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January 24, 2015, 11:30 PM

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Mario Aguilar / Gizmodo:
Music artists who refuse YouTube's aggressive Music Key terms lose all YouTube monetization options  —  Why Google Is Strong-Arming Artists Into Signing With YouTube Music Key  —  Cello rock n' roller Zoë Keating is really upset that Google is trying to force her to sign over the rights …
Carolyn Said / San Francisco Chronicle:
California DMV stops making Uber drivers get commercial license plates; policy review pending  —  DMV to reconsider commercial plates for UberX, Lyft drivers  —  In an abrupt U-turn, the California of Motor Vehicles late Friday night retracted its finding that drivers for ride-hailing services like Uber …
Carmel DeAmicis / Gigaom:
What 1,000 attendees at Product Hunt's happy hour show about tech culture and the company's future  —  Over 1,000 people showed up to Product Hunt's massive happy hour  —  The Product Hunt happy hour crowd in the outdoor half of 620 Jones  —  Credit: Taken by Carmel DeAmicis for Gigaom
Brian Donohue / Threatpost:
Report: automated tank gauges at over 5,000 US gas stations are vulnerable to remote hacks  —  Thousands of US Gas Stations Vulnerable to Remote Hacks  —  The gauges that detect and prevent fuel leaks at more than 5,000 gas stations in the United States are utterly vulnerable to remote attacks …
Bloomberg:
Box shares close at $23.23, up over 65% on first day of trading after $175M IPO  —  Box Surges in Cloud-Storage Debut After $175 Million IPO  —  Box Inc. jumped in its trading debut after raising $175 million in its initial public offering.  —  The shares rose 73 percent to $24.25 …
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Sony, Google, Apple Hit With Lawsuits Over Pre-1972 Music  —  The lawsuits have the potential of wiping out much older music from the Internet.  —  All of the leading providers of streaming music are now in the scorching hot legal zone involving pre-1972 music after seven lawsuits were filed …
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with Cortana, revamped Start menu, and Xbox app  —  Although Microsoft originally said it would release its new Windows 10 preview next week, the company has launched it today.  The January build, as the company is calling this version …

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