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Kaspersky: ASUS pushed a malicious backdoor to ~500K Windows machines for at least five months last year, after its live software update tool was compromised — The Taiwan-based tech giant ASUS is believed to have pushed the malware to hundreds of thousands of customers through …
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
Apple unveils Apple Card, a Mastercard credit card with 3% cashback on Apple purchases, 2% on Apple Pay transactions, coming to the US this summer — Today, Apple announced... a credit card. The Apple Card is designed for the iPhone and will work with the Wallet app.
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Apple launches Apple News+ in US and Canada, a subscription service with news pubs like WSJ and 300+ mags, for $9.99/month and free sharing with family accounts — The new subscription service is launching in the US and Canada today — Apple has just revealed its new Apple News Plus service …
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| William Gallagher / AppleInsider: |
Apple announces Apple TV+, its new ad-free streaming service with original content from Spielberg, JJ Abrams, and others, coming to 100+ countries in the fall — At Apple's March special event, Apple has revealed its much-awaited Apple TV Channels streaming video service to the world …
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Apple announces Apple TV Channels, an on-demand, ad-free TV service with offline viewing in a new Apple TV app, coming in May to Mac, smart TVs, Roku, Fire TV — After years of speculation and on-again, off-again rumors, Apple has finally unveiled its biggest push into streaming video: Apple TV Plus.
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iMore, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, The Next Web, MacRumors, Gizmodo, Engadget, Ars Technica, and CNET
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| Lucas Matney / TechCrunch: |
Apple announces an ad-free game subscription service, Apple Arcade, bundling 100+ paid offline-playable iPhone and iPad games, coming this fall, pricing TBD — Apple wants to tilt the balance from ad-laden freemium gaming titles towards upfront gaming experiences that can be downloaded across platforms on iOS and macOS.
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Apple, Washington Post, VentureBeat, GeekWire, iMore, Thurrott, The Next Web, MacRumors, CNET, Fortune, IGN, Telegraph, Gamasutra, GameSpot, Android Central, TechSpot, Polygon, Neowin, FutureSin, iPhone in Canada Blog, and Kotaku
Tweets: @tamsinrm, @nibellion, and @ijustine
| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Sources: YouTube has canceled plans for high-end dramas and comedies as it pulls back from earlier plans for a paid service with Hollywood-quality shows — - Google video unit is said to cancel plans for high-end series — Executive Susanne Daniels is said to be looking to move on
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TechCrunch, Android Authority, Android Police, Reuters, Digital Trends, Engadget, 9to5Google, Tubefilter, Thurrott, Fortune, KnowTechie, Cult of Mac, Mashable, The Verge, TechSpot, Android Central, Reuters, The Wrap, and CNET
Tweets: @patrickmoorhead, @mchax, @lucas_shaw, @digitalshields, @lucas_shaw, @tvgrimreaper, and @lucas_shaw
| Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: |
Telegram debuts anonymous sending, which strips forwarded messages of author's info; now lets users delete messages from both sender's and recipient's devices — To further increase privacy, Telegram announced today that they have added a feature that allows users to delete any message …
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Telegram, TechCrunch, The Verge, CNET, Engadget, Gizmodo, Neowin, Adweek, 9to5Mac, iPhone in Canada Blog, Boing Boing, ZDNet, Android Authority, Mashable, SlashGear, and XDA Developers
| Steve Dent / Engadget: |
Report: Nintendo could launch two new Switch consoles this year, a high-end model aimed at serious gamers and a cheaper model with a focus on portability — Nintendo might launch two new Switches as early as this summer, reports the WSJ. As previously rumored, one would likely be a smaller …
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Tweets: @mochi_wsj, @serkantoto, @mochi_wsj, and @kobunheat
| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Palmer Luckey says the redesigned Oculus Rift S headset won't properly fit around 30% of users' eyes, up from the original Rift's ~10% of users — Since leaving Oculus in 2017, consumer virtual reality pioneer Palmer Luckey has occasionally used his personal blog to discuss minor and not-so-minor issues at the company he founded.
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The Blog of Palmer Luckey, TechSpot, UploadVR, Road to VR, and VRFocus
Tweets: @palmerluckey and @joshuaogundu
| Greg Kumparak / TechCrunch: |
Apple Pay is coming to transit systems in Chicago, New York City, and Portland later this year — Being able to pay for things like subways and buses with your phone just makes sense, but in much of the US, you'll still need a paper ticket or an oh-so-losable reloadable card if you want a ride.| Loni Prinsloo / Bloomberg: |
Naspers plans to spin off its internet businesses, including a $133B stake in Tencent and investments in Mail.ru, Delivery Hero, and Swiggy, in a Dutch listing — - Bulk of the company will be listed on Euronext Amsterdam — Move is part of plan to cut gap with value of Tencent holding
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