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• Analyst: Apple could be exploring changes to Touch ID for its 2017 iPhone - The Verge

  21-01-2017 19:00 via theverge.com
  
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  Analyst: Apple could be exploring changes to Touch ID for its 2017 iPhone
  The Verge
  KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has released a new report that outlines some of his expectations with Apple's 2017 iPhone. The expected updates include some structural changes, in addition to new biometric identification technology. Details from ...
  KGI: iPhone 8 will feature new 3D Touch pressure-sensitive sensor to work with flexible OLED display9 to 5 Mac
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• Net neutrality: A top target for Trump's FCC? - Christian Science Monitor

  21-01-2017 17:19 via csmonitor.com
  
  Christian Science Monitor
  Net neutrality: A top target for Trump's FCC?
  Christian Science Monitor
  The Obama administration barred internet-service providers from discriminating between different types of content, earning cheers from consumers and Silicon Valley, but not Trump's likely new FCC chair. Monitor's Best: Top 5 ...
  Exiting FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler: 'I don't intend to go crawl under a rock'Chicago Daily Herald
  Report: 'Net neutrality' foe Ajit Pai is new FCC headWashington Post
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• Mars Missions Could Accelerate Under Trump Administration - Tech Times

  21-01-2017 17:16 via techtimes.com
  
  Tech Times
  Mars Missions Could Accelerate Under Trump Administration
  Tech Times
  Trump seemed to be interested in Mars mission and the same may accelerate under his administration. Elon Musk in a meeting with Trump has discussed about the journey to the Red Planet. ( Matt King | Getty Images ). Advertisement. Donald Trump has ...
  Will Trump echo JFK's moonshot and vow to send humans to Mars?Washington Post
  Donald Trump has a surprising new best friendBABW News
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• Analyst Firm Predicts The Nintendo Switch Will Sell 40 Million Units Through 2020 - Forbes

  21-01-2017 16:59 via forbes.com
  
  Forbes
  Analyst Firm Predicts The Nintendo Switch Will Sell 40 Million Units Through 2020
  Forbes
  While Nintendo itself has yet to release any sales forecasts regarding the Switch, it's time for the world's array of analyst firms to start speculating about the console's prospects. First out of the gate is research firm DFC Intelligence, who ...
  Nintendo Switch: Everything we still don't knowPolygon
  Nintendo's new console has a bizarrely named controller — here's whyBusiness Insider
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• Microsoft to cut 700 employees in next layoff round: Report - ZDNet

  21-01-2017 15:21 via zdnet.com
  
  Economic Times
  Microsoft to cut 700 employees in next layoff round: Report
  ZDNet
  Microsoft is poised to lay off 700 people the week of January 22, according to a Business Insider report. microsoftlayoffs700.jpg. While Microsoft officials declined to comment on the report, I've heard from my contacts that it is correct. The 700 ...
  Microsoft Layoffs: 700 Employees Reportedly Getting Axed Next WeekTech Times
  Microsoft to cut about 700 jobs next week, following through on previously announced layo
  
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• Larson C fracturing: Only 12 miles connect massive ice shelf to Antarctic - Christian Science Monitor

  21-01-2017 15:20 via csmonitor.com
  
  Christian Science Monitor
  Larson C fracturing: Only 12 miles connect massive ice shelf to Antarctic
  Christian Science Monitor
  The giant rift in the Larsen C ice shelf has advanced more than 6 miles since January 1st, the MIDAS project announced on Friday. Monitor's Best: Top 5. Trump's inauguration speech: tough and strikingly different · On Inauguration Day, Washington ...
  Larsen ice crack continues to open upBBC News
  Huge crack in Antarctic ice shelf grows by 6 more milesUSA TODAY
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• What happened to virtual reality? - Business Insider

  21-01-2017 14:33 via businessinsider.com
  
  Business Insider
  What happened to virtual reality?
  Business Insider
  When Facebook bought Oculus VR in 2014 for $2 billion, CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a bold prediction. "... at this point we feel we're in a position where we can start focusing on what platforms will come next to enable even more useful, entertaining and ...
  Is Mark Zuckerberg running for president?Chicago Daily Herald
  Here's Why Facebook Is So Interested In Making VR The Next Big Computing PlatformValueWalk
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• Meet the power players who really run Uber - Business Insider

