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White House announces sanctions and ejection of Russian intelligence operatives in response to political hacking — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration struck back at Russia on Thursday for its efforts to influence the 2016 election, ejecting 35 Russian intelligence operatives …
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| Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times: |
How Russia has bolstered its cyberwarfare capabilities in recent years by working with outside firms and recruiting convicted hackers, scientists, college grads — MOSCOW — Aleksandr B. Vyarya thought his job was to defend people from cyberattacks until, he says, his government approached him with a request to do the opposite.| David Barboza / New York Times: |
How China built “iPhone City”, the world's largest iPhone factory, in Zhengzhou by giving Foxconn billions in perks, tax breaks, and subsidies — A hidden bounty of benefits for Foxconn's plant in Zhengzhou, the world's biggest iPhone factory, is central to the production of Apple's most profitable product.
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Thanks:@ravichandrans25| Alessandro Sabatelli / The Twitter Blog: |
Twitter introduces live 360-degree videos on Periscope and Twitter from select partners — Today, we're introducing a new way to see what's happening on Twitter - through live 360 video. — Starting today, you can check out live, interactive 360 videos from interesting broadcasters and explore what's happening with them.
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As the list of SV startup scandals grows, entrepreneurs' “fake it till you make it” ethos garners continued scrutiny from reporters, while investors defend bets — As the list of startup scandals grows, it's time to ask whether entrepreneurs are taking “fake it till you make it” too far.
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| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
Ford debuts upgraded self-driving car with extra compute power, better vision with improved LiDAR sensors; Ford plans to triple fleet to 90 vehicles in 2017 — Ford has developed a new generation of autonomous development vehicle, a hybrid Fusion that uses the same essential platform …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Oculus acquires The Eye Tribe, a 16-person startup that makes software and a $99 developer hardware kit for eye-tracking — The direction you look could one day control your VR or mobile experience thanks to Facebook and Oculus' latest buy, The Eye Tribe. Oculus confirms to me that this …
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Tweets: @joshconstine, @spacekatgal, and @joshconstine
| Eric Schlosser / New Yorker: |
A look at the vulnerability of the nuclear command-and-control system, which uses a “launch on warning” strategy endangered by obsolete hardware and software — Harsh political rhetoric, combined with the vulnerability of the nuclear command-and-control system, has made the risk of global catastrophe greater than ever.
Tweets: @msuiche, @rands, @mrdanzak, @ggreenwald, @kjhealy, @mkirschenbaum, @samharrisorg, @duncanweldon, @scottdetrow, and @xor
| Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch: |
HERE and Mobileye partner to create mapping services that can be used in self-driving cars, which require high-definition mapping data for navigation — More companies working on autonomous driving have decided to work together to pursue their goals; Nokia mapping spin-out Here is working with Mobileye …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon announces “Amazon Digital Day”, a sales holiday on December 30 with 1K+ digital deals on subscriptions, TV shows, music, movies, and more — Amazon is known for creating its own, exclusive sales holidays and events to boost its bottom line, as it has done with Prime Day …
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| Eileen Yu / ZDNet: |
Singapore will add iris scans as identifier for citizens and permanent residents starting January 1 — Singapore's immigration department will begin collecting iris images of citizens and permanent residents as an additional personal identifier, which is aimed at improving the efficiency of its operations.
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Singapore Ministry …, International Business Times, Tom's Hardware, The Straits Times, TODAYonline, and Channel NewsAsia. Tweets: @digiphile
| Rachel Becker / The Verge: |
FDA publishes new cybersecurity guidelines for securing medical devices, but the recommendations lack enforceability — The FDA outlined how medical device manufacturers should ward off cyberattacks, but didn't include plans for enforcement — Today, the US Food and Drug Administration released …
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