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Amazon workers face ‘increased risk of mental illness’ — A BBC investigation into a UK-based Amazon warehouse has found conditions that a stress expert said could cause “mental and physical illness”. — Professor Michael Marmot was shown secret filming of night shifts involving up to 11 miles …
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Amazon hits back over Panorama claims about working conditions at Swansea warehouse — A BBC Panorama undercover investigation claims workers at Amazon's Swansea base have to walk up to 11 miles a shift — Online retail giant Amazon has defended itself against BBC Panorama claims … | Jennifer Abel / ConsumerAffairs.com: |
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Jury: Newegg infringes Spangenberg patent, must pay $2.3 million — Determined lawyers, and the father of modern crypto, couldn't stop TQP patent. — MARSHALL, TX—Newegg, an online retailer that has made a name for itself fighting the non-practicing patent holders sometimes called … | Joe Mullin / Ars Technica: |
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Spies worry over “doomsday” cache stashed by ex-NSA contractor Snowden — (Reuters) - British and U.S. intelligence officials say they are worried about a “doomsday” cache of highly classified, heavily encrypted material they believe former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden has stored on a data cloud.
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| Ina Fried / AllThingsD: |
Apple Store a Big Source of Cellphone Sales; Best Buy Is Key for Carriers — The carrier stores are still the dominant place for Americans to get their new cellphones, but two other retailers — Apple and Best Buy — have emerged as significant channels. — Apple, of course, sells only iPhones …
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Google confirms RAW photo support and burst mode coming to Android — Click! Google rebuilds Android camera base for better photos — Want a better camera on your Android device? Google does, too. — For that reason, the company has overhauled the mobile OS's plumbing.| New York Times: |
Internet backbone giant Level 3 suspected of giving NSA access to Google and Yahoo users' data — N.S.A. May Have Penetrated Internet Cable Links — SAN FRANCISCO — The recent revelation that the National Security Agency was able to eavesdrop on the communications of Google … | Ernesto / TorrentFreak: |
Kim Dotcom Links €20,000 Wikileaks Donation to Megaupload Raid — Few people would disagree that Kim Dotcom is a fascinating man. After his file-sharing service Megaupload was raided early 2012, Kim Dotcom became an instant Internet celebrity. — The success and controversy surrounding … | Bloomberg: |
Intel Said Asking $500 Million for Streaming Pay-TV Unit — Intel Corp. (INTC) is asking about $500 million for OnCue, the online pay-TV service that the world's largest chipmaker developed before dialing back its ambitions, according to people with knowledge of the process.
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Julian Assange unlikely to face U.S. charges over publishing classified documents — The Justice Department has all but concluded it will not bring charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for publishing classified documents because government lawyers said they could not do so without …
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| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft Confirms That “Excessive Profanity” In Xbox Upload Studio Videos Can Cost You Account Privileges — Reports have surfaced over the past 24 hours that Xbox users are losing their Xbox Live account privileges after uploading profanity-laced videos. Xbox One customers complained …
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ZTE Jumps On Smartwatch Bandwagon — When Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy Gear launch in early September created a hype around the potential market for smartwatches, it was certain that we would soon see cheaper versions from Chinese competitors. — Now, ZTE Corp., mainly known …
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Exclusive: Flipboard raising another $50 million — Flipboard said in September that it had raised $50 million. That was only half the story. — FORTUNE — Social news app Flipboard is in final negotiations to raise $50 million in new venture capital funding, Fortune has learned.| Reuters: |
Apple is collaborating with GN Store Nord on a “Made for iPhone” hearing aid — Denmark targets iPhone generation to keep edge in hearing aids — (Reuters) - Tiny Denmark, with fewer than 6 million people, supplies half the world's hearing aids, and local makers aim to advance …
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TV Is Dying, And Here Are The Stats That Prove It — The TV business is having its worst year ever. — Audience ratings have collapsed: Aside from a brief respite during the Olympics, there has been only negative ratings growth on broadcast and cable TV since September 2011, according to Citi Research.
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Android KitKat begins rolling out to Google Play editions of Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One — Google has announced that from today onwards, the Google Play editions of Samsung's Galaxy S4 and the HTC One are getting updated to Android 4.4, as noted by Android Police.| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
U-Verse dropping Xbox 360 receiver support after December 31st — We hope you weren't bent on using the Xbox 360 as a U-Verse TV receiver. AT&T is now telling customers that it will drop IPTV support for Microsoft's older console after December 31st, leaving viewers with little choice but to use a conventional set-top box.
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Microsoft's device chief sees a future without three versions of Windows — Microsoft currently ships Windows RT, Windows 8, and Windows Phone software on a variety of devices, but it's heading towards a future where just a single version of Windows will exist.| TechCrunch: |
QuizUp Sends Personal User Info To Strangers, Company Says Bug Contributed To Weakened Security — It's only been two-and-a-half weeks since hit mobile trivia app QuizUp began to take the world by storm. It's fun, and it's addictive*... but if you haven't started playing yet … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft is fixing Skype messaging, ‘fun things’ planned for Windows Phone 8.1 — Ever since Microsoft started forcing Windows Live Messenger users over to Skype earlier this year, instant messaging on Windows has been somewhat painful. If you're a frequent Skype user then you'll be intimately familiar with the problems.
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