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| Panos Panay / Microsoft Devices Blog: |
Microsoft unveils 10" $399 Surface Go tablet with USB-C port, MicroSD slot, Pentium Gold CPU; pre-order July 10, available August 2, LTE model later this year — Many of us play different roles throughout the day, moving from work or school to home and everywhere in between.
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Researchers say connecting an iPhone to a compatible USB accessory can prevent the USB Restricted Mode lock after one hour in iOS 11.4.1 — Plugging in certain Apple accessories will reset the one-hour counter for USB Restricted Mode — Apple released iOS 11.4.1 this morning … | Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Apple debuts iOS 11.4.1 with USB Restricted Mode to stop Lightning data transfer after an hour of device being locked, shutting out cracking tools like GrayKey — Apple today released iOS 11.4.1, and while most of us are already looking ahead to all the new stuff coming in iOS 12 …
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| Muyao Shen / CoinDesk: |
Token creation platform Bancor, which raised $153M in last year's ICO, has gone offline after a security breach that successfully stole ~$13.5M worth of crypto — Token creation platform Bancor has gone offline following a “security breach” that took place Monday morning.
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| YouTube Blog: |
YouTube overhauls how it handles breaking news, adding previews of articles from credible sources, showing info from third parties, testing local news in TV app — The work of trusted journalistic organizations is as critical as ever, especially when it comes to seeking information about current events online.
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| Bloomberg: |
Uber is investing in Lime as part of $335M round led by GV that values the firm at $1.1B; Uber plans to promote Lime through its app, execs from the firms said — - Ride-hailing company invests as part of $335 million round — Alphabet's GV leads deal valuing Lime at $1.1 billion
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| John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal: |
Top GOP lawmakers on the House Energy and Commerce Committee write letters to Apple and Alphabet for more info on how they handle data from users' smartphones — Letters seek more information on how smartphones collect user location and other data — WASHINGTON—House lawmakers sent letters Monday …
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| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Grab adds grocery delivery service by partnering with HappyFresh, opens its platform to third-party developers with plans to add news, gaming, and other content — Grab is shrugging off the threat that Singapore might undo its acquisition of Uber's Southeast Asia business …
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| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: |
About 56% of crypto startups that raise money via ICOs die within 4 months of their token sales being finalized, says study of 2,390 ICOs completed before May — - Boston College study found that ICO returns are declining — Best strategy may be selling the tokens within six months| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Code in Snapchat's Android app shows the company is developing a visual product search feature codenamed Eagle that lets users “See all results at Amazon” — Codenamed “Eagle,” Snapchat is building a visual product search feature that delivers users to Amazon's listings.
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| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
Researcher: call metadata and texts stolen from SpyHuman, an Indian firm selling spyware for Android devices, amid wave of vigilante hacking of spyware vendors — A hacker has stolen text messages and call metadata from SpyHuman, a firm selling malware to the everyday consumer.
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| Chris O'Brien / VentureBeat: |
Canalys: the number of smart speakers in use will come close to 100M by the end of 2018, up from under 50M at the end of 2017, and there will be 225M+ by 2020 — A new report projects that the smart speaker market will continue its torrid growth, with Google and Amazon battling for dominance and Apple stuck in a distant third place.
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