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February 25, 2016, 6:55 AM

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New York Times:

Sources: Apple is working on a security upgrade to prevent the exploit method FBI is seeking from working in the future — Apple Is Said to Be Working on an iPhone Even It Can't Hack — WASHINGTON — Apple engineers have already begun developing new security measures that would make it impossible …

Enjoli Francis / ABC News:

Tim Cook defends Apple's stance, says company cooperated with FBI, but won't trample civil liberties: full ABC interview — Exclusive: Apple CEO Tim Cook Says iPhone-Cracking Software ‘Equivalent of Cancer’

More: ABC News, Financial Times, TechCrunch, CSO, SlashGear, NPR, AppleInsider, Associated Press, VentureBeat, BuzzFeed, BGR, ABC News, Ubergizmo, Cult of Mac, iMore, Silicon Republic, Patently Apple, Mashable, Washington Post, PCWorld, Daring Fireball, Silicon Valley Business … and App Advice

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Wall Street Journal:

Foxconn says it postponed signing of a definitive agreement with Sharp, sources say due to about $3B of previously undisclosed contingent liabilities — Foxconn's Deal for Sharp Now in Question — Taiwanese assembler of iPhones said it is delaying the signing of takeover agreement

More: Bloomberg Business, The Verge, Digital Trends, Reuters, MacNN, Reuters, Technology Personalized, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, AppleInsider, MacRumors, TechCrunch and CNBC

Nikkei:

Sharp accepts Hon Hai's $6.2bn buyout offer — OSAKA/TOKYO — Sharp's board on Thursday morning decided to accept a roughly 700 billion yen ($6.2 billion) takeover offer from Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry. — The Japanese electronics maker intends to restructure its operations under …

More: Re/code, BBC, VentureBeat, Patently Apple, MobileSyrup.com, iDownloadBlog.com, SlashGear, Pocketnow, Ubergizmo, Neowin, Gizmodo UK, Engadget and Associated Press

Tweets: @business, @evadou, @mochi_wsj and @business

Jay Greene / Wall Street Journal:

Microsoft buys Xamarin, known for its multi-platform mobile app development tools, source says for $400M-$500M — Microsoft Agrees to Acquire Xamarin — Deal reflects efforts to increase Microsoft software's presence on devices beyond those that run Windows

Quentin Hardy / New York Times:

With Xamarin deal, Microsoft aims to solidify Azure as cloud of choice for developers as competition with AWS, Google heats up

Lucas Mearian / CSO:

Unsecured Nissan APIs allow anyone with VIN number to access battery management, climate control, more; Nissan says it's aware of problem, doesn't affect safety — Hackers can access the Nissan Leaf via insecure APIs — A hacker could control the charging functions related to the electric vehicle's lithium-ion battery

More: Troy Hunt's Blog, BBC, USA Today, Tech Times, Silicon Republic, Digital Trends, The Register, Help Net Security, The Daily Dot, Engadget, SlashGear, Jalopnik, TechnoBuffalo and The Verge. Tweets: @amdev

Juan Garzon / CNET:

OnePlus 3 will launch by end of June, to be sold in US and other markets as unlocked phone — Exclusive: The OnePlus 3 will launch by June … Juan Garzón/CNET

More: Tech Times, SlashGear, Pocket-lint, International Business Times, Gizchina.com, bgr.in, Fone Arena, TechnoBuffalo, Ubergizmo, PhoneDog.com, Android and Me, Pocketnow, Droid Life, 9to5Google, Phandroid, MobileSyrup.com, Android Beat and Android Central. Tweets: @caseynewton

Jordan Novet / VentureBeat:

Google Docs now lets you edit and format text using your voice — Google today announced updates to Google Docs that builds on the speech recognition capabilities it introduced a few months ago. — “We launched Voice typing in Google Docs to help you capture ideas, compose a letter …

More: Google Docs Blog, Android Authority, The Next Web, Tech Times, Official Google for Work Blog, Fone Arena, BetaNews, Digital Trends, Google Apps update alerts, Mashable, Wall Street Journal, Neowin, Droid Life, Android Central, ZDNet, Android Police and Business Insider

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:

Google Fiber coming to San Francisco for some apartments, condos, and public housing units, will use existing fiber networks — Google Fiber is coming to San Francisco — Google Fiber is heading close to home for its next location: San Francisco. Google announced this morning that it intends …

Janko Roettgers / Variety:

Sources: Google to add Chromecast-like features to TV sets, starting with Vizio, could become available as early as spring — Google to Add Casting to TV Sets, Starting With Vizio (Exclusive) — Move could signal shift in company's living-room strategy — Google is getting ready …

More: BetaNews, Android Authority, SlashGear, The Verge, TechnoBuffalo, TWICE, Pocket-lint, Ubergizmo, Liliputing, The Next Web, Business Insider, 9to5Google, Gizmodo, TIME and Android Central

Reuters:

France seeks 1.6 billion euros in back taxes from Google: source — France is seeking 1.6 billion euros ($1.76 billion) in back taxes from U.S. Internet giant Google (GOOGL.O), criticized for its use of aggressive tax optimization techniques, a source at the finance ministry said on Wednesday.

More: Engadget, Business Insider, The Next Web, TechEye, SiliconBeat and The Stack

Kate Kochetkova / Kaspersky Lab:

What is known about the Lazarus Group: Sony hack, military espionage, attacks on Korean banks and other crimes — The morning of November 24, 2014 is engrained into the collective memories of Sony Pictures Entertainment employees. On that day, an unknown cybergang hacked the company's server …

More: Wired, AlienVault Unified …, PCWorld, Motherboard, Securelist, eWeek, The Register, SecurityWeek and Cisco Blog. Tweets: @kimzetter

Alex Konrad / Forbes:

Andreessen Horowitz Names Nicira And VMware Veteran Martin Casado Its Ninth General Partner — As Andreessen Horowitz looks to ramp up its investing in enterprise software and infrastructure, the venture firm is looking to a past founder who scored it one of its best exits ever for help.

More: Andreessen Horowitz, SiliconANGLE, VentureBeat, The Register, Re/code, Wall Street Journal, Light Reading, Fortune, Business Insider and TechCrunch

Tweets: @danprimack, @felixsalmon and @mathewi

Joseph Cox / Motherboard:

New court document confirms FBI subpoenaed Carnegie Mellon's Software Engineering Institute for IP addresses captured through its DoD-funded Tor research — Confirmed: Carnegie Mellon University Attacked Tor, Was Subpoenaed By Feds — Update: Kenneth Walters, a spokesperson from CMU …

More: Ars Technica, The Hacker News, Gizmodo and Fusion

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