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Apple opposes court order over shooter's iPhone, says US government is asking it to build a backdoor to the iPhone, calls it a “dangerous precedent” — A Message to Our Customers — The United States government has demanded that Apple take an unprecedented step which threatens the security of our customers.
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| Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post: |
Court orders Apple to disable 10-tries-and-wipe feature on San Bernadino shooter's iPhone to allow government to crack password through brute force — U.S. wants Apple to help unlock iPhone used by San Bernardino shooter — A federal judge has ordered Apple to help the government unlock …
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iPhone 5C lacks Secure Enclave, makes it technically feasible for Apple to comply with court order over San Bernadino shooter — Apple can comply with the FBI court order — Earlier today, a federal judge ordered Apple to comply with the FBI's request for technical assistance in the recovery of the San Bernadino gunmen's iPhone 5C.
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Alphabet's Google Ideas think tank becomes Jigsaw, an incubator that uses technology to solve world issues like terrorism; Jared Cohen named president — Google Ideas becomes Jigsaw — Today we're announcing the expansion of Google Ideas, Google's think tank, as a technology incubator called Jigsaw.
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| Bryan Clark / The Next Web: |
Kanye West's new album downloaded 500K times on pirate sites, calls into question value of Tidal-only release — Kanye West's ‘Life of Pablo’ already pirated 500,000 times — Kanye West's new album ‘The Life of Pablo’ may have been released as exclusive to Jay-Z's streaming music service Tidal, but it didn't stay that way for long.
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Vulnerability in GNU C library since 2008 that left apps and hardware open to attacks is patched in new update — Extremely severe bug leaves dizzying number of apps and devices vulnerable — Since 2008, vulnerability has left apps and hardware open to remote hijacking.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Instagram confirms that it's beginning to roll out long-awaited two-factor authentication — Instagram Finally Adds Two-Factor Authentication To Fight Hackers — Instagram accounts are worth stealing. Now at 400 million users including celebrities, brands, and artists making a living, it's time to add another lock to its doors.| Sapna Maheshwari / BuzzFeed: |
American Airlines sues Gogo over right to terminate agreement, claiming ViaSat's wifi is faster; Gogo stock falls over 28% — American Airlines Is Suing Gogo Over Its Crappy Wi-Fi — The company wants to switch to the competing service used by JetBlue and Virgin America — but Gogo is digging in its heels.
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| James Ball / BuzzFeed: |
Stuxnet was part of larger campaign against Iran's power grid, air defense; Israel modified the program, then launched it unilaterally, claims documentary — U.S. Hacked Into Iran's Critical Civilian Infrastructure For Massive Cyberattack, New Film Claims — A new documentary on “Stuxnet” …
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
1Password launches new subscription plan for families, allows 5 people to share passwords for $5 per month — 1Password launches a family plan that lets five people share passwords — 1Password is one of the best ways to store and manage all of your passwords, and now it wants to start working for entire families.
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| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Google open-sources EarlGrey UI testing framework for iOS apps — Google just open-sourced a tool for testing iOS apps — Google announced today that it has open-sourced EarlGrey, a piece of software that developers can use to more easily build and run user interface tests on source code for iOS apps.
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| James Risley / GeekWire: |
Former lead architect of Windows 95 announces Swipe, an open-source document creation platform for mobile — Windows 95 architect launches open-source, media-rich document creation platform for mobile devices … PowerPoint is fine for your business presentation, but getting your message across …
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google launches TensorFlow Serving, an open source project for taking machine learning models into production — Google Makes It Easier To Take Machine Learning Models Into Production — Google launched TensorFlow Serving today, a new open source project that aims to help developers …
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| Mark Walton / Ars Technica UK: |
Khronos Group releases version 1.0 of Vulkan API specification, the successor of OpenGL — Vulkan now official, with 1.0 API release and Nvidia, AMD drivers [Updated] — After missing its planned release date last year, the Khronos Group has released version 1.0 of the Vulkan API specification … | Eugene Kim / Business Insider: |
Yahoo reorganizes Yahoo Labs as both its chief scientist and VP of research leave company; the researchers will now work more closely with product teams — Yahoo just pulled the plug on its Google-like research group — Yahoo is scaling back its research lab and two of its top executives are out.
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| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Rackspace reports $32M profit on $523M revenue, up 11% YoY, weak outlook despite company's plan to offer managed services for AWS and Azure — Rackspace: Solid Q4, weak outlook and hopes to ride cloud computing support wave — Rackspace's quarter and outlook were a mixed bag … | Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times: |
Sources: Spotify had 28M paying subscribers at the end of 2015, set to hit 30M in the next three months — Spotify within earshot of 30m paying subscribers — Spotify is closing in on 30m paying subscribers, having hit 28m at the end of 2015, say people familiar with the matter.| Gulveen Aulakh / The Economic Times: |
Apple to invest $25M into 250K square foot development center in Hyderabad India — Apple confirms plans to set up technology development centre in Hyderabad … NEW DELHI: Apple will build its technology development centre outside the US in Hyderabad with an investment of $25 million …
| Chase Purdy / Quartz: |
Amazon to acquire Indian online payments company Emvantage — Amazon is suiting up to fight for India's mobile shoppers — With roughly a fifth of the world's population but only 12% of its internet users, India remains a curious case for e-commerce companies looking to tap into the rapidly-developing market.| Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed: |
Shopify's new iOS keyboard, Shopkey, populates with product catalogs, so retailers can easily share product pictures and purchase links — Shopify Smooths Way For Retailers Selling On Social With New Keyboard — Social media has made us weirdly comfortable addressing corporations like people … | Amie Tsang / New York Times: |
Fairchild rejects $2.5B bid by China Resources Microelectronics and Hua Capital over regulatory concerns, still favors ON Semiconductor's offer — Fairchild Rejects Chinese Takeover Bid Over Regulatory Concerns — HONG KONG — The chip maker Fairchild Semiconductor International has rejected …
| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google quietly shutters Play for Education, will continue to support existing users until the end-of-life date of their tablets — Google Quietly Shutters Play For Education — Back in 2013, Google launched Play for Education, a program that made it easier for educators to purchase apps …
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