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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Apple updates 13- and 15-inch Touch Bar MacBook Pros with latest Intel CPUs, more RAM, True Tone displays, more storage, and quieter keyboards — Slightly more than just spec bumps — Apple is updating its top-tier MacBook Pros today with newer processors, more configuration options …
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| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Apple worked with digital cinema and camera company Blackmagic on a new Radeon Pro 580-powered external GPU with 8GB video memory, available now for $699 — To go alongside the newly updated MacBook Pros, Apple is selling a product for users who need more graphic processing power.
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| Mike Wuerthele / AppleInsider: |
Apple stops selling 2015 15-inch MacBook Pro model on Apple.com — Following the release of the 2018 MacBook Pro refresh, Apple has quietly, finally, stopped selling the 2015 MacBook Pro as new on Apple.com after a three-year run. — The refresh of Apple's MacBook Pro page early on Thursdayeradicated the listing for the 2015 model.
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| Khari Johnson / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft debuts free version of Microsoft Teams with team storage capped at 10GB, and Microsoft 365 launches live events with facial recognition and more — Microsoft 365 can now host live events, and the new service comes equipped with AI-powered features such as facial recognition …
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The Verge, Microsoft 365 Blog, CNET, The Official Microsoft Blog, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, Windows Central, ZDNet, Ars Technica, GeekWire, The Register, Thurrott.com, Engadget, Quartz, On MSFT, and Microsoft Dynamics 365. Tweets: @maryjofoley
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft debuts its collaborative Whiteboard app on Windows 10, says versions for iOS and the web are coming soon, and an Android version is in the works — You can doodle with hundreds of people in real time — Microsoft is launching its collaborative Whiteboard app on Windows 10 today … | Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed: |
During an event Facebook billed as “a presentation about our work to prevent the spread of false news”, News Feed head defends keeping InfoWars on the platform — Facebook says it knows the truth is messy; what it doesn't know is how to clean up all the fake news it is helping to spread.
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| Gordon Gottsegen / CNET: |
Google launches Morse code as an input method for iOS Gboard users, following the feature's release on Android in May, as well as a game to teach Morse code — Google just made it easier for people with limited mobility to type and communicate. — Google announced that today it's rolling … | Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: |
Report says a hacker tried to sell confidential and sensitive documents for US military Reaper drones and tanks on the darknet — A hacker tried to sell sensitive U.S. military documents relating to Reaper drones and tanks on the shady part of the internet called the darknet …
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| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple warns users that it will discontinue its Photo Print Products service for Macs in September and steers them to third party Photos Projects extension — Apple is discontinuing its Photo Print Products service, which has been integrated into iPhoto since its launch in 2002.
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| Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat: |
Paris-based startup Meero, which uses AI to speed up and automate image editing, raises $45M Series B led by Alven Capital and Idinvest — Paris-based startup Meero announced today that it has raised $45 million in venture capital which the imaging company will use to fuel its international expansion.
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| Carolyn Said / San Francisco Chronicle: |
Uber lays off ~100 “backup drivers” in its self-driving team, says it needs operators to be better trained, announces 55 openings for “mission specialists” — Uber has laid off about 100 backup drivers from its self-driving unit, mostly in Pittsburgh and some in San Francisco.| CNBC: |
After members of cancer-focused “closed” Facebook group found marketers could download their personal info via now-disabled Chrome plugin, FB makes site changes — - The leader of a private Facebook group for women with the BRCA gene became alarmed after discovering a Chrome plug …
Tweets: @cnbcnow and @chrissyfarr
| Chloe Aiello / CNBC: |
Broadcom announces it will acquire IT management software company CA Technologies for $18.9B in cash — Broadcom announced on Wednesday it had entered into an agreement to acquire CA Technologies for $18.9 billion. The takeover would mark a strategic win for Broadcom in the months following …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / BleepingComputer: |
Google enabled “Site Isolation”, which runs a different browser process for each internet domain as a defense against Meltdown and Spectre attacks, in Chrome 67 — Google has secretly enabled a security feature called Site Isolation for 99% of its desktop users on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome OS.
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Engadget, Thurrott.com, Google Online Security Blog, Inquirer, PCWorld, TechSpot, PC Gamer, BetaNews, Android Police, The Verge, darkREADING, CNET, CNET, 9to5Google, Cyberscoop, and Oracle Blogs
| The Wire: |
Indian government approves regulator TRAI's recommendations on strong net neutrality rules, prohibits ISPs from engaging in any form of data discrimination — Eight months after India's telecom regulator came out swinging heavily in favour of the principle of net neutrality …
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