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iPhone keyboard for blind to shut down as maker cites Apple “abuse” of developers

Enlarge / FlickType iPhone keyboard. (credit: FlickType) An iPhone keyboard for blind users will be discontinued, according to the app’s developer, who alleges that “Apple has thrown us obstacle after obstacle for years while we try to provide an app to improve people’s lives.” FlickType includes an Apple Watch keyboard and the iPhone keyboard intended...

WhatsApp shuts down Taliban helpline in Kabul
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WhatsApp shuts down Taliban helpline in Kabul

Enlarge / Experts in the region said shutting down the WhatsApp numbers was “absurd” and “unhelpful.” (credit: SOPA Images | Getty Images) WhatsApp has shut down a complaints helpline set up by the Taliban when it took control of Kabul, after the messaging app came under pressure to block the group from using its services....

T-Mobile has been hacked yet again—but still doesn’t know what was taken
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T-Mobile has been hacked yet again—but still doesn’t know what was taken

Enlarge / A pigeon rests on a T-Mobile logo outside a mobile phone store, operated by Deutsche Telekom AG, in Munich, Germany, on Monday, Feb. 6, 2017. (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg) T-Mobile said on Monday that hackers breached its internal servers and that company investigators are in the process of determining if the incident...

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Hospitals hamstrung by ransomware are turning away patients

Enlarge (credit: health.mil) Dozens of hospitals and clinics in West Virginia and Ohio are canceling surgeries and diverting ambulances following a ransomware attack that has knocked out staff access to IT systems across virtually all of their operations. The facilities are owned by Memorial Health System, which represents 64 clinics, including hospitals Marietta Memorial, Selby...

Google Infringed on Sonos Patents, Judge Says
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Google Infringed on Sonos Patents, Judge Says

Sonos is seeking to ban the import of several Google products that are made in China. The preliminary finding will now be reviewed by the full United States International Trade Commission.