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China's internet censor says online media cannot gather news from social media without approval or publish news without verification — Cyberspace Administration's move comes days after Xu Lin, formerly deputy head of the body, takes on top role — China's powerful internet censorship body …
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Researchers find Chinese ad firm has infected 85M Android devices with malware, generating $300K a month in fraudulent ad revenue — China crisis for Android users — An Android-based malware campaign masterminded from China has snared as many as 85 million Android devices and is making …
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VLC app beta for Windows 10 devices now available in Windows Store, coming to Xbox One later this summer — VLC now has a Windows 10-friendly version that works with nearly every major Windows 10 platform. — Two years ago, VLC-maker VideoLan rolled out a version of its popular open source media player for the Windows Store.| Yoree Koh / Wall Street Journal: |
comScore: 38% of US smartphone users ages 25 to 34 are on Snapchat, 14% for those 35 and older, versus 5% and 2% respectively three years ago — An estimated 14% of U.S. smartphone users 35 or older are on messaging app — Paris Zeikos says he noticed a surprising trend on Snapchat.| Bloomberg: |
Amazon's urban “Biosphere” buildings on track to open in 2018 as the company heads toward controlling 15% of Seattle's office space — Walk down Seventh Avenue in downtown Seattle and you can't miss them: three gigantic spheres resembling melted-together Milk Duds rising … | James Vincent / The Verge: |
Second “celebgate” hacker pleads guilty to phishing 300+ Gmail and iCloud accounts, faces 5 years; neither hacker was charged with distributing stolen content — A hacker has pleaded guilty for his role in the “Celebgate” breach of 2014. Edward Majerczyk faces up to five years … | Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
The Linksys WRT54GL, an 11-year-old 54Mbps router known for its reliability and open source compatibility, still generates millions in sales every year — Open source firmware, reliability make an old product attractive to new buyers. — In a time when consumers routinely replace gadgets …
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Bulgaria passes law requiring all custom software written for government to be open-source — Less than two years after my presentation titled “Open source for the government”, and almost exactly one year after I became advisor to the deputy prime minister of Bulgaria …
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Wi-Fi kiosks from Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs feature sensors to monitor traffic, more; company says it won't collect/use personally identifiable info via sensors — The urban sidewalk kiosks from Sidewalk Labs will sport a battery of sensors to monitor cities, traffic and suspicious packages.| Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica: |
Oracle silently halts development of Java Enterprise Edition, concerning the Java community — Oracle's silence about Java EE has brought developer community distrust to a fever pitch. — Stop me if you've heard this one before: Oracle has quietly pulled funding and development efforts away … | Jason Shueh / Government Technology News: |
Gov IT vendors air grievances to Congress about White House's 18F and USDS over opacity, recommend pausing 18F's integration into new gov modernization efforts — Tech lobbying groups are looking for more transparency from 18F, the group working to increase competition and decrease the costs of high-profile tech projects.
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FCC auction sets $86.4B price for TV spectrum, exceeding estimates and raising concerns that wireless providers may balk at the cost, extending auction's length — FCC releases payment pledge to TV station owners in auction — Airwaves sale now turns to bids from wireless companies
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