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Motorola shares Android 6.0 upgrade plans, snubs 2014 Moto X and 2015 Moto E owners

Motorola disappointed current and potential customers with its recent announcement of devices it plans to upgrade to Android 6.0 Marshmallow.
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Apple could be in trouble in Russia for its same-sex emojis

Police officials in a region of Russia are investigating Apple on charges that the company is promoting “gay propaganda” with its same-sex emojis.
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Facebook wants to work with the UN to bring Internet access to refugee camps

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his company wants to work with the U.N. to bring Internet access to people in refugee camps.
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Samsung is No. 1 in global smartphone shipments, Apple is king in North America

About 1 in 5 smartphones shipped around the world in the second quarter of 2015 was a Samsung, according to a recent report. Apple leads in North America.
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FTC is investigating complaints about Google’s ‘home-screen advantage’ on Android

The Federal Trade Commission has its gaze set on Google yet again, but this time it’s not about the technology giant’s search engine -- it’s about Android.
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This string of 16 characters will crash Chrome

Following news that hacking Android Lollipop is as easy as typing a long string of characters comes word that a string of 16 characters can crash Chrome.
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Microsoft expresses support for Ahmed Mohamed by gifting him a big bag of goodies

Ahmed Mohamed, the student who was arrested for bringing a digital clock he built to his high school last week, is getting big support from Microsoft.
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Sony is giving away limited edition gold PS4 bundles with a Taco Bell promotion

If you want to win a limited edition gold PS4 Bundle, locate the nearest Taco Bell and plan on eating there -- a lot.
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U.S. Air Force general says laser warfare in the sky coming sooner than you think

Fighter jets may soon take enemies out using laser weapons. “That day is a lot closer than I think a lot of people think it is,” said an Air Force general.
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Qualcomm introduces the Snapdragon Flight, a brain for smarter, more powerful drones

Qualcomm, known for its SoC for smartphones, recently announced the Snapdragon Flight, a development platform for drones.
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OptiKey is an open source on-screen keyboard that lets you type and click with your eyes

A software developer in London has spent the past 3 1/2 years to build OptiKey, an assistive on-screen keyboard compatible with eye-tracking devices.
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Lost GoPro found two years later, incredible footage of Earth finally retrieved

Some friends attached a GoPro camera to a weather balloon, sent it up into the stratosphere, and lost track of it. Two years later, they got it back.
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LAPD shows off its Tesla and BMW electric vehicles, will add more EVs to its fleet

The LAPD showed off a Tesla Model S P85D and a BMW i3 as additions to its police car fleet in the name of “testing and research.”
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Sony cuts pre-order pricing for Xperia Z5 phones, may release a Japan-only Z5

Sony’s recently announced line of Xperia Z5 smartphones has earned the company plenty of buzz, which may have led to overpricing the new devices.
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Uber takes down searchable database with exact trip location, date and time information

Uber has addressed concerns raised by the discovery of a searchable database of "Share Your ETA" links that contained detailed trip information.
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Don’t know what to wear tonight? A machine algorithm can tell you what’s in fashion

The machines are coming -- to tell us what’s in and out of fashion. A group of researchers have developed a system that can identify fashion trends.
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Apple Music debuts as the No. 14 smartphone app in July 2015

In its first full month of news-saturated availability, Apple Music was a top 15 smartphone app, according to comScore. It finished ahead of Snapchat.
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Google will automatically pause Flash ads and videos in Chrome starting Sept. 1

Google announced that it will automatically pause Flash content in its Chrome browser starting Sept. 1.
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Report: Apple Watch accounted for two-thirds of smart wearables shipped in Q2 2015

After its first quarter joining the ranks of companies manufacturing wearable devices, Apple finished No. 2, behind Fitbit and ahead of Xiaomi.
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Asus unveils ZenFone 2 Deluxe Special Edition with 256GB of internal storage (in Brazil)

On the heels of its well-received ZenFone 2 smartphone, Asus announced the ZenFone 2 Deluxe Special Edition, which boasts 256GB of internal storage.
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Samsung’s Note 5 and S6 Edge+ aggressively kill background tasks, according to videos

What good is 4GB of RAM if your smartphone can’t properly hold five apps in the background? That’s the question for Samsung's Galaxy Note 5 and S6 Edge+.
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Pooductive is an app that lets you chat with friends and strangers on the toilet

As the book tells us, everyone poops. Two students launched Pooductive, an app targeted at everyone who uses their smartphones while on the toilet.
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Report: China is now a saturated smartphone market, sales fall for first time

The worldwide market for smartphones is inching closer to saturation, and in China, the biggest smartphone market, saturation may have finally been reached.
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Mozilla makes private browsing on Firefox even more private

Mozilla is testing private browsing enhancements for Firefox to give users invisibility from websites that track their browsing activity.
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Freewheel is the world’s first fitness tracker for wheelchairs

The Freewheel is a fitness tracker for people who use wheelchairs. The device can collect movement data and send it to a smartphone or smartwatch.
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Siri butt-dial and 911 call saves a teen’s life after his truck falls on top of him

An 18-year-old couldn’t use his arms to reach for his iPhone when a truck he was working under fell on him. So he butt-dialed Siri to call 911 for help.
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Apple spent nearly $700,000 in 2014 to protect CEO Tim Cook

The recent revelation that Apple spent nearly $700,000 to protect CEO Tim Cook last year is getting a lot of attention for some reason.
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Does Cyanogen really have more users than Windows Mobile and BlackBerry combined?

Cyanogen, the company behind the CyanogenMod and Cyanogen OS custom ROMs for Android devices, recently announced that it boasts 50 million users.
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NFL replays will be a lot more fun this season, thanks to RFID chips in players’ shoulder pads

The NFL is about to get a lot geekier. This season, every NFL player will have RFID chips embedded in his shoulder pads, which will make for better replays.
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Report: Apple gains, everyone else loses in Q2 2015 US smartphone hardware and OS market

Apple’s iPhone and iOS fared well in the second quarter of 2015, at the expense of other major mobile device makers and platforms.
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China lifts its 15-year ban on video game consoles

China is finally lifting its ban on the manufacturing and sale of video game consoles in its country.
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Twitter deletes tweets that include the text of stolen jokes, points to copyright policy

Did you hear the one about Twitter deleting tweets because they were reported as stolen jokes?
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WatchMe may be the cutest Apple Watch charging stand you can buy — for now

Charging an Apple Watch can be delightful and fun, thanks to the WatchMe, a whimsical charging stand that has a Kickstarter campaign.
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Firefox users are finally getting audio indicators and a mute feature for noisy tabs

Mozilla is working on giving Firefox users a feature to see which open browser tabs are playing audio and, if they choose, mute those noisy tabs.