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• Netflix Standard & Premium Plans Rising In Price In The US - Android Headlines

  05-10-2017 23:30
  Android Headlines
  Netflix Standard & Premium Plans Rising In Price In The US
  Android Headlines
  Netflix is in the process of raising the price of two of its access levels with the price change expected to have taken full effect by the start of next month, November. At present Netflix offers three access levels, Basic, Standard, and Premium, and ...
  Netflix price going up againSlashGear
  Netflix is raising prices on its most popular plansPhandroid.com
  Netflix to raise prices starting in Novemb
  
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• Apple gave Uber's app 'unprecedented' access to a secret backdoor that can record iPhone screens - Business Insider

  05-10-2017 23:27
  Business Insider
  Apple gave Uber's app 'unprecedented' access to a secret backdoor that can record iPhone screens
  Business Insider
  Uber's iPhone app has a secret backdoor to powerful Apple features, allowing the ride-hailing service to potentially record a user's screen and access other personal information without their knowledge. The existence of Uber's access to special iPhone ...
  Apple allowed Uber use of API to record iPhone screens, feature to be removedAppleInsider (press release) (
  
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• Google removes Android Wear section from its online store - Engadget

  05-10-2017 23:21
  Engadget
  Google removes Android Wear section from its online store
  Engadget
  Google may have unveiled gobs of hardware at its October 4th event, but it also took something away in the process: namely, the Android Wear section of its online store. You won't see any mention of it on the shop, and this year's reference ...
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  Android Wear section vanishes from Google Store, with LG Watch Sport and Style now showing as "no longer a
  
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• These creatures are smart, playful, and incredibly alien

  05-10-2017 23:00
  
  AnimalsTamed and Untamed.
  Everyone wanted to pet Octavia.
 She was beautiful, graceful, and affectionate. She was also boneless, slimy, and living in painfully cold water.
  
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• Google Home Max vs. HomePod and Google Home Mini vs. Amazon Echo Dot: battle of the smart speakers - The Verge

  05-10-2017 22:48
  The Verge
  Google Home Max vs. HomePod and Google Home Mini vs. Amazon Echo Dot: battle of the smart speakers
  The Verge
  On Wednesday, Google unveiled two new versions of the Google Home speakers: the Mini, which is priced to compete with the Amazon Echo Dot, and the Max, which is positioned at the luxury end of the market, similar to Apple's HomePod. Both the Max and ...
  Amazon's Echo vs Google's Home: Here's how the two families stack upBusiness Insider
  Smart speakers are working their way
  
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• Return of the algorithm monster: YouTube auto-promoted conspiracy theory videos - Ars Technica

  05-10-2017 22:42
  Ars Technica
  Return of the algorithm monster: YouTube auto-promoted conspiracy theory videos
  Ars Technica
  Worried about a dystopian future full of robots that decide how you see the world? You can wait until tomorrow's fantastic Blade Runner 2049 to imagine how that might look in the future, or you can get there faster by logging in to modern YouTube. At ...
  YouTube reportedly alters search algorithm after Las Vegas shootingEngadget
  YouTube changes search to combat conspiracy theoriesTrustedRev
  
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• 5 things I wish I knew before playing Middle-earth: Shadow of War - PC Gamer

  05-10-2017 22:38
  PC Gamer
  5 things I wish I knew before playing Middle-earth: Shadow of War
  PC Gamer
  Middle-Earth: Shadow of War is a familiar sequel. Developer Monolith Productions hasn't made any astronomical changes or additions to the excellent foundation that was Shadow of Mordor. Instead, they've polished tried-and-true ideas and layered in ...
  Shadow of War Review Roundup: Play It or Skip It?Tom's Guide
  Some questions about Shadow of WarPolygon
  Middle-Earth: Shadow Of War Has A Humorous Assassin's Creed
  
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• [Update: Live] Google Home can now help find your phone, even if it's on silent - Android Police

  05-10-2017 22:26
  Android Police
  [Update: Live] Google Home can now help find your phone, even if it's on silent
  Android Police
  Where is your phone right now? Is it in your pocket, on the coffee table, or has it slipped in between the couch cushions? You won't have to wonder about where your phone has gotten to anymore, as long as there's a Google Home nearby. Google is adding ...and more »
  
