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August 25, 2015, 10:10 AM
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Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
Leaked Ashley Madison emails claim CTO hacked competitor nerve.com and exfiltrated its entire user database  —  Leaked AshleyMadison Emails Suggest Execs Hacked Competitors  —  Hacked online cheating service AshleyMadison.com is portraying itself as a victim of malicious cybercriminals …
Allison Linn / TechNet Blogs:
Microsoft Research unveils MobileFusion, a new technology that turns any mobile device into real-time 3D scanner  —  MobileFusion: Research project turns regular mobile phone into 3D scanner  —  A new Microsoft Research project lets people to create high-quality 3D images in real time …
David Ruddock / Android Police:
Tests show it is easy to insert Galaxy Note 5's S Pen backwards; doing so may damage device's stylus detection mechanism  —  [Video] Probable Note 5 Design Flaw Can Cause S Pen To Break Pen Detection When Inserted Backward, Or Get Hopelessly Stuck  —  We try not be hyperbolic here at Android Police …
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Uber tests bus-style “Smart Routes” in San Francisco, discounting $1+ off the UberPool price for riders who request pickup on specific routes  —  Uber Tests Bus-Style Discounted “Smart Routes”  —  Uber lets us trade money for time.  But the cheaper the rides, the more people who will use Uber.
Megan Quinn / Medium:
Uber investor finds using Uber is cheaper than owning a car in London or San Francisco  —  I Don't Own, I Uber  —  A year after selling my car and going full Uber, I crunched the numbers.  Guess what I found.  —  A little over a year ago, I moved to London and as part of the move, I sold my car.
Ken Yeung / VentureBeat:
Coursera raises $49.5M to help it expand to Latin America, China, and India  —  Coursera wants to accelerate its global expansion, so it went out and raised some more cash.  The online education service has raised $49.5 million in the first closing of its Series C round of fundraising.
Erin Griffith / Fortune:
Profile of PCH CEO Liam Casey, the supply chain expert of hardware manufacturing in China  —  Meet the tech industry's China fixer  —  His name isn't well-known in elite business circles, but in the tech hardware scene, Liam Casey is “the guy.”  He's the one you call for a factory connection …
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Se Young Lee / Reuters:
SK Hynix to spend $26 billion for two new South Korea chip plants  —  SK Hynix Inc, the world's No. 2 DRAM chip maker, on Tuesday said it plans to spend 31 trillion won ($25.94 billion) to build two new chip plants in South Korea, aiming to update its production technologies to boost competitiveness.
Mike Dano / FierceCable:
Comcast to upgrade all of its cable network with 10 Gbps-capable DOCSIS 3.1 technology within next 2-3 years, offering 1 Gbps speeds initially  —  Comcast: We'll cover our entire footprint with 10 Gpbs-capable DOCSIS 3.1 tech as soon as 2018  —  A top Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) …

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The New York Times Company:
The New York Times says it will continue to cover Biden “fully and fairly” regardless of whether he gives the paper a sit-down interview

Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Paramount and Skydance move closer to a deal, but Paramount's renewal agreement with Charter, which has an April 30 deadline, is a significant hurdle

Michael Sisak / Associated Press:
A US appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction, finding the trial judge let women testify about allegations that were not part of the case

More News

James Vincent / The Verge:
New pictures of Huawei Nexus 6 leak, showing a weird camera bump and confirming rumored Snapdragon 810 CPU, 3GB of RAM, and a USB Type-C port
CrackBerry.com:
BlackBerry Passport Silver Edition captured on video running Android
Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times:
Apple stock recovers after Tim Cook reassures investors, other tech stocks reclaim most early morning losses too

Earlier Picks

Liam Spradlin / Android Police:
New Google Maps notification encourages users to share restaurant food photos
Open State Foundation:
Twitter suspends API access for Diplotwoops and Politwoops, which displayed deleted tweets of politicians, in all remaining 30 countries
Susan Hendrich / Windows Blog:
Cortana Now Available on Android in Public Beta
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