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Kuo: Apple to introduce a new scissor switch keyboard which aims to offer durability and longer key travel, in the 2019 MacBook Air and the 2020 MacBook Pro — Apple is apparently set to ditch the butterfly mechanism used in MacBooks since 2015, which has been the root of reliability issues …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Hacker sentenced to 27 months in prison for launching DDoS attacks on many gaming services from December 2013 to January 2014 — Six years later, DerpTrolling, the hacker who started all the Christmas DDoS attacks, gets prison time. — A 23-year-old man from Utah was sentenced this week …
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| Tom Westbrook / Reuters: |
Australian consumer watchdog sues Samsung for allegedly misleading consumers by promoting water-resistant Galaxy phones as suitable for use in non-fresh water — SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's consumer watchdog has sued Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's (005930.KS) Australian unit … | Allie Funk / Wired: |
Until the US Biometric Exit Program prioritizes privacy and resolves technical and legal shortcomings, airport travelers should opt out of facial recognition — Last month, I was at Detroit's Metro Airport for a connecting flight to Southeast Asia. I listened as a Delta Air Lines staff …
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| M.G. Siegler / 500ish Words: |
Given Apple's less hardware-centric strategy, this was the right time for Jony Ive to depart; Jeff Williams is being positioned as Apple's new “product guy” — Between the lines of Jony Ive's exit from Apple — To me, all information is about triangulation.| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft's SwiftKey starts rolling out Puppets, Animoji-like 3D animals that use AI to replicate a user's detailed facial expressions, for Android in beta — SwiftKey is embedding a new animated emoji feature directly into its mobile keyboard app, with the Microsoft-owned company leveraging … | Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
A long Q&A with three Google engineers on Android Q and Project Mainline, which aims to let Google and OEMs only update certain parts of the OS at a time — Ars interviews Android Engineers Dave Burke, Iliyan Malchev, and Anwar Ghuloum. — As has become tradition for Ars at Google I/O …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Sources: HQ Trivia laid off about 20% of its staff this week; the company says it will launch a $9.99/month subscription service later this month — HQ Trivia is struggling after a mutiny failed to oust its CEO. Downloads per month are down 92% versus last June according to Sensor Tower.
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| Brendan Pierson / Reuters: |
Federal appeals court rules Amazon can be held liable for defective third-party seller products, says it enables vendors to conceal themselves from the customer — (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled against Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) in a case that could expose the online retailer …
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| Liam Tung / ZDNet: |
Microsoft announces that a new version of Outlook for the web will be rolled out in late July with dark mode, categories, a snooze option, and more — Microsoft Outlook on the web plays catch-up with Gmail with a new look and new features rolling out soon.| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
EU member states veto new rules mandating a WiFi-based standard for internet connected cars, opening the way for 5G tech backed by BMW, Qualcomm, others — BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union states opened the way to competing technologies for internet connected cars on Thursday …
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| Aishah Hussain / Legal Cheek: |
Legal chatbot service DoNotPay raises a £3.7M seed round led by Felicis Ventures, with a16z, Founders Fund, and others participating — Joshua Browder secures big financial boost — A British lawtech entrepreneur has received a hefty cash injection from a string of high-profile Silicon Valley investors.
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