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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 …
Troy Hunt / Troy Hunt's Blog:
Lack of company support and tech knowledge increase anxiety for those affected by Ashley Madison hack, based on hundreds of users' emails  —  Here's what Ashley Madison members have told me  —  I found myself in somewhat of a unique position last week: I'd made the Ashley Madison data searchable …
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 …
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.
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.
Ron Miller / TechCrunch:
Salesforce Lightning Ushers In New Design For Core CRM Product  —  Salesforce.com lifted the curtain on Salesforce Lightning today, the completely redesigned version of its core CRM product.  As is often the case with Salesforce, the announcement included several pieces.
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.

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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
The NYT added 210,000 digital subscribers in Q1, for 10.5M subscribers in total, up 8% YoY, and ad revenue fell 2.4% YoY to $103.7M; the OpenAI lawsuit cost $1M

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
The New York Times Games rolls out a Wordle archive with 1,000+ past puzzles for “Games” and “All Access” subscribers, and adds its WordleBot to NYT Games app

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: Warner Bros. Discovery plans more cost-cutting to hit financial targets for next year, including raising Max prices and the possibility of more layoffs

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
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
Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times:
Apple stock recovers after Tim Cook reassures investors, other tech stocks reclaim most early morning losses too

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Liam Spradlin / Android Police:
New Google Maps notification encourages users to share restaurant food photos
Susan Hendrich / Windows Blog:
Cortana Now Available on Android in Public Beta
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