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Twitter Will Now Put Recommended (Not Newest) Tweets At the Top Of Your Timeline — If Twitter is going to fix its growth problem, it's going to have to make some drastic moves — and, with an update today, that means even changing the timeline. — Twitter today is unveiling a new Twitter timeline …
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US government agency will consider Google's autonomous car system as the driver of the car for the purposes of federal safety standards — Feds declare that Google's self-driving car is its own driver — In a letter to Google, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration determined …
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| Lucian Constantin / PCWorld: |
Identity thieves obtain 100,000 electronic filing PINs from IRS system — The automated attack attempted to obtain E-file PINS for over 460,000 people using previously stolen personal data — The Internal Revenue Service was the target of an attack that used stolen social security numbers …
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Opera gets $1.2B buyout offer from Chinese consortium, a 53% premium on prior stock close; Opera's board unanimously recommends deal — Opera gets $1.2 billion buyout offer from mix of Chinese firms, board recommends deal — There is “strong strategic and industrial logic to the acquisition,” according to the software maker's CEO.
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| Kurt Wagner / Re/code: |
Marc Andreessen assails “anti-colonialism” in tweet defending Facebook's Free Basics, roiling Indian tech world, and later apologizes — Marc Andreessen Offends India Defending Facebook's Free Basics. (Yes, the Country.) — Venture capitalist and well-known Twitter philosopher … | Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
GitHub Updates Its Enterprise Product With Clustering Support, Updated Design — GitHub Enterprise, the company's on-premises solution for managing code, is getting a major update today. It comes at a time when there seems to be some upheaval in the company around the importance management has been putting on this product.
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Google launches alpha version of Google Cloud Functions to let devs run single-purpose functions without full server hosting, similar to AWS Lambda — Google Brings Serverless Computing To Its Cloud Platform — Google Cloud Functions, the latest addition to the Google Cloud Platform … | Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Some of Twitter's verified users notice return of promoted ads in timelines — Party's Over, Twitter VIPs: You're Getting Ads Again — Sorry, Twitter VIPs. — I think I blew it for you. — Last month I reported that Twitter had stopped showing ads to some Twitter VIPs … | Gordon Mah Ung / PCWorld: |
It's official: Intel shuts down the cheap overclocking party by closing Skylake loophole — An update from Intel will close an overclocking loophole on “non-K” CPUs. — The cheap overclocking party is over. An upcoming microcode update from Intel will close the door on a loophole …
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TechWorm, AnandTech, TechSpot, Ars Technica UK, KitGuru, bit-tech.net, ValueWalk, International Business Times and Windows Central. Thanks:@bradchacos
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US intelligence chief James Clapper says IoT vulnerabilities may be exploited to improve surveillance — US intelligence chief: we might use the internet of things to spy on you — James Clapper did not name specific agency as being involved in surveillance via smart-home devices …
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| Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: |
Y Combinator Absorbs Edtech Accelerator Imagine K12, Creating Specialized Vertical — Y Combinator, the popular accelerator program, has made its first acquisition of a kind. The fund is today announcing that it has formed a specialized vertical within Y Combinator by bringing into the fold Imagine K12, an edtech-focused accelerator.
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| Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider: |
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