Official: Moto Z Series Launching In India On October 4th and other top stories.

• Official: Moto Z Series Launching In India On October 4th

  Lenovo had introduced quite a few devices under the 'Moto' brand this year, ranging from the entry-level Moto E (3rd-gen) handset, all the way to their Moto Z and Moto Z Force flagships. The Moto Z and Moto Z Force were announced back in June, and have ...

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• China Hunts for Scientific Glory, and Aliens, With New Telescope

  

  But the telescope shows that the government in Beijing is also willing to spend heavily to propel China into the big leagues in research that offers few direct payoffs, apart from knowledge and prestige.“Astronomy is an ultimate expression of ‘pure’ science that has little immediate practical benefits,” Luis C. Ho, the director of the Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics at Peking University, said by email. “It is a luxury that only the most advanced economies enjoy.”China’s history o..

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• HERE, automakers team up to share data on traffic conditions

  

  Graphic depicts the range of sensor information feeding a new set of live traffic services Thomson Reuters By Eric Auchard LONDON (Reuters) - German digital map maker HERE will introduce a new set of traffic services this week that allows drivers to see for themselves what live road conditions are like miles ahead using data from competing automakers, an industry first. The Berlin-based company, owned by Germany's three premium automakers, will provide four services..

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• New iOS 10 security flaw makes it easier to crack iPhone backups

  

  According to Forbes, Apple’s latest iOS release seems to have accidentally weakened the iPhone’s security, potentially allowing unauthorized access to localized backups. Elcomsoft, a Russian firm that has created tools to break into iPhones, discovered the vulnerability as it worked to update its phone breaker tool. It found that backups saved after a user updates to iOS 10 uses a new "password verification mechanism" that skips several security checks, according to a blog post. The attack targ..

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• More Alleged Renders of the Pixel and Pixel XL Appear Online

  

  The Fall is, for a lot of Android fans, that time of year they're guaranteed a new release of Android as well as new hardware to run it on, straight from Google. Of course, previously there has been a middleman involved be it LG, Samsung or Huawei ...

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• Google pulls Krebs on Security out of the abyss

  

  Screenshot via ZDNet Security blog Krebs on Security is back online after a week of disruptions caused by one of the largest DDoS attacks on record.Last week, security researcher Brian Krebs' blog vanished from the Internet after a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) levied against Krebs on Security sustained an attack reaching 620 Gbps in size. While not successful, the attack forced the hosting provider, Ak..

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• Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Resale Of Safe Units Gets Delayed By 3 Days In South Korea

  

  Samsung is delaying resales of new Galaxy Note 7 post-recall units in South Korea until Oct. 1, the company said on Sunday, pushing the date back a few days later than the previously proposed Sept. 28 resumption of official sales, in a move to speed up the still-ongoing recall process in the country. Samsung sold about 400,000 units in its home country before it issued the worldwide recall for its latest flagship device, the Note 7, stemming from the onslaught of users who reported exploding No..

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