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Samsung to release two versions of 5.1" Galaxy flagship with all-metal bodies, one with a 3-sided display next month — Samsung Said to Plan 3-Sided Screen in New Galaxy Smartphone — Don't Miss Out — (Bloomberg) — Samsung Electronics Co. plans to release two new versions … | Sharon Bernstein / Reuters: |
iPhone kill switch reduced thefts by 40% in San Francisco, 25% in New York city, and 50% in London — Smartphone theft drops in London, two U.S. cities as anti-theft ‘kill switches’ installed — (Reuters) - Thefts involving smartphones have declined dramatically in three major cities …
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Tim Cook talks about Apple Watch, international growth, commitment to privacy, and more in a wide-ranging Goldman Sachs interview — Apple CEO Tim Cook Speaking Live at 2015 Goldman Sachs Technology Conference — Apple CEO Tim Cook is speaking at the Goldman Sachs Technology … | Shara Tibken / CNET: |
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Facebook launches ThreatExchange, an API-based platform that lets companies share security threat info — Facebook today launched ThreatExchange, described as “an API-based clearinghouse for security threat information.” It's really a social platform, which Facebook naturally excels at building …
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Samsung TVs start inserting ads into your movies — Thought you could watch that video on your local hard drive without ads? Think again: A number of owners of Samsung's smart TVs are reporting this week that their TV sets started to interrupt their movie viewing with Pepsi ads … | Kim Zetter / Wired: |
Darpa Is Developing a Search Engine for the Dark Web — A new search engine being developed by Darpa aims to shine a light on the dark web and uncover patterns and relationships in online data to help law enforcement and others track illegal activity. — The project, dubbed Memex … | Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica: |
FBI tries to prevent disclosure of information about use of fake “stingray” cell towers by local police — FBI really doesn't want anyone to know about “stingray” use by local cops — Memo: cops must tell FBI about all public records requests on fake cell towers.
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Samsung Display to invest $3.6 billion in new OLED production line — The company logo is displayed at the Samsung news conference at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas January 7, 2013. — (Reuters) - Samsung Display, a subsidiary of South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd …
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Study says phones are just as good as wearables at tracking fitness — Think you have to wear a dedicated fitness tracker to get accurate data? Don't worry — you may have a good excuse to skip the wristband. The University of Pennsylvania has published a study showing that smartphone apps' step counts … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
AOL Stock Drops 11% On Q4 Miss Of $710.3M In Sales, As It Pushes Ahead On Programmatic — On the heels of a plan to restructure its business to focus more on programmatic advertising and its bigger content brands, today AOL reported its Q4 earnings that show it still has some way to go on that front.| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
BitTorrent partners with Rapid Eye Studios for shows exclusive to BitTorrent Bundle for 30 to 60 days — BitTorrent partners with Rapid Eye Studios to produce exclusive TV shows known as BitTorrent Originals — BitTorrent today announced an exclusive partnership with Rapid Eye Studios to launch BitTorrent Originals.| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Security researcher publishes 10M unredacted usernames with passwords despite risk of FBI raid — Fearing an FBI raid, researcher publishes 10 million passwords/usernames — Move could advance password research—and test prosecutors' tolerance for leaks.
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Court backs NSA on internet spying as Obama ducks call for reform — U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to the nation about normalizing diplomatic relations the Cuba in the Cabinet Room of the White House on December 17, 2014 in Washington, DC. — U.S. President Barack Obama speaks … | Help Net Security: |
IBM security finds over 60% of Android dating apps are open to hacks, risking corporate data — Majority of dating apps are open to hacks — IBM Security found that over 60% of leading Android dating mobile apps they studied are potentially vulnerable to a variety of cyber-attacks … | Alyson Shontell / Business Insider: |
Dating app The League with a $2.1M seed round and a 75,000 person waitlist aims to be a more “selective” Tinder — There are already 75,000 people trying (and failing) to join The League, a Tinder for the elite — The League, a new dating app that launched in January, has a waitlist that's already 75,000 people long.| Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal: |
Search Whiz Udi Manber Leaves Google — Google veteran Udi Manber, a computer scientist best known for his work on search, has left the company to join the National Institutes of Health. — “I had a wonderful nine years at Google and YouTube, but I could not resist the amazing opportunities at NIH … | Lizzie Plaugic / The Verge: |
Scribd expands its ebook library to include comic books — The subscription service has partnered with more than 10 comic book publishers — Scribd will expand its library to include comic books today. The ebook subscription service just announced it has acquired more than 10,000 comic books … | Danny Yadron / Wall Street Journal: |
Chinese hackers reprogrammed Forbes “Thought of the Day” widget to attack readers' computers using zero day exploits in Flash and Internet Explorer — Forbes Website Used to Hack Readers — Users of Microsoft 's flagship Internet browser who visited Forbes.com …
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French Internet of Things startup Sigfox raises $113M from Telefonica, NTT Docomo, and more — Exclusive: France's Sigfox taps Telefonica, GDF Suez to raise $113 million - sources — (Reuters) - French start-up Sigfox has raised 100 million euros ($112.80 million) from seven heavy-weight investors …
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Microsoft giving away 100GB of OneDrive storage if you join Bing Rewards — “Free” cloud storage offers can be gimmicky and require you to jump through a few too many hoops sometimes, but Microsoft's offering a pretty solid deal that doesn't call for much effort.
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Jeb Bush releases 4GB of emails from his 8 year tenure as Florida governor to demonstrate “transparency”, unwittingly exposing constituents' personal data — Jeb Bush dumps emails, home addresses, and social security numbers of Florida residents online| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Dell extends its ProSupport Plus predictive monitoring service to laptops, desktops, and tablets — Dell launches ProSupport Plus for tablets, PCs — Summary:Dell is extending its ProSupport Plus effort from data centers to laptops, desktops and tablets.| Mark Prigg / Daily Mail: |
Google-owned Boston Dynamics shows off Spot, its newest, electrically powered robo-dog — Here, Spot! Google reveals smaller version of its robo-dog that can walk, trot and climb up steps - even when KICKED — Google has already shown off several robo-dogs, including one which has even taken part in military trials.
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