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| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Target confirms breach: 40 million accounts affected — Summary: Customer name, credit or debit card number, and the card's expiration date and CVV (the three-digit security code) were breached, the retailer said. — Target on Thursday confirmed that its payment card data was compromised …
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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Sources: Target Investigating Data Breach — Nationwide retail giant Target is investigating a data breach potentially involving millions of customer credit and debit card records, multiple reliable sources tell KrebsOnSecurity. The sources said the breach appears to have begun …
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Target Pressroom, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NYT Bits, NBCNews, Betabeat, PC Magazine, VentureBeat, BBC, Help Net Security, Reuters, Computerworld, SlashGear, Business Insider, Mashable, Lifehacker, Ars Technica, We Live Security, TechnoBuffalo, SecurityWeek, Gawker, Gotta Be Mobile, WebProNews, Associated Press, Marketing Pilgrim, Digital Trends, Graham Cluley, CNET, bizjournals, The Verge, Forbes and MacNN. Tweets: @innismir
| New York Times: |
Obama Panel Recommends New Limits on N.S.A. Spying — WASHINGTON — A panel of presidential advisers who reviewed the National Security Agency's surveillance practices urged President Obama on Wednesday to end the government's systematic collection of logs of all Americans' phone calls …
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Tweets: @csoghoian, @ggreenwald, @normative, @csoghoian, @trevortimm, @sangernyt, @tonyromm, @csoghoian, @emptywheel, @jswatz, @nytimes and @jayrosen_nyu
| Andrew Zajac / Bloomberg: |
| Brendan Sasso / @brendansasso: |
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| Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg Sell Shares, Facebook Stock Price Drops — After a nice run on the Nasdaq, Facebook and its CEO are selling a big block of shares. Wall Street's reaction: We're selling, too. — Facebook says it is planning a secondary sale of 70 million shares …
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| The Switch: |
Research shows how MacBook Webcams can spy on their users without warning — The woman was shocked when she received two nude photos of herself by e-mail. The photos had been taken over a period of several months — without her knowledge — by the built-in camera on her laptop.
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| Alex Payne: |
Bitcoin, Magical Thinking, and Political Ideology — Last week, investor Chris Dixon posed a provocative dichotomy when introducing his employer's USD $25M investment in Bitcoin service Coinbase: … Now working at vogue venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, Dixon is in a fine position to speak for Silicon Valley.
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| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Apple's Redesigned Mac Pro Now Available for Online Orders — In line with yesterday's announcement, Apple's redesigned Mac Pro is now available for order through the company's online stores. The Mac Pro currently ships by December 30, though upgraded versions list a non-specific “January” shipping estimate.
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Apple, MacRumors, Gigaom, Fortune, iMore, The Verge, PC World, TechCrunch, Inquirer, TUAW, iPhone Hacks, everythingiCafe, MacDailyNews, Engadget, 9to5Mac and The Next Web. Tweets: @tim_cook
| Mike Deri Smith / BBC: |
Porn filters block sex education websites — The new filters are designed to block sites unsuitable for children — Pornography filters used by major internet service providers are blocking websites offering sex education and advice on sexual health and porn addiction, the BBC has learned.
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DSLreports, Electronista, BGR and Gigaom
Tweets: @refugecharity, @jackschofield and @hvklav
See also Mediagazer| Donna Tam / CNET: |
DA to Apple: Make iPhone's Activation Lock the rule — San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón released survey results Wednesday that he says makes an argument for Apple to enable its Activation Lock security feature on every phone. — When enabled, Activation Lock … | Paul Thurrott / SuperSite for Windows: |
Windows Phone Turned the Corner in 2013 — We're number three. And no, that doesn't suck — 2013 was nothing less than a blockbuster success for Windows Phone, which went from industry also-ran to the undisputed third mobile ecosystem, and is poised to challenge iPhone for the number two spot.| Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
No One Buys Music on the Web Anymore. Except When They Buy a Million Beyonce Albums in Five Days. — Sales of music downloads, which were supposed to rescue the music business from the decline of the CD, have been flattening for a few years. Then things got worse: This year, digital sales were down 4 percent through Thanksgiving.
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9to5Mac and iDownloadBlog.com
| Barbara Lewis / Reuters: |
Europe reaches deal on common mobile phone battery charger — (Reuters) - Mobile phone makers will have to provide a standard battery charger that can fit any device, including smart phones, under a provisional deal on a new EU law reached on Thursday. — Provided the outline agreement …
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Gigaom, The Next Web and European Parliament News
| Kara Swisher / AllThingsD: |
Exclusive: Foursquare Raises a $35 Million Round and Adds DFJ's Schuler to the Board — Foursquare, the iconic social location service, has raised $35 million in a Series D round, led by DFJ Growth and the Capital Group's SMALLCAP World Fund. — The company confirmed the raise … | Mat Smith / Engadget: |
British Airways is first European airline to allow electronics use during takeoff and landing — Following the wave of US airlines that changed policy after the FAA reassessed the rules, British Airways is letting passengers keep their electronic devices switched on for the entirety of their flight.
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Inquirer, Guardian, PhoneArena, Gizmodo and Softpedia News
| Ron / WinBeta: |
Microsoft pulls Dec 2013 firmware update for Surface Pro 2 as troubles become widespread — On December 10th, Microsoft rolled out a firmware update for the Surface Pro 2. Immediately upon downloading that firmware update, numerous users began experiencing an error code (80070490) when attempting to install the update.
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Gigaom, Inquirer, GeekWire, Computerworld, The Verge, ZDNet, Engadget, answers.microsoft.com, SlashGear, TechRadar.com, BGR, PC Pro and PC World. Thanks:@winbetadotorg
| Jon Bruner / O'Reilly Radar: |
Active Twitter accounts follow a median 117 users, 76% follow more people than follow them — Tweets loud and quiet — Writers who cover Twitter find the grandiose irresistible: nearly every article about the service's IPO this fall mentioned the heroes of the Arab Spring who toppled dictators … | ACLU: |
Senate Report Opens a Window Into Hidden World of Data Aggregators — Today, the powerful Senate Commerce Committee issued a damning report on the invasive practices of the online data broker industry. The Committee's report is the result of a year-long investigation targeting nine …
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Motherboard, Adweek, TheHill, Gawker, TheHill, Broadcasting & Cable and Digits
| Ken Yeung / The Next Web: |
Twitter's Vine gets vanity URLs: sign-up starts Dec. 20 for verified accounts and Dec. 23 for all others — As a holiday treat, Twitter has announced that it will begin allowing Vine users to register for vanity URLs for their profiles. The race begins on Friday, December 20 at 9am PST …
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Inquirer, CNET and Digital Trends
| Matthew Panzarino / TechCrunch: |
Yahoo Introduces New Style Of Flickr Embeds To Seed Content Outside Of The Site — Yahoo has introduced a new cleaner style of photo embeds today. Just about everyone has used content from Flickr in various ways at some point, especially from its great store of Creative Commons licensed images.
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Flickr Blog, The Verge, Ubergizmo, Engadget, Thomas Hawk Digital Connection, The Next Web and Off On A Tangent. Tweets: @benwerd
| Kim-Mai Cutler / TechCrunch: |
Lyft tells TechCrunch its revenues are growing 6% per week — Hey Uber, Lyft Is Growing Faster Than You — Uber's revenue numbers, which were leaked to Gawker just a few weeks ago, look bold at roughly $20 million per week. — But there isn't necessarily a definitive market winner yet …
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