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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Verizon to start throttling video on smartphones on all unlimited data plans to 720p, with the cheapest “Go Unlimited” plan limiting video to 480p — Cheapest plan limits video to 480p, and there's no way to watch 1080p on a phone anymore — Well, now we know why Verizon Wireless was …
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Tweets: @johnlegere, @jake_k, @reese015, and @backlon
| Thuy Ong / The Verge: |
Samsung's Bixby launches in more than 200 countries including the UK, Canada, Australia, and South Africa, is currently available in US English and Korean — But it only recognizes English and Korean — Samsung's voice assistant Bixby is now accessible in more than 200 countries worldwide …
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| David Ruddock / Android Police: |
Source: Google plans to launch a new Pixel-branded Chromebook and a mini version of the Google Home alongside new phones this fall — According to a source familiar with the company's plans, Google will launch not just two new Google Pixel phones at a hardware event this fall …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google's Android O is named Oreo, rolls out soon to Nexus/Pixel devices; update includes background activity limits, picture-in-picture, notification channels — Timed with the total solar eclipse today, Google revealed Android O stands for Android 8.0 Oreo.
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| Ernesto / TorrentFreak: |
The Windows Store has dozens of pirate streaming apps, some of which have pre-roll ads using Microsoft's Ad Monetization platform — In recent years streaming piracy has become a popular pastime for millions of people. A lot of this takes place through ‘rogue’ websites or dedicated pirate devices …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Big data analytics platform Databricks raises $140M Series D led by Andreessen Horowitz — Databricks, a big data analytics platform built by a team that grew out of the Apache Spark project, today announced that it has raised a $140 million Series D round led by Andreessen Horowitz …
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| Robert Hackett / Fortune: |
IBM announces collaboration with Walmart, Unilever, Nestlé, and other food giants, to apply blockchain tech to food supply chains and improve food safety — Walmart and a group of food giants are teaming up with IBM to explore how to apply blockchain technology …
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TechCrunch, BetaNews, PCWorld, Forbes, Computer Business Review, American Banker, and CNBC. Thanks:@leesadalto
| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Prisma Labs, whose app turns photos into “artworks” using AI, shifts focus to selling its tools to other firms, says app has 5M-10M MAUs and won't be retired — The startup behind the Prisma style transfer app is shifting focus onto the b2b space, building tools for developers …
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The Verge, NDTV Gadgets 360, Tech2, CIOL, Digital Journal, Engadget, bgr.in, Ubergizmo, AndroidHeadlines.com, and SiliconANGLE
| Nathaniel Popper / New York Times: |
Hackers hijack cell phone numbers to drain cryptocurrency wallets, pointing to security weaknesses at both carriers and wallet services — Hackers have discovered that one of the most central elements of online security — the mobile phone number — is also one of the easiest to steal.
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PYMNTS.com and Cointelegraph.com News
Tweets: @nicole_hong, @nytimesbusiness, @codybrown, @nytimesbusiness, @nytimes, and @codybrown
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Cloud data management and protection firm Druva raises $80M led by Riverwood Capital, bringing its total raised close to $200M — An ongoing trend among businesses to put more of their data into the cloud — bringing ever more smartphones, tablets, laptops and other devices on to their networks … | Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Facebook launches a dedicated tab for Safety Check, where it lists crises from around world, rolling out over the coming weeks — Facebook has made a permanent page for Safety Check, its feature for letting others know that you're safe during an emergency. — The results are pretty eerie.
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Mashable, International Business Times, MSPoweruser, MacRumors, Digital Trends, BetaNews, 9to5Mac, 9to5Google, Ubergizmo, TechCrunch, Engadget, and The Next Web. Facebook: Facebook
| Ashley Cowburn / The Independent: |
UK's Crown Prosecution Service says it will pursue online hate crime as diligently as offline offenses, expects rise in prosecutions for social media attacks — Changes 'will remind the trolling brigade that there are real consequences for hitting the button' and will ‘undoubtedly lead to an increase in prosecutions’
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