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Cryptocurrency-focused financial-services firm Circle acquires crypto exchange Poloniex, source says for ~$400M — Circle, a cryptocurrency-focused financial-services firm, will announce today that it is buying crypto exchange Poloniex—a move that immediately makes Circle one of the largest … | Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Troy Hunt releases new Pwned Passwords API to securely check your login data against a database of 500M+ leaked passwords; 1Password among first to use the API — A new system that securely checks whether your passwords have been made public in known data breaches has been integrated into the widely used password manager, 1Password.| Chris Velazco / Engadget: |
Sony announces 5.7" Xperia XZ2 and 5" XZ2 Compact with 18:9 aspect ratio, Snapdragon 845, 19MP camera, on sale next month in UK for £699 and £549 respectively — Sony has longed to find lasting success in the smartphone market, but none of the devices it released in the past few years have done the job.
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YouTube Live gets automatic English captions, live chat replays, and location tagging — YouTube today announced a trio of new features for its YouTube Live streaming service. — Arguably the most interesting of the new features is automatic captions. YouTube has offered captioning functionality since 2006.
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Supreme Court to begin hearing email privacy case on Tuesday in the high-profile battle between Microsoft and US government over data stored on foreign servers — When should CEOs get involved in public policy — The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on Tuesday in a digital privacy case …
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Sony announces Xperia Ear Duo open ear earbuds with head gestures and integration for Google Assistant and Siri, will ship in late May in black or gold for $280 — Sony will release its Xperia Ear Duo wireless earbuds in May for $279.99. Preorders for the “open ear” headset …
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Sources: Alibaba to buy out some investors, including Baidu, of food-delivery service Ele.me, making it the biggest player in China's online food delivery space — Alibaba is said to want Ele.me's last-mile delivery network — Ele.me had acquired Baidu's food delivery business in August
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Cybersecurity company PhishMe acquired by private equity firms BlackRock and Pamplona Capital Management for $400M and rebranded as Cofense — The trend of private equity firms snapping up cybersecurity businesses continues. — BlackRock and Pamplona Capital Management have jointly acquired PhishMe …
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SK Telecom buys a majority stake in Switzerland-based quantum-safe cryptography firm ID Quantique for $65M — The South Korean telco has acquired quantum-safe solutions provider ID Quantique (IDQ) which will ensure security in the coming 5G era, the company said.
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Sources: Apple planning three new iPhones for this fall: a high-end near-6.5" OLED model, updated iPhone X, and cheaper phone with Face ID, edge-to-edge screen — Company aims to boost sales after iPhone X missed expectations — All models to have facial recognition, edge-to-edge screens
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Google Assistant expands to 7 more languages and now lets developers deep link to Android apps from Assistant Actions — Actions on Google, the Google Assistant's version of what Amazon calls ‘skills,’ have been around for a while, but Google today announced that is expanding the platform … | Valentina Palladino / Ars Technica: |
Dell XPS 13 2018 review: solid performance, ships with Windows Hello IR camera and a fingerprint sensor, but the webcam is still awkwardly placed below display — The XPS 13 laptop isn't stale anymore, but it still forces a few compromises. — The XPS 13 laptop needed an overhaul and Dell needed to make a statement.| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
S9 and S9+ hands-on: same look and feel as S8, fingerprint reader placement is a welcome improvement, AR Emoji not as precise as Animoji, Bixby button lives on — The Galaxy S9 will feel very familiar to S8 owners — Last year, Samsung walked out of the ashes of the Note 7 debacle …
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