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Kaspersky says sophisticated malware was used to steal at least $300M from 100+ financial institutions in 30 nations since late 2013 — Bank Hackers Steal Millions via Malware — PALO ALTO, Calif. — In late 2013, an A.T.M. in Kiev started dispensing cash at seemingly random times of day.
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Source: Apple is gathering advice from carmakers and automotive suppliers about parts and production methods as it learns to build a self-driving electric car — Apple studies self-driving car, auto industry source says — (Reuters) - Technology giant Apple (AAPL.O) …
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Snapchat Discover has sent some publishers millions of views per day — Snapchat Discover could be the biggest thing in news since Twitter — A few weeks ago, Snapchat updated its app. The new version had a little purple dot in the upper-right corner of the app's Stories screen.| Dan Lyons / Gawker: |
Valleywag loses new editor Dan Lyons after just six weeks with no replacement announced — Bad News, Good News, Bad News — Bad news: I've been missing in action this week, as I've been stuck in bed heavily doped up and suffering with two things — the recurrence of an old back injury, and the flu.
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Behind the Stanford investigation preceding the sexual harrassment and rape lawsuit against Formation 8 and Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale — The Stanford Undergraduate and the Mentor — Credit: From . Ian Allen for The New York Times. — On a weekend in March almost three years ago … | Matt Simon / Wired: |
Fleet of Tug robots services a hospital in California by delivering drugs, linen, and meals; each travels an average of 12 miles per day — This Incredible Hospital Robot Is Saving Lives. Also, I Hate It — The Tug autonomous medical robot, aka Tuggy McFresh, aka Little McTuggy, aka the bane of my existence.| Dave Maass / Electronic Frontier Foundation: |
South Carolina prisons have imposed heavy penalties on over 400 prisoners for using social media, mostly Facebook — Hundreds of South Carolina Inmates Sent to Solitary Confinement Over Facebook — In the South Carolina prison system, accessing Facebook is an offense on par with murder, rape, rioting, escape and hostage-taking.
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How Pavel Durov lost control of Russia's largest social network VKontakte to the Kremlin — Crime, Punishment, and Russia's Original Social Network — Pavel Durov, founder of the Russian social network VKontakte, was home alone in his apartment in St. Petersburg on a weekend when a contingent …
Tweets: @caseyjohnston and @mattcutts
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Report: malware infections on mobiles increased by 25% in 2014, affecting around 16M devices — 16 million mobile devices hit by malware in 2014: Alcatel-Lucent — Summary:Around 16 million mobile devices worldwide was hit by malware as at the end of 2014, while attacks … | Business Insider: |
Google's co-founders are about to sell $4.4 billion worth of shares — Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are going to sell about $4.4 billion worth of company shares, according to a new filing with the SEC (which we first spotted thanks to Footnoted).
Tweets: @footnoted
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BBC Radio DJ Zane Lowe Joining Apple's iTunes Radio Effort — Noted DJ Zane Lowe, who has headed up BBC Radio 1's popular evening new music show for over a decade, is leaving the broadcaster next month to join Apple, reports BBC News. Lowe has won a number of awards for his radio show …
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