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Seeking to map the entire internet, NSA and GHCQ have broken into Deutsche Telekom's networks — The NSA Breach of Telekom and Other German Firms — According to top-secret documents from the NSA and the British agency GCHQ, the intelligence agencies are seeking to map the entire Internet, including end-user devices.
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New Zealand Launched Mass Surveillance Project While Publicly Denying It — AUCKLAND, New Zealand—The New Zealand spy agency, the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB), worked in 2012 and 2013 to implement a mass metadata surveillance system even as top government officials publicly insisted …
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| Jason Del Rey / Re/code: |
Apple Pay's in-app checkout option competes directly with PayPal, could pose a greater threat if Apple offers checkout button for mobile web — Why Apple Pay Will Hurt PayPal — Apple's new payment system hopes to change the way people make purchases both in stores and in apps …
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| The Hill: |
With Apple Pay, Apple could be regulated like a financial institution — Did Apple become a big bank? — Apple's move into mobile banking could bring the tech giant under the same federal regulations as financial institutions. — At a product launch event this week …
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Google launches Android One smartphones for around $105 in India, supports seven local languages — Google launches Android One, smartphones to be priced at around Rs 6,399 — NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Google on Monday launched the first smartphones powered by its Android One operating system in India … | Christopher Williams / Telegraph: |
With no remaining carrier partners, UK phone retailer Phones 4U set to close its 720 outlets — Phones 4U collapses into administration as EE is final operator to hang up — Retailer's 720 outlets will not open on Monday, with 5,596 staff to be briefed by management …
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| Mat Honan / Wired: |
A requiem for the click wheel iPod, discontinued after almost 13 years — On Death and iPods: A Requiem — Have you ever loved a car? Maybe it was an old truck you drove for hundreds of thousands of miles, or maybe it was your very first car: where you had your very first beer and your very first kiss.
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NSA employees increasingly leave the agency to start security companies like Synack, Virtru, and Morta Security — The NSA Gives Birth To Start-Ups — Former NSA chief Keith Alexander has been sweating it out in the spotlight this summer for converting his spy cred into a lucrative … | Chance Miller / 9to5Google: |
Motorola to restock the Moto 360 and open preorders for Moto X (including “Pure Edition") and Moto Hint on Tuesday — Motorola to open pre-orders for new Moto X, restock Moto 360 on Tuesday — Last week, Motorola finally took the wraps off of a handful of new products.| Tanya Dua / Digiday: |
Vimeo targets YouTube with nationwide TV commercial and updated iOS app for easier mobile uploads — The YouTube-ification of Vimeo: Now with more baby videos — If you've hopped on to the New York City L train recently, chances are that you've come across a sea of blue: shrink-wrapped subway cars, plastered with Vimeo messaging.
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| Nick Bilton / New York Times: |
Steve Jobs and several other tech execs have imposed time limits on their kids' use of gadgets — Steve Jobs Was a Low-Tech Parent — When Steve Jobs was running Apple, he was known to call journalists to either pat them on the back for a recent article or, more often than not, explain how they got it wrong.| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
T-Mobile CEO says Sprint is “not the enemy”, applauds new CEO's efforts to “stop the bleeding” — T-Mobile CEO on Sprint: 'Put a fork in it. They're done' — In an interview, outspoken John Legere talks about the suddenly lively Sprint as a competitor …
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