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Hackers access hundreds of thousands of user photos via third party Snapchat client — Hackers Access At Least 100,000 Snapchat Photos And Prepare To Leak Them, Including Underage Nude Pictures — A giant database of intercepted Snapchat photos and videos has been released by hackers who have been collecting the files for years.
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Tweets: @snapchat, @snapchat, @oldrowofficial, @kashhill, @grimmelm and @matthew_d_green
| Ruth Reader / VentureBeat: |
Snapchat blames users of ‘illegal third-party apps’ for nude photo hack — Last night a slew of nude pictures started showing up on 4chan. Not terribly unusual, except these were images purportedly snagged from hundreds of thousands of Snapchat users. — The event has been dubbed …
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Thanks:@harrisonweber| Kelly Hodgkins / MacRumors: |
Apple Reportedly Preparing to Remove Bose Audio Products From Retail Stores — Apple is preparing to remove all Bose audio products, both demo and sellable, from its retail environment, according to a reliable source who spoke to MacRumors. The inventory change will begin early next week …
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AppleInsider, The Verge, AppleInsider, Fortune, Business Insider, GeekWire, Associated Press, SlashGear, 9to5Mac, iPhone, iPhone in Canada Blog, iDownloadBlog.com, MacDailyNews, App Advice, iLounge and TUAW. Tweets: @markgurman
| Todd Shields / Bloomberg: |
Apple's Beats Settles Headphone Patent Dispute With Bose — Bose Corp. and Apple Inc.'s Beats Electronics settled a patent dispute over noise-canceling headphones. — Bose and Beats in joint filings told a U.S. court in Delaware they've settled their claims, and asked …
| Kara Swisher / Re/code: |
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Women Pay Gaffe: “I Answered That Question Completely Wrong.” — After making an unfortunate gender-related gaffe onstage at a women's tech event today, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella issued a memo to employees apologizing for comparing pay issues for women to “karma.”
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Thanks:@helenaspopkin| Mark Scott / New York Times: |
Google has evaluated 498K URLs for removal from search results under European laws since May, has removed 41.8% — Google Provides Details on ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ Requests in E.U. — LONDON — Facebook, and Google's own services, are among the websites to be most affected by Europe's … | Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Jony Ive: companies that copy Apple's style are stealing — It's not flattery — it's theft, Apple's head of design says — When Jony Ive sees designs from other companies that closely mimic Apple's, he isn't flattered. Apple's head of design told the audience at the Vanity Fair …
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Tweets: @vanityfair, @om, @vanityfair and @kessler
| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
Amazon says original series Transparent breaks Prime Instant records, orders second season — Amazon says ‘Transparent’ is a hit, and season two is on the way — Amazon is finally having its Netflix moment — Since it first made a move into original programming, Amazon has tried …
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Amazon.com and Digital Trends
| Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: |
Apple will stream its October 16 event, featuring new iPads and Macs — Apple has confirmed on its website that the October event will be streamed. The URL is ‘apple.com/live’, so it seems that Apple is using the same video/blog platform that it first used for the iPhone 6/Apple Watch event in September.
| Amy Schatz / Re/code: |
President Obama Reaffirms Net Neutrality Support but Stays Out of Real Fight — Net neutrality supporters were cheering this morning, after President Obama reaffirmed his dislike of FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler's fast lane/slow lane net neutrality proposal. — But he carefully didn't weigh … | Ben Fritz / Wall Street Journal: |
Amazon is talking with Warner Bros., Sony Pictures, and Universal about joining Ultraviolet digital movie sharing consortium — Amazon in Talks to Join Digital Locker for Movies — E-Commerce Giant Might Come on Board With Studios' Cloud-Access System — Amazon.com Inc. is in talks …
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Hollywood Reporter, Digital TV Europe, The Verge and Electronista
| Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal: |
Q&A with Lenovo “product engineer” Ashton Kutcher on the creation of the Yoga Tablet 2 Pro — Q&A: Ashton Kutcher, Lenovo ‘Product Engineer,’ Doesn't Fear the iPad … Ashton Kutcher plays the role of Lenovo product engineer well. Really well, almost like Michael Kelso well.
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Lenovo Newsroom, MacRumors and Gizmodo Australia
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| Ben Fox Rubin / CNET: |
Apple supplier GT Advanced to close sapphire plants, resulting in the loss of 890 jobs — GT Advanced to shut down Ariz. plant, cut ties with Apple — About 890 jobs may be lost from shutting down its sapphire operations, buy GT says its agreement with Apple included “oppressive and burdensome” terms and obligations.
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Bloomberg, AppleInsider, Wall Street Journal, Re/code, Business Insider, MacRumors and TUAW. Thanks:@jeskillings
| Scott Moritz / Bloomberg: |
Comcast/TWC deal approved by shareholders of both companies, still needs regulatory approval — Time Warner Cable Shareholders Approve Sale to Comcast — Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC) investors voted in favor of the company's $45.2 billion sale to Comcast Corp. (CMCSA) …
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| Damon Lavrinc / Jalopnik: |
Tesla Model S Auto Pilot Does Lane Changes For You — The “something else” at tonight's Tesla even is Auto Pilot, a new system that combines a forward facing camera and 12 sensors that see 16 feet in every direction and provide a 360-degree view the surroundings.
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| Lucian Constantin / Computerworld: |
New version of Android Selfmite SMS worm spreads to 16 countries, sends 150K+ messages in 10 days — Android SMS worm Selfmite is back, more aggressive than ever — A new version of an Android worm called Selfmite has the potential to ramp up huge SMS charges for victims in its attempt to spread to as many devices as possible.
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AdaptiveMobile, The Register and Help Net Security
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