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Former DNI Mike McConnell, DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff, and Deputy Secretary of Defense William Lynn back strong encryption in op-ed — Why the fear over ubiquitous data encryption is overblown — Clarification: Due to a production error, a version of this column was temporarily posted prematurely …
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| David E. Sanger / New York Times: |
Anonymous Obama administration sources say US will retaliate against China for OPM hack and is weighing options that include breaching the Great Firewall — U.S. Decides to Retaliate Against China's Hacking — The Obama administration has determined that it must retaliate against China …
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Microsoft Said to Invest About $100 Million in Startup Uber — Microsoft Corp. has agreed to invest about $100 million in Uber Technologies Inc. at a valuation of approximately $50 billion, a person with knowledge of the matter said. — The deal was finalized earlier on Friday …
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Sources: Uber closed round of nearly $1B with Microsoft participating, valuing the company at over $50B and bringing total funding to more than $5B — Uber Valued at More Than $50 Billion — Ride-sharing app, which just closed a funding round, reaches mark faster than Facebook
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| Dante D'Orazio / The Verge: |
Microsoft's HoloLens will ship to developers ‘within the next year’ — Microsoft will release “V1” of its HoloLens virtual reality headset sooner rather than later. CEO Satya Nadella said that the first developer version of the hologram-projecting device will come out “within the next year” …
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Xiaoice, Microsoft's Chinese chatbot, has a sense of humor, good listening skills, and 20M registered users — For Sympathetic Ear, More Chinese Turn to Smartphone Program — She is known as Xiaoice, and millions of young Chinese pick up their smartphones every day to exchange messages with her …
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| Takashi Mochizuki / Wall Street Journal: |
Japanese Police Arrest Mark Karpelès of Collapsed Bitcoin Exchange Mt. Gox — Official says police allege he manipulated the company's computer system to inflate its assets — TOKYO—Japanese police on Saturday arrested Mark Karpelès, the head of collapsed bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox …
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Facebook adds Lollapalooza festival content to Place Tips, the first event in Place Tips and first available outside the geographic location — Here's why you might be seeing Lollapalooza all over your Facebook today even though you're not there — Instead of wriggling your way through … | Patrick Howell O'Neill / The Daily Dot: |
Hackers find vulnerabilities in Industrial Ethernet Switches used in hydroelectric dams, nuclear power plants — How hackers can take over nuclear power plants — The world's most important facilities—think massive hydroelectric dams and nuclear power plants—are vulnerable to devastating cyberattacks.| Heather Somerville / Mercury News: |
Lyft forgoes global expansion in favor of U.S. market domination — SAN FRANCISCO — Lyft has walked back years of promises about a global expansion, and instead the car-booking company is doubling down on the U.S. market, hoping to beat its biggest foe here at home.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Google Straps Aclima Sensors To Street View Cars To Map Air Pollution — If a city knows what intersections are full of smog, it could add trees or change stop light schedules to improve the air its citizens breathe. Google Earth's Outreach program that equips nonprofits and public-benefit organizations …
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| Owen Williams / The Next Web: |
Kim Dotcom no longer involved with Mega, plans to create open-source, non-profit competitor — Kim Dotcom: 'I don't think your data is safe on Mega anymore' — In a Q&A session with Slashdot users this week, Kim Dotcom, the infamous former millionaire at the center of a US court case against Megaupload … | Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
Trevor O'Brien, the Product Lead Running All Twitter Apps, Is Departing — Another key product exec is leaving Twitter. — Trevor O'Brien, who joined Twitter a year and a half ago from YouTube and oversees product for Twitter's iOS and Android apps, is departing the company, according to multiple sources.Sponsor Posts
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