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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Mark Zuckerberg's Twitter and Pinterest accounts hacked, LinkedIn password dump likely to blame — Facebook cofounder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg understandably has accounts on other social networks - it only makes sense to keep up with what the competition is up to.
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BBC, Engadget, CNET, Softpedia News and Recode
Tweets: @_ourmine_, @robertmclaws, @eastdakota and @nikcub
| Antonio García Martínez / Vanity Fair: |
Ex-Facebook employee reflects on company's culture and how Mark Zuckerberg responded to the launch of Google+ by enforcing a company “lockdown” — In Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg built not just a business, but a company culture with the fervor of a messianic sect.
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CNET, The Daily Caller, The Next Web, Gizmodo, Investor's Business Daily and Business Insider
Tweets: @nikillinit, @dannysullivan, @antderosa, @rabois, @sushubh, @caseyjohnston and @mat
| Jack Smith IV / Mic: |
Jacob Appelbaum, Digital Rights Activist, Leaves Tor Amid Sexual Misconduct Allegations — On Thursday, the Tor Project quietly announced the departure of leading digital rights activist Jacob Appelbaum from its board. At first, they didn't say why — now, we know.
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The Tor Blog blogs, The Register, Ars Technica, The Verge, The Merkle, Motherboard, The Daily Dot, Ars Technica UK, TechCrunch and Softpedia News
Tweets: @maradydd, @nikcub, @0xabad1dea, @jacksmithiv, @puellavulnerata, @cthulhusec, @doener and @victimsofjake
| Joseph Cox / Motherboard: |
Over 100M records from Russian social media site VK, with unencrypted passwords, full names, emails, and phone numbers, on sale by hacker named Peace for 1BTC — Accounts for over 100 million users of popular social media site VK.com are being traded on the digital underground.| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
After acquisition by Google, Nest got “virtually unlimited budget”, quadrupled employees, had no new products, caused constant bad PR, and may be for sale now — Nest quadrupled its employees, launched no new products, and caused constant bad PR.| Tony Fadell / Nest: |
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Tweets: @stphn_lacey, @tfadell, @tfadell, @nestmatt, @kpcb, @djtgallagher, @laurengoode, @seldo, @lexnfx, @ajs, @nickstatt and @caseynewton
| Nataliya Vasilyeva / Associated Press: |
Dozens in Russia imprisoned for social media likes, reposts — TVER, Russia (AP) — Anastasia Bubeyeva shows a screenshot on her computer of a picture of a toothpaste tube with the words: “Squeeze Russia out of yourself!” For sharing this picture on a social media site with his 12 friends …
Tweets: @freedomofpress
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Facebook is disabling messaging in its mobile web app to push people to Messenger — Facebook is removing the messaging capability from its mobile web application, according to a notice being served to users: “Your conversations are moving to Messenger,” it reads.
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Macworld, Engadget, Android Police, Fortune, BetaNews, I4U News, The Next Web, Tech Times, Ars Technica UK, Business Insider, Android Authority, iPhone in Canada Blog, Lifehacker UK, Ubergizmo, TechnoBuffalo, TalkAndroid.com, SlashGear, The Daily Dot and Pocketnow
Tweets: @jasonlk and @whatthebit
| Mike Freeman / Los Angeles Times: |
American Airlines signs contract with ViaSat for in-flight Wi-Fi on some of its planes, ending Gogo's exclusivity — An American Airlines jet sits at the gate at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. (Susan Walsh / Associated Press) — ViaSat Inc. will provide satellite-powered Wi-Fi …
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Investor Relations, The Verge, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, Chicago Tribune, Engadget, Dallas Morning News, CNBC, Associated Press and PC Magazine. Tweets: @gartenberg
| Rita Katz / Motherboard: |
Someone is distributing fake versions of ISIS Android apps, prompting infiltration fears among terror group's supporters — When they say, “There's an app for everything,” terror propaganda is no exception. In the past six months, the Islamic State (IS, ISIS, or Daesh) and its news agency …
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Engadget and International Business Times
| Kristen V. Brown / Fusion: |
Airbnb struggles against racial discrimination on its user-to-user marketplace — In 2014, when Airbnb unveiled a new logo and branding, CEO Brian Chesky penned a gushing manifesto about how the home-sharing company was remaking the world. Airbnb, Chesky wrote, wasn't just about renting …
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The Charlotte Observer, CBS News, USA Today and Fortune
Tweets: @bchesky, @pt, @bchesky, @nancyleong and @kashhill
| Brandon Chester / AnandTech: |
iPad Pro 9.7" review: same performance on CPU-bound tasks as the 12.9" model, True Tone display works exactly as intended and is one of tablet's best features — In late 2015 Apple launched a tablet that they called the iPad Pro. It had been rumored for quite some time …
Tweets: @charlesarthur
| Kris Naudus / Engadget: |
Athletes will test Visa's prototype NFC payment ring at the Olympics in Rio — For those making their way to this year's Olympic games in Rio, Visa will be the only card accepted at official venues — a pretty sweet deal for the credit provider. But, rather than be satisfied with exclusive access … Sponsor Posts
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