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Lawsuit seeking class action status filed against Apple in California over MacBook and MacBook Pro butterfly mechanism keyboard failures — A class action lawsuit filed in federal court on Friday takes Apple to task over an allegedly flawed keyboard design deployed in MacBook models from 2015 …
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As part of Google's Digital Wellbeing initiative, YouTube app for Android now has a “remind me to take a break” option — On stage at I/O 2018, Google announced its digital wellbeing initiative to help people better understand their digital habits.| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Boston Dynamics founder says the company's dog-like SpotMini robot will go on sale in 2019, but doesn't disclose price — After 26 years, Boston Dynamics is finally getting ready to start selling some robots. Founder Marc Raibert says that the company's dog-like SpotMini robot … | Bloomberg: |
Microsoft is alienating regular and long-time users of Skype by refocusing the product for the corporate market, which has made the app more complex — It's relatively easy these days to find critics of Skype, the popular online calling service that Microsoft acquired in 2011 for $8.5 billion.| Amy X. Wang / Rolling Stone: |
Apple Music says it removed R. Kelly's music from featured playlists weeks ago, while Pandora currently does not promote the singer's music — Three streaming services have now removed the R&B singer's music from curated playlists — Spotify caused a mighty stir yesterday when it announced that …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / BleepingComputer.com: |
Researchers at Symantec say seven malicious apps they detected and reported to Google slipped back into the Play Store after changing their name — Security researchers are reporting that malicious Android apps they have detected and reported to Google the first time, have slipped back into the Play Store after changing their name.| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Jeffrey Katzenberg secured $800M for his NewTV startup, led by Meg Whitman, to produce series at $5M-$6M/hr in 10-15min episodes, likely for streaming — - Hollywood mogul looks to make shows with short running times — Executive helped lead Walt Disney's comeback during the 1980s| Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post: |
Hoping to entice #DeleteUber users back to Uber, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says its redemption lies in safety, with upcoming features like live trip info sharing — Video recording rides? Transparency about accident and assault rates? New Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has ideas for how to make Uber “the safest mobility platform.”
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| Tamara Chuang / Denver Post: |
Denver-based startup Visible offers unlimited 5 Mbps data and voice plans at $40/mo on Verizon's network via an invite-only app, says it is funded by Verizon — Funded by Verizon, the startup is nearly half the cost of Verizon's similar plan — There's a new mobile service in town for Denverites.
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| Mishaal Rahman / XDA Developers: |
Google's head of Android platform security says Google has started to include the requirements for security patching into its OEM agreements — At the annual Google I/O developer conference, the company holds several sessions about updates to the Android platform.| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
Hacker says he stole data from ZooPark hacking group, some say an Iran-linked APT, which ran a hacking campaign targeting Android devices across the Middle East — Earlier this month, Kaspersky published research on the so-called ZooPark group, which ran a hacking campaign towards Android devices across the Middle East.
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| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
Facebook removes 10 Instagram groups that artificially inflated the popularity of member accounts and posts to game Instagram algorithm and gain more visibility — The groups, including one with more than 200,000 members, vanished after BuzzFeed News contacted Instagram.Sponsor Posts
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