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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple working on at least 3 Macs, including two MacBooks and one desktop, with custom co-processors; new iPad to be released toward the end of the year — The company already makes many of the chips for its iPhones, iPads, Macs and Watches. — For several years …
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| Alex Sherman / CNBC: |
Sources: Dell considers a sale to VMWare, of which it owns 80%, in a reverse merger, which would allow Dell to be traded publicly without formal IPO — - VMware could buy Dell in massive reverse-merger, sources say. Dell currently owns 80 percent of VMware.
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| Tony Romm / Recode: |
Sources: memo produced by an official at National Security Council for US govt. to build a 5G network is dated, not a sign of an imminent policy announcement — The memo from the National Security Council that suggested otherwise is outdated. — The Trump administration labored to clarify …
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| Axios: |
Memo by a NSC official that's circulating in the Trump administration proposes government pay for and build a nationwide 5G network in 3 years to fend off China — Trump national security officials are considering an unprecedented federal takeover of a portion of the nation's mobile network …
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
FCC chairman Ajit Pai says he is opposed to a proposal for the government to build a 5G network — Over the weekend, Axios reported that officials within the Trump administration have been proposing the creation of a nationwide 5G network in order to protect against Chinese leadership in forthcoming networking technology.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft releases out-of-band Windows update for manual download to disable Intel's buggy patch for Spectre Variant 2, will wait for a more stable fix — Microsoft has issued on Saturday an emergency out-of-band Windows update that disables patches for the Spectre Variant 2 bug (CVE-2017-5715).
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The Verge, Ars Technica, PCWorld, Engadget, Windows Central, SecurityWeek, Thurrott.com, Computerworld, Petri, Laptop Mag, The Tech Report, CRN, Business Insider, MSPoweruser, and Slashdot. Tweets: @ow
| Nicholas Confessore / New York Times: |
New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman opens investigation into Devumi, the company that sells millions of fake followers to celebs, journalists, others — The New York attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, on Saturday opened an investigation into a company that sold millions … | Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Immersion says it has settled its lawsuit and signed a license agreement with Apple over its 3D Touch, Force Touch, Taptic Engine, and other haptic tech — Immersion, a company that develops and licenses haptic feedback technologies, today announced it has reached a settlement and licensing agreement with Apple.
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| Alex Hern / The Guardian: |
Global heatmap published by fitness tracking app Strava last November can be used to locate military bases around the world, map soldier jogging routes — Data about exercise routes shared online by soldiers can be used to pinpoint overseas facilities — Sensitive information about the location …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Microsoft Teams gets tighter app integration, revamped command box, slash commands, and a new Store where you can search for apps by name or integration type — Microsoft is doubling down on app support in Microsoft Teams, its chat-based collaboration tool that competes with Facebook's Workplace and Slack.
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| Philip Ball / Quanta Magazine: |
How the current state of quantum computing needs to overcome inherent physics and error correction challenges to make quantum computers truly powerful — Quantum computers should soon be able to beat classical computers at certain basic tasks. But before they're truly powerful … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Intel warned China's Lenovo and Alibaba about Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities before warning the US government — Decision to disclose issue to select few customers, including Lenovo and Alibaba, has ripple effects through security and tech industries
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