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• Pence pledges that US will go to the moon, Mars and beyond

  05-10-2017 22:08 via abcnews.go.com
  Vice President Pence, others promise that America will return to the moon, go to Mars and even beyond
  
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• Expensive Meds Can Hurt...Literally

  05-10-2017 21:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  Paying a higher price for something is typically associated with positive benefits. When you shell out more for a thing, you feel it’s faster, stronger, softer or cleaner. You know that premium you paid was worth it.But when it comes to medication, the association between high price and added benefits is sort of flipped on its head: A medication perceived to be expensive was associated with more negative side effects. That, at least, is a key finding in a new study published Thursday in
  
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• Humans Today Have Even More Neanderthal DNA Than We Realized - Gizmodo

  05-10-2017 21:36
  Gizmodo
  Humans Today Have Even More Neanderthal DNA Than We Realized
  Gizmodo
  A international team of researchers has completed one of the most detailed analyses of a Neanderthal genome to date. Among the many new findings, the researchers learned that Neanderthals first mated with modern humans a surprisingly long time ago, ...
  Neanderthals Weren't As Incestuous As We Thought, Ancient DNA RevealsNewsweek
  Neanderthal genes help shape how many modern humans look89.3 KPCC
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• Humans Have Even More Neanderthal DNA Than We Realized - Gizmodo

  05-10-2017 21:36
  Gizmodo
  Humans Have Even More Neanderthal DNA Than We Realized
  Gizmodo
  A international team of researchers has completed one of the most detailed analyses of a Neanderthal genome to date. Among the many new findings, the researchers learned that Neanderthals first mated with modern humans a surprisingly long time ago, ...
  Neanderthals Weren't As Incestuous As We Thought, Ancient DNA RevealsNewsweek
  You May Be More 'Neanderthal' Than You ThoughtLive Science
  Neanderthal DNA Influences the Lo
  
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• Russian hackers used Kaspersky software to find vulnerable NSA docs, says report - The Verge

  05-10-2017 21:33
  The Verge
  Russian hackers used Kaspersky software to find vulnerable NSA docs, says report
  The Verge
  In 2015, Russian agents stole highly classified NSA materials from a contractor, according to a new report in The Wall Street Journal. It's a major breach of internal security, made possible after the contractor transferred the materials to his home ...
  WSJ: Kaspersky software likely used in Russian-backed NSA breachZDNet
  Russian Hackers Stole NSA Tools From Contractor Who Used Kaspersky Softwar
  
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• How to find out what Facebook knows about you

  05-10-2017 20:45
  
  DIYThe social media behemoth is watching.
  Do you know where your data is? Here are all the ways Facebook tries to build a profile of you, and the information it collects to do so.
  
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• Not so sweet: 75 percent of honey samples had key pesticide

  05-10-2017 20:41 via abcnews.go.com
  Researchers test honey samples from around globe; three-quarters had common pesticide suspected of harming bees
  
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• Russian Hackers Stole NSA Tools From Contractor Who Used Kaspersky Software

  05-10-2017 20:34 via nbcnews.com
  Russian hackers were able to identify the material and access the contractor's home machine because he was using Kaspersky software, a former official said.
  
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• Pesticides that pose threat to humans and bees found in honey - The Independent

  05-10-2017 20:10
  The Independent
  Pesticides that pose threat to humans and bees found in honey
  The Independent
  Experts call the findings 'alarming', 'sobering' and a 'serious environmental concern' while stressing that the pesticide residue levels found in honey generally fell well below the safe limits for human consumption. John von Radowitz; 3 hours ago ...
  Bee-harming pesticides in 75 percent of honey worldwide: studyPhys.Org
  Honey tests reveal global contamination by bee-harming pesticidesThe Guardian
  
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• Outside criticism forced YouTube to change its search results after Las Vegas shooting conspiracy theories spread - Business Insider

  05-10-2017 20:01
  Business Insider
  Outside criticism forced YouTube to change its search results after Las Vegas shooting conspiracy theories spread
  Business Insider
  YouTube is revamping the way its search algorithm picks videos to display on the site, after a spate of clips promoting false conspiracy theories about Sunday's Las Vegas shooting were prominently featured on its site. YouTube, which is owned by Google ...
  YouTube Changes Algorithm As Fake News Rises To Top Of Search ResultsMediaPost Communications
  
