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Hundreds to face judges in Turkey’s biggest coup trial | News
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Hundreds to face judges in Turkey’s biggest coup trial | News

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Turkey is set to hold its largest trial over the July 2016 coup attempt, with nearly 500 people set to appear in court. The suspects, who are to stand trial on Tuesday, are accused of conspiring to overthrow the government from an airbase seen as the plotters’ hub. A total of 486 suspects will go on trial in a purpose-built courtroom outside...
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HomePod Firmware Suggests iPhone 8 Split Status Bar, Tap to Wake and No Touch ID Under Display
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HomePod Firmware Suggests iPhone 8 Split Status Bar, Tap to Wake and No Touch ID Under Display

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Firmware for the as-of-yet unreleased HomePod has provided a wealth of information on the speaker itself and the upcoming iPhone 8, thanks to developers like Steven Troughton-Smith who have spent time digging into the code. Troughton-Smith shared a few new prospective iPhone 8 features and predictions this evening, once again sourced from the HomePod...
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‘Prankster’ catfished White House personnel via email
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‘Prankster’ catfished White House personnel via email

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Reince (me) giving @Scaramucci something to think about. He never replied haha http://pic.twitter.com/hutjACmogR — EMAIL PRANKSTER (@SINON_REBORN) August 1, 2017 He also catfished (ex) White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci multiple times during his brief stint. In an email the day after Reince Priebus resigned as chief of staff,...
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Qatar Airways expected to access new air corridors | News
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Qatar Airways expected to access new air corridors | News

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Qatar Airways is expected to have access to three contingency routes over international waters in early August, after a UN-led meeting on Monday discussed air corridors for Doha following a rift with its neighbours. The closed-door meeting with the UN aviation agency’s governing council in Montreal, discussed contingency routes that had been planned...
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Daydream update starts arriving on Galaxy S8 and S8+ phones
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Daydream update starts arriving on Galaxy S8 and S8+ phones

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Google’s brand of VR is, at last, beginning to arrive on Samsung devices. Reports emerged last week that certain Verizon Galaxy S8 and S8+ devices were getting the Daydream update, but today Google confirmed the rollout. Don’t panic if you don’t see the Daydream app on your device quite yet as the company said that the “update will take time to finish...
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Facebook buys Ozlo to boost its conversational AI efforts
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Facebook buys Ozlo to boost its conversational AI efforts

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Facebook has gone ahead and purchased Charles Jolley’s conversational AI startup Ozlo. Jolley, formerly Head of Platform for Android at Facebook, will not be returning to the company. The Ozlo team is expected to join Facebook to work on natural language processing challenges. Ozlo launched with a consumer-facing app back in October 2016. Jolley...
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North Korean ICBM appears to have failed on re-entry | North Korea News
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North Korean ICBM appears to have failed on re-entry | North Korea News

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Video footage of North Korea’s latest missile test appears to show it breaking up before landing, indicating that Pyongyang may not yet have mastered re-entry technology needed for an operational nuclear-tipped missile, a think tank reported on Monday. The apparent failure of the re-entry vehicle in Friday’s test could mean North Korea will need to...
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Apple Discounts Beats EP, urBeats, and Beats Pill+ Products
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Apple Discounts Beats EP, urBeats, and Beats Pill+ Products

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Apple this week launched a new limited time discount on its Beats EP headphones, Beats Pill+ speaker, and urBeats earphones, which are all on sale for approximately $20 to $30 off. The Beats EP On-Ear Headphones are available for $99, down from the original price of $129.95. All colors are available at the discounted price, including red, white, black,...
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NASA puts $14M in funding towards soft robots, flash lidar and other research projects
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NASA puts $14M in funding towards soft robots, flash lidar and other research projects

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NASA has announced the latest beneficiaries of its Small Business Technology Transfer program, which solicits and funds small-scale research projects outside the agency but relevant to its interests. Nineteen projects in a variety of fields are being awarded a total of $14.3 million. Those 19 were selected from an initial pool of 56 announced last...
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Football: Ronaldo denies tax fraud at court hearing | News
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Football: Ronaldo denies tax fraud at court hearing | News

