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March 6, 2016, 8:00 PM

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Jim Finkle / Reuters:
First known ransomware for Mac users arrives via infected Transmission BitTorrent client; Apple revokes developer certificate that enabled infected installs  —  Apple users targeted in first known Mac ransomware campaign  —  Apple Inc (AAPL.O) customers were targeted by hackers over the weekend …
Sydney Morning Herald:
Ray Tomlinson, inventor of email, dies at 74 from suspected heart attack  —  Email pioneer Ray Tomlinson dead at 74  —  Email pioneer Ray Tomlinson.  —  Raymond Tomlinson, the godfather of email, died Saturday morning of a suspected heart attack.  He was 74.
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Uber, responding to customer service leak, says it received five rape claims and fewer than 170 sexual assault claims from December 2012 to August 2015  —  Internal Data Offers Glimpse At Uber Sex Assault Complaints  —  BuzzFeed News obtains internal data on rapes and sexual assaults lodged …
Adam Pasick / Quartz:
Spotify's new Fresh Finds playlists leverage hundreds of music blogs and review sites it crawls and its own early adopter users  —  Spotify is using 50,000 anonymous hipsters to find your next favorite song  —  Spotify's personalized Discover Weekly playlist has won millions of fans …
Richard Lawler / Engadget:
Amazon reverses course, says it is bringing back support for device encryption to tablets running Fire OS via a software update due this spring  —  Amazon reverses course on encryption for its Fire tablets  —  It's been only one day since — in the midst of a debate over encrypted devices …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Delivery Hero to exit China amid huge competition; 400 jobs affected  —  Berlin-based Delivery Hero has built up a large network of online food ordering and delivery operations globally that was valued at over $3 billion as of its last fundraise, but it has now decided to call it quits in one of the biggest markets in the world.
Kim Zetter / Wired:
Inside the Cunning, Unprecedented Hack of Ukraine's Power Grid  —  It was 3:30 p.m. last December 23, and residents of the Ivano-Frankivsk region of Western Ukraine were preparing to end their workday and head home through the cold winter streets.  Inside the Prykarpattyaoblenergo control center …
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Janko Roettgers / Variety:
Samsung says it has no plans to buy Tidal  —  Samsung Says It Won't Buy Tidal (EXCLUSIVE)  —  Samsung has no plans to acquire Jay Z's Tidal music service, the company told Variety Friday.  —  “The rumor of Samsung acquiring Tidal is not true,” said Samsung spokesperson, breaking the company's silence on the matter.

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