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Signs of sophisticated cellphone spying found near White House, U.S. officials say

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www.washingtonpost.com - A federal study found signs that surveillance devices for intercepting cellphone calls and texts were operating near the White House and other sensitive locations in the Washington area last year. A …

New Audi vehicles know how long you'll wait at a stoplight in DC

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futurism.com - Sitting at a stoplight and waiting what seems like an eternity for it to change. What a drag. Audi understands. Some of its newest models are equipped with a Traffic Light Information system that dis…

Officer says black, female lawmaker doesn't 'look like a legislator'

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www.usatoday.com - COLUMBUS – State Rep. Emilia Sykes was walking to work in the Ohio Statehouse last year with a fellow lawmaker when she was stopped by security. Officers needed to search her bag, she was told. Sykes…

If You Care About Data, Change These 15 Default Privacy Settings Right Now

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www.washingtonpost.com - You're not reading all those updated data policies flooding your inbox. You probably haven't even looked for your privacy settings. And that's exactly what Facebook, Google and other tech giants are …

Xiaomi’s Mi 8 may be its most brazen iPhone copycat yet

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techcrunch.com - Chinese smartphone firm Xiaomi, which is headed for IPO in Hong Kong, just announced its newest flagship smartphone and a bunch of other products at a launch event in Shenzhen today. Xiaomi has long …

Whither VR/AR?

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techcrunch.com - “Despite many pronouncements that 2016 was the year of VR, a more apt word for virtual reality might be absence,” The Economist observed caustically last summer, noting that during that year forecast…

Monetizing computing resources on the blockchain

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techcrunch.com - A while back, a blockchain startup approached me with their pitch, a decentralized social media application in which users can earn money by simply doing what they already do on other platforms, such…

Teens dump Facebook for YouTube, Instagram and Snapchat

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techcrunch.com - A Pew survey of teens and the ways they use technology finds that kids have largely ditched Facebook for the visually stimulating alternatives of Snapchat, YouTube and Instagram. Nearly half said the…

Microsoft is reportedly acquiring GitHub

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techcrunch.com - New reports out of Redmond this weekend have Microsoft set to purchase the popular coding site GitHub. Bloomberg is citing “people familiar with the matter,” stating that the deal could be announced …

Will smart home tech make us care more about privacy?

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techcrunch.com - For most people, the thought of a smart device sharing their intimate conversations and sending those recordings along to their acquaintances is the stuff of dystopian nightmares. And for one family …

VCs like what they are hearing out of the podcasting sector

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techcrunch.com - In charts like this, one typically expects a significant spike in dollar volume to come from one really big round, but that’s not what happened in the podcast world. Rather, there were several large …

Pokémon’s first Switch game launches in November, connects to Pokémon Go

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arstechnica.com - The game will still include traditional battles, as shown here, but the old mechanic of random battles is gone. The process of getting your creatures stronger through regular battle may have been dia…

Essential cancels its next smartphone, future of the company in doubt

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arstechnica.com - It sounds like the Essential Phone is dead. A report from Bloomberg says the smartphone startup has "cancelled" its next smartphone. The company, which was once valued at a billion dollars before eve…

macOS High Sierra 10.13.5 brings Messages in iCloud and security updates

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arstechnica.com - Today, Apple released the latest update for macOS. High Sierra 10.13.5 primarily adds Messages in iCloud support, but it also includes some enterprise and security updates. Users of supported Macs ca…

WWDC 2018: What we expect Apple to announce on June 4

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arstechnica.com - Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off in the Bay Area this Monday. As always, the company will start the event with a keynote from Apple executives to lay out the company's softwar…

“Change like we’ve not seen in decades”—high-end auto designers go electric

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arstechnica.com - Change comes hard. And sometimes, it's slow. Until recently, no industry played closer to that model more than that of the automobile. Ever since the first series-produced cars of the 1900s placed th…

Blockchain Tech Could Accelerate AI Initiatives

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themerkle.com - Blockchain technology holds vast potential. The deeper you delve down the rabbit hole of hashes and nodes, the more intricate paths unwind before you. And as we prepare for Web 3.0 and changes in how…

Fall asleep in seconds by listening to a soothing voice read the EU’s new GDPR legislation

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www.theverge.com - Last month, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force, triggering a wave of panic among unprepared tech companies. This month, why not harness the power of that l…

Emoji 11.0: Here’s what’s new

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androidcommunity.com - It’s that time of the year again when we finally find out some of the most important things we need to know: what new emojis will officially come to our devices soon. Yes, as we’ve constantly discove…

5G UK - How far away are we really?

