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Prominent Bitcoin developer Mike Hearn says the crypto-currency is a failure because of community civil wars, a full block chain, and too much Chinese control — The resolution of the Bitcoin experiment — I've spent more than 5 years being a Bitcoin developer.
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| Fred Wilson / AVC: |
Bitcoin could fail, a risk factor identified in USV's investments, but the mining community will likely accept a fork this year to resolve the block size crisis — Bitcoin Is Dead, Long Live Bitcoin — I've been writing about the Bitcoin blocksize debate here at AVC …
| Brendan Klinkenberg / BuzzFeed: |
Apple to move iTunes Radio behind $10/month Apple Music paywall on January 29 — iTunes Radio Will Soon Cost Money — Beats 1 is now the only free music product for Apple. — iTunes Radio, Apple's Pandora-style internet radio service, is going behind the $10 per month Apple Music paywall on January 29th.
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About 300 Hyatt hotels in 54 countries had their payment card systems infected with malware in breach announced last year — 250 Hyatt hotels infected last year with payment data stealing malware — The hotel chain has admitted that 250 hotels in 54 countries were affected by the data breach.| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple announces it will discontinue iAd App Network for developers on June 30th — On its developer news blog, Apple has announced that it is closing the iAd App Network on June 30th. Targeted at smaller publishers, the iAd App Network let developers pay reduced rates to feature advertisements …
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| Ed Bott / ZDNet: |
Microsoft updates support policy: new CPUs will require Windows 10, a list of preferred devices will support older Windows versions, but only for 18 months — Microsoft updates support policy: New CPUs will require Windows 10 — In a change to its longstanding support policy …
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Jawbone gets $165M round in all-equity deal valuing company at $1.5B, half its highest valuation of $3B, as president Sameer Samat heads back to Google — Jawbone Gets $165 Million in Complex Down Round, as Sameer Samat Heads Back to Google — Jawbone, the San Francisco maker …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researcher: Apple only blacklisted programs exploiting the Gatekeeper vulnerability instead of fixing the underlying cause — How malware developers could bypass Mac's Gatekeeper without really trying — New researcher pokes holes in Apple's whack-a-mole approach for fixing Gatekeeper.| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
OpenSSH patches critical flaw that allows a malicious server to force clients to leak private keys — Bug that can leak crypto keys just fixed in widely used OpenSSH — Vulnerability allows malicious servers to read memory on connecting computers. — A critical bug that can leak secret … | Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Pew: Americans' attitudes toward privacy and sharing personal information vary widely, depending on the scenario, benefits offered, likelihood of spam, more — Do Americans Care About Privacy? It Depends, Because Privacy Is Personal... There have been plenty of premature obituaries … | Brad Sams / Petri: |
Microsoft evangelist shares details on Hololens: will be totally wireless, have up to 5.5 hours battery life, can link to other devices to share an experience — Microsoft Shares New Details On HoloLens: Up to 5.5 Hour Battery Life, Device Link And More — At an event in Tel Aviv …
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| Jacob Gershman / Wall Street Journal: |
Federal civil lawsuit in California claims Twitter is responsible for ISIS tweets, raising questions about liability exemptions for online publishers — Can Twitter Be Liable for ISIS Tweets? — Islamic State has been able to mobilize followers via social media sites like Twitter .Sponsor Posts
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