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I work at Sony Pictures. This is what it was like after we got hacked. — An employee* in the Los Angeles office of Sony Pictures Entertainment SNE opened up to Fortune about the personal ordeal they went through following revelations of North Korea's alleged cyber attack on the company.| Reuters: |
China condemns cyberattacks, but says no proof North Korea hacked Sony — (Reuters) - China said on Monday it opposed all forms of cyberattacks but there was no proof that North Korea was responsible for the hacking of Sony Pictures, as the United States has said.| Guardian: |
Obama says Sony hack was an act of cybervandalism, not war, considers putting North Korea back on state sponsors of terrorism list — Obama: North Korea hack on Sony Pictures was not an act of war — President tells CNN North Korea may go back on state terror list
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YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki encourages experimenting with professional content and new business models, like subscription-based Music Key, to grow revenues — YouTube's Chief, Hitting a New ‘Play’ Button — This fall, Susan Wojcicki, the chief executive of YouTube, appeared on a panel … | Rich McCormick / The Verge: |
Microsoft removes unofficial Snapchat apps from the Windows Phone store — Photo messaging service disables unofficial API to increase security — Microsoft has removed a host of third-party Snapchat alternatives from its Windows Phone store after the photo messaging service indicated …
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| Timothy B. Lee / Vox: |
Lyft says drivers can make $35/hour, but reporter who drove Lyft for a week earned $10.50/hour — Lyft says its drivers can make $35 an hour. I spent a week driving to see if that's true. — My first day as a Lyft driver wasn't going well. After dropping off a passenger in Arlington …
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Cable industry group explains why it's so afraid the FCC will regulate ISPs like utilities — Making the Internet a utility—what's the worst that could happen? — There seems to be nothing the broadband industry fears more than Title II of the Communications Act.| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
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| Caleb Garling / Matter: |
After TaskRabbit's abrupt pivot this summer, workers and employers remain angry and frustrated — Hunting Task Wabbits — Everybody's crazy mad with TaskRabbit—but the startup that launched the sharing economy really doesn't want to talk about its troubles. — Animations by Justin Cassano
Tweets: @readmatter and @benbrooksny
| Darren Orf / Gizmodo: |
Skype Translator hands-on: fairly accurate speech recognition, but translation needs work — Skype Translator Hands-On: Close But No Babel Fish — When Skype announced its real-time translation program back in May, most of us seized on the sci-fi-ness off it all—Star Trek's universal translator, Babel fish, etc.
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| Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land: |
Google still surfaces news in search results in Spain after shutting down its News site — How Google News Lives On In Spain Despite Being Closed — Did Google News really close in Spain? If you consider Google News to be the ability to browse stories by topic, especially from a dedicated home page, yes.
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| Megan Geuss / Ars Technica: |
Coin, Wocket, Plastc: The all-in-one cards trying to sprint ahead of Apple Pay — Right now the United States is entering a transition period when it comes to how we buy things. Magnetic stripe cards have become easy targets for massive fraud in the US, and major credit card issuers … | Owen Thomas / ReadWrite: |
Starbucks won't adopt Square Order when Square Wallet is retired, ending mobile-payments deal — Starbucks To Square: It's Over — You won't be able to pay for that latte with Square. — Starbucks will soon no longer take Square's mobile payments in its stores, unwinding a key aspect …
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| Bill Schrier / GeekWire: |
Seattle Police Department holds hackathon centered on tech for redacting videos recorded by officers from dashcams and body-worn cameras — Inside the Seattle Police hackathon: A substantial first step — The Seattle Police Department (SPD) held its first-ever hackathon on Friday.Sponsor Posts
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