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Google Glass to become an independent division reporting to Tony Fadell; Glass Explorer Program shutting down; production of device in current form to end — Google calls end to Glass programme but says kit is not dead — Google is ending its experimental Google Glass programme, the BBC has learned.
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Mt. Gox CEO Denies Silk Road Involvement: ‘I Am Not Dread Pirate Roberts’ — Mark Karpeles, the CEO of Mt. Gox—which was once the world's most popular Bitcoin exchange—has denied any involvement in Silk Road and has told Motherboard that he's not Dread Pirate Roberts, the man who allegedly ran the site.
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Newly uncovered US cybersecurity report finds encryption vital to protect private data, and is at odds with David Cameron's proposal — Secret US cybersecurity report: encryption vital to protect private data — Newly uncovered Snowden document contrasts with British PM's vow to crack down on encrypted messaging after Paris attacks| Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: |
Google Knowledge Graph Now Showing Social Profiles For Brands — In November, Google began adding links to other social networks, outside of just Google+, within the knowledge graph box - but only for personalities such as famous actors, political figures and bands.
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China to create $6.5 billion venture capital fund to support start-ups — (Reuters) - China will set up a government venture capital fund worth 40 billion yuan ($6.5 billion) to support start-ups in emerging industries, in its latest move to support the private sector and foster innovation.
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EU regulator says Amazon's deal with Luxembourg could amount to unfair subsidy, violate EU law — Top E.U. Regulator Gives Details of Inquiry Into Amazon's Deal With Luxembourg — BRUSSELS — The top regulator in the European Union indicated on Friday that the tax arrangement that Amazon struck …
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Hacker's List matches professional hackers with those needing their service for $100 - $5,000 — Need Some Espionage Done? Hackers Are for Hire Online — A man in Sweden says he will pay up to $2,000 to anyone who can break into his landlord's website.| South East Regional Organised Crime Unit: |
UK cybercrime unit and FBI arrest man in UK for DDoS attack on Playstation Network and Xbox Live — Man arrested for ‘swatting’ and denial of service offences — SEROCU, has worked closely with the FBI on the operation which focused on the denial of service attack of Sony Playstation … | Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Timeline news app launches to give the historical context behind the day's headlines — Timeline Launches News App To Give You The Context Behind The Day's Headlines — One big complaint about current news coverage is that there's not enough context — an article or TV report might tell … | Stephen O'Grady / tecosystems: |
Apple's Swift rises from 58th in Q3 '14 to 22nd in Q1 '15 in Redmonk's language ranking list that uses Github and Stack Overflow data — The RedMonk Programming Language Rankings: January 2015 — With two quarters having passed since our last snapshot, it's time to update our programming language rankings.
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| Dan Levine / Reuters: |
Apple, Google, Intel, and Adobe settle US poaching lawsuit for $415M — Apple, Google settle U.S. poaching lawsuit for $415 million — SAN FRANCISCO - Four Silicon Valley companies including Apple Inc and Google Inc agreed to pay $415 million to resolve an antitrust class action lawsuit … | Joe Rossignol / 9to5Mac: |
Apple planning 5 new Chinese retail store openings by Feb, hiring for 15 new locations — Apple is committed to its promise of expanding its retail presence in China from 15 to 40 stores within two years. Apple retail chief Angela Ahrendts told Chinese website Xinhua that the iPhone maker …
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Dating site Zoosk cuts costs, lays off 15% of employees after putting IPO plans on hold — Dating Service Zoosk Lays Off 15% Of Staff, Company Confirms — Dating service Zoosk has laid off 15 percent of its employees this week, sources told TechCrunch, and the company now confirms.| Brendan Klinkenberg / BuzzFeed: |
South Carolina Orders Uber To Stop Operations — The latest regulatory battle facing the ride-hailing giant. — http://blog.uber.com — Uber's increasingly bitter fight to operate in states across the country worsened today, as South Carolina issued an order to cease and desist all operations in the state.| Marguerite Reardon / CNET: |
Q&A with Tom Wheeler on net neutrality, legal challenges, Obama's role, and being the butt of late-night TV jokes — Net Fix: FCC chief on solving the Open Internet puzzle (Q&A) — With a vote looming on new rules for Internet access, Tom Wheeler talks candidly with CNET News about legal challenges … | Steven Johns / Neowin: |
Moving the Steam folder on Linux is causing users' entire file systems to be deleted — Users of Steam on GNU/Linux are reporting that attempting to move the Steam folder - something that the GNU/Linux Steam installer doesn't allow you to set at the time of installation - is leading to everything being deleted recursively from root.
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GitHub, SlashGear and bit-tech.net
| Brian Fung / Washington Post: |
United for Patent Reform launches, a “super-coalition” against patent trolls brings together some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley — Patent reform advocates are launching a ‘super-coalition’ to whack patent trolls — What do department stores and restaurants have in common with search engines and social networks?
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| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
Mobile Industry Generated $3.3 Trillion Last Year, Created 11 Million Jobs — A new study finds that the mobile industry last year produced more than $3.3 trillion in revenue. — That breaks down to more than $400 for every man, woman and child on earth. So everyone must be feeling a little wealthier, right?
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