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OnePlus 2 launches with 5.5″ full HD display, fingerprint scanner and 13MP camera, priced from $329

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by on July 28, 2015 at 3:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider

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Chinese handset maker OnePlus has finally announced its second flagship handset – the OnePlus 2 – following weeks of drip-feed teaser announcements and leaks. The follow-up to the popular OnePlus One offers a 5.5-inch 1080p HD display, dual-SIM support, a 5-megapixel front-facing snapper, wide-angle f/2.0 aperture 13-megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and 64-bit 1.8GHz Octa-core Snapdragon 810 processor. You get the option of up to 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage too. Following in other manufacturer’s footsteps – most notably Apple and Samsung – the OnePlus 2 now has a fingerprint scanner, allowing you to quickly wake and…

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The NSA will begin losing access to phone record metadata on November 29

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by on July 27, 2015 at 10:35 pm
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The NSA will soon lose access to phone records it is in possession of, but the data isn’t going away. On November 29, the agency can no longer reference the call logs or gather further data, but must keep it handy for ongoing litigation. After late November, only “technical personnel” will have access to the data — but only for the purpose of monitoring the “integrity” of that info, and only for three months. The data will be stored until pending civil litigation is settled, “or the relevant courts relieve NSA of such obligations.” The NSA says it plans to…

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Medium takes a stance against revenge porn and doxxing users

Jul27
by on July 27, 2015 at 9:16 pm
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If you thought you’d turn to Medium as a means to shame or harass others, think again. The site has changed its rules, and now prohibits acts of public shaming, revenge porn, and posting private information on others (doxxing). Medium says it thought long and hard about how to best navigate the line between free speech and protecting users, but believes this is what’s best for its community: We want Medium’s rules to be like the most human and practical kinds of rules — rules of hospitality, rules of the road, golden rules. They show what we think it means for our guests…

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Periscope for iOS now lets you mute notifications and control language settings

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by on July 27, 2015 at 8:42 pm
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Periscope for iOS now lets you control which users you receive notifications from, and uses iOS’ Handoff so you can start watching a stream on one device and seamlessly transition to a different one later. A new mute feature lets you mute users that might post too often for your liking. The broadcasts still appear in your feed, but you won’t be notified about the livestream. Should you want to use a different language for Periscope, that’s now possible. In your profile settings, you can select which languages appear in your global list. Those that track performance can now view their…

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