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Microsoft announces Surface Duo, a folding Android phone with two inner-facing 5.6" displays, coming late 2020 — It runs Android and will release holiday 2020 — Microsoft had one last surprise at its Surface event: a foldable Surface Duo phone that runs Android.
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| Lauren Goode / Wired: |
Satya Nadella and Panos Panay Q&A on aiming to create a new device category with its dual-screen devices, not positioning Duo as a traditional phone, and more — It folds, but the screen isn't foldable. It sort of fits in your pocket. It has a camera. And it makes phone calls—but don't you dare call it a phone.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Google launches Password Checkup, which checks if users' saved passwords have been breached elsewhere, available for the Google web dashboard and Android — Google's Password Checkup is currently available for Android devices and Google's web dashboard. — Google launched today …
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Google brings incognito mode to Maps, expands auto-delete history to YouTube, and adds better privacy controls to Google Assistant — Our goal has always been to create products that are simple, helpful, and intuitive. It's no different with privacy and security: managing your data … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Following scrutiny, Apple says it will release an iOS update later this year that will let Siri default to frequently-used third-party messaging apps — Apple Inc. said it will ease some restrictions on developers of third-party apps, responding to a Bloomberg News story about the rise …
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| Mehedi Hassan / Thurrott: |
Microsoft unveils Surface Laptop 3 in $999+ 13.5-inch and $1,199+ AMD-powered 15-inch variants with USB-C, fast charging, and new colors, arriving October 22 — Microsoft is introducing the third-generation of the Surface Laptop today. At its New York event, the company just took the wraps off …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
First look at Surface Neo, a dual-screen device with highly differentiated features like a keyboard that slides down to reveal a WonderBar touch screen area — The Courier dream is alive — Microsoft is creating a new version of Windows 10, designed exclusively for dual-screen and foldable devices.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Microsoft teases Surface Neo, a dual-screen Intel-based Windows 10X device, with a 360° hinge and keyboard that can rest on the bottom screen, coming late 2020 — Ten years after the Courier, it's finally happening — More than 10 years after reports that Microsoft was working …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Visa, Mastercard, and other financial partners that signed on to help Facebook build the Libra payments network are reconsidering their involvement — After backlash from U.S. and European government officials, executives of some of Libra's backers decline Facebook's requests to publicly support the project
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook will miss out on owning the social entertainment feed if Mark Zuckerberg views TikTok as merely an algorithmic video recommender like Instagram Explore — “It's almost like the Explore Tab that we have on Instagram” said Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in leaked audio of him describing TikTok during an all-hands meeting.
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| Bloomberg: |
London court reinstates a UK lawsuit filed by a group representing 4M+ iPhone users against Google over tracking and collecting private browsing data — - London court reinstates class-action suit over iPhone claims — Appeals court ruling says individuals' data has value
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| Ju-min Park / Reuters: |
Samsung says it has ceased mobile phone production in China, following its rising labor costs and economic slowdown — SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) has ended mobile telephone production in China, it said on Wednesday, hurt by intensifying competition from domestic rivals … | Kaya Yurieff / CNN: |
Instagram begins its global rollout of Restrict, which lets users silently approve or deny comments, after worries that blocking only increases harassment — New York (CNN Business)Earlier this year, Instagram head Adam Mosseri declared that the social network wants to “lead the fight against online bullying.”| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google announces Action Blocks, a new accessibility tool that lets users create shortcuts for common multi-step tasks using Assistant — Google today announced Action Blocks, a new accessibility tool that allows you to create shortcuts for common multi-step tasks with the help of the Google Assistant.
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| Mehedi Hassan / Thurrott: |
Microsoft announces Surface Buds, coming this fall for $249, with gesture controls, claimed 24 hour battery, two mics per ear, and built-in translation — It looks like every other company is getting int other earbuds business. Amazon announced its own Alexa-branded earbuds last month …
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Tweets: @obrien, @mcwm, and @chriswelch
| Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post: |
Samsung Galaxy Fold review: durability remains a huge worry, putting a dampener on an otherwise impressive and boundary-pushing, if expensive, smartphone — Samsung's $2,000 folding screen is a peek into our flip-phone future — You're not going to buy the first folding-screen smartphone.
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