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Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo denied hiding millions of euros in income at a court hearing near the Spanish capital on Monday where he was charged with tax evasion. The Portuguese footballer – the world’s highest paid sportsman according to Forbes magazine – is the latest football star to fall foul of Spain’s taxman. He follows in the footsteps...
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US fails to account for billions spent in Afghanistan | Afghanistan News
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US fails to account for billions spent in Afghanistan | Afghanistan News

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A new quarterly report published by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) shows the US has failed to account for hundreds of billions of dollars it spent on propping up the Afghan government, while the value of opium production in the country has doubled in a year. The US has spent over $714bn in the past 15 years supporting...
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Spotify is planning another big podcast push
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Spotify is planning another big podcast push

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Podcasts will get their own dedicated tab in the platform’s “browse” section, too, at some point. The company’s investment remains experimental, but it will begin a new campaign to lure in more listeners to its limited podcast offerings. In exchange for promoting certain shows within the Spotify app and on bus ads, the hosts of “Reply All,” “Pod Save...
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Hacked emails reveal UAE influence on US think tanks | UAE leaks News
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Hacked emails reveal UAE influence on US think tanks | UAE leaks News

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The latest batch of leaked emails from the United Arab Emirates ambassador to the United States Yousef al-Otaiba has revealed the extent of influence the UAE held over various US think tanks, and in turn US foreign policy. The Intercept reported that Otaiba, through the UAE embassy in Washington, DC, had gained substantial favours from Obama administration...
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Venezuela: New beginnings or more of the same? | Venezuela
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Venezuela: New beginnings or more of the same? | Venezuela

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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is claiming victory in the election for a new constitutional superbody, which he says will help save the country from political and economic disaster. Opponents both at home and abroad describe the vote as a naked power grab that will only escalate the paralysing conflicts. Election organisers say more than eight...
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Spotify Hits 60 Million Paid Subscribers Ahead of Going Public
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Spotify Hits 60 Million Paid Subscribers Ahead of Going Public

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As it prepares to go public, Spotify has reached 60 million paid subscribers, reports TechCrunch. The 60 million mark comes nearly five months after the company announced its 50 million paid subscriber milestone in March. When adding in customers who listen to the free ad-supported tier, Spotify has more than 140 million subscribers worldwide. Comparatively,...
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Hackers Take Over US Voting Machines In Just 90 Minutes
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Hackers Take Over US Voting Machines In Just 90 Minutes

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Image Credit: @tjhorner Today, election hacking is not just about hacking voting machines, rather it now also includes hacking and leaking dirty secrets of the targeted political parties—and there won’t be a perfect example than the last year’s US presidential election. But, in countries like America, even hacking electronic voting machines...
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Scaramucci is out as White House communications chief | USA News
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Scaramucci is out as White House communications chief | USA News

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Anthony Scaramucci is out as White House communications director after just 11 days on the job – and just hours after former General John Kelly took over as US President Donald Trump’s new chief of staff. Hoping to turn the page on a tumultuous opening chapter to his presidency, Trump had insisted earlier on Monday that there was “no chaos” in...
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Google opens its Nearby Connections tech to Android developers to enable smarter offline apps
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Google opens its Nearby Connections tech to Android developers to enable smarter offline apps

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Google announced today the public availability of a developer tool that will allow Android apps to better communicate with nearby devices, even while offline. The company touts a number of potential use cases for this technology – like hotel rooms that sense your entry then set the temperature accordingly and turn on your favorite music, or phones...
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Alphabet’s X lab is working on renewable energy storage
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Alphabet’s X lab is working on renewable energy storage

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Storing the energy produced from renewable sources is a significant challenge, and one that a number of players, including Tesla, are looking to address. Add Alphabet’s X (formerly Google X) to the list of those making an attempt: Its new Malta project is focused on building storage facilities that can support full-scale power grids. The Malta project,...
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UK court blocks Iraqi general’s bid to prosecute Blair | UK News
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UK court blocks Iraqi general’s bid to prosecute Blair | UK News

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Britain’s High Court has blocked an attempt by an Iraqi ex-general to prosecute former Prime Minister Tony Blair for invading Iraq in 2003. General Abdulwaheed Shannan Al Rabbat’s case centred on the concept that a “crime of aggression” would be recognised under English law. But the High Court said that while the concept exists under international...
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Chrome ad-blocker shows up in experimental Android browser
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Chrome ad-blocker shows up in experimental Android browser

