving state aid from Ireland; official estimate to be announced tomorrow — Apple will on Tuesday be hit with Europe's largest tax penalty after Brussels ruled that the company received illegal state aid from Ireland.
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Alphabet's David Drummond stepped down from Uber's board several weeks ago due to overlap of interests between the two companies — Move comes amid increasing competition between two tech companies — Uber Technologies Inc. on Monday said a longtime Alphabet Inc. executive has left …
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Fitbit unveils $100 ‘swim-proof’ Flex 2 and $150 Charge 2 with heart rate monitoring — Meet Fitbit's next Fitbits. — The fitness-tracker company is unveiling two new devices today, the $150 Charge 2 with heart rate monitoring and a larger screen, and the smaller, “swim-proof” …
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| Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: |
BLU debuts $299 Pure XR w/ 4GB RAM, 3D Touch, fingerprint sensor, available now — After teasing it a few weeks ago, BLU has today announced its latest flagship device, the Pure XR. The new smartphone brings a powerful set of specifications, a good looking build, and all of the features you would expect from a flagship device.| Andy Pasztor / Wall Street Journal: |
The first detailed US rules for flights of small commercial drones go into effect today and include pilot licensing requirements and a nighttime flying ban — Regulations apply to unmanned aircraft weighing less than 55 pounds — The first detailed U.S. rules for flights of small commercial drones … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram Stories diverges from Snapchat by suggesting whom to follow; company says 100M people visit the Explore tab every day — Who decides who's cool? Snapchat refuses to recommend accounts for fear of feeling heavy-handed. Maybe it learned from Twitter, whose old …
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Iran says it has completed the first phase of its plan to operate a “national internet”, which provides access to e-government services and domestic web pages — Iran has announced it has completed the first phase of its plan to operate a “national internet”.
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Sources: red tape and internal politics are slowing down moonshot efforts at Alphabet's X — Why? — Google's famed corporate research lab, first launched as Google X, was a sandbox for the company founders and its band of experimental scientists. When Google became Alphabet …
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