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Disney says Disney+ will support 4K and HDR video, all content on Disney+ can be downloaded and viewed offline, and that the app will be on Roku, PS4, and more — In the fall of 2017 Disney announced plans for a subscription streaming service of its own that could compete with the likes of Netflix.
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Disney+ will be available starting November 12 for $6.99 a month or $69.99 per year — - Disney announced Thursday at the company's investor day that Disney+ will be available starting on November 12 for $6.99 per month or $69 per year — Disney has already confirmed a number …
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Disney chief Bob Iger says Apple TV will probably get Disney+ and suggests he plans to stay on Apple's board despite the companies becoming streaming rivals — - Disney CEO Iger suggests has plans to stay on Apple's board — New streaming service will take on Netflix, Hulu and Amazon
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Facebook accidentally printed messages like “Big Brother is Watching” inside tens of thousands of Oculus Touch controllers, already shipped some to developers — - Facebook accidentally included cryptic hidden messages in “tens of thousands” of its Oculus Touch virtual-reality controllers.
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FCC will begin 37GHz, 39GHz, and 47GHz spectrum auctions for 5G use on Dec. 10, announces the $20.4B Rural Digital Opportunity Fund to connect up to 4M homes — - Sale to begin in December to advance fast network for new uses — White House announcement includes $20 billion for rural areas
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Uber files for an IPO, says it had $11.27B in revenue, up 42% YoY, and an EBITDA loss of $1.85B in 2018 — - Uber will list on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “UBER,” the company said in a filing released publicly on Thursday. — The company posted net income of $997 million in 2018 …
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DHS warns about a bug in VPN apps from Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, Pulse Secure, and F5 Networks, which can give attackers remote access to enterprise networks — Several enterprise virtual private networking apps are vulnerable to a security bug that can allow an attacker to remotely break … | Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Researcher finds Facebook is testing bringing Messenger back into its main app, possibly as a first step toward integrating all of its messaging services — Facebook might be putting Messenger back into its main social media app. The feature is currently in testing and was spotted …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Gmail launches support for two new IETF-approved security standards, MTA-STS and TLS Reporting, in beta, to help thwart STMP man-in-the-middle attacks — Google rolled out MTA-STS and TLS Reporting support for Gmail servers today, April 10, 2019. — Google announced today that Gmail …
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| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
UK court sentences Thomas White, who ran Silk Road 2 as Dread Pirate Roberts 2 and became a privacy activist after his arrest in 2014, to 5+ years in prison — For years, the arrest and case has been kept under-wraps. Friday, a court sentenced Thomas White to 5 years and 4 months for his role …
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
In his annual shareholder letter, Jeff Bezos challenges retail rivals to match or raise their minimum wage above Amazon's $15 per hour — Target plans to move to $15 per hour by end of 2020 while Walmart lags behind at $11 an hour — In his annual letter to shareholders …
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| Joann Muller / Axios: |
US Army demos the first 10 driverless trucks it is developing for convoys, plans 60 more trucks over the next year — The Army unveiled new automated vehicle technology this week that could be deployed before self-driving cars hit city streets. — Why it matters: More than half … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
KeyMe raises $50M from BlackRock, bringing the total raised to $150M+, for its AI-powered kiosks that duplicate physical keys in seconds — Normally, duplicating a key would require an expensive trip to a professional locksmith, but KeyMe's trying to change to shake up the status quo with key-scanning self-service kiosks.| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
LumApps, which provides organizations with a social intranet for internal employee communications, raises $24M Series B led by IdInvest — LumApps, the “social intranet” for the enterprise, has closed $24 million in Series B funding. The round is led by previous backer IdInvest …
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