en-gh-hotdailynews: 2015-11-04 Ghana Sci/Tech

CNN

Twitter dumps stars, adds hearts for likes
Independent Online
San Francisco - Like it or not, Twitter on Tuesday retired its star button that users click to “favourite” a post and replaced it with a heart. The messaging platform said the new system of “likes”, which is also used by Facebook, offers a better way ...
Are Twitter's New Hearts Clickier Than Stars?   Gizmodo
Twitter Replaces Favoriting Star With Heart 'Likes'   Newsweek
Twitter replaces stars with hearts, but gets no love from users   Times of India
Fortune
Hindu Business Line
CNET
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VW emissions scandal widens with new CO2 revelations
Channel News Asia
Germany's Volkswagen said on Tuesday an internal probe had found that 800,000 more vehicles showed "inconsistencies" on carbon emissions, including the first petrol engines, as the auto giant sank deeper into a massive pollution cheating scandal.
UPDATE 6-VW says fuel usage understated on some models; Porsche warns   Reuters
Volkswagen's new stunner: CO2 emissions were understated   CNN
Petrol cars now drawn into VW emissions scandal   Irish Independent
euronews
Chattanooga Times Free Press
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Google's new email feature will write replies for you
Mashable
When Google launched Inbox, its most recent email app from the Gmail team, it touted the app's ability to act almost like an assistant. Now, a year later, Google is making the app more like an aide than ever. The company will soon be rolling out a new ...
Google can now write your emails for you   Telegraph.co.uk
Google's new Smart Reply artificial intelligence can write e-mails for you   Christian Science Monitor
Google Replies to Email Overload by Writing Your Reply   Wall Street Journal (blog)
Fortune
Daily Mail
Washington Post
Google Research Blog
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Fortune

OneDrive users are livid after Microsoft reneges on unlimited storage
PCWorld
Users of Microsoft's OneDrive online storage service on Tuesday railed against the company's decision to ditch its unlimited allowance, calling it a betrayal and asking why all are being penalized for the excesses of a few. "Why punish everyday ...
Microsoft slashes unlimited OneDrive storage as trolls upload 75TB   Daily News & Analysis
Microsoft Betrays Its Unlimited Cloud Promise   Forbes
Microsoft gets stingy with free online storage   San Angelo Standard Times
ConsumerAffairs
The Australian
AnandTech
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Honda Drops Takata as US Issues Huge Fine Over Airbags
New York Times
Honda Motor Company on Tuesday dropped the embattled manufacturer Takata as its airbag supplier, concluding that the company, its longtime partner, had “misrepresented and manipulated test data.” ...

Honda dumps Takata, fined for faulty air bags   USA TODAY
Honda to Stop Using Takata Inflaters in New Models   Wall Street Journal
Defective airbag maker hit with $200M fine, Honda dumps Takata as supplier   UPI.com
Financial Times
Reuters
The Detroit News
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Activision Blizzard goes mobile with $5.9-billion deal for 'Candy Crush' maker
Los Angeles Times
A man plays "Candy Crush Saga," one of the biggest moneymaking mobile games, on his iPhone. A man plays "Candy Crush Saga," one of the biggest moneymaking mobile games, on his iPhone. (Gabriel Bouys / AFP/Getty Images). Paresh DaveContact ...

Why this company is spending billions to get parents to play more video games   Washington Post
King Digital: Why a US gaming giant spent $5.9bn on a mobile one-hit wonder   The Independent
'Candy Crush' to be bought for $9 billion   New Zealand Herald
The Nation
Sky News Australia
Bangkok Post
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Hyundai Motor's Genesis to Become Standalone Premium Brand
Bloomberg
Hyundai Motor Co. will spin off its luxury Genesis sedan into a separate standalone premium brand as South Korea's largest automaker seeks to move upscale. The carmaker plans to have a line-up of six models, including four new ones, under the Genesis ...

Hyundai will launch Genesis brand in December   Autoblog (blog)
Hyundai Makes The Genesis Luxury Brand Official, Cars Will Get 'G-Number' Names   Jalopnik
Hyundai to develop premium brand of cars under Genesis   Indian Cars Bikes
Reuters
The Korea Herald
Orange County Business Journal
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PCWorld

Security Team Reportedly Collects $1M iOS 9 Bug Bounty
PC Magazine
A team of unnamed security researchers are now $1 million richer. The researchers apparently discovered a way to break into Apple's new mobile operating system, iOS 9, netting them the huge payout from controversial Washington D.C.-based start-up ...

Apple in dark over iPhone hack   Stuff.co.nz
'Jailbreak' for iPhones wins $1m bounty   The Guardian
All iPhones hackable? Hackers harvest $1mln iOS9 bounty from NSA-linked 'bug ...   RT

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Facebook working on tech that can 'read' photographs by users
Irish Independent
Facebook is working on artificial intelligence that will be able to evaluate the world in a similar way to humans, such as being able to tell what is happening in users photos. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. Speaking at ...
Facebook says it wants to build a 'teleporter' by 2025   Mashable
Facebook is building artificial intelligence to finally beat humans at Go   The Verge
Facebook is working on AI that understands what's in your photos   Junior College
Mobile & Apps
Tribble Agency (blog)
TV Newsroom
Facebook Code | Facebook
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Instagram brings Curated Video for Halloween
Financial Company Voices
Instagram describes this new video feed as 'immersive, ' which means, the usual border, Like count and text description that we usually see in our Instagram posts. What's unusual about Instagram's first test is that it was video-only, even though it ...
Instagram Takes On Snapchat With Curated Videos   Bidness ETC
Instagram Debuts New Video Feature   Headlines & Global News
Instagram launches Moments-like video channel that brings curated video feeds ...   Tampa Bay Review
I4U News
Global Grind
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