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Sundar Pichai says Android is on 2B+ monthly active devices, Drive has 800M MAUs, and has Google Photos is at 500M MAUs — Google revealed a handful of milestones today during its I/O 2017 developer conference, but the biggest was undoubtedly that Android now powers on 2 billion active devices.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
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Qualcomm sues iPhone manufacturers Compal, Foxconn, Pegatron, and Wistron for failing to pay royalties, broadening its legal battle with Apple — Qualcomm sued the companies that make iPhones for Apple for failing to pay royalties on the chip maker's technology, broadening its legal battle with the world's most valuable company.
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Apple has begun initial production of a small number of iPhone SE handsets in Bangalore and will begin shipping it to Indian customers this month — An Apple manufacturer has completed a trial run of the first-ever iPhones assembled in India, in an important step in the U.S. tech giant's push into the fast-growing South Asian market.
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Todoist debuts deeper two-way Google Calendar integration for tasks with due dates, more — Todoist is quite a powerful task manager, but it didn't communicate with your calendar until now. If you're a Google Calendar user and want to check your tasks and events for tomorrow …
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Researchers say EternalBlue, the NSA exploit used in WannaCry, was used in an earlier and possibly larger-scale hack, to install Adylkuzz cryptocurrency miner — Campaign that flew under the radar used hacked computers to mine Monero currency. — On Friday, ransomware called WannaCry …
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| Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times: |
Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike raises $100M round led by existing investor Accel, at a pre-money valuation close to $1B, bringing total raised to $256M — SAN FRANCISCO — Cybersecurity has been in the news seemingly nonstop, including the hacking of the Democratic National Committee …
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WikiLeaks whistleblower Chelsea Manning is released from Fort Leavenworth military prison in Kansas, having served 7 years of a 35-year sentence — US soldier Chelsea Manning has been released from prison after serving seven years for leaking hundreds of thousands of diplomatic cables and military files to Wikileaks.
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| Gordon Mah Ung / PCWorld: |
AMD unveils Threadripper, a 16-core, 32-thread CPU for desktops, coming summer 2017 — It's called Threadripper, and it will be the first consumer-focused chip with 16 cores and 32 threads of computing power. Yes, you read that right: 16 cores and 32 threads of computing power …
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Google brings Assistant compatibility to General Electric smart appliances — Users of the Google Assistant or Google Home device can use voice commands to do things like turn on the oven or check on a load of laundry. — GE Appliances announced Wednesday that its suite of connected appliances …
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DJI launches smart TV app with aerial content and 4k video for Samsung's Tizen TVs and Apple TV — Just a few months after GoPro threatens to close its entertainment doors, DJI is ready to step in. The drone-cum-camera company has just announced that it's launching a Smart TV app that'll stream plenty …
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Apple launches Today at Apple website as it expands its in-store course line-up with classes in art, design, music, photography, more — Last month, Apple announced its plans to offer an expanded set of educational sessions at its stores, which will now feature more in-depth training …
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