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Proposed new UK surveillance bill requires ISPs to store which sites users visit for a year — May unveils plan to store web browsing — Internet firms will have to store data on what people access online for a year, under new surveillance law plans. — At the same time …
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Sources: Jet raises $500M round led by Fidelity, at a pre-money valuation of $1B — Jet.com raises $500 million from Fidelity — Jet.com, the ambitious e-commerce startup taking on Amazon, has raised a $500 million round of venture capital led by Fidelity, according to people familiar with the company.| Arik Hesseldahl / Re/code: |
Microsoft and Red Hat Team Up to Offer Linux on Azure Cloud — Microsoft said today that it will offer Red Hat's version of the open source Linux operating system on its Azure cloud computing platform. — The alliance, which will be detailed in a webcast later today …
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| Timothy B. Lee / Vox: |
Bitcoin economy: price is at highest level of the year, transaction volume increasing, becoming more international, growing number of Bitcoin ATMs — The growing Bitcoin economy, in 5 charts — Bitcoin hasn't received the kind of hype in 2015 that it has in previous years.| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft begins accepting signups for Cortana for iOS beta in US and China — Microsoft opens up its Cortana for iPhone beta — Microsoft is getting ready to let iPhone users test a version of Cortana for iOS. The software maker has been steadily testing the app over the past six months internally …
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| Jeremy Kirk / PCWorld: |
Many US businesses are still running XcodeGhost-infected Apple apps — A new version of XcodeGhost has also appeared that tries to defeat defenses built into iOS 9 — Dozens of U.S. enterprises are still using Apple mobile apps seeded with malware for a clever hacking scheme revealed last month known as XcodeGhost.
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| Carolyn Said / San Francisco Chronicle: |
Prop. F: Voters reject measure to restrict Airbnb rentals — San Francisco voters were poised Tuesday night to hand a decisive victory to Airbnb and city residents who want to turn their homes into vacation rentals. Proposition F, a measure to curb short-term rentals drastically …
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| Manish Singh / NDTV Gadgets360.com: |
10 Months and 2 Million Downloads Later, Vivaldi Browser Hits Beta — Perhaps the world could do without a new Web browser. Google's Chrome, despite being a resource and battery hog, manages to get the work done for most, while Windows 10 continues to help Microsoft Edge be the default browser for millions of users.| Jacob Demmitt / GeekWire: |
Fast-growing OfferUp breaks silence with $90M in funding, goes after Craigslist … OfferUp — one of the Seattle area's most valuable, secretive and fastest growing startups — announced more than $90 million in total funding on Wednesday as the online marketplace for buying and selling goods comes …
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MPAA claims responsibility for shutting down popcorntime.io and torrent site YTS — MPAA Touts Big Legal Success Against Popcorn Time — The studios trade association has scored injunctions in Canada and New Zealand over PopcornTime.io and the torrent outfit YTS.| Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch: |
Twitter Engineering Manager Leslie Miley Leaves Company Because Of Diversity Issues — Twitter Engineering Manager Leslie Miley, the only black engineer in a leadership position at Twitter, just publicly announced that he has left the company. In his post, he says his reasons for leaving …
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| Peg Brickley / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple and GT Advanced reach new settlement on remaining debt of $439M — Apple and Sapphire Supplier Reach New Accord on $439 Million Loan — Deal calls for Nov. 23 auction of equipment and awaits bankruptcy judge's approval — GT Advanced Technologies Inc. has reached an accord …
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| Glyn Moody / Ars Technica UK: |
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