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The Ranking Digital Rights project launches to evaluate how Internet companies and telcos handle personal data of users — World's top Internet companies and telcos rated on protection of users' digital rights — Enlarge / The 2015 Ranking Digital Rights Corporate Accountability Index.| Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter: |
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.
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Merged wireless charging groups A4WP and PMA rebrand as AirFuel Alliance — The rebranding will help reduce confusion among consumers but we still don't have one wireless charging standard to rule them all. — Following their announcement earlier this year to merge, the Alliance For Wireless Power …
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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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Proposed new UK surveillance bill requires ISPs to store which sites users visit for a year — May unveils plan to store net 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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Firefox 42 arrives with tracking protection for private browsing mode, tab audio indicators, and background link opening on Android — Firefox 42 arrives with tracking protection, tab audio indicators, and background link opening on Android — Mozilla today launched Firefox 42 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android.| Cam Bunton / 9to5Google: |
ASUS ZenFone 2 Laser: $199 gets you 3GB RAM, octa-core chip, 13MP laser autofocus, more — ASUS' assault on the mid-range market looks set to continue as the company recently announced the ASUS ZenFone 2 Laser for the US market. It's a slightly cheaper and less powerful version of the ZenFone 2 …
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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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| Lucian Constantin / Computerworld: |
Google researchers examine Galaxy S6 Edge and show OEMs add risky code as they find 11 vulnerabilities introduced by Samsung — Google researchers poke holes in Galaxy S6 Edge, show OEMs add risky code — Google's security researchers hunted for bugs in Samsung's Galaxy S6 Edge phone …
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Outerwall, owner of Redbox, Coinstar and ecoATM, buys gadget trade-in site Gazelle, which had raised over $50M, for $18M — Redbox, Coinstar And ecoATM Owner Outerwall Buys Gadget Trade-In Site Gazelle For $18 Million — Outerwall, the automated kiosk operator that runs Redbox …
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Australian model edits captions on her old Instagram posts, transforming her popular account into a screed against the inauthenticity of social media — Essena O'Neill quits Instagram claiming social media ‘is not real life’ — Australian teenager with more than 612,000 Instagram followers …
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