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Obama signs Executive Order authorizing targeted sanctions over cyberattacks — A New Tool Against Cyber Threats — It's one of the great paradoxes of our Information Age—the very technologies that empower us to do great good can also be used by adversaries to inflict great harm.| Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: |
Atmel ARM-based microcontroller chip could extend battery life of small low-power devices to decades — New ARM-powered chip aims for battery life measured in decades — Atmel's 32-bit SAM L controllers, shipping soon, take low power to new extremes . — The number of things getting plugged …
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GoDaddy opens for trading at $26.15 per share, almost 31% above IPO price, raising $460M — GoDaddy's IPO Shares Surge in NYSE Debut — Web-hosting firm—known for its ads with Danica Patrick—seeks image makeover — Shares of GoDaddy Inc., a technology provider to small businesses … | JP Mangalindan / Mashable: |
Anonymous messaging app Yik Yak is testing a photo feature — Yik Yak, the anonymous messaging app, is testing a new feature that would let users share photos, Mashable has learned. — Yik Yak is in the early stages of testing the feature on some college campuses for limited periods of time … | Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Galaxy S6 Edge's curved screen is ergonomically busted and incompatible with Material Design, prioritizing sci-fi aesthetics over function — Living life on the S6 Edge — Samsung is back atop the Android throne with its new Galaxy S6. The hotly contested title for Android's best … | Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
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| Melissa Riofrio / PC World: |
Meet the Asus Chromebook Flip, a $249 Chrome OS tablet with a 360-degree hinge — On Tuesday, Google announced the $249 Asus Chromebook Flip. As the first mainstream Chrome device to offer a 360-degree hinge, the Flip can function as a tablet as well as a laptop.
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A problem with Periscope and Meerkat is that it's difficult to keep up with the real-time comment flood — The interesting problem with Periscope and Meerkat — Periscope and Meerkat are mobile livestreaming apps. Lots of tech people are talking about these apps, and using them feels like exploring a new frontier.| Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
Sprint settles U.S. class-action lawsuit for $131 million — (Reuters) - Sprint Corp (S.N) has agreed to a $131 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit accusing the third-largest U.S. wireless carrier of defrauding investors about problems dating back to its $36 billion merger with Nextel Communications Inc in 2005.| Brian X. Chen / New York Times: |
Verizon Wireless Customers Can Now Opt Out of ‘Supercookies’ — Verizon Wireless customers now have the ability to completely opt out of the phone carrier's controversial ad-targeting program that tagged users with undeletable tracking codes, which critics called “supercookies.”| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Hands on with Microsoft's Project Spartan browser: touch support is lacking and extensions aren't yet available, but annotations and Cortana impress — A closer look at Project Spartan, Microsoft's Internet Explorer killer — The Spartan army was the centrepiece of an ancient Greek city-state … | Wall Street Journal: |
How Wall Street Middlemen Help Silicon Valley Employees Cash In Early — Financial firms create ad hoc market where hot stocks of closely held technology companies trade largely out of sight of regulators — Hedge-fund manager Jonathan Sands gushed in a January email that shareholders … | Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic Online: |
U.S. Supreme Court: GPS Trackers Are a Form of Search and Seizure — If the government puts a GPS tracker on you, your car, or any of your personal effects, it counts as a search—and is therefore protected by the Fourth Amendment. — The Supreme Court clarified and affirmed that law on Monday … | David Mack / BuzzFeed: |
Google Maps celebrates April Fools by letting you play Pac-Man using real streets anywhere as your maze — Stop Everything: You Can Play “Pac-Man” In Google Maps Right Now — There goes your productivity for today. — Just in time for April Fool's Day, Google has rolled out a cool …
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NYT's Apple Watch app features custom one-sentence stories with images and bullet points; readers can use Handoff to continue reading on iPhone or iPad — The Times Rolls Out One-Sentence Stories on Apple Watch — The New York Times has developed a new form of storytelling to help readers catch up in seconds on Apple Watch.
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