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• The Newest, Most Accurate Clock Uses Quantum Gas, Lasers

  05-10-2017 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  Time, I’m sure I don’t have to tell you, is a fundamental part of the universe. Albert Einstein showed us it was inextricably linked to the “stuff” of the universe, so the better we can understand and measure it, the better we can study everything else. So how do you study time?With better clocks! And researchers announced today they’ve come up with the best one yet.Time Enough At LastFar from the sundials and cogs of our ancestors, today’s horological devices
  
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• Neonicotinoids Are Showing Up in Honey Samples Worldwide

  05-10-2017 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  The bee population has it rough right now, and neonicotinoids are partially to blame. According to research, this class of insecticide is contributing to the population decline of bees, and even showing up in honey.These pest control chemicals, which are chemically similar to nicotine, can cause growth disorders, neurological and cognitive disorders, impact the efficiency of the immune system, and more in bees — even at low concentrations. On top of impacting invertebrates like bees, the
  
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• These male jumping spiders evolved dance moves because the ladies ignore them

  05-10-2017 19:54
  
  AnimalsThis is the cutest that spider mating has ever been.
  You don't often feel bad for spiders, but this video will make you sorry for these little guys.
  
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• Science Says: Era of monster hurricanes roiling the Atlantic

  05-10-2017 19:44 via abcnews.go.com
  An analysis of 167 years of federal hurricane data shows that we are living in the busiest generation for major Atlantic storms
  
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• Massive wave of butterflies lights up Denver weather radar

  05-10-2017 19:41 via abcnews.go.com
  Weather forecasters say a lacy, cloud-like pattern drifting across a Denver-area radar screen turned out to be a massive wave of butterflies
  
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• Netflix price going up again - SlashGear

  05-10-2017 19:24
  SlashGear
  Netflix price going up again
  SlashGear
  Netflix is gearing up for another price hike, it would appear. Beginning next month, the company will begin raising prices on both its standard and premium plan, leaving the basic plan untouched. The good news, though, is that prices aren't going up by ...
  T-Mobile Netflix On Us will continue to cover subscription cost after Netflix price increaseTmoNews
  Netflix Increasing Standard $9.99/Month Plan to $10.99/Month for US Users This NovemberMac Ru
  
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• NASA’s Mars Odyssey Views Phobos in a Different Light

  05-10-2017 19:12 via scitechdaily.com
  NASA’s Mars Odyssey has gained its first look at the Martian moon Phobos, pursuing a deeper understanding by examining it in infrared wavelengths. The Thermal...
  The post NASA’s Mars Odyssey Views Phobos in a Different Light appeared first on SciTech Daily.
  
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• Researchers Pinpoint Molecular Mechanism Behind Breast Cancer Risk

  05-10-2017 19:11 via scitechdaily.com
  More than 20 years after scientists revealed that mutations in the BRCA1 gene predispose women to breast cancer, Yale scientists have pinpointed the molecular mechanism...
  The post Researchers Pinpoint Molecular Mechanism Behind Breast Cancer Risk appeared first on SciTech Daily.
  
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• Amazon's Echo vs Google's Home: Here's how the two families stack up - Business Insider

  05-10-2017 19:05
  Business Insider
  Amazon's Echo vs Google's Home: Here's how the two families stack up
  Business Insider
  Amazon's Echo family is finally getting some real competition. Behold: The Google Home line of devices, aimed squarely at Amazon's equivalent Echo line of devices. Google Home line Google. We're not talking about Bluetooth speakers here — we're ...
  Smart speakers are working their way into every homeEngadget
  OK Google, Get Out Of My HouseSlate Magazine (blog)
  Google Home Mini and Home Ma
  
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• Uber can actually help prevent drunk driving accidents—in some cities

  05-10-2017 18:45
  
  TechnologyResearchers still don’t fully understand the relationship between ridesharing, cities, and crashes.
  New research shows that Uber’s presence in a city only inconsistently leads to a decline in accidents caused by intoxication behind the wheel, and there’s far from being…
  
