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What to expect at CES 2016: virtual reality demos, smart home products, wearables, drones, and more — Here's what to expect at CES 2016 next week — It's officially a new year, which means that once we've shaken off the grogginess of a cheap alcohol-induced hangover … | Oculus: |
Oculus Touch controller delayed to second half of 2016, Oculus Rift remains on schedule to ship in Q1 2016 — Update on Oculus Touch Ship Date — On the path to perfecting Touch, we've decided that we need more time before release, and we'll now be shipping Touch in the second half of 2016.
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| Rob Price / Business Insider: |
Twitter is reversing its ban on political watchdog Politwoops — Four months after being banned by Twitter, Politwoops is coming back. — If you're not familiar with it, Politwoops is a kind of social media watchdog. It automatically monitors the Twitter feeds of politicians and highlights whenever they delete a tweet.
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See also Mediagazer| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
FCC: Internet speeds tripled from 10 Mbps in March 2011 to an average of 31 Mbps in September 2014, but US still ranks only 25th out of 39 nations surveyed — U.S. says its Internet speeds triple in three-and-a-half years — U.S. Internet connection speeds have tripled over 3-1/2 years …
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| Joe Mullin / Ars Technica: |
As Microsoft and Corel battle in patent lawsuits, EFF notes the absurdity of one Microsoft design patent, for a slider — Microsoft patents a slider, earning EFF's “Stupid Patent of the Month” award — The patent is ammo in a battle between MS Word and Corel's WordPerfect.| BBC: |
Sources: BBC websites hit by DDoS attack, services disrupted for several hours — Web attack knocks BBC websites offline — All the BBC's websites were unavailable early on Thursday morning because of a large web attack. — The problems began about 0700 GMT and meant visitors …
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See also Mediagazer| Scott Charney / Microsoft on the Issues: |
Microsoft now notifies users if it believes their accounts were targeted by a state-sponsored hacker — Additional steps to help keep your personal information secure — We're committed to helping our users keep their personal information secure and private.
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| Jay Yarow / Business Insider: |
Some Wall Street analysts predict an end of iPhone sales growth, shrinking iPad sales, and a tough year ahead for Apple — Apple is going to have a tough year — Suddenly, things aren't looking great for Apple in the near term. — Let's briefly run down why:| Darren Rovell / ESPN: |
New York attorney general amends suit against DraftKings, FanDuel, seeking that profits made in NY be returned, users' losses be repaid, and $5K fine per case — New York attorney general amends lawsuit against daily fantasy sites — The fight to stay in business in New York got a bit uglier … | BBC: |
BlackBerry to keep operating in Pakistan after authorities drop demands to access users' messages — Blackberry to keep operating in Pakistan — Blackberry is no longer going to shut down its operations in Pakistan as it has resolved a row concerning its users' messages.| Olga Kharif / Bloomberg Business: |
Future of Bitcoin Foundation remains unclear as support and funds dwindle, ex-board members face criminal investigations — The Final Days of the Bitcoin Foundation? — With support dwindling, funds almost depleted, and ex-board members under criminal investigation …
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Tor Project launching a bug bounty program with HackerOne, sponsored by Open Technology Fund — The Tor Project Is Starting a Bug Bounty Program — The Tor Project, the non-profit that maintains software for anonymity on the internet, will soon be offering a bug bounty program … Sponsor Posts
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