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Home Depot slow to react to security concerns despite warnings as early as 2008, say ex-employees — Ex-Employees Say Home Depot Left Data Vulnerable — The risks were clear to computer experts inside Home Depot: The home improvement chain, they warned for years, might be easy prey for hackers.
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Behind the precarious rise of Zenefits, which makes software to simplify HR and employee benefits — Zenefits' Leader Is Rattling an Industry, So Why Is He Stressed Out? — Parker Conrad's start-up, Zenefits, is thought to be one of the fastest-growing companies in recent Silicon Valley history … | David Streitfeld / New York Times: |
Amazon has held a secret retreat for authors called “Campfire” for four years, but this weekend some Hachette supporters weren't invited — A Writerly Chill at Bezos' Fire — When Jeff Bezos tells writers to keep quiet, they obey. — Every fall, Mr. Bezos, the founder of Amazon …
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Tim Cook Q&A: The Full Interview on iPhone 6 and the Apple Watch — Tim Cook was jubilant. It was Sept. 10, a day after the introduction of the iPhone 6 and Apple Watch at the Flint Center in Cupertino, Calif., and Apple's (AAPL) chief executive officer couldn't have been happier about reactions from the audience and the media.| Austin Mann: |
Photographer extensively tests new iPhone cameras in Iceland, praises low light improvements — iPhone 6 Plus Camera Review: Iceland — v — This year I had the opportunity to be at Apple's Keynote where they announced the iPhone 6, 6 Plus and the Watch.
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Stripe's integration with Apple Pay marks another big win for the 5-year-old startup — Stripe Lands Apple in Quest for $720 Billion in Payments — Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s list of partners for its new Apple Pay service reads like a Who's Who of the payments world, including Visa Inc. and First Data Corp.
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How record-keeping and tracking technology common in schools leads to data-mined students — A day in the life of a data mined kid — Education, like pretty much everything else in our lives these days, is driven by data. — Our childrens' data. A whole lot of it.| Joshua Brustein / Businessweek: |
Getty launches Stream, an iOS app targeted at consumers for browsing and sharing images — Getty Wants to Turn Free Photos Into Profit, and It Needs Your Help — The story of the photography business over the past 20 years has been marked by two shifts: The number of photographs … | Kevin Roose / New York Magazine: |
Legal challenges could threaten the business models of the on-demand startups relying on independent contractors — Does Silicon Valley Have a Contract-Worker Problem? — An examination of tech's favorite labor model. — Shares … Earlier this year, I hired a house cleaner.
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| Nancy Scola / Washington Post: |
Bitcoin advocacy group Coin Center launches with backing from Andreessen Horowitz, USV, others — Bitcoin gets an industry-backed advocacy group — The cryptocurrency Bitcoin — and the technologies around it — has a newly organized group of advocates behind it, headed by someone …
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AVC, CoinDesk, Coin Center, CoinTelegraph.Com News and Wall Street Journal
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How Betaworks revived Digg, growing it from 1.5M to 8M monthly visitors over the last 2 years — Inside the company that rebuilt Digg — Before there was Reddit, there was Digg. Digg used to be one of Silicon Valley's hottest startups. Founded in late 2004, it became a sensation … | Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Microsoft delays Xbox One launch in China from September 23 to sometime later this year — Microsoft delays Xbox One launch in China — Gamers in China hoping to get their hands on the Xbox One will have to wait a little longer than expected. Microsoft announced late Friday that … | Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Oculus Reveals Its New “Crescent Bay” Developer Kit With 360-Degree Head Tracking And Headphones — Oculus gave the world the first look at its new developer kit Crescent Bay today at Oculus' Connect conference, which you can watch live here. Crescent Bay has a faster frame rate …
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