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www.techradar.com - ‘The race to 5G’ has got a lot of people in the mobile industry excited. After all, in a World Cup year, who wouldn’t be interested in an international battle for supremacy in next-generation network…

How Toronto Became a Global Powerhouse for Artificial Intelligence Startups and Giants

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www.adweek.com - While speaking at Shopify’s annual conference in Toronto a few weeks ago, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau got in some trouble for a few choice words. His mistake? Calling for Canada to have “a…

Just how much is Tesla worth to the Bay Area and California?

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www.mercurynews.com - With its electric cars all over local roads, its sales and service centers springing up in new locations and its massive Fremont manufacturing plant looming beside Highway 880, Tesla is highly visibl…

Artefact – Digital journalism is reviving the local press

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www.artefactmagazine.com - The switch to digital journalism is reviving the local press as news published across online platforms is attracting newer, younger and wider audiences. Local World is a UK publishing chain comprisin…

Powerful Blogging Tips for Beginners: Start Getting Leads, Sales, and Sign-Ups for Any Business with Your Blog! • My Lead System PRO - MyLeadSystemPRO

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blog.myleadsystempro.com - To get you started with defining your target market, you can download this Customer Avatar Worksheet that should get the mind working on figuring out exactly who your content should be targeting. The…

3 Ways To Get More Subscribers On Your YouTube Channel

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blog.myleadsystempro.com - Being the #2 search engine online means that it is highly trafficked and an incredible place to build your audience. One of the questions I get asked quite often by my students is how to get more sub…

Xbox One RBI 18 Baseball

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baseballallstar.org - Hands On Impressions of RBI Baseball 18 on Xbox One R.B.I. Baseball 18 Gameplay Houston Astros vs New York Yankees 3 Inning Game Xbox One BASEBALL BACK ON XBOX ONE? RBI Baseball 18 Gameplay R.B.I. Ba…

Use Your Iphone To Make You Life Easier

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laptopsandnotebook.com - Owning a new iphone can be fun. For someone new to using an iphone, it can be pretty overwhelming.Even those who have to keep themselves up on all of the latest tricks since they change often. The fo…

Search Engine Optimization Tips That Everyone Should Know

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marketingpromotion.biz - While a lot of people go a little crazy thinking life isn’t that fair, others use their drive to start and run their own business. If you do what you need to to succeed, the SEO tips provided here wi…

Your Customers May Be the Weakest Link in Your Data Privacy Defenses

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sloanreview.mit.edu - The Cambridge Analytica data breach offers an objective lesson in why companies should be wary of encouraging users to share contact information. Does your company have consumer data it isn’t legally…

PathPartner to Showcase Innovations in Face Recognition and Automotive

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www.prweb.com - PathPartner Technology, a product R&D and engineering specialist, today announced that it will demonstrate its latest innovations in facial recognition and analysis, and automotive vision at booth A-…

LCD iPhone delayed by two months due to light leakage issues | Pocketnow

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pocketnow.com - Japanese display maker Sharp was the first to demonstrate curved-cut corners on an LCD screen and has made the most out of the technology in terms of brightness and contrast. However, it seems that A…

Why is Elon Musk so bad at Twitter?

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www.salon.com - Elon was found passed out against a Tesla Model 3, surrounded by "Teslaquilla" bottles, the tracks of dried tears still visible on his cheeks. This is not a forward-looking statement, because, obviou…

Die Computerspiel-Highlights im Juni

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www.n-tv.de - Die E3 steht zwar kurz bevor, aber in Los Angeles werden Spiele gewöhnlich ja nur vorgestellt und angekündigt. Wer jetzt was Neues daddeln will, schaut auf die Titel, die im Juni frisch in die Regale…

Defender Works V8 - einer wie keiner

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www.n-tv.de - Zum 70. Geburtstag hat Land Rover den Defender in einer Art in Form gebracht, wie man sie noch nicht gesehen hat. Mit einem 405 PS starken V8-Motor dröhnt der Senior aus dem Classic-Center in Essen a…

Social Networks Are Losing A Deadly Battle With Illegal Online Pharmacies

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www.buzzfeed.com - The company’s page on LinkedIn said its name was “Adderall For Sale,” and one of its blog posts featured a photo of orange pills and a syringe. The text was a jumble of typos and poor grammar but the…

Microsoft partners with Accenture and Avanade to build vertical AI services | ZDNet

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www.zdnet.com - Microsoft is partnering with Accenture and Avanade to build custom AI services tailored for customers in specific industry verticals. The partnership, announced May 22, builds on custom virtual-suppo…

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