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As installed base of the Apple Watch approaches 100M, with an estimated 35% of US iPhone users wearing one, rivals are yet to make a credible competing device — In a few months, the number of people wearing an Apple Watch will surpass 100 million. While the tech press spent years infatuated … | Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Apple Watch SE review: excellent smartwatch at an attractive price offering same performance as the Series 4 but no always-on display and it does not have ECG — The new default Apple Watch is here — Apple's smartwatch lineup has gone from straightforward to surprisingly complex seemingly overnight.
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A look at Arise, which offers work-from-home call center contractors to companies like Disney, Airbnb, and Apple, and how it strips workers of legal protections — Arise Virtual Solutions, part of the secretive world of work-at-home customer service, helps large corporations shed costs at the expense of workers.
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| Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents: |
In a new filing, Epic accuses Google of causing “irreparable harm”, while Google says “any harm Epic has suffered is not irreparable and is of its own making” — Shortly after midnight Pacific Time, Epic Games and Google filed with the United States District Court …
| Jacek Krywko / Ars Technica: |
A look at real time OSes for spacecrafts, like VxWorks, preferred by NASA, and open source RTEMS, preferred by ESA, amid a new contender SpaceChain OS — The updates don't come every spring and fall, but space operating systems keep evolving. — The ESA's recently launched Solar Orbiter …
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| Jason Koebler / VICE: |
Twitter says it will take action against tweets that openly wish or hope for Trump's death, citing existing “abusive behavior” rule — “Content that wishes, hopes or expresses a desire for death, serious bodily harm, or fatal disease against an individual is against our rules.”
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Security researchers describe a way to fingerprint exploit writers' characteristics, which can then be used to identify other exploits written by same writers — In the past months, our Vulnerability and Malware Research teams joined efforts to focus on the exploits inside the malware and specifically …
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| Robert Stevens / Decrypt: |
Coinbase says it has added support for “instant” withdrawals in nearly 40 countries, including the US, the UK, and many in Europe, via a linked debit card — San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase today announced that it has added support for instant withdrawals …
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| Rebecca Jennings / Vox: |
An inside look at the world of TikTok “collab houses” in Los Angeles, amid allegations of exploitative talent managers withholding money from influencers — You're 19 years old. You get famous overnight. You move to LA. Now what? — Photo illustrations by Temi Coker for Vox| Brandon Russell / XDA Developers: |
Google launches Android Partner Vulnerability Initiative to improve the security of OEM devices and inform users about the security flaws affecting their device — We do more than ever on our smartphones these days, which makes device security incredibly important.
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The Tokyo Stock Exchange's day-long outage on Thursday was caused by a failover glitch after a critical data storage and distribution device had malfunctioned — - Data storage and distribution device brought down Tokyo market — Stock exchange forced to close trading for the entire day| John McCormick / Wall Street Journal: |
AI-based tools are helping California firefighters to monitor fires, evacuate threatened areas, and judiciously steer resources to where they are most needed — Stretched by longer, deadlier fire seasons, officials are using artificial intelligence to more closely track blazes and more judiciously steer resources
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