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Microsoft announces Microsoft 365 subscriptions for businesses with Office and Windows combined — Microsoft is announcing Microsoft 365 today, a new way for businesses to purchase Office and Windows together. While the software giant has sold Office 365 and Windows 10 to businesses …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft Azure Stack hardware, which allows customers to run private instances of Azure in their datacenters, is ready to order from Dell EMC, HPE and Lenovo — Microsoft's first three server partners are starting to take orders for Microsoft's hybrid-computing Azure Stack appliances.
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| Jason Del Rey / Recode: |
Amazon has quietly rolled out free smart home consultation and $99 in-home product installation service in seven markets — The new service is aimed at educating customers about “the smart home” — and, naturally, about Alexa. — For 15 years, Best Buy's Geek Squad installation …
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| Scott Stein / CNET: |
Oculus drops Rift and Touch controller bundle price by $200 to $399 for the next 6 weeks, the second $200 price drop since March — The Oculus Rift and Touch controller bundle is $399 for the summer, months before Oculus' big fall event. — Facebook's Oculus Rift VR headset already got one price drop back in March.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Twitter lets you avoid trolls with new settings options to mute newly registered users, people you don't follow, and people who don't follow you — When trolls barge into people's notifications with offensive replies or user names, those legitimate users might not keep coming back to Twitter.
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Sources: Chinese government has told state-run telecoms to block individuals' access to VPNs by February 1, 2018 — 2018 deadline to stop individuals from accessing global web — Tightening controls come amid Xi's goal of “cyber-sovereignty” — China's government has told telecommunications carriers …
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| Kim Hart / Axios: |
As expected, DHS delays effective date of startup visa “International Entrepreneur Rule”, which Trump administration has now signaled its intent to eliminate — The Department of Homeland Security has delayed the effective date of the International Entrepreneur Rule.| Joe Mullin / Ars Technica: |
US magistrate judge rules that Uber lawyers can depose Alphabet CEO Larry Page and rejects Uber's attempt to get docs from Lyft about its deal with Waymo — Also, Uber's attempt to get documents from competitor Lyft gets squashed. — A US magistrate judge has ruled (PDF) …
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Google launches internal initiative called PAIR to study and help prevent potential prejudices in AI systems, open sources two tools for examining datasets — The company says its new research initiative will tackle bias in AI and make the technology more accessible
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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Two-factor authentication is a mess, as companies offer various implementations, with SMS and email account recovery methods vulnerable to determined hackers — It was supposed to be a one-stop security fix. Now it's a mess — For years, two-factor authentication has been the most important advice …
Tweets: @alexstamos
| Davey Alba / Wired: |
As internet firms receive more orders to remove content worldwide, experts worry the internet could be forced to comply globally with the strictest local laws — THE RULINGS ON online speech are coming down all over the world. Most recently, on June 30, Germany passed a law …
Tweets: @netizenrights and @accessnow
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Indian telecom operator Reliance Jio is investigating an alleged data breach of 100M+ customers including names, telephone numbers, and email addresses — India's Reliance Jio is investigating whether personal data of over 100 million of its customers had leaked onto a website …
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