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Blogger Carsten Knobloch noticed the new feature earlier today, and TechCrunch also got it working. We tried it on a Google Pixel running the beta version of Android O, but the option didn’t show up on our end. A Google spokesperson noted the experimental nature of Canary and said that the ad-blocker was “part of our general approach of running experiments...
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Election official ‘tortured and murdered’ before vote | Kenya News
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Election official ‘tortured and murdered’ before vote | Kenya News

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An official charged with overseeing Kenya’s electronic voting system has been found dead just days before the August 8 presidential election, according to the commission’s chairman. The body of Chris Msando, a top information technology manager at the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), has been identified at the city morgue,...
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Apple Shares New ‘Carpool Karaoke’ Trailer Ahead of August 8 Launch
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Apple Shares New ‘Carpool Karaoke’ Trailer Ahead of August 8 Launch

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Apple today uploaded a new trailer for its upcoming original television show “Carpool Karaoke: The Series.” The new trailer, set to the song “On the Road Again,” teases several of the celebrities who will appear on the show. “Carpool Karaoke: The Series,” which Apple purchased in mid-2016, is based on the popular Carpool Karaoke segment from...
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Thousands to be evacuated from Lebanon-Syria border | Lebanon News
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Thousands to be evacuated from Lebanon-Syria border | Lebanon News

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Convoys of buses are waiting to transfer thousands of Syrian fighters and refugees from Lebanon’s border region into rebel territory in Syria in exchange for Hezbollah prisoners. Under a local ceasefire between the opposition fighters and Hezbollah, about 9,000 fighters and their relatives were to leave on Monday, in exchange for eight Hezbollah fighters...
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Sick of SoundCloud? Anchor offers podcast transfer with free hosting
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Sick of SoundCloud? Anchor offers podcast transfer with free hosting

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SoundCloud is on shaky financial footing, saying it only has enough money to last a few more months unless someone buys or invests in it. That’s sure to cause anxiety in content creators with their life’s work stored on SoundCloud. Now some new startups are nipping at SoundCloud’s heels by focusing on podcasting in ways the music streaming service...
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Hacker Leaks Data From Mandiant (FireEye) Senior Security Analyst
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Hacker Leaks Data From Mandiant (FireEye) Senior Security Analyst

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Reportedly, at least one senior cyber security analyst working with Mandiant, a Virginia-based cybersecurity firm owned by the FireEye, appears to have had its system compromised by hackers, exposing his sensitive information on the Internet. On Sunday, an anonymous group of hackers posted some sensitive details allegedly belonged to Adi Peretz,...
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HomePod firmware reveals iPhone 8 design and facial recognition
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HomePod firmware reveals iPhone 8 design and facial recognition

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Last week, Apple released the firmware of its upcoming smart speaker, the HomePod. It sounds like it was pushed out a bit earlier than expected as it isn’t supposed to come out until later this year. Steve Troughton-Smith took advantage of that to find out that the next iPhone is going to feature facial recognition and a brand new “bezel-less” design. Patents...
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Two storms make landfall in Taiwan |
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Two storms make landfall in Taiwan |

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It is not every day that you see one country hit by two cyclones in 24 hours. But how about two storms hitting two countries in 48 hours? This is exactly what happened when Typhoon Nesat in the western Pacific and Tropical Storm Haitang in the South China Sea combined forces – and moved on similar paths towards Taiwan and then into China. The first...
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Ring Debuts New Spotlight Cam With Wired, Battery, and Solar Models for Home Security
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Ring Debuts New Spotlight Cam With Wired, Battery, and Solar Models for Home Security

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Ring, maker of the popular video doorbells and recently launched Floodlight Cam, is today announcing a new line of Spotlight Cams. Similar in function to the Floodlight Cam but with a different lighting system, the new Spotlight Cam features LED light panels that automatically turn on when motion is detected, as well as a 1080p camera with night vision,...
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Indian veterans decry targeting of minorities | India News
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Indian veterans decry targeting of minorities | India News

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More than 100 Indian military veterans have condemned the targeting of Muslims and low-caste Dalits over suspicions of beef consumption and cattle slaughter in an open letter to Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister. The letter sent to Modi and state chief ministers over the weekend and released on Monday spoke of a climate of fear and intimidation...
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