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February 2, 2013, 11:50 PM

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David Gelernter / Wired:

The End of the Web, Computers, and Search as We Know It — People ask what the next web will be like, but there won't be a next web. — The space-based web we currently have will gradually be replaced by a time-based worldstream. It's already happening, and it all began with the lifestream …

More: ZDNet, ROUGH TYPE and Stowe Boyd

Tweets: @miguelrios, @_mstevenson, @stevesi, @marshallk, @stevenlevy and @wiredopinion

Washington Post:

Chinese hackers suspected in attack on The Post's computers — A sophisticated cyberattack targeted The Washington Post in an operation that resembled intrusions against other major American news organizations and that company officials suspect was the work of Chinese hackers, people familiar with the incident said.

More: The Verge, Guardian, CNET, Gizmodo, SecurityWeek, Softpedia News, Daily Mail, Associated Press and The Verge

Tweets: @ericfish85 and @gaberivera

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Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:

Twitter Got Hacked. Expect More Companies to Follow. — The last week of tech headlines reads like some sort of cybersecurity end of days scenario. The New York Times hacked. The Wall Street Journal hacked. The Washington Post hacked. — And finally on Friday, Twitter …

More: SANS ISC SecNewsFeed and SiliconANGLE

ChinaFile:

China's Cyberattacks — At What Cost?

More: Politico, digiphile and iPhone Savior. Thanks:@niubi

Tony Romm / Politico:

House puts Spotify on mute — Spotify apparently hit a wrong note with the House's Internet overlords, who recently blocked the chamber's Web users from listening to the famed music-streaming service. — While Spotify isn't a peer-to-peer program along the lines of Napster …

More: Techdirt, The Verge, Gizmodo, Business Insider and Mashable!

Path:

Path and the FTC — Today the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it reached a settlement pending court approval with Path regarding alleged violations of the Children's Online Privacy Protections Act (COPPA). The gist of the FTC's complaint is this: early in Path's history …

Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:

The Best Parenting App Is Against The Law

More: New York Times, Consumer Information and App Advice

Tweets: @rklau and @rklau

Thanks:@fwd

Mike Masnick / Techdirt:

FTC Still Seems More Interested In Making Headlines Than Really Protecting Privacy

More: BtoB Magazine, Federal Trade Commission and VatorNews

Andrea Chang / Los Angeles Times:

After Jody Sherman death, tech community seeks dialogue on suicide — Silicon Beach is mourning the death of entrepreneur and Ecomom co-founder Jody Sherman this week. Sherman, 47, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, officials said. Since his death Monday, several L.A. tech bloggers …

More: LAUNCH, Both Sides of the Table, Las Vegas Sun News, Sean Percival's Blog, NextBigWhat, ecomom, Betabeat and PandoDaily

Ken Yeung / The Next Web:

Kim Dotcom launches Mega vulnerability reward program, offering up to $13,500 per bug — Kim Dotcom has officially launched his Mega vulnerability reward program that was announced last week. As we reported earlier, the founder of Mega, the newly launched file storage service …

More: MEGA, PC Magazine, AllThingsD, SlashGear, The Register and New York Times

Nitasha Tiku / Betabeat:

IAC Has Shut Down Hatch Labs, Its Incubator for Mobile Apps — Multiple sources have told Betabeat that IAC shuttered Hatch Labs—its incubator for building mobile tools, apps, and platforms—on December 31st. Hatch Labs closed both its fifth floor offices in the IAC building on 18th street and in Los Angeles.

More: Adweek and PRWeb. Tweets: @nitashatiku

Josh Constine / TechCrunch:

Facebook Ramps Up News Discovery Battle Against Apps Like Flipboard With “Articles Related To” — Rather than trust your friends and favorite Pages to post interesting stuff, Facebook is taking news discovery into its own hands with “Articles Related To...”.

More: Inside Facebook

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

Pair, The Mobile App For Two, Buys UK's Cupple And Rebrands As Couple — Tenthbit, the Y Combinator-backed mobile app studio behind the couples app Pair, is doubling down (literally) on its business ambitions: The company today is announcing that it has bought Cupple, a UK-based rival mobile app …

Harrison Weber / The Next Web:

Airbnb could be banned in Amsterdam: Local authorities are now hunting for illegal hotels — Following legal issues across the US, Airbnb is facing serious conflicts with the local government in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. — Airbnb's issues in Amsterdam have been ongoing; in fact …

Thanks:@harrisonweber

Mike Masnick / Techdirt:

Rep Zoe Lofgren Continues To Improve 'Aaron's Law' Via Reddit — A few weeks ago, we wrote about Rep. Zoe Lofgren announcing plans to via Reddit, to introduce CFAA reform, called “Aaron's Law.” Since then, Lofgren has taken into account numerous concerns and thoughts from various stakeholders …

More: Ars Technica, Wired, The Next Web and Electronic Frontier Foundation

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