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Multiple hospitals across UK hit by ransomware attack, locking staff out of their computers and forcing hospitals to divert emergency patients — Many hospitals having to divert emergency patients, with doctors reporting messages demanding money … Hospitals across England have been hit …
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| Chris Baraniuk / BBC: |
Ransomware infections reported around the world Friday, with companies and institutions hit in UK, US, Spain, Italy, China, Russia, Vietnam, Taiwan, more — A massive ransomware campaign appears to have attacked a number of organisations across Europe. — Screenshots of a well known program … | Apple: |
Apple awards Corning a $200M investment from its new Advanced Manufacturing Fund; the money will go toward R&D, capital equipment, and glass processing — $200M Investment Supports Revolutionary Glass Production Methods — Harrodsburg, Kentucky — Apple today announced Corning Incorporated …
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| Biz Carson / Business Insider: |
Judge in Waymo-Uber suit rejects Uber's bid for private arbitration, sends the case to DOJ for investigation — A judge has denied Uber's request to force Waymo's case against the company into arbitration. — Judge William Alsup's denial is the first major decision in the case since …
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| Mikey Campbell / AppleInsider: |
Study by UCSF and Cardiogram app shows Apple Watch paired with deep neural network detects atrial fibrillation, which can lead to stroke, with 97% accuracy — New research conducted by the University of California, San Francisco, in collaboration with Apple Watch app Cardiogram …
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| Eric Geller / Politico: |
Trump signs executive order for extensive review of US government's cybersecurity, but mostly maintains the cyber policy path set by last two administrations — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed a long-delayed cybersecurity executive order that is expected to launch sweeping reviews …
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| Mark Sullivan / Fast Company: |
Announcements at Build show Microsoft is fully embracing iOS and Android's domination on mobile by focusing on extending Windows experiences to those platforms — An awful lot of people own a Windows PC and an iPhone or Android phone. Rather than being unhappy with that, Microsoft now sees it as an opportunity.
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London-based Improbable raises $502M, led by SoftBank with participation from a16z, to create a platform for building virtual and simulated worlds — Improbable, the London startup that has developed a platform for third parties to build vast virtual and simulated worlds … | John Paczkowski / BuzzFeed: |
Sources: Apple to debut Amazon Prime Video app on Apple TV at WWDC, and Amazon to resume selling Apple TVs — After a fraught few years, Apple and Amazon have reached something of an accord over their rival video efforts. — Sources in position to know tell BuzzFeed News that Amazon's Prime video app …
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| David Faber / CNBC: |
Sources: Spotify, valued at $13B, plans direct listing on the NYSE in Q4 2017 or Q1 2018; Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and Allen & Co. are advising — - Spotify expected to go public as a direct listing on the NYSE between Q4 2017 and Q1 2018, according to sources| Ina Fried / Axios: |
HP says Conexant keylogging code should not have been included on PCs, issues fix for 2016 models, says fix for 2015 models coming Friday — HP says it has a fix for a flaw that caused a number of its PC models to keep a log of each keystroke a customer was entering.
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| Jason Del Rey / Recode: |
Sources: NBCUniversal paid around $230M for Craftsy, a site that sells videos of crafts classes, as well as craft supplies and kits — Put one in the win column for content + commerce. — It turns out content and commerce can be a valuable mix. — Earlier this week …
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Xiaomi opens first Mi Home store in India in Bengaluru, plans 100 more in two years; the store is being run by a partner to comply with regulations — Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is looking to replicate the efficiencies of its online business to offline sales through the launch of physical stores in India.
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Tweets: @xiaomiindia, @abhishek, and @manukumarjain
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