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December 22, 2014, 12:15 PM

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Andrew Nusca / Fortune:

I work at Sony Pictures. This is what it was like after we got hacked. — An employee* in the Los Angeles office of Sony Pictures Entertainment SNE opened up to Fortune about the personal ordeal they went through following revelations of North Korea's alleged cyber attack on the company.

More: Business Insider, Wired.co.uk and New York Times

Tweets: @drjessicabarker and @malwarejake

Reuters:

China condemns cyberattacks, but says no proof North Korea hacked Sony — (Reuters) - China said on Monday it opposed all forms of cyberattacks but there was no proof that North Korea was responsible for the hacking of Sony Pictures, as the United States has said.

More: USA Today, Gigaom, VentureBeat, Deadline, Gizmodo UK, Gizmodo and Neowin

Guardian:

Obama says Sony hack was an act of cybervandalism, not war, considers putting North Korea back on state sponsors of terrorism list

More: Los Angeles Times, Fabius Maximus, CNN, BBC, Re/code, Android Authority, Bloomberg, Associated Press, The Verge, Reuters, Reuters, Mediaite, Reuters, NBC News, The Hill, Feld Thoughts, TechCrunch, Neowin and Observer. Tweets: @markrussinovich

Larry Dignan / ZDNet:

Oracle buys Datalogix, beefs up digital marketing cloud — Summary:Oracle's acquisition of Datalogix complements the purchase of BlueKai and rounds out its data cloud. — Oracle on Monday said it acquired Datalogix, which provides digital marketing data as a service.

More: Oracle, Business Insider, PC World, TechCrunch, AdExchanger, Gigaom, Xconomy, Wall Street Journal, Mashable and silicontap.com. Tweets: @joshconstine

Rich McCormick / The Verge:

Microsoft removes unofficial Snapchat apps from the Windows Phone store — Photo messaging service disables unofficial API to increase security — Microsoft has removed a host of third-party Snapchat alternatives from its Windows Phone store after the photo messaging service indicated …

More: Windows Phone Central, PandoDaily, PC World, ReadWrite, Engadget, TechnoBuffalo, SiliconANGLE, Gizmodo, TechCrunch and Ubergizmo

Reuters:

South Korean nuclear plant hacked, government says no risk to reactors, but experts concerned — South Korea nuclear plant operator says hacked, raising alarm — (Reuters) - Computer systems at South Korea's nuclear plant operator have been hacked, the company said on Monday …

More: Guardian, CNET, Inquirer, english.yonhapnews.co.kr, BBC, Gizmodo, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Mashable, The Next Web, The State of Security and Neowin

Jonathan Mahler / New York Times:

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki encourages experimenting with professional content and new business models, like subscription-based Music Key, to grow revenues — YouTube's Chief, Hitting a New ‘Play’ Button — This fall, Susan Wojcicki, the chief executive of YouTube, appeared on a panel …

More: Business Insider. Tweets: @davemcclure, @digiