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Johns Hopkins researchers find an iMessage bug that allows attackers to decrypt photos and videos on older iOS versions — Johns Hopkins researchers poke a hole in Apple's encryption — Apple's growing arsenal of encryption techniques — shielding data on devices as well as real …
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How the White House, initially receptive to Apple's arguments for strong encryption, came to support the FBI — The Behind-the-Scenes Fight Between Apple and the FBI — On June 2, 2014, Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook took the stage at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference …
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US Supreme Court agrees to hear Samsung's appeal in Apple patent case — U.S. top court agrees to hear Samsung-Apple patent fight — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday stepped into the high-profile patent fight between the world's two fiercest smartphone rivals, Apple and Samsung … | Annalee Newitz / Ars Technica: |
Facebook “multicultural affinity” ad targeting guesses user's race based on behavior, used to serve different Straight Outta Compton film trailers — Facebook's ad platform now guesses at your race based on your behavior — Company profiles users so Facebook can sell against their “ethnic affinity.”
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Medium spins off longform publication Matter as separate company, Matter Studios, owned and funded by Ev Williams, aims to be incubator for digital storytellers — Medium spins off Matter into new company owned by Ev Williams — The self-publishing service and social network Medium … | Chris Grove / Legal Sports Report: |
FanDuel, DraftKings reach settlement with New York attorney general: sites to stop operating in the state until September, pending new legislation — FanDuel, DraftKings Reach Settlement With New York Attorney General — FanDuel and DraftKings have reached a settlement with the office … | Blaise Zerega / VentureBeat: |
Mattermark announces $7.3M Series B at a $42M valuation, led by Foundry Group, which also led their Series A; company now emphasizing sales intelligence service — Sales research startup Mattermark raises $7.3 million, now valued at $42 million — Mattermark, which has evolved rapidly …
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GoDaddy launches AWS-style servers and apps to build, test and scale cloud services — GoDaddy, the web hosting and domain registration company that went public last year, is adding new cloud services to grow the revenues it makes from the 14 million small businesses that make up the majority of its customer base.
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Geoffrey Hinton, the “godfather of neural networks” on the importance of AlphaGo's use of intuition, why humans shouldn't fear AI, and what AI can take on next — The meaning of AlphaGo, the AI program that beat a Go champ — In the right circles, it had all the buzz … | Rudy Takala / Washington Examiner: |
Google developed tool to publicly track defections in Syria, planned to share with Al Jazeera, Clinton state department email from July 2012 shows — Clinton email reveals: Google sought overthrow of Syria's Assad — Google in 2012 sought to help insurgents overthrow Syrian President Bashar Assad …
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How 21-year-old Opera sold for $1.2B and why CEO Lars Boilesen and CTO Håkon Wium Lie are ambivalent about it — Opera's $1.2B sale: Shocking underdog victory or cruel twist of fate 21 years in the making? — The news that Norway's Opera Software accepted a $1.2 billion buyout offer … | Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft's Azure Deutschland region, where access to customer data is controlled by Deutsche Telekom subsidiary, now available in preview — Microsoft expanding its cloud service availability in Germany, Canada and for the U.S. DoD — Microsoft is turning on a preview of select cloud services …
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