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September 23, 2013, 9:15 AM

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Arnold Kim / MacRumors:
Chaos Computer Club Bypasses Apple's Touch ID System (with copy of original fingerprint)  —  The Chaos Computer Club claims to be able to bypass Apple's new Touch ID fingerprint sensor with a photo of the original user's fingerprint.  The bypass is demonstrated in this short video:
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:
Apple's iPhone 5s And iPhone 5c Sell 9M Units Over Opening Weekend, Topping 5M For iPhone 5 Last Year  —  Apple has just issued a press release revealing it sold 9M iPhones during the launch weekend of its iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s.  As is typical for the company with new hardware …
Matt Richtel / New York Times:
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Greg Bensinger / Digits:
PayPal Nears Deal for Braintree Payments  —  EBay's PayPal is near a deal to buy Braintree Payments Solutions, according to people familiar with the discussions, potentially thrusting the online payments pioneer into the center of the burgeoning mobile commerce market.
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Retail Giant Tesco Follows In Amazon's Footsteps With Hudl, A Cut-Price, Own-Brand Android Tablet  —  Tesco, the UK-based retail giant with 20 million customers in 12 countries across Europe and Asia, today took its biggest step yet into digital commerce and content: the company launched Hudl …
Joan E. Solsman / CNET:
In online TV first, Netflix wins Emmy for drama directing  —  David Fincher wins an Emmy for directing Netflix's “House of Cards,” and the Internet TV provider breaks ground — again — for online only programming.  —  Netflix won its first Emmy award — the kind doled out at the flashy …
Julie Bort / Business Insider:
Oracle announces in-memory database option, new server and backup cloud service  —  Larry Ellison: Oracle's New Products Make Data Fly Around ‘At Ungodly Speeds.’  —  As expected, on Sunday night, Larry Ellison revealed several new products to make data flow faster across corporate data centers and the Internet.
Ben Austen / Wired:
Public Enemies: Social Media Is Fueling Gang Wars in Chicago  —  Just about any teenager in Chicago today can tell you the story of Chief Keef and Lil JoJo, two rappers from the South Side neighborhood of Englewood whose songs serve as anthems for their rival gangs.
More: The Verge

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