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December 21, 2014, 12:15 PM

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New York Times:

Obama administration seeks China's help in blocking North Korea's ability to launch cyberattacks — U.S. Asks China to Help Rein In Korean Hackers — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has sought China's help in recent days in blocking North Korea's ability to launch cyberattacks …

More: Engadget, Computerworld, The Verge, Gizmodo UK, Lawfare, Observer, Just Jared, Associated Press and PC World

Tweets: @peterwsinger and @jeremiahg

Guardian:

Obama says Sony hack was an act of cybervandalism, not war, considers putting North Korea back on state sponsors of terrorism list — Obama: North Korea hack on Sony Pictures was not an act of war — President tells CNN North Korea may go back on state terror list

More: CNN, The Verge, The Hill, Reuters, Reuters, Mediaite and NBC News

BBC:

North Korea denies Sony hack, proposes joint inquiry with US, warns of “grave consequences” if Washington refuses

More: Fortune, Talking New Media, Guardian, The Verge, Vox, TechCrunch, CBS News, USA Today, NPR, PC Magazine, Engadget, Re/code, SecurityWeek, Re/code, No Film School, Deadline, Business Insider and Forbes. See also Mediagazer

Frank Pallotta / CNNMoney.com:

Sony Entertainment CEO blames theaters for cancellation of The Interview, still wants to release the film

More: Digital Trends, Hollywood Reporter, Business Insider, NPR, ReadWrite, CNN, Engadget, Agence France-Presse, Polygon, TechCrunch, Raw Story, Vox and NBC News. See also Mediagazer

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:

Cable industry group explains why it's so afraid the FCC will regulate ISPs like utilities — Making the Internet a utility—what's the worst that could happen? — There seems to be nothing the broadband industry fears more than Title II of the Communications Act.

More: The Verge

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:

Verizon to FCC: You can't stop Netflix-like interconnection payments — Verizon told the Federal Communications Commission yesterday that it has no right to regulate paid interconnection deals like the ones Netflix struck with Verizon and other Internet providers.

More: FierceTelecom News, BGR and The Register

Brian Fung / Washington Post:

Republicans prepare bill allowing FCC to regulate ISPs under new “Title X” provision to Communications Act instead of Title II

More: The Verge and Ars Technica

Timothy B. Lee / Vox:

Lyft says drivers can make $35/hour, but reporter who drove Lyft for a week earned $10.50/hour — Lyft says its drivers can make $35 an hour. I spent a week driving to see if that's true. — My first day as a Lyft driver wasn't going well. After dropping off a passenger in Arlington …

Tweets: @alex_block and @mattyglesias

Steven Tweedie / Business Insider:

Ex-Apple engineer launches Duet Display, which turns iPads into second displays for Macs, uses wired connector to avoid lag, available now for $9.99 — This Ex-Apple Engineer's New App Turns Your iPad Into A Second Display For Your Mac — Duet Display is an app designed to get you some extra use out of your iPad.

More: BGR, MacRumors, TechCrunch, iClarified, Lifehacker, The Verge, Macworld, Gigaom, iPhone in Canada Blog and Gotta Be Mobile

Owen Thomas / ReadWrite:

Starbucks won't adopt Square Order when Square Wallet is retired, ending mobile-payments deal — Starbucks To Square: It's Over — You won't be able to pay for that latte with Square. — Starbucks will soon no longer take Square's mobile payments in its stores, unwinding a key aspect …

More: Business Insider

Quentin Hardy / New York Times:

Over half the chips Intel will sell to public clouds in 2015 will have custom designs — Intel Betting on (Customized) Commodity Chips for Cloud Computing — Cheap, mass-produced semiconductors have transformed our world, with smartphones, laptops, sensors and tablets, all connected to big cloud computing systems.

Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:

After demand from Russian regulator, Facebook blocks a page calling for protest in support of opposition activist Alexei Navalny — Facebook blocks Russian page supporting Navalny, Putin's biggest critic — MOSCOW — In a sign of new limits on Facebook's ability to serve as a platform …

More: Agence France-Presse, Global Voices, Washington Post, ABC News, RAPPLER and The Moscow Times. Tweets: @niubi

Brittany Hillen / SlashGear:

Google+ adds auto enhancement feature for videos — Google Plus's Auto Awesome feature has been improving its users' images for a while now, and we've seen different updates related to it roll out over the months. Back in December of last year, Google added its year-in-review videos …

More: Tim St. Clair, Android Police, Engadget, The Verge, TechCrunch, 9to5Google and Android Central

Lucian Armasu / Tom's Hardware Guide:

Project Ara Gains Support For Nvidia Tegra K1 And 64-Bit Marvell Chip Modules — The Project Ara modular phone platform is close to being launched, and Google seems to already have a few modules ready to go. Two of the latest modules supported by the Ara platform include a module that contains …

More: Google ATAP, Android and Me, PhoneDog.com, Android Central, Pocketnow, 9to5Google, TechnoBuffalo, Liliputing, The Digital Reader and SlashGear

Sam Biddle / Gawker:

Writer whose post helped kick off #HasJustineLandedYet mob recounts meeting and apologizing to Justine Sacco, reflects on his own fumble with Twitter irony — Justine Sacco Is Good at Her Job, and How I Came To Peace With Her — The internet is a mountain, and if you climb that mountain …

More: BuzzFeed. Tweets: @acarvin, @eisingerj, @sandihlogan, @asher_wolf, @ccriadoperez, @johnrentoul, @movito, @patrickruffini, @alexstamos, @raju, @libertarianblue, @pegobry, @ryanlawler, @noahwg, @nickbilton, @antderosa, @tedr, @nero, @anildash, @joemfbrown, @mdudas, @rafat, @sg, @theferocity, @glennf, @waxpancake and @binarybits. See also Mediagazer

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