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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
HTC launches 5.5" U11 flagship with Quad HD display, Snapdragon 835, pressure-sensitive edge, no 3.5mm jack, available unlocked for preorder for $649 — The HTC U11 will be available from Sprint next month — HTC is announcing its newest smartphone today, the U11 flagship.
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| David Cardinal / DxOMark: |
DxOMark gives the HTC U11 camera a score of 90, the highest ever, which is a point above Google Pixel and two points above Samsung Galaxy S8 — Mobile Review — Overview — With an overall DxOMark Mobile score of 90, the HTC U11 is the highest-rated smartphone camera we have ever tested.
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| Steven Levy / Wired: |
An inside look at Apple's new “spaceship” Apple Park campus, which will hold 12K employees, and was one of Steve Jobs' last projects as Apple CEO — On June 7, 2011, a local businessman addressed a meeting of the Cupertino City Council. He had not been on the agenda, but his presence wasn't a total surprise.| Bloomberg: |
Google partners with Audi and Volvo to put Android in cars to host Maps, Spotify, Google Assistant, and control temperature, seat positioning, without a phone — The search giant is partnering with Audi and Volvo to ship car systems running the Android operating system.
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| Corbin Davenport / Android Police: |
Netflix adopts Google-provided Widevine DRM, thereby blocking downloads of its app on rooted/unlocked Android devices — Earlier today, Netflix started showing up as ‘incompatible’ on the Play Store for rooted and unlocked Android devices. However, the app itself continued to work fine …
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| Alexander J Martin / Sky News: |
UK's National Data Guardian says Google's DeepMind received 1.6M NHS patients' data on an “inappropriate legal basis” — Google's artificial intelligence arm received the personally identifying medical records of 1.6 million patients on an “inappropriate legal basis” …
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| TechCrunch: |
VMware says it has acquired app analytics firm Apteligent, previously known as Crittercism — May 15, 2017, 2:35 pmMay 15, 2017, 2:43 pm — VMware announced today that it has acquiredApteligent, a startup that will allow it to provide more tools to customers building and optimizing mobile apps.
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VMware End-User Computing Blog, ZDNet, Apteligent, SiliconANGLE, and Silicon Valley Business …. Tweets: @apteligent
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
DocuSign says recent malware phishing attacks targeting its users were the result of a breach of a “non-core” system and that only email addresses were accessed — DocuSign, a major provider of electronic signature technology, acknowledged today that a series …
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TechCrunch, CSO, TechHelpList.com, ZDNet, Help Net Security, SecurityWeek, Softpedia News, DocuSign Blog, and The Register
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| Brian Crecente / Polygon: |
Court documents show ZeniMax has filed a lawsuit against Samsung, claiming Gear VR uses tech that infringes on ZeniMax trade secrets — “Powered by Oculus” — Former id Games execs John Carmack and Matt Hooper formulated an “attack plan” for mobile VR that would eventually lead to the creation …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook updates live streaming policy to ban videos using static images and polls with inanimate material — Facebook is banning misleading uses of its Live video format. The company tells TechCrunch that it's adding a section to its Live API Facebook Platform Policy that reads … | Lucinda Shen / Fortune: |
Cybersecurity stocks rise on WannaCrypt news, with the five biggest firms cumulatively adding nearly $6B in market cap on Monday — Despite the global scale of the ransomware attack dubbed “WannaCry,” its creators have reportedly collected just $50,000 in bitcoin from the hack as of early Monday.| Stephanie Condon / ZDNet: |
API management and analytics firm Tibco Software announces it will acquire data science company Statistica — A year after Dell sold off Statistica, Tibco is picking up the company to bolster its IoT analytics capabilities. — API management and analytics firm Tibco on Monday announced …
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