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It might have been the most unusual customer to ever appear at Apple's Palo Alto store, but not entirely out of place in the heart of Silicon Valley. On Friday morning, among the hundreds who queued for the iPhone 6S to go on sale, it was not human, not animal, but machine.

It was by sheer chance that the software "defeat device" that allowed Volkswagen to thwart emission tests on its diesel vehicles was discovered last year. The discovery came after a few university researchers tested a group of European cars made for the U.S. market.

Facebook is giving its worldwide Internet connection project, Internet.org, a makeover that includes more security and granular control, along with a new name.

An open-source storage engine called Kudu could soon be on the way from Cloudera, offering a new alternative for companies with big data stores to manage.

Wayin, the latest venture from ex-Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy, got a considerable boost Friday with a fresh $15.4 million infusion from big-name investors including SAP co-founder Hasso Plattner.

Google said it has built a better neural network that is making its voice search work faster and better in noisy environments.

The 21st century is the era of mobile communications. Consider these stunning facts from Cisco’s 2014 Visual Networking Index (VNI):

The U.S. and China have reached their first ever cybercrime and cyberespionage agreement, but the deal is quite general and how it will translate into actions is still unclear.

As Apple's new iPhone 6S an 6S Plus went on sale today in the company's retail stores, the smartphones remain backordered for weeks when purchased online.

It's official: BlackBerry's next phone will run Android.

The phone, called Priv, will also include BlackBerry security and productivity tools, Chairman and CEO John Chen told investors Friday.

The move suggests that Chen still can't decide whether BlackBerry should focus on the more profitable enterprise mobile device and application management software sector, or remain a loss-making phone maker with one foot still in the cut-throat consumer electronics market.

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Cookies, the files that websites create in browsers to remember logged-in users and track other information about them, could be abused by attackers to extract sensitive information from encrypted HTTPS connections.

U.S. antitrust authorities may be ready to follow their European counterparts in investigating how Google licenses its apps and services for use on Android smartphones.

Verizon and Qualcomm are on track to extend LTE networks into Wi-Fi frequencies by the end of next year despite a heated controversy over whether that would slow down wireless LANs. 

Crystal ball

Following months of soothsaying, speculation, revelation and expectation, Apple’s desktop class (as powerful as a Retina MacBook) iPhone 6S hits retail today, and it looks like Apple’s got yet another hit on its hands.

Thank you Vitor in Sydney! One of the very first customers in the world to buy an iPhone 6s. pic.twitter.com/G0zdxNkuow

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10 TED Talks for tech enthusiasts

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Curated by former journalist Chris Anderson, TED (an acronym for Technology, Entertainment, Design) Talks have become a worldwide phenomenon where remarkable lecturers -- from top research scientists to fashion gurus to ordinary people -- communicate their stories and spread ideas to educate and enlighten viewers around the globe. Available to stream on YouTube and the TED website for free, TED Talks are always relatable, and their captivating... Читать дальше...

All right, you’ve had some time to think about what color, size, and storage capacity you want. You’ve read up on 3D Touch. You are ready: Today is the day the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus hits the shelves.

It's a few decades back, and at the company where this pilot fish works, new passwords are regularly chosen for users by the security system.

It's the iPhone 6s release date. Apple fans around the world rejoice at that news (well, so long as they live in one of the 12 countries blessed with the first wave of 6s and 6s Plus sales).

The 'app slicing' feature in iOS 9 that enabled developers to send optimally-sized variants of their apps to different devices is unavailable because of a bug in iCloud, Apple's cloud service for its devices.

The version of Windows 10 for devices from the Internet of Things will soon get security features from the company's operating system for computers and tablets.

When a user-experience company recently tested mobile apps from pharmacy chain Rite Aid and restaurant chain Applebee's, both apps greatly frustrated focus-group users.

Now that companies are recognizing the benefits of analytics and big data, the next step is putting those benefits within closer reach. Toward that end, MemSQL on Thursday unveiled a new tool designed to help companies tap Apache Spark without writing any code.

I have seen the future, and it is a world of unparalleled convenience, untold marketing opportunities, and zero privacy. 

The software used by Volkswagen to get around environmental standards in some 11 million vehicles effectively told each car to go into a "clean mode" when it detected the car was being tested for emissions.

Starting Friday, Sprint's in-store customers will be able to lease an iPhone 6S with 16GB of storage for $1 a month and the larger iPhone 6S Plus for $5 a month with the trade-in of an iPhone 6.