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| Catalin Cimpanu / BleepingComputer.com: |
Google says it is adding a file signature to the header of Android app metadata, helping users determine the authenticity of an app not from the Play Store — Google is changing how the Play Store app is verifying the authenticity of Android apps before installation.
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Android Developers Blog, Engadget, SlashGear, BetaNews, and Android Central
| Nellie Bowles / New York Times: |
Experts say domestic abusers increasingly use connected home devices like smart locks, security cameras, and lighting to scare or spy on victims — SAN FRANCISCO — The people who called into the help hotlines and domestic violence shelters said they felt as if they were going crazy.
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| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
Details of Qualcomm SDM1000, likely Snapdragon 1000, leak showing bigger, 20×15mm sized chip for Windows 10 on ARM PCs to compete with Intel Core Y and U CPUs — Design goes head to head with Intel's Y and U series Core-branded processors. — Details of the SDM1000 …
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| Julie Creswell / New York Times: |
As Amazon-run private label brands grow to roughly 100 with $25B in expected revenue over the next four years, potential antitrust concerns could arise — It started with a simple battery. — Around 2009, Amazon quietly entered the private label business by offering a handful of items under a new brand called AmazonBasics.| The Verge: |
As Trump admin prepares for $200B in new tariffs on Chinese goods, small US gadget makers fear that price increases on key parts may put them out of business — Trump's tariffs could spell doom for small hardware startups — As the White House barrels toward $250 billion in tariffs on Chinese imports … | Darrell M. West / Brookings: |
Survey of 2,021 US adult internet users: 61% are somewhat or very uncomfortable with robots; 52% say robots will perform most human activities within 30 years — Fifty-two percent of adult internet users believe within 30 years, robots will have advanced to the point where they can perform …
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| Thomas Claburn / The Register: |
Microsoft and Ernst & Young announce blockchain-based content rights and royalties management network, first to be deployed for Microsoft's gaming partners — Blockchain might actually prove helpful for a change — In an effort to demonstrate there are actual uses for blockchain technology …
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PR Newswire, The Next Web, CCN, SludgeFeed, Quartz, blokt, Yahoo! News, GamesIndustry.biz, PYMNTS.com, Fortune, and MSPoweruser
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| Benedict Evans: |
Machine learning may become a ubiquitous and fundamental enabling layer, similar to how relational databases impacted society in the eighties — We're now four or five years into the current explosion of machine learning, and pretty much everyone has heard of it.
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| Rene Ritchie / iMore: |
Apple says the recent report of an iPhone brute force passcode hack “was in error, and a result of incorrect testing” — Update: Apple has provided me with the following statement, which should close the door on speculation surrounding this purported exploit:
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CNET, SlashGear, AppleInsider, BetaNews, Digital Trends, and Engadget
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| Megan Farokhmanesh / The Verge: |
Some millennials say screenshots of tweets tend to go more viral as Instagram memes because of its image-first identity, easy image discovery, and sharing tools — Content from Twitter or Tumblr finds new, remixed life on Instagram — As social media platforms grow more popular …
Tweets: @stevesi, @rrhoover, and @mgsiegler
| Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: |
A history of landmark software patent rulings in the Supreme Court and the Federal Circuit, and how they have shifted the rules for software patents in the US — A controversial ruling limiting software patents has been making a comeback. — Forty years ago this week, in the case of Parker v. Flook … | Jillian D'Onfro / CNBC: |
Interview with Danny Sullivan, who founded Search Engine Land and is now Google's “search liaison”, which entails giving explanations for company's errors — - His job is to help Google be more transparent and communicate better with the public at a time when it's facing increased public scrutiny.
Tweets: @dannysullivan, @glenngabe, and @mattcutts
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