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FBI recommends not to indict Hillary Clinton for email misconduct, finds 110 emails in 52 email chains contained classified info at the time sent — The Federal Bureau of Investigation has completed its investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a personal email server and is recommending …
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Researchers find Chinese ad firm has infected 10M+ Android devices with malware to generate $300K a month in fraudulent ad revenue — Advertising agencies go to great lengths to spread their clients' messages. Now, researchers have uncovered a new approach: malware.
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| Choi Chi-yuk / South China Morning Post: |
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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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.| Mark Harris / Recode: |
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.| 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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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 … | Kara Swisher / Recode: |
Comcast to allow Netflix onto its X1 video platform later this year, a major move in a relationship that once stoked net neutrality concerns — The move means the once contentious pair are now pals. — Cable giant Comcast will allow popular web video streaming service Netflix onto its X1 platform …
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| Jason Snell / Six Colors: |
Analyzing the top reasons to remove the headphone jack from the next iPhone, from better audio quality via Lightning to thinness, more — Is Apple removing the headphone jack from the iPhone? Nobody really knows, though rumors have swirled for quite a while now.
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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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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Amazon Web Services CEO Andy Jassy talks about how Amazon hatched the idea for AWS in 2003 — There are lots of stories about the formation of AWS, but this much we know: 10 years ago, Amazon Web Services, the cloud Infrastructure as a Service arm of Amazon.com, was launched with little fanfare as a side business for Amazon.com.Thanks:@ravichandrans25
| Ian Paul / PCWorld: |
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.Sponsor Posts
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