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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Lenovo PCs ship with man-in-the-middle Superfish adware that breaks HTTPS connections, affects Chrome and Internet Explorer — Lenovo PCs ship with man-in-the-middle adware that breaks HTTPS connections — Superfish may make it trivial for attackers to spoof any HTTPS website.
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| Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac: |
Apple reportedly poached employees from A123 Systems to work on battery tech, now faces unfair competition lawsuit — Apple has poached five key engineers from A123 Systems to work in a new battery division at the Cupertino technology company, with some hires possibly going as far back as June, a new report claims.
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| Kashmir Hill / Fusion: |
Samsung TVs aren't the only gadgets spying on you, list includes LG TV, Xbox Kinect, Amazon Echo, GM's Onstar and more — It's not just Samsung TVs — lots of other gadgets are spying on you — Earlier this month, Samsung was the target of a privacy dust-up due to a disturbing sentence … | Lucian Constantin / PC World: |
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| Sebastian Anthony / Ars Technica: |
UK parliament calls for Internet to be classified as a public utility — A world-class country should have world-class Internet access. — A new report, published by the upper house of UK parliament—the House of Lords—has called for Internet access to be reclassified as a public utility.
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dtg.org.uk, Financial Times, SlashGear, GamePolitics blogs, The Hill and ITProPortal
| Megan Geuss / Ars Technica: |
Revenge porn site operator Hunter Moore pleads guilty to hacking, ID theft — Moore, once deemed the “most hated man on the Internet,” ran IsAnyoneUp.com. — On Wednesday, Hunter Moore, 28, the notorious founder and operator of revenge porn site IsAnyoneUp.com pleaded guilty [PDF] …
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| Jessi Hempel / Wired: |
White House Names DJ Patil as the First US Chief Data Scientist — It's finally official: The White House has named DJ Patil its first ever Chief Data Scientist and Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Data Policy. — Yes, that's a mouthful. Even as an acronym, Patil's new title is ten letters long: CDCaDCTODT.
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| Johnathan Nightingale / meandering wildly: |
Mozilla's VP in charge of Firefox Johnathan Nightingale to step down at the end of March — Home for a Rest — Earlier today, I sent this note to the global mozilla employees list. It was not an easy send button to push. — One of the many, many things Mozilla has taught me over the years is not to bury the lede, so here goes:
| Ritsuko Ando / Reuters: |
Sony three-year plan to focus on PlayStation and camera sensors; company may exit smartphone and TV markets — Sony sees 25-fold profit jump by 2018; could exit TVs, phones — (Reuters) - Sony Corp (6758.T) aims to boost operating profit 25-fold within three years by growing its camera sensors …
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| Ben Popper / The Verge: |
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| TechCrunch: |
Snapchat Now Lets You Shoot Video And Play Music At The Same Time — Snapchat has solved one of the most annoying problems with mobile video so you can finally record your dance parties, even if you're the DJ. — The startup been experimenting for some time with ways to better integrate music into its application.
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Guardian, The Next Web, The Verge, Gigaom, Business Insider, Engadget, iMore, Google Operating System and Inc.com. Tweets: @joshconstine
| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
Pandora testing a message service that lets artists send audio messages to fans — Pandora to Let Music Artists Like Lenny Kravitz Send Audio Messages to Fans (Video) — Even Pandora wants in on the messaging boom. — The music streaming service is launching a pilot test this week … | Eric Blattberg / Digiday: |
YouTube prohibits sponsored overlays to keep creators from cutting Google out of ad revenues — YouTube makes a move against brand-sponsored videos — YouTube is putting down the clamps on video creators who work directly with brands, nudging them instead to rely on Google's sales team for deals.| Serenity Caldwell / iMore: |
Astropad is a $50 sketching app that mirrors a Mac display on an iPad at a high frame rate with functionality similar to a Wacom tablet — Astropad brings the Cintiq experience to your iPad — The iPad's made great progress in the sketching world, but it's still been hampered …
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SlashGear, The Verge, Macworld, Gigaom, connect.dpreview.com and The Next Web
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| Brooks Barnes / New York Times: |
Entertainment firm Whalerock creates online and app-based channels for celebrities to reach fans directly with paid and free programming — Coming Soon: Celebrity Web Networks From the Media Company Whalerock — SANTA MONICA, Calif. — An under-the-radar media company here called Whalerock … | Lauren Goode / Re/code: |
Ray Super Remote is a $199 touchscreen remote that can recommend content, easily switch inputs — Ray Wants to Change Your TV Experience, With a Touchscreen Remote Control (Video) — As more set-top boxes, game consoles and sticks that stream Web video crowd the main television set in the home …
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TechSpot, Digital Trends, PC World, PC Magazine, TechCrunch, Virtual Press Office, Gigaom and Variety
| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Uber expands Series E round by $1B, bringing the total capacity for round up to $2.8B — Facing Demand, Uber Expands Funding Round by $1 Billion — Uber, the ride-hailing service, likes to trumpet its popularity with consumers. Their fervor is surpassed, perhaps, only by investors'.
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VatorNews, TechCrunch, Forbes, GeekWire, Business Insider, Re/code and silicontap.com
| Dustin Volz / National Journal: |
Google Calls FBI's Plan to Expand Hacking Power a ‘Monumental’ Constitutional Threat — Any change in accessing computer data should go through Congress, the search giant said. — Google is warning that the government's quiet plan to expand the FBI's authority to remotely access computer files amounts …
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Google Public Policy Blog, Guardian, The Next Web, Ars Technica, 9to5Google, Gigaom, VentureBeat, SiliconBeat, The Verge, Slashdot and The Hill
Tweets: @declanm, @mattcutts and @csoghoian
| John Cook / GeekWire: |
Software maker K2 raises more than $100M to help businesses build custom applications … K2 may not be the best known software company in the Seattle area. In fact, most people hearing the name probably first think of the Seattle-based ski manufacturer. — But in the shadow of companies …
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PE Hub Blog, TechCrunch, www.k2.com, Brier Dudley's blog, Forbes and Xconomy
| Newley Purnell / Wall Street Journal: |
Google Capital's first international expansion set for India — Google Capital Sets Sights on India — More evidence of global investors' growing interest in India's startups: Google's new investment arm is setting up shop in the country. — In what will mark the first such expansion outside the U.S. …
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