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Google to remove nude or sexually explicit images posted online without consent from its search results when requested — Google to remove “revenge porn” from search results — SAN FRANCISCO —In a significant step to combat “revenge porn,” Google will honor requests to remove …
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| Amaryllis Fox / The Twitter Blog: |
Twitter tests place and product pages that feature reviews, pricing, and buy buttons, as well as collections to curate products and places — Testing new ways to make it easier to discover products and places — Every month, millions of people Tweet about what they love: products they buy …
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| Liana B. Baker / Reuters: |
Exclusive: Advanced Micro Devices mulling breakup, spinoff - sources — Chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices is at the initial stage of reviewing whether to split itself in two or spin off a business, seeking to reverse its fortunes and take on rival Intel Corp, according to three people familiar with the matter.
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OPM hack employed rare tool also used in last year's Anthem breach, which was tied to Chinese intelligence — U.S. employee data breach tied to Chinese intelligence — The Chinese hacking group suspected of stealing sensitive information about millions of current and former U.S. government employees … | Jacob Long / Android Police: |
Pushbullet Introduces Portal, A New App For Easy File Sharing Between Your Android Device And PC — Jacob is a PhD student of communication and technology writer. He's also an avid sports fan, especially when it comes to the Chicago White Sox. When not working, you can usually find … | Charles Clover / Financial Times: |
Sources: Alibaba's online payments affiliate Ant Financial, which operates Alipay, valued at $45B-$50B after fundraising — Ant Financial valued at $45bn after fundraising — Ant Financial, Alibaba's online payments affiliate, has completed a fundraising that values the company at $45bn-$50bn …
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| Fahad Al-Riyami / WinBeta: |
Microsoft confirms that a Kinect sensor is required to speak to Cortana on Xbox One — At E3 2015, one of Microsoft's biggest announcements was the arrival of Cortana on the Xbox One. The software giant took the wraps of a new Xbox One Dashboard that was designed with intuitive navigation …
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| Jim Buckmaster / craigslist blog: |
eBay sells back 28.4% stake in Craigslist in a confidential agreement in which both companies agree to end all litigation — Exit, Stage Left — From eBay, press release: … From Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well, Act I, Scene I: … From Pando, journalism
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Leaked letter reveals European Commission told Google to expect fines large enough to act as a deterrent in EU antitrust case — Google Told to Expect Large Fines in EU Antitrust Probe — Photographer: Mark Wilson/Getty Images — The European Union threatened to levy fines on Google Inc …
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| Dawn Chmielewski / Re/code: |
WikiLeaks publishes a cache of 276,394 Sony Pictures documents after releasing 30K in April — WikiLeaks Drops More Sony Documents — Reverberations from a devastating cyber attack continue to rattle Sony Pictures Entertainment. — WikiLeaks has published a second giant cache of documents … | Emily Chang / Bloomberg Business: |
Q&A with Kleiner Perkins' general partners John Doerr and Beth Seidenberg: we felt betrayed by Ellen Pao — Kleiner Perkins Q&A: We Felt ‘Betrayed’ by Ellen Pao — Two general partners at the venture capital firm speak out about the gender-discrimination lawsuit
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| Victoria Burnett / New York Times: |
Cuba's state-run telecom, Etecsa, will open 35 public hot spots and reduce the cost of Internet access by half to just over $2 per hour — Cuba Offers Its Citizens Better Access to Internet — MEXICO CITY — Cuba, one of the Western Hemisphere's least-wired countries …
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Sources: Uber increased amount sought for line of credit to $2B from $1B, after more banks wanted in, and is finalizing the deal — Uber Finalizing $2 Billion Line of Credit — Uber originally only sought a $1 billion facility, but more banks wanted in — Uber Technologies Inc … Sponsor Posts
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