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Sources: Russians hacked Dow Jones hoping to trade on unreleased information; FBI, Secret Service, and SEC are investigating the incursion — Russian Hackers of Dow Jones Said to Have Sought Trading Tips — FBI, Secret Service and SEC said to be probing incursion
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Jury orders Apple to pay University of Wisconsin-Madison $234M+ for infringing microchip patent — Apple ordered to pay $234 million to university for infringing patent — A U.S. jury on Friday ordered Apple Inc (AAPL.O) to pay the University of Wisconsin-Madison's patent licensing arm …
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Sources: Intel has more than a thousand people working to outfit new iPhones with its 7360 LTE modem chip; Qualcomm currently provides all iPhone modems — Intel has 1,000 people working on chips for the iPhone — Intel now has a thousand people or more working to outfit a 2016 iPhone … | TechCrunch: |
Match Group, owner of Tinder, OkCupid, Match.com, and other dating services, files to go public under ticker MTCH — Tinder Owner Match Group Files To Go Public — Match Group, a spinoff of IAC that owns properties like Tinder and OKCupid, has filed to go public.| Tom Costello / NBC News: |
US Government to announce a plan requiring anyone buying a drone to register it with the Department of Transportation — U.S. Will Require Drones to Be Registered — The federal government will announce a new plan requiring anyone buying a drone to register the device with the U.S. Department …
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| Michael Moritz / Financial Times: |
Like Theranos, many of today's tech “unicorns”, sheltered from the scrutiny of public markets, appear flimsy — The subprime ‘unicorns’ that do not look a billion dollars — It is easier to present an aura of invincibility as a private company, writes Michael Moritz
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Google removes “OK Google” hotword to trigger voice search from Chrome for Mac, Linux, and Windows — Google removes ‘OK Google’ voice search from Chrome — Google this week released Chrome 46, adding a slew of new developer features and simplifying the page's security icon.| Takashi Mochizuki / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Nintendo distributing SDK for NX game console ahead of possible 2016 launch; package to include mobile unit for use with the console or on the road — Nintendo Begins Distributing Software Kit for New NX Platform — Move suggests Nintendo may launch NX in 2016, analyst says| Brendan Klinkenberg / BuzzFeed: |
Vine's last remaining co-founder at Twitter, Rus Yusupov, among those laid off this week — The Co-Founder Of Vine Laid Off By Twitter In Recent Round Of Cuts — Vine's last remaining co-founder is out, BuzzFeed News has learned. — BuzzFeed News has learned that Vine co-founder Rus Yusupov …
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| Jacob Gershman / Wall Street Journal: |
US appeals court rules Google's book-scanning project legal, dismisses lawsuit brought by Authors Guild that alleged massive copyright infringement — Appeals Court Backs Google in Copyright Lawsuit Over Book Scanning — A federal appeals court in New York on Friday dismissed a lawsuit brought …
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| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Red Hat acquires devops firm Ansible, source says for over $100M — Source: Red Hat is buying Ansible for more than $100M — EXCLUSIVE: — Publicly traded enterprise software company Red Hat has acquired devops software startup Ansible for more than $100 million, VentureBeat has learned.| Fred Imbert / CNBC: |
Steve Ballmer says he bought a 4% stake in Twitter, which is larger than CEO Jack Dorsey's 3.2% stake — Twitter shares pop on report of Ballmer investment — Twitter's stock rose on Friday after a Bloomberg report said former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took a 4 percent stake in the company.
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