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New Snowden documents show scope of United States' cyber war plans: infiltrate and control or destroy enemy systems and networks — NSA Preps America for Future Battle — The NSA's mass surveillance is just the beginning. Documents from Edward Snowden show that the intelligence agency …
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Elon Musk planning low-orbit Internet satellite system to compete with OneWeb, based out of SpaceX's new Seattle office — Revealed: Elon Musk's Plan to Build a Space Internet — Because he doesn't have enough going on, Elon Musk—he of Tesla Motors, SpaceX, SolarCity, and the Hyperloop—is launching another project.
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How Rana el Kaliouby and her company Affectiva developed software to sense emotions from video — We Know How You Feel — Computers are learning to read emotion, and the business world can't wait. Three years ago, archivists at A.T. & T. stumbled upon a rare fragment of computer history …
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KGI: Apple likely to launch simple stylus to enhance upcoming 12.9-inch iPad user experience — Previous Comments — Stylus, eh? — Well... I guess people will probably quote Jobs' opinion about the merits of a stylus (he was against it). — But a few thoughts:
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Turkey threatens to block Twitter unless Twitter blocks the account of a newspaper that circulated leaked documents — Turkey Threatens to Block Social Media Over Released Documents — ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish officials threatened to shut down Twitter in the country unless …
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Alibaba agrees to handle payments and shipping to China for US stores Saks, Macy's, and others — Alibaba in major initiative to court China consumer for U.S. retailers — (Reuters) - China's Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N) plans a major move to win U.S. business this year … | Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Facebook doubles its office space in Seattle, where it has grown from 90 to 400 employees in two years — Facebook soars to 400 employees in Seattle — and now it's doubling its space to make room for more — Facebook's Seattle office has reached a whopping 400 employees — and it's showing no signs of slowing down.| Paul Carsten / Reuters: |
Alibaba is beta testing DingTalk, a communications app for small and medium sized businesses — Alibaba's latest mobile messaging effort: social networking for businesses — (Reuters) - China's Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N), the world's biggest e-commerce company …
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Microsoft begins wide rollout of Lumia Denim update that brings big improvements to camera app — Lumia Camera plays a starring role in Windows Phone Denim update — Microsoft has been sharing details on its Demim update, the next step up for Windows Phone, since September.
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Survey: security products send average large organizations 17K malware alerts per week, only 19% of which are reliable — Survey says security products waste our time — For anyone who has freaked out when an antivirus alert popped up on their screen and spent time researching it only to find …
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Palantir was valued at $15B in November, making it the third most valuable VC-backed company — Palantir Raising More Money After Tagged With $15 Billion Valuation — Palantir Technologies, one of the more secretive companies in Silicon Valley, was valued at $15 billion in November …
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NSA academic advisory panel says there's no potent alternative to bulk data collection for identifying new intelligence targets — Technology offers no magic solution to bulk data collection issues, says panel — Advisory body says ‘technological magic’ cannot resolve security objectives …
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