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Samsung acquires Viv, a next-gen AI assistant built by the creators of Apple's Siri — Samsung has agreed to acquire Viv, an AI and assistant system co-founded by Dag Kittlaus, Adam Cheyer and Chris Brigham — who created Siri, which was acquired by Apple in 2010.
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US Justice Department confirms arrest of NSA contractor accused of stealing classified information — A government contractor has been arrested and charged with stealing highly classified information from the U.S. government, authorities announced Wednesday.
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| Recode: |
Sources: Google will not make a Twitter bid and Apple also an unlikely suitor; Twitter's stock down about 10% after hours — Amid speculation, the tech giants have other aims — According to sources close to the situation, Google does not currently plan to make a bid for Twitter.
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Sources: Twitter board consulting advisers on how to deal with internal disagreement over possible sale, with Ev Williams in favor of and Dorsey against it — A few days before Twitter's Sept. 8 board meeting, as the company's finance team readied a presentation, it received conflicting directions on a crucial question.
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See also Mediagazer| Reuters: |
Sources: Twitter has told potential acquirers it's seeking to conclude negotiations by Oct. 27, the day it reports its Q3 earnings — Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) has told potential acquirers it is seeking to conclude negotiations about selling itself by the time it reports third-quarter earnings on Oct. 27 …
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Government official: Yahoo got FISA order to scan incoming email for terrorist digital signature, used existing spam filtering, no longer collecting this data — Yahoo was ordered last year to search incoming emails for the digital “signature” of a communications method used by a state-sponsored …
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| New York Times: |
Signal received a federal subpoena with gag order in first half of this year demanding IP addresses, browsing histories, and more, but it could hand over little — SAN FRANCISCO — It has been six months since the Justice Department backed off on demands that Apple help the F.B.I. break the security of a locked iPhone.
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| Jim Finkle / Reuters: |
Johnson & Johnson warns of vulnerability in insulin pumps used by 114K people across USA and Canada that could cause overdose if exploited; issues workarounds — Johnson & Johnson is telling patients that it has learned of a security vulnerability in one of its insulin pumps that a hacker … | Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
PlayStation VR review: a decently priced and comfortable headset with some good launch titles, but held back by the outdated and imprecise Move controllers — This was supposed to be the year virtual reality broke out. The Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, the first two high-end consumer devices on the market …
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Tweets: @kotaku, @engadget, @film_girl, @tim, @starfire2258, @latoyapeterson, @davidwalshblog and @mims
| Justin Yu / CNET: |
Google's head of VR, Clay Bavor, confirms that the delayed Lenovo Phab2 Pro phone with Google Tango AR tech will go on sale in November for $499 unlocked in US — Clay Bavor, head of VR and AR at Google, has confirmed the release date of the first phone with Google's depth-sensing 3D camera system.
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| Stephanie Kirchgaessner / Guardian: |
Apple to open its iOS Developer Academy in Naples on October 6, with 200 students getting free tuition in the first year and 400 in the second year — With 200 pupils set to start training, the mood is high in the unlikely suburb chosen for tech giant's latest venture
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| Valentina Palladino / Ars Technica: |
Pebble 2 review: battery life still lasts several days, water resistance is convenient, and heart rate monitor is accurate, but the fitness software disappoints — $130 may get you a HRM, but that doesn't mean it's a serious fitness device. — When Pebble made its last big product announcement …
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