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China passes controversial counter-terrorism law that requires tech companies hand over encryption keys and other sensitive information to government — China passes controversial counter-terrorism law — China's parliament passed a controversial new anti-terrorism law on Sunday …
| Nathaniel Popper / New York Times: |
How Gary Alford, an IRS special agent assigned to work with the DEA, used Google search, old chat room logs, and more to track down Silk Road's Ross Ulbricht — The Tax Sleuth Who Took Down a Drug Lord — Gary L. Alford was running on adrenaline when he arrived for work on a Monday in June 2013 …
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Turkish sites under intensifying, weeks long DDoS attacks that disrupted some banking services over the holidays; Anonymous claims responsibility — Turkish banks & government sites under ‘intense’ attacks on Christmas holidays — Turkey is suffering from a wave of cyber-attacks on financial … | Wall Street Journal: |
For Jack Dorsey, running both Twitter and Square involves 18-hour days, a rigorous schedule, and impromptu meetings — How Jack Dorsey Runs Both Twitter, Square — Being CEO at two publicly traded companies means 18-hour days, a meticulous schedule and impromptu business meetings
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| Corinne Reichert / ZDNet: |
Comcast installs its first commercial modem with DOCSIS 3.1 technology for a customer in Philadelphia, providing speeds of up to 1 Gbps — Comcast now offering 1Gbps speeds across DOCSIS 3.1 — Comcast has connected the first commercial DOCSIS 3.1 service to a customer in Philadelphia, providing speeds of up to 1Gbps.
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Comcast, The Verge, Engadget, PC Magazine, Tech Insider, The Register, The Tech Report, DSLreports and FierceCable
| Jason Schreier / Kotaku: |
Valve says caching issue that allowed Steam users to view pages of others has been fixed, believes no other unauthorized actions were allowed on accounts — Steam Goes Nuts, Offers Access To Other People's Accounts — Steam faced something of a catastrophe this afternoon …
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| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
North Korea's homegrown Red Star OS computers watermark all documents and media files on inserted USB sticks, to track underground sharing — Inside North Korea's Totalitarian Operating System — The goal of a totalitarian regime is to control everything in a country: information, resources, and power.| TechCrunch: |
Twitter's fiscal 2015 in review: revenue grew, user growth stalled, shares are near all-time lows — Twitter's Fiscal 2015: Up, Flat, And Down — Twitter did not have a lovely 2015. The world-famous social company saw its revenue rise, its usage flatten, and its share price fall.
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| Quentin Hardy / New York Times: |
With investments from the state, an all-drone Air Force base, and high-tech talent, North Dakota has become hotbed for drone companies — A Silicon Valley for Drones, in North Dakota — FARGO, N.D. — “California and New York want what we've got,” said Shawn Muehler, a 30-year-old Fargo resident … | Valentina Palladino / Ars Technica: |
Moto 360 Sport review: $299 is a lot for a smartwatch that's only good for tracking daily movement and running, but no other activities — The Moto 360 Sport reviewed: Good, but not enough fitness to be worth it — The $299 smartwatch is a runner's companion; all other athletes look elsewhere.
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PC Magazine, Engadget and The Verge
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Diane Greene will teach Google to sell to companies; work on Bebop will continue at Google — Teaching Google to Sell ‘Cloud’ to Companies — Google taps entrepreneur Diane Greene to help win customers for its cloud-computing business — Google operates one of the world's biggest networks of computers.| Robin Wauters / Tech.eu: |
French-based LinkedIn rival Viadeo exits Chinese market, where it claimed to have 25M members, citing lack of capital it needs for growth — French professional social network Viadeo exits Chinese market, closes data center in California — The publicly listed French company behind …
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