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X, Formerly Twitter, Plans to Collect User Biometric Data, Job, Education

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X Plans to Collect Biometric Data, Job and School History

X, the social network that used to be known as Twitter, updated its privacy policy to include a new kind of user data it plans to collect: biometric.

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Apple may stop offering customer support on social media

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Apple may stop offering customer support on social media

If true, over 150 employees could be affected.

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YouTube Music starts rolling out Now Playing redesign that adds comments

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YouTube Music rolls out Now Playing redesign with YT comments [U: Official]

YouTube Music is rolling out the latest redesign of Now Playing on Android and iOS that adds YouTube comments...

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Google Chat now plays nice with Slack and Microsoft Teams

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Google Chat now plays nice with Slack and Microsoft Teams

A Google Chat feature that's available in beta allows users to easily crosspost editable messages between the app and other services like Slack and...

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The space station will become a little less crowded on Saturday

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The space station will become a little less crowded on Saturday

SpaceX’s four Crew-6 astronauts are expected to depart the space station on Saturday after four months living and working aboard the orbital labo...

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Baidu gets China's green light to release its ChatGPT-like Ernie bot to the public

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Baidu's Ernie bot jumps to the top of Apple's app store in China

Chinese tech giant Baidu announced Thursday its ChatGPT-like Ernie bot was now immediately accessible to the public.

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Sony is raising PlayStation Plus prices up to $40 per year

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Sony is raising PlayStation Plus prices up to $40 per year

Even the Essential Plan is seeing a price hike.

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Apple Watch Series 9: Apple (AAPL) Tests 3D Printing in Device Production

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Apple Tests Using 3D Printers to Make Devices in Major Manufacturing Shift

Apple is testing using 3D printers to produce the steel body of its smartwatches, heralding a major change to how the company manufactures products.

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Microsoft is discontinuing Visual Studio for Mac after major overhaul - 9to5Mac

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Microsoft is discontinuing Visual Studio for Mac after major overhaul - 9to5Mac

Microsoft has announced plans to discontinue Visual Studio for Mac. The latest version of the company’s IDE (integrated development environme...

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Samsung launches a meal planning and recipe discovery platform called Samsung Food

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Samsung launches a meal planning and recipe discovery platform called Samsung Food | TechCrunch

Samsung has launched a meal planning and suggestion platform Samsung Food, based on Whisk, today in over 104 countries.

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Microsoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Windows 11 to get people to ditch Google

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Microsoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Windows 11 to get people to ditch Google

Microsoft has paused its latest pop-ups, for now.

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Google's Pixel 8 Event Date Revealed

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Google Pixel 8 Launch Date has Been Revealed

Mark your calendars for Oct. 4, when new Pixel devices are coming.

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China chip stocks rally after Huawei's low-key launch of new Mate 60 Pro phone https://www.reuters.com/technology/chip-stocks-rally-after-huaweis-low-key-launch-new-mate-60-pro-phone-2023-08-30/

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Did Huawei already develop its own 5G chip to get around US sanctions?

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Did Huawei already develop its own 5G chip to get around US sanctions?

Huawei might’ve made a 5G chip of its own.

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Mark Your Calendars: Google's Pixel 8 Event Date Revealed

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Google Pixel 8 Launch Date has Been Revealed

Mark your calendars for Oct. 4, when new Pixel devices are coming.

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Samsung debuts its own 'AI-powered' smart recipe app

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Samsung debuts its own 'AI-powered' smart recipe app

As it promised last week, Samsung has launched Food, a "personalized, AI-powered food and recipe" app in eight languages and 104 countries around t...

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Google Assistant and Alexa finally play nicely together — but only on one speaker lineup

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Google Assistant and Alexa finally play nicely together -- but only on one speaker lineup | TechCrunch

Harman's new JBL Authentics speakers are the first on the market to feature both Google Assistant and Alexa.

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Dating apps planning premium tiers of up to $500/month

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Dating apps planning premium tiers of up to $500/month

Update: Engadget reports that Tinder Select is now live for ‘selected’ users, and does indeed cost $500/month or $6k/year. The...

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Gaming spend stagnates per Data.ai and IDC H1 2023 report https://venturebeat.com/games/gaming-consumer-spend-h1-2023-dataai-idc/

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X, formerly Twitter, faces 2,200 arbitration cases and filing fees over $3 million

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X, formerly Twitter, faces 2,200 arbitration cases and filing fees over $3 million

The arbitration numbers were revealed in a new filing out Monday as part of a lawsuit in a Delaware district court.