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Sources: next high-end iPhone model to have a software bar with new gesture controls to replace home button, an iPad-like app dock, redesigned multitasking — Premium device is said to come with new gesture controls to replace home button, taller screen with rounded corners.
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Amazon and Microsoft partner to let Alexa summon Cortana, and vice versa, by year's end — In an unusual partnership, Amazon and Microsoft are working together to extend the abilities of their voice-controlled digital assistants. — SEATTLE — The crowded pack of voice-controlled digital assistants …
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Concerns raised after New America Foundation, a think tank funded by Google, fired Barry Lynn, a senior fellow who praised EU's antitrust fine against Google — WASHINGTON — In the hours after European antitrust regulators levied a record $2.7 billion fine against Google in late June …
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| Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal: |
In first appearance before Uber staff, Khosrowshahi says timeline for Uber IPO is 18-36 months, and he wants to bring in a chairman to be his partner on board — In first appearance before ride-hailing firm's employees, Dara Khosrowshahi says timeline for IPO between 18 to 36 months
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Sources: 17 automotive engineers left Apple for self-driving car startup Zoox after Apple pared back its autonomous car ambitions — Startup grabs specialists in areas like braking, suspension — Apple working on self-driving systems rather than its own car| Charlie Osborne / ZDNet: |
FDA recalls around 465,000 St. Jude Medical pacemaker models in US, many implanted in patients, for firmware patching of vulnerabilities; OTA fix not an option — Heart patients will have to visit their doctors to have their pacemakers patched for the “voluntary” recall — but there are risks.
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| Joe Maring / 9to5Google: |
Samsung debuts $199 Gear Fit2 Pro fitness tracker with built-in GPS and Gear Sport smartwatch with round 1.2" AMOLED screen and Tizen UI, pricing TBD — Samsung held a press conference in Berlin today ahead of the official opening of IFA 2017, and unveiled its two new wearables that we've … | Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Hands-on with Samsung's Gear Sport, which is rated waterproof to 50M, has a rotatable bezel and a slim, ergonomic design, but lacks cellular connectivity — There's a new smartwatch in Samsung's portfolio and its purpose is stated by its name: the Gear Sport.
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Expedia names CFO Mark Okerstrom as its new CEO, replacing Dara Khosrowshahi, who left for Uber — Expedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved the appointment of Mark Okerstrom, currently Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Operations …
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Google Assistant coming to new speakers from Anker, Mobvoi, and Panasonic, will be integrated with LG home appliances — Earlier today, at German consumer electronics and appliances show IFA (Internationale Funkausstellung) in Berlin, Google announced that the Google Assistant will be coming to new smart speakers and home appliances.
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Judge sends Benchmark's lawsuit against Travis Kalanick to arbitration, allowing the former Uber CEO to avoid a potentially damaging deposition — Kalanick will likely avoid a deposition and the case will proceed quietly and quickly. — A judge granted former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick …
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Instagram says some high-profile accounts have been breached, exposing phone numbers and email addresses via a bug in the API, now fixed — Instagram said at least one hacker was able to steal personal information from high-profile user accounts, blaming the breach on a bug in its system that has now been fixed.
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