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Tech News Flash: Friday -- November 8, 2019

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UPS Chalks Up Another Drone Delivery First
Google Pays $2.1 Billion to Get Fit(bit)
Researchers Use Lasers to Hack Smart Speakers
Adobe Max Event Highlights New iPad, iPhone Tools
Microsoft's Chromium-Based Edge Browser Available as Release Candidate

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UPS Chalks Up Another Drone Delivery First
UPS has announced the first two revenue-generating residential
deliveries of prescribed medicines to consumers. Its drone delivered the
prescription medications from a CVS pharmacy in Cary, North Carolina, to
a consumer's home, and to a customer in a retirement community. The
drone flew autonomously but was monitored by a remote operator who could
intervene if needed.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86342.html

Google Pays $2.1 Billion to Get Fit(bit)
Google has inked a deal to buy wearable fitness device maker Fitbit for
$2.1 billion. The acquisition will give Google an immediate leading
position in the wearables market, able to compete against the likes of
Apple and Samsung rather than having to build up market share from
scratch. Fitbit's products are carried in approximately 39,000 retail
stores in more than 100 countries around the world.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86346.html

Researchers Use Lasers to Hack Smart Speakers
University researchers have discovered a way to issue unauthorized
commands to digital assistants like Alexa, Google Assistant, Facebook
Portal and Siri via laser beams. The microphones in devices like smart
speakers, mobile phones and tablets convert sound into electrical
signals, but what the researchers found was that the mics react to light
aimed directly at them, too.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86343.html

Adobe Max Event Highlights New iPad, iPhone Tools
New products for the iPad and iPhone headlined the opening keynote
presentation at Adobe Max, the company's annual developers conference
held in Los Angeles. Photoshop for the iPad uses Adobe's artificial
intelligence engine, Sensei, to enable new selection functionality. For
example, "Select Subject," a feature of Photoshop for the desktop, will
be available on the tablet version.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86336.html

Microsoft's Chromium-Based Edge Browser Available as Release Candidate
Along with unveiling its new Edge browser logo, Microsoft announced the
official launch date of its nearly finished Chromium-based Edge browser
and made its Release Candidate available for download immediately. The
latest beta edition of the browser is stable enough for anyone to use,
Microsoft said, and it will help IT admins prepare for the mid-Jan. 15
rollout.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/86340.html

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