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Hackers remotely gain partial control of a Jeep Cherokee on the highway using vulnerability found in thousands of Chrysler cars, SUVs, and trucks — Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway—With Me in It — I was driving 70 mph on the edge of downtown St. Louis when the exploit began to take hold.
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| Andy Greenberg / Wired: |
Chrysler fixes remote control vulnerability with software update that must be installed manually — Patch Your Chrysler Now Against a Wireless Hacking Attack — Earlier this month, a pair of security researchers used a wireless attack to disable a Jeep Cherokee as I drove it on a Missouri highway.| Giuseppe Macri / InsideSources: |
Group of big Silicon Valley firms, including Facebook, Google, Dell, HP, and eBay, filed amicus brief siding with Samsung in Apple patent case — Silicon Valley's Biggest Companies Take Samsung's Side in Apple Patent Fight — A group of Silicon Valley's biggest companies including Facebook … | William Boston / Wall Street Journal: |
Source: Audi, BMW, and Daimler have agreed to buy Nokia's HERE mapping service for more than $2.71B — German Car Makers Audi, BMW and Daimler to Buy Nokia Here — Nokia has been negotiating exclusively with the auto firms; final signing could happen ‘in the next few days’
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The open web can't flourish if vendors don't work towards closing the rendering performance gap between desktop and mobile web browsers — The mobile web sucks — I hate browsing the web on my phone. — I do it all the time, of course — we all do. Just looking at the stats for The Verge …
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Guardian. Tweets: @dangillmor, @richardpenner, @mjasay, @joshuatopolsky, @dsilverman, @nxthompson, @benthompson, @s_m_i, @lock and @waltmossberg. See also Mediagazer
| Karissa Bell / Mashable: |
Twitter just removed your homepage wallpaper, and people are furious — If Twitter.com is looking a little different right now, it's not just you. — The company has removed wallpapers from users' home and notifications timelines on Twitter.com Monday, Twitter confirmed Monday.
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Apple Watch review: best wearable ever, but hard to recommend this first generation version — The Apple Watch Review — Prior to the launch of the Apple Watch, there had been rumors that Apple would make a watch for quite some time. In a broader sense, the wearables industry has become …
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| Bloomberg Business: |
Toshiba Executives Resign Over $1.2 Billion Accounting Scandal … Toshiba Corp. President Hisao Tanaka and two other executives quit to take responsibility for a $1.2 billion accounting scandal that caused the company to restate earnings for more than six years.
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| Mark Bergen / Re/code: |
Profile of Omid Kordestani, Google's chief business officer, who has the absolute trust of Larry Page — ‘The Soul of Google’: What the Return of Omid Kordestani Says About the Mountain View Monolith — It is no exaggeration to say that Omid Kordestani may be the most likable person in Silicon Valley.| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Ashley Madison had a serious data management problem and the data breach is entirely its fault — Ashley Madison's data breach is everyone's problem — Late last night, the 37 million users of the adultery-themed dating site Ashley Madison got some very bad news.
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| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
Jet launches, comparing its prices against Amazon's on 90% of product pages, the remaining 10% will be updated with the feature over the coming months — Jet.com Will Launch With Amazon Prices Front and Center — Jet, the new shopping site that launches on Tuesday, promises shoppers “the lowest prices on everything.”| Christopher Heine / Adweek: |
GoPro introduces stock video licensing service, starting with 600 videos priced at $1K each and up — Brands Are About to Find Out How Powerful GoPro Videos Can Be — Spellbinding scenes captured by adventure seekers and even wildlife made GoPro the hottest video camera around.| Mike Beasley / 9to5Mac: |
Several iTunes-related services went down as Apple and MTV announced VMA nominees on Beats 1 [Update: services restored] — Several iTunes-related services go down as Apple and MTV announce VMA nominees on Beats 1 [U: Restored] — [Update 1:45 PM: Apple's system status page now reports …
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Qualcomm to Conduct Strategic Review, May Consider Breakup — Chip maker may also look at returning more cash to shareholders after activist investor presses for change — Qualcomm Inc. is expected to conduct a sweeping strategic review that will look at the possibility of a breakup …
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eWeek, TechnoBuffalo, Pocketnow, Tech Trader Daily, Fortune, Phandroid, Android Authority and The Register
| Dawn Chmielewski / Re/code: |
Analysts expect iPhone sales to propel Apple's Q3 results with 49-50M shipped, company to post earnings of $1.80/share on $49.26B revenue — Strong iPhone Sales Expected to Propel Apple's Results, Anticipation Surrounds the Watch — As Apple prepares to release its June quarter results … | Deborah Gage / Wall Street Journal: |
Medallia raises $150M round led by Sequoia Capital, at a valuation of more than $1B — Medallia's Valuation Tops $1 Billion in Latest Round … Medallia Inc., which helps large companies understand what their customers really think of them, has broken into the ranks of venture-backed companies valued …
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SiliconBeat, bizjournals, tech.co, Forbes, Fortune, TechCrunch, CMSWire.com and VentureBeat
| Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica: |
Hacking Team goes to war against former employees, suspects some helped hackers — As surveillance startup's sales grew, so did internal strife at Hacking Team. — Italian prosecutors have begun a criminal investigation of six former employees of the embattled company Hacking Team …
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| Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch: |
Square Launches Dashboard App For iOS So Businesses Can Track Sales In Real-Time — Over the past few years, Square has evolved from being “that payment company with the recognizable dongle”, to an indispensable part of the technology stack for quite a few businesses.
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Apple hires former Fiat Chrysler SVP Doug Betts who led global quality — Apple Hires Auto Industry Manufacturing Veteran — Hiring of Doug Betts may be signal that efforts to develop electric car may be gaining ground — Apple Inc. has hired one of the auto industry's veteran manufacturing executives … | Ina Fried / Re/code: |
Nokia Plans to Debut Virtual Reality Product Next Week — Nokia is set to unveil its first major virtual reality project next week at a VIP event in Los Angeles, according to sources familiar with the company's plans. — The effort, which Re/code reported in April, represents …
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