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Apple quietly purchases Silk Labs, may be looking to add assets to AI projects

Apple is apparently expanding its reach in the artificial intelligence field via the acquisition of Silk Labs, an on-device AI technology startup. Last Tuesday, an anonymous source reported that Apple quietly snapped up Silk earlier this year. Details of the acquisition are unknown, though the report estimates the deal was a trivial investment for Apple. […]

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Rumor: Apple looking to acquire Shazam, could add company’s technologies to audio/music assets

With Spotify gradually moving towards a public offering, it seems that Apple is looking to acquire yet another music property. Sources close to the story have stated that Apple is close to acquiring Shazam, the popular app that lets people identify any song, TV show, film or advertisement in seconds, by listening to an audio […]

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Apple posts carrier compatibility specs for upcoming iPhone X launch

As with the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus models, the iPhone X won’t have the same carrier compatibility for all variants. While GSM is the standard for most carriers around the globe, Sprint and Verizon in the U.S. still use CDMA. Apple hasn’t shared the iPhone X’s exact cellular specifications on its website, but it […]

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Verizon reveals that all 3 billion existing Yahoo accounts were breached in 2013 attack

If you had a Yahoo account in 2013, there’s a 100 percent chance that you were hacked. Yahoo’s parent company has revealed that the massive data breach that occurred in August of 2013 affective all three billion Yahoo accounts that existed at the time. Previously, Yahoo said the hack affected 1 billion accounts, or a […]

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Microsoft announces Office 2019, states users will be able to buy software via one-time fee as opposed to a recurring subscription

You’ll be able to purchase Microsoft Office 2019 outright as opposed to signing up and paying for it on a monthly basis, as you currently have to do with Microsoft Office 2016. Office 2019 will ship in the second half of 2018, Microsoft said, with a preview version scheduled for mid-2018. The Office 2019 suite […]