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January 16, 2016, 2:15 AM
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Mike Hearn:
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.
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.
Charlie Osborne / ZDNet:
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 …
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 …
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 .

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From Mediagazer

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Stephen Colbert says CBS released its statement “without ever talking to me” and talk shows have long been exempt from “equal time” rules

Cameron Adams / The Daily Beast:
Sources: CNN restricted staff from using its platforms for self-promotion, after Jake Tapper pushing his Joe Biden book turned into a “rolling infomercial”

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
The Irish Times says it now has ~150,000 print and digital subscribers, and it has reached a milestone where subscriber revenue fully funds its journalism

More News

Connie Loizos / TechCrunch:
MoneyTree report: VCs invested 33% less in late-stage companies from Q3 to Q4, while seed- and early-stage funding expanded; 2015 VC investment totaled $58.8B

Earlier Picks

Ryan Whitwam / Android Police:
Google Play Store letting developers issue 500 free promo codes per quarter for paid apps and in-app purchases
Jon Russell / TechCrunch:
Xiaomi Confirms It Sold “Over 70M” Phones In 2015, Falling Short Of 80M Target
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