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• Post-Equifax ID Wasteland: Calls Emerge For A Universal Digital ID

  05-10-2017 18:39 via technocracy.news
  The final solution to implementing Technocracy would be a foolproof universal ID system for every human and everything else that moves. Thanks to massive breaches at Yahoo! and Equifax, the current ID system has completely failed, prompting renewed calls for a universal ID system. ⁃ TN EditorIn the wake of the massive Equifax data breach, once again a spotlight has been shone on the overuse of the not-so-secret number that passes for a national ID in the United States–
  
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• The Scientific Quest to Explain the Dimming of Tabby’s Star

  05-10-2017 18:34 via scitechdaily.com
  Astronomers explain the reasons behind the behavior of Tabby’s Star. Some 1,500 light years from Earth, a mystery of stellar proportions is playing out. A...
  The post The Scientific Quest to Explain the Dimming of Tabby’s Star appeared first on SciTech Daily.
  
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• Fin24.com | Gigaba: Treasury still considering SABC's R3bn request

  05-10-2017 18:05
  
  The Finance Minister said that major advertisers withdrew their business due to declining listenership and viewership in some of the broadcaster’s crucial platforms.
  
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• Netflix is Raising Rates - DSL Reports

  05-10-2017 18:03
  Newsweek
  Netflix is Raising Rates
  DSL Reports
  Netflix is raising rates. Insiders informed Mashable this week that starting in November, subscribers of the company's $10 per month service will be charged $11 per month, and subscribers of the company's premium tier (which allows for four ...
  Netflix's price hike could boost its revenue by about $650 million in 2018, according to RBCBusiness Insider
  3 Reasons Why Investors Love Netflix's New Price HikeMotley Foolall 167 news articles »
  
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• Former Equifax CEO Takes Hits In Hearings

  05-10-2017 17:38 via nbcnews.com
  Former Equifax CEO said he was "ultimately responsible" for the breach, but also blamed one person in the IT department. Then "Monopoly Man" showed up.
  
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• To support breast cancer research, skip pink ribbons and check out these charities

  05-10-2017 17:34
  
  HealthSpend your dollars on research that might actually save lives.
  Your money is valuable, and it should go to a charity that’s going to do some good with it. As a high profile disease, breast cancer has plenty of organizations that you…
  
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• Survey: Over 70% Of US Fears Robots Taking Over Our Lives

  05-10-2017 17:10 via technocracy.news
  Seventy-five percent of the American public understands that machines replacing humans will increase inequality between rich and poor. Technocrats are validating their fears by pushing Universal Basic Income for ‘unemployables’. Technocrats invent because they can, not because is it smart to do so. ⁃ TN EditorSilicon Valley celebrates artificial intelligence and robotics as fields that have the power to improve people’s lives, through inventions like driverless
  
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• WATCH: How long is a year?

  05-10-2017 16:48
  ScienceSometimes one year can feel like one million.
  As things age, each trip around the sun becomes an ever-shrinking percentage of its lifetime. So how does a year feel to a first grader compared to the Grand Canyon?
  
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• Shadow Of War Review Roundup - GameSpot

  05-10-2017 16:30
  GameSpot
  Shadow Of War Review Roundup
  GameSpot
  Otherwise, however, Shadow of War seems to be going down well with critics. We awarded the open-world game a 7/10 in our review. "It tries to be larger than its predecessor … yet it leaves you wanting less," wrote Justin Haywald. "But at its core, it ...
  Middle-earth: Shadow of WarIGN
  Middle Earth: Shadow of War builds smartly on its predecessor, but is still left wanting in areasVG247
  Middle-Earth: Shadow of War Review – Orcish Warfar
  
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• Fin24.com | Vodacom slumps on Competition Commission probe of Treasury contract

  05-10-2017 16:16
  
  Vodacom has slumped after the Competition Commission announced a probe into a contract with the National Treasury that may constitute an abuse of market dominance.
  
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• A man who's participated in 41 space missions remembers the Sputnik launch

  05-10-2017 15:30
  
  SpaceReflections from a prodigious force in space exploration.
  When it comes to space exploration, Don Gurnett has seen it all.
  
