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Why the Islamic State leaves tech companies torn between free speech and security — The Islamic State and its supporters use social media to post propaganda and recruit followers. The Washington Post takes a closer look at how several groups in the United States monitor this activity.| Aileen Lee / TechCrunch: |
Welcome To The Unicorn Club, 2015: Learning From Billion-Dollar Companies — It's been over a year since we wrote our original post sharing our analysis of the last decade's most successful U.S.-based, venture-backed tech companies. — As we wrote in our original post - many entrepreneurs …
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China's Xiaomi Building Patent ‘War Chest’ in Preparation for U.S. Launch — Xiaomi international head Hugo Barra said on Thursday that the Chinese electronics company is looking to file more patents and strike more deals ahead of a launch into the U.S. market.
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Hands-on with Samsung Pay, the mobile payments system Samsung recently began testing in South Korea — Samsung Pay beta test shows promise, but the evolution must continue — Samsung has begun beta testing its mobile payment system Samsung Pay in its home country of South Korea.| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
0-day attacks exploiting Flash just got harder thanks to new defenses — Flash mitigations now fully baked into Chrome; coming to other browsers soon. — A string of weaponized attacks targeting Adobe's Flash media player—including three in the past 10 days—has kept software engineers scrambling …
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HTC cancels previously unveiled Grip fitness band that was slated for a Spring 2015 launch — HTC won't ship the Grip after all, but its fitness ambition lives on — Hey, remember that time HTC built a fitness tracker (with a little help from Under Armor) and showed it off in Barcelona?| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
Asus Chromebook Flip review: great design and build quality starting at just $250, but compromised by cramped keyboard, mediocre performance — Asus' Chromebook Flip looks and feels great, unless you're typing on it — Review: $250 Convertible Chromebook compromised by cramped keyboard.
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Symantec: Spam falls below 50% of all email for the first time since 2003 — Good news for all of us who still have to use email: spam rates are dropping! In fact, junk messages now account for just 49.7 percent of all emails. — The latest figure comes from security firm Symantec's …
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Felix & Paul Studios signs multiyear deal with Oculus to develop immersive VR experiences — Virtual Reality's Wannabe Spielbergs Ink Oculus Deal (Exclusive) — Who can make dinosaurs look even better than they do in 3D? Felix & Paul Studios, which created 'Jurassic World …
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Health clinic in rural Virginia got the first government-approved drone delivery in the US — Drone Delivers Medicine to Rural Virginia Clinic — Government-approved demonstration also shows that hurdles remain — A pop-up health clinic in rural Virginia received deliveries of medicine …
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Startups grapple with prospective employees increasingly seeking information such as cap tables and liquidation preferences — Employees Wise Up — This week, a Bay Area founder was taken aback when an engineer being recruited by his startup asked for both its cap table and information regarding …
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British man Lauri Love rearrested, charged wth hacking into US government agencies including the US army, NASA, and the Federal Reserve, faces extradition to US — British man accused of hacking into US government networks arrested — Lauri Love arrested in Suffolk on an extradition warrant …
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