Xiaomi to preinstall Office and Skype on all devices as it buys 1.5K patents from Microsoft, cross-licenses others
Software maker Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) is selling about 1,500 of its patents to Chinese device maker Xiaomi [XTC.UL], a rare departure for the U.S. company and part …
Microsoft opens Windows Holographic, the platform behind HoloLens, for partners to create AR/VR devices, is working with Intel, AMD, HTC, Acer, and others
Microsoft is courting virtual-reality hardware makers with its Windows Holographic platform, hoping to grow the base of mixed-reality-capable devices.
AMD unveils VR-ready Radeon RX 480 GPU, with 8Gbps GDDR5, 40% faster than last year's R9 380, available June 29 for $199
Kicking off at this moment is AMD's Computex 2016 keynote. The company has multiple announcements scheduled this evening, but we're going to jump right into an area …
OnePlus 3 to launch globally on June 14 without an invite system
When the remarkable OnePlus One arrived two years ago, it made people reimagine the $300 smartphone. But it also made everyone reimagine how they buy a phone, with an invitation-based system as frust...
Samsung announces 512GB NVMe SSD weighing only 1 gram with read and write speeds of 1500MB/s and 900MB/s, available starting in June
Samsung today announced that mass production has begun on a new NVMe PCIe solid state drive in a ball grid array package, the first of its kind to be available in large quantities.
Time confirms Myspace breach limited to a portion of login data created before June 11, 2013; LeakedSource says over 360M accounts compromised
You might not have thought of - much less visited - Myspace in years. (Yes, it's still around. Time, Inc. acquired itand other properties when it bought Viant earlier this year.)
Jeff Bezos says Alexa could be Amazon's fourth pillar after retail, Prime, and AWS, as company has 1K employees working on Echo and Alexa
Amazon has three big pillars: the retail marketplace, Amazon Prime, and Amazon Web Services. But there certainly would be room for a fourth pillar.
Microsoft updates Windows Holographic with multitasking, Bluetooth mouse support, and tabs in Edge
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Salesforce buys Demandware for $2.8B, taking a big step into e-commerce
Salesforce made its name originally with cloud-based software to help salespeople manage their leads and close deals; and today the company took a big step into the business of sales itself.
36% of smartphone users in Asia-Pacific region use browsers that automatically block ads; global mobile adblocking userbase hits 419M, up 90% YoY, says PageFair
The rise of mobile adblocking may not be burning publishers in the U.S. so far, but the story is very different in Asia.
HPE wants Oracle to pay $3 billion for breach of Itanium contract
A jury trial in a long-running dispute between the two companies begins this week — Hewlett-Packard Enterprise is asking a jury to award the company $3billion from Oracle after the database giant st...
US appeals court rules no warrant needed for cellphone location data, overturning a divided 2015 opinion
Police do not need a warrant to obtain a person's cellphone location data held by wireless carriers, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday, dealing a setback to privacy advocates.
Vendini raises $20 million to build out its all-in-one ticketing platform for live events
Vendini, a holistic ticketing platform for live events, has raised $20 million from New York-based investment firm Level Equity. — Founded out of San Francisco in 2001, Vendini strives …
BBC's microcomputer Micro:bit now available to pre order for £13, starter bundle with battery pack, USB cable, and more for £15
After a couple of unforeseen delays, the BBC finally began delivering Micro:bit computers to Year 7 students across the UK in March.
Localytics, with data on 37K apps, reports slight YoY increase of app retention from 34% to 38%; 62% of users will use an app less than 11 times
Apple's iTunes App Store is home to over 1.5 million apps and Google Play hosts over 2 million, but the number of apps that actually get installed …
SoftBank to sell $7.9B in Alibaba stock to reduce debt; stake in Alibaba will fall to 28% from 32.2%
New EU guidelines: EU governments should only ban sharing economy firms like Airbnb and Uber as last resort
Mark Gurman is leaving 9to5Mac for a “big name media publication” starting in July
Mark Gurman is one of the best Apple reporters in the world. He's been breaking news on the notoriously secretive tech giant for the 9to5Mac blog since he was just 15 years old.
Facebook says its AI systems now report more offensive photos than humans do
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Analysis shows Lenovo, Acer, HP, Dell, and Asus are shipping laptops with bloatware that's known to be insecure
The Duo Security Bulletin :
Samsung Gear Fit 2 will have 1.55-inch AMOLED screen, 2GB of storage, 512MB RAM, 1.5M water resistance, 200mAh battery, will run Tizen OS 2.3, more
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Sources: Facebook planning to introduce optional end-to-end encryption mode to Messenger app
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Atari will enter IoT market with new connected devices in partnership with Sigfox
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Instagram officially announces its new business tools, including business profiles, analytics, more; businesses must have a Facebook Page to enable them
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Source: Google Home's ARM-based microprocessor and Wi-Fi chip to be the same as those in the Chromecast
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Jawbone refutes reports that it will exit the fitness tracker market
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Microsoft is working with Blockstack Labs and ConsenSys on blockchain-based ID system; the open-source framework will be available on Azure in the coming weeks
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The Intel Broadwell-E Review: Core i7-6950X, i7-6900K, i7-6850K and i7-6800K Tested
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Sirin Labs launches Solarin, its $13,800 smartphone touted as super secure, says it's partnered with KoolSpan to integrate chip-to-chip 256-bit AES crypto
SOLARIN features a carefully curated privacy package … Daniel Cooper / Engadget : A closer look at that $14,000 Android phone Carly Page / Inquirer : Sirin Labs Solarin: £9,500 Android handset is 'wor...
Goldman, an equity investor and lead IPO adviser of Nutanix, loans $75M to the startup according to an amended IPO registration statement
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A deep dive into internet infrastructure including submarine cable networks and landing stations, data centers, and last-mile networks in the UK
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Simply Hired, a job search engine with 30M monthly users, will shut down June 26, after reportedly being acquired
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