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March 1, 2016, 10:05 AM

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The Intercept:

Brooklyn federal judge rules in drug case that government can't use All Writs Act to force Apple to unlock iPhones — Apple Wins Major Court Victory Against FBI in a Case Similar to San Bernardino — Apple scored a major legal victory in its ongoing battle against the FBI on Monday …

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Hamza Shaban / BuzzFeed:

One San Bernardino survivor's husband supports Apple in amicus curiae, doubts shooter's iPhone contains valuable information — San Bernardino Survivor's Husband To Judge: Terrorist iPhone “Unlikely” To Hold Valuable Information — As Apple and the FBI tangle over encryption in courtrooms and Congress …

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Aaron Souppouris / Engadget:

Sony's next big PS4 update brings Remote Play to PC and Mac — Sony surprised a lot of people when it announced you'd be able to remotely play PlayStation 4 games on a PC or Mac back in November. But we're just as surprised at how quickly it's turned this around: Remote Play will come with the next big PlayStation software update.

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Peter Bright / Ars Technica:

Microsoft announces Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection service for enterprise, uses cloud to detect breaches by analyzing system behavior — Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection uses cloud power to figure out you've been pwned — New service can detect network breaches by spotting unusual system behavior.

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Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac:

New 9.7-inch iPad Pro may best 12.9-inch model with 12MP camera, 4K video — While Apple's upcoming 9.7-inch iPad Pro will mostly match the 12.9-inch version in terms of functionality, there likely will be one key difference. Internal prototypes of the smaller model include …

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David Gianatasio / Adweek:

McDonald's Sweden trialing $4.10 Happy Goggles, Happy Meal boxes that turn into Google Cardboard-like VR viewers — McDonald's Is Now Making Happy Meal Boxes That Turn Into Virtual Reality Headsets — McDonald's Sweden is launching a promotion that invites kids to turn Happy Meal boxes into virtual-reality viewers.

Justin Pritchard / Associated Press:

Google's self-driving car may have caused its first accident, hitting public bus in California at 2mph, according to company's report to DMV — Google self-driving car strikes public bus in California — LOS ANGELES (AP) — A self-driving car being tested by Google struck a public bus on a city street …

John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal:

FCC investigating whether cable firms use contract provisions to keep media companies like Disney, Fox, HBO, others from bringing programming to the Internet — FCC Probes Cable Firms' Influence on Web TV — Some contractual clauses prevent media firms from sending content to online providers

More: Wired, The Hill, DSLreports, FierceCable and Investor's Business Daily. See also Mediagazer

Ryan Mac / Forbes:

GoPro acquires startups Stupeflix and Vemory, developers of mobile video editing apps Replay and Splice, for $105M — GoPro Shells Out $105 Million For Two Video Editing Startups To Address Its Biggest Problem — The pounding waves of the public market have batters and bruised GoPro.

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:

Largely undetected Mac malware suggests disgraced HackingTeam has returned — Researchers have uncovered what appears to be newly developed Mac malware from HackingTeam, a discovery that's prompting speculation that the disgraced malware-as-a-service provider has reemerged since last July's hack …

More: Objective-See's Blog, InfoWorld, ZDNet, Reverse Engineering Mac OS X, Help Net Security, Motherboard, MacNN and Engadget. Tweets: @patrickwardle

Daniel Tyson / Ausdroid:

Google adds Virtual Reality section to Google Store; starts selling Cardboard compatible viewers in the US — Google has been moving into the Virtual Reality space for a few years now, ever since Cardboard was announced as a throwaway at the end of Google I/O back in 2014.

More: The Verge, Android Police, 9to5Google, Digital Trends, International Business Times, ResearchBuzz, Gizmodo, Fone Arena, Phandroid and Android Central

Kurt Wagner / Re/code:

Snapchat hires Sriram Krishnan, who ran Facebook's Audience mobile ad network — Snapchat Hires Exec Who Ran Facebook's Ad Network — Sriram Krishnan, the Facebook exec who's been running the company's ad network, is headed to Snapchat. — Krishnan joined Facebook in 2013 and helped launch …

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