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Latest Shadow Brokers dump includes evidence NSA hacked SWIFT transaction system in the Middle East, has new exploits for older Windows versions up to Windows 8 — For eight months, the hacker group known as Shadow Brokers has trickled out an intermittent drip of highly classified NSA data.
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Apple received permit to test autonomous vehicles in California; DMV spokesman says Apple applied to test three 2015 Lexus RX450h vehicles — Apple has received a permit to test autonomous cars in California, the first official confirmation that the maker of the iPhone sees the century-old automobile …
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Uber shares Q4 2016 numbers: gross bookings up 28% QoQ to $6.9B, net revenue up 74% QoQ to $2.9B, net loss up 5% to $991M — The ride-hailing giant opens up its books for the first time in an interview with Bloomberg. — by — Uber Technologies Inc. isn't required to report its finances publicly …
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Facebook rolling out tech that analyzes patterns to find fake accounts that can spread misinformation, malware, and falsely boost page rankings — SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook is ramping up efforts to kill off sham accounts used to spread fake news, pass along malware and falsely boost page rankings …
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Microsoft reveals first FBI National Security Letter in transparency report, says US foreign intelligence surveillance requests doubled from H2 2015 to H1 2016 — Microsoft published its biannual transparency report on Thursday, revealing its first National Security Letter from the FBI.| Reuters: |
Japan's NHK: Apple considering multibillion dollar investment in Toshiba's chip business for stake of more than 20% — Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is considering investing at least several billion dollars in the chip business put up for sale by Toshiba Corp (6502.T), public broadcaster NHK reported, citing an unidentified source.| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
Google retires the Octane JavaScript benchmark, since developers are making optimizations to boost scores at the expense of real world performance — JavaScript engines have focused too much on the benchmark, to the detriment of the real world. — Google has announced … | Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: |
PagerDuty, provider of performance monitoring and notification tools for mission-critical applications, raises $43.8M Series C from Accel, a16z, Bessemer, more — Digital operations management platform provider PagerDuty Inc. has just landed a $43.8 Million Series C funding round led …
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Uber tells restaurants using UberRush to switch to UberEats by May 8; spokeswoman says UberRush will focus on backend delivery logistics for merchants — Uber plans to shut down UberRush, its backend logistics and courier service, for restaurants on May 8, Quartz has learned.
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FCC's 600MHz spectrum band auction results: T-Mobile will pay $7.99B for what it says is 31MHz of spectrum nationwide, Dish to pay $6.2B, Comcast to pay $1.7B — Dish, Comcast, and US Cellular also bought plenty of 600MHz spectrum. — T-Mobile USA was the biggest winner in an auction … | Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Peloton raises $60M Series B from Omnitracs, Intel Capital, Nokia Growth Partners, Volvo Group, and others for its driver assist system for fleets of trucks — Peloton Technology ("Peloton"), a connected and automated vehicle startup that's setting out to improve the safety and efficiency … | Android Police: |
Google Photos v2.13 for Android adds video stabilization feature — Qualcomm Snapdragon 835: The first benchmark results - comparisons to Pixel, OnePlus 3T, Galaxy S7, and more
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