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February 15, 2015, 3:05 PM

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Federal Aviation Administration:

DOT and FAA Propose New Rules for Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems — WASHINGTON - The Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration today proposed a framework of regulations that would allow routine use of certain small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in today's aviation system …

Ryan Calo / Forbes:

How proposed FAA drone rules will affect safety, security, privacy, and innovation — How The FAA's Proposed Drone Rules Will Affect What You Care About — The Federal Aviation Administration announced its proposal this morning for what rules should govern small unmanned aerial systems, meaning drones 55 pounds or lighter.

More: VentureBeat

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Proposed FAA rules allow commercial drone use without pilot's license, require line-of-sight to operate, hindering services like Amazon Prime Air — FAA Proposes Rules To Open The Sky To Some Commercial Drones, But Delivery Drones Remain Grounded — After a number of delays …

More: CNN and Associated Press. Thanks:@alex

New York Times:

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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Jon Ronson / New York Times:

Interviews reveal how public shaming online ruined the lives of Justine Sacco and many others — How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco's Life — Credit: Photo illustration by Andrew B. Myers. Prop stylist: Sonia Rentsch. — As she made the long journey from New York to South Africa …

More: Vulture, The Hill, rc3.org and TechPresident

Tweets: @jeffweiner, @masalabai, @greythetick, @darraghdoyle, @jonrussell, @nytmag and @bruceps

Thanks:@peterpham

Julia Greenberg / Wired:

Emoji can be key evidence for law enforcement, but courts struggle to interpret their meaning — That ;) You Type Can and Will Be Used Against You in a Court of Law — On January 15, Osiris Aristy opened up Facebook, posted a photo of a gun and wrote, “feel like katxhin a body right now.”

Lara Lewington / BBC:

Test of four activity trackers finds substantial variation in their measures of calories burned and distance covered — Why activity trackers deliver mismatched fitness data — Fitness trackers can monitor our activity 24/7 but how accurate are the devices?

Reuters:

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) …

More: Wall Street Journal, Cognoscente, OS X Daily, Gizmodo UK, 512 Pixels, Mashable, 9to5Mac, TechnoBuffalo, Fortune, Gizmodo, The Register, Financial Times, PC Magazine, Seeking Alpha, AppleInsider, MacDailyNews, iDownloadBlog.com, The Verge, MacRumors, iMore, BGR, Engadget and 9to5Mac. Tweets: @mikeisaac

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.

Tweets: @hunterwalk, @joshconstine, @nicknotned, @ryanlawler and @glennf

Michael Zhang / PetaPixel:

Darkroom: A New iOS Photo Editor with DIY Filters, Curves, and Infinite History — Darkroom is a new photo editor for iPhones that just launched today. The app offers a number of powerful features for editing photos on iOS, including do-it-yourself photo filters, a curves tool, and an infinite history with all your edits.

More: PopPhoto.com. Tweets: @sangsara

Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:

Google amends vulnerability disclosure policy, vendors working on a fix can request 14-day grace period beyond Project Zero's 90-day deadline — Google relaxes strict bug disclosure rules after Microsoft grievances — Google today relaxed its strict 90-day vulnerability disclosure that put …

More: Bloomberg Business, Project Zero, Ars Technica, GeekWire, GMA News Online, Business Insider, Threatpost, The Register and HotHardware.com News

Amir Mizroch / Wall Street Journal:

Report: 1,500 data breaches worldwide compromised almost 1B data records in 2014, up 78% from 575M in 2013; 54% of the breaches involved identity theft — 1 Billion Data Records Stolen in 2014, Says Gemalto — Data breaches increased 49% with almost 1 billion data records compromised …

Tweets: @scottthurm

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.

Tweets: @humanswlord

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