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Alibaba to launch Netflix-like video streaming service in two months

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd will launch an online video streaming service in China in about two months, hoping to emulate the U.S.’s Netflix Inc and HBO, the firm’s head of digital entertainment said on Sunday. The service will be called ‘TBO’, or Tmall Box Office, with content bought from China and other countries, as well as in-house productions, Alibaba’s Patrick Liu told reporters in Shanghai.

OnePlus 2 tipped for July launch – but what's the price?

If you enjoy the rumour-filled buzz in the run up to most flagship phone launches then there are a couple of new morsels to chew on while we wait for the OnePlus 2 to officially break cover. OnePlus has told us that the phone is arriving in “Q3 2015” and Chinese media sources say that it will hit right at the start of that three-month window in July. The less

iOS 9 may try and predict where you're going to tap next

Get ready for the future: Siri knows everything about you, your entire home runs on Apple kit, and your iPhone knows where you’re going to tap next. Or at least it may do, if we can trust a newly discovered nugget of code in iOS 9. Developers now have access to the earliest version of the software in preparation for a full release later this year, and as they snoop

5 notable features which are being stripped out of Windows 10

Introduction Windows 10 is right around the corner and more information about what the latest offering from Microsoft is going to look like, and how it’s going to work, appears every day. The new operating system is going to be free for those with Windows 7 and 8, and comes with a redesign based around user input that places far more emphasis on the users that Microsoft left behind with

Running Man of Tech: Why Apple Watch OS 2 is briliant news for runners

The dangers of too many electrolyte tablets I watched the folks at Apple launch myriad software bits and pieces this week, and there was one part that caught my attention above all the other stuff that was announced during the two and half hour presentation. Apple’s bringing out Watch OS 2 for the… well, you don’t need to be a genius to work out what… and with it comes native

China-linked hackers get sensitive U.S. defense and intelligence data: report

China-linked hackers appear to have gained access to sensitive background information submitted by U.S. intelligence and military personnel for security clearances that could potentially expose them to blackmail, the Associated Press reported on Friday. In a report citing several U.S. officials, the news agency said data on nearly all of the millions of U.S. security-clearance holders, including the Central Intelligence Agency, National Security Agency and military special operations personnel, were

White house: cannot confirm reports 14 million affected by hack

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House said on Friday that it could not confirm reports that as many as 14 million current and former U.S. government employees had their personal information exposed to hackers in a recent cyber attack on the federal government. White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the investigation continues into the breach at the Office of Personnel Management. Last week, the government said records of up to

North Korea restricts access to uncensored mobile Internet

By James Pearson SEOUL (Reuters) – Foreigners in North Korea no longer have access to the country’s 3G network, the country’s mobile phone provider said in a message sent to its subscribers in the country. North Koreans are unable to access outside uncensored Internet, except for on rare occasions, but foreign residents and visitors to the isolated country are able to buy 3G mobile SIM cards which are largely unrestricted.

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