  21-01-2017 14:03 via businessinsider.com
  
  Business Insider
  Meet the power players who really run Uber
  Business Insider
  Travis Kalanick may be the public face of Uber, but he hasn't built the company by himself. Like any chief executive, Kalanick leans heavily on his team and direct reports to manage all parts of the business, from people operations internally to ...
  Uber hires former Google search chief Amit Singhal as SVP of EngineeringTechCrunch
  Uber hires Google's former head of search, stoking a rivalryCNBC
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• The skin cure fad threatening Myanmar's elephants

  21-01-2017 08:59
  
  Under the shadow of Myanmar's famed "Golden Rock" punters haggle for the latest traditional medicine cure—slices of skin from the country's fast disappearing wild elephants sold for a few dollars a square inch.
  
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• Report: 'Net neutrality' foe Ajit Pai is new FCC head

  21-01-2017 08:57
  
  President Donald Trump has reportedly picked a fierce critic of the Obama-era "net neutrality" rules to be chief regulator of the nation's airwaves and internet connections.
  
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• Trump begins with action on Obamacare, regulation freeze and confirmations - USA TODAY

  21-01-2017 04:11 via usatoday.com
  
  USA TODAY
  Trump begins with action on Obamacare, regulation freeze and confirmations
  USA TODAY
  WASHINGTON — President Trump spent the evening of his first day in office ordering all federal departments and agencies to find ways to ease the economic burden of President Obama's health care plan as Congress works to repeal and replace it.
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• Apple Depicts Qualcomm as a Shady Monopolist in $1B Lawsuit

  21-01-2017 02:58 via abcnews.go.com
  Apple is suing mobile chip maker Qualcomm for $1 billion in a patent fight pitting the iPhone maker against one of its major suppliers
  
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• Android Circuit: Samsung Reveals Galaxy S8, New Nokia Sells Out, Deciding The S8 Launch Date - Forbes

  21-01-2017 01:19 via forbes.com
  
  Forbes
  Android Circuit: Samsung Reveals Galaxy S8, New Nokia Sells Out, Deciding The S8 Launch Date
  Forbes
  Taking a look back at seven days of news and headlines across the world of Android, this week's Android Circuit includes Samsung's reveal of the Galaxy S8, the decision about the S8 launch date, Nokia sells out its new handset, thoughts on the Pixel 2 ...
  Android's new 'Instant Tethering' feature gets you online without unlocking your phoneThe Verge
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• Replacing iPhone 6 battery beats replacing the phone - The Ledger

  21-01-2017 00:54 via theledger.com
  
  ValueWalk
  Replacing iPhone 6 battery beats replacing the phone
  The Ledger
  The iPhone 6 wasn't up to par. Once able to survive all day on a single charge, it had grown weary and tired by midday. At just over 2 years old, there were questions: Did the battery need replacement, or was it time for a new phone? A check with the ...
  Stefan Esser iOS 10.2 Jailbreak Tool Release Soon; Apple Seeding iOS 10.2.1 To Developers And Testers [VIDEO]Mobile & Apps
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• Wearables have got some work to do this year - TechCrunch

  21-01-2017 00:24 via techcrunch.com
  
  TechCrunch
  Wearables have got some work to do this year
  TechCrunch
  It's a wait and see moment for wrist-worn devices. After a few years of betting heavily on the space, this most recent CES didn't offer much; save for two or three smartwatch announcements, some partnerships and a couple of middling bands, the industry ...
  Android Wear 2.0 Smartwatch Savior Coming Soon: Here's All You Need To KnowForbes
  Google and LG to launch Android Wear 2 Watch Sport and Watch Style on Feb. 10Inferse
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• Trump Gets Obama's House, Title _ Even His Twitter Handle

  21-01-2017 00:15 via abcnews.go.com
  Donald Trump built his campaign on tweets and now he's in control of the White House's powerful social media arsenal
  
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• Video: A colorful 'landing' on Pluto

  21-01-2017 00:10
  
  What would it be like to actually land on Pluto? This movie was made from more than 100 images taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft over six weeks of approach and close flyby in the summer of 2015. The video offers a trip down onto the surface of Pluto—starting with a distant view of Pluto and its largest moon, Charon—and leading up to an eventual ride in for a "landing" on the shoreline of Pluto's informally named Sputnik Planitia.
  
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