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• Intel Core i7-8700K Review: A 6-Core Chip That Punches Far Above Its Weight - ExtremeTech

  05-10-2017 15:26
  ExtremeTech
  Intel Core i7-8700K Review: A 6-Core Chip That Punches Far Above Its Weight
  ExtremeTech
  Today, Intel is unveiling its new Coffee Lake line of desktop CPU cores and its first mainstream desktop response to AMD's Ryzen architecture since that platform launched in March. That's not to say we haven't seen some significant shifts in Intel's ...
  Intel's Latest Coffee Lake Processors Are Fast as HellGizmodo
  The AnandTech Coffee Lake Review: Initial Numbers on the Core i7-8700K and Core i5-
  
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• Lenovo ThinkPad 25 Anniversary Edition - PCMag

  05-10-2017 15:02
  PCMag
  Lenovo ThinkPad 25 Anniversary Edition
  PCMag
  Hot-swappable battery. Ethernet and Thunderbolt 3 ports. Includes interesting retro features. Discrete graphics. Comfortable keyboard. Speedy on benchmark tests. Cons. Muddy sound. Matte screen finish dulls colors. Bottom Line. Lenovo's ThinkPad 25 ...
  Lenovo's 25th Anniversary ThinkPad brings back the keyboard we loveArs Technica
  Lenovo's ThinkPad turns 25: Here are 25 facts to mark the anniversaryZDNet
  Lenovo ThinkPad 25 ReviewLaptop Mag
  
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• Microsoft is bringing new Edge apps to iOS, Android - ZDNet

  05-10-2017 15:00
  ZDNet
  Microsoft is bringing new Edge apps to iOS, Android
  ZDNet
  microsoftedgeiosandroid.jpg Credit: Microsoft. Microsoft is taking the next step in its quest to try to keep Windows PCs relevant by bringing Edge to iOS and Android. Microsoft isn't doing this in the way many had thought it might. The company is not ...
  Microsoft's new Android launcher lets you connect your phone and PCThe Verge
  Microsoft is bringing its Edge browser to Android and iOSTechCrunch
  Microsoft Edge Android App Coming S
  
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• Fin24.com | Uber competitor hits Paris roads with Chinese help

  05-10-2017 14:44
  
  Taxify has started operations in Paris, tackling market leader Uber armed with backing from China's Didi, bigger margins for drivers and a CEO who is only 23.
  
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• Chemistry Nobel Goes to Cool Imaging Technique

  05-10-2017 14:42 via nbcnews.com
  Researchers who developed cryo-electron microscopy, a technique that lets us image viruses and tiny cell structures, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
  
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• Fin24.com | iPhone 8 SA launch date announced

  05-10-2017 14:15
  
  The South African iStore has announced that it will begin sales of the new iPhone 8 on Friday October 20.
  
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• The Pixel's missing headphone jack proves Apple was right - The Verge

  05-10-2017 14:01
  The Verge
  The Pixel's missing headphone jack proves Apple was right
  The Verge
  When it launched the iPhone 7 a year ago, Apple confidently declared the headphone jack obsolete technology that we could learn to live without. I disagreed with the necessity of its removal then, and I disagree with it now, but with Google joining the ...
  Google Pixelbook: When is Chrome OS getting real Android apps so I can do real work?ZDNet
  Why Google says it killed the headphone jack, even though it called out Ap
  
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• Dozens pray at Hindu temple on slopes of Bali volcano

  05-10-2017 11:49 via abcnews.go.com
  Dozens have prayed at a revered Hindu temple on the slopes of Bali's menacing Mount Agung volcano, hoping the gods will restore it to calm
  
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• WATCH: GPS dangers for drivers

  05-10-2017 11:32 via abcnews.go.com
  AAA says that navigation systems contribute to distracted driving more than texting.
  
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• Fin24.com | MTN employees win back right to keep company cars and petrol cards

  05-10-2017 08:00
  
  Twenty radio mast engineers employed by cellphone service provider MTN in Durban have won a court battle allowing them to keep their private company cars.
  
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• Google vies to make even smarter phones, speakers, cameras

  05-10-2017 00:38 via abcnews.go.com
  Google is upgrading its Pixel smartphones and expanding its selection of other gadgets in its quest to its digital services into people's backup brain
  
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