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Researcher says some Trump company email servers use unpatched, end-of-life software, including Windows Server 2003, and only use single factor authentication — In what might be one of the more delicious cases of irony to ever grace a presidential election, a researcher has found that a number … | Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google Pixel review: fast and powerful, long battery life, great camera though it lacks optical image stabilization, but dull design, and software needs polish — Android by Google — Every Android phone has always been a little compromised, and everybody knows it.| Walt Mossberg / The Verge: |
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Leaked emails of board member Colin Powell show Salesforce listed 14 acquisition targets at May board meeting, including Adobe, Demandware, and Box — Salesforce eyed 14 companies as possible acquisition targets in May, according to leaked Colin Powell email| Ina Fried / Recode: |
Sources: Apple plans to launch new Macs at an October 27 event in Cupertino — Yep, that means some Sierra-powered computers are arriving right before the holidays. — Apple is planning to introduce new Macs at an Oct. 27 event, sources confirmed to Recode.| Jason Tanz / Wired: |
Tim O'Reilly, Chris Dixon, Mark Zuckerberg, Yasmin Green, Mary Barra, and Satya Nadella offer ideas for Obama's six tech challenges — Ask not what the government can do for Silicon Valley; ask what Silicon Valley can do for the government. That's President Obama's tack, anyway.| Instagram Blog: |
Instagram will now show a personalized selection of Stories in the Explore tab from across its global userbase — Starting today, you'll begin to see Instagram Stories on Explore. — We announced Instagram Stories in August as a new feature for sharing everyday moments.| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
Yahoo reports Q3 revenue of $1.31B, in line with expectations, as Verizon acquisition looms — Yahoo made slightly more money than Wall Street expected — and no one cares at this point. — The company reported its third-quarter earnings, basically falling a hair above what everyone … | Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft to add single sign-on via Skype option for various Microsoft services, including Office, OneDrive, Xbox Live, and Outlook.com, starting this week — Microsoft will allow people to use their Skype names to sign into Office, OneDrive, Outlook.com and other Microsoft services starting next week.| Amir Efrati / The Information: |
Source: Amazon weighs offering internet service in Europe in order to bundle broadband access with Prime Video — Amazon.com is considering offering internet service directly to consumers in Europe, said a person briefed on the discussion. That would allow Amazon to bundle internet access … | Sui-Lee Wee / New York Times: |
Samsung's uneven handling of the Note7 fiasco in China has angered many, as it initially claimed the phones in that market were safe before issuing recall — TIANJIN, China — Zhang Sitong was saving a friend's phone number on his Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphone when it started to vibrate and smoke.| James Vincent / The Verge: |
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Sources: Snapchat to stop sharing ad revenue with media partners within weeks, will change to up-front flat licensing fee as it prepares for 2017 IPO — Evan Spiegel has a new deal for “Discover” publishers: We pay you up front, and we keep all the ad money. — Snapchat says it's done sharing with media companies.| Ben Brody / Bloomberg: |
Wikileaks: leaked email from March shows Podesta's initial list of 39 suggestions for Clinton's running mate included Tim Cook, Bill Gates, and Melinda Gates — Podesta listed women, blacks, Hispanics, WikiLeaks says — Bill and Melinda Gates, Mary Barra, Tim Cook on early list| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook debuts live video scheduling, scheduled broadcast sharing, pre-broadcast lobbies to verified Pages, with plans to expand to all Pages in coming weeks — Facebook is helping broadcasters plan and promote their Live streams ahead of time, and assemble their audiences in a waiting room …
Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens.
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Introducing Zoho Sign MCP: AI-powered digital signature workflows for business — Ever wish you could have your AI agent send a document for signatures and track its progress for you?
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.
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