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Microsoft tests AirDrop-like Near Share feature in latest Windows 10 Insider build for file sharing between Windows 10 PCs via Bluetooth — Microsoft is introducing its own version of Apple's AirDrop feature in Windows 10. The software giant has started testing its “Near Share” … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple is working on a redesigned high-end iPad with Face ID, slimmer bezels, no home button, coming as early as 2018; source says new Pencil coming too — New model will eliminate home button, OLED display unlikely — Latest iPad Pro models have helped revive tablet sales growth
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Intel announces it has hired AMD's Raja Koduri to work on high-end discrete GPUs as its chief GPU architect — On Monday, Intel announced that it had penned a deal with AMD to have the latter provide a discrete GPU to be integrated onto a future Intel SoC.
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Sources: US DoJ tells AT&T it needs to sell CNN to get Time Warner merger approval; source says “It's all about CNN”; source says AT&T plans to sue DoJ — AT&T has been told by the US Department of Justice that it needs to sell CNN, Time Warner's cable news channel …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple announces international expansion of “Everyone Can Code” initiative to 20+ schools in Australia, Denmark, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the UK — Apple today announced that its “Everyone Can Code” initiative is being expanded to more than 20 colleges and universities outside of the United States.
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| Valentina Palladino / Ars Technica: |
Logitech, in email to customers, says it will end support for Harmony Link devices which will cease to function on March 16, 2018 — Essentially bricking the otherwise functional smart remote devices. — Logitech customers are not happy, as they recently found out that the company …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google says Chrome will start blocking malicious auto-redirects in version 64, rolling out over the coming months — In recent versions, Chrome has implmented various measures to increase security and ensure a good user experience, like preventing content from autoplaying.
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| Alex Heath / Business Insider: |
Source: Snapchat redesign coming Dec. 4, app will still open to camera, all friend-based comms move to left, all crowdsourced, partner, celeb stories to right — - Snapchat's biggest redesign ever is planned to debut on December 4, Business Insider has learned.
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Ballot measure passes in Fort Collins, CO, authorizing the city to build a broadband network, despite $451K spent by Comcast-backed group against the measure — Municipal broadband wins “David vs. Goliath battle” in Fort Collins, Colorado. — Voters in Fort Collins, Colorado …
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Warby Parker's app is using face mapping from iPhone X's TrueDepth camera to recommend glasses — The iPhone X has only been out for a few days, but we're already seeing people take advantage of the face mapping technology on the phone in numerous ways. Some, like Animoji karaoke …
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| Karen Schwartz / New York Times: |
TripAdvisor begins placing badges next to hotels identified as locations of sexual assault; badges will remain up to three months, or longer if issues persist — Responding to what one travel expert categorized as “a wakeup call,” TripAdvisor has begun placing symbols next to hotels and resorts … | Joseph Cox / The Daily Beast: |
Facebook says a human will review uncensored images from revenge porn prevention test in Australia, where users upload sensitive pics by messaging themselves — This week, multiple outlets reported on a Facebook pilot scheme that aims to combat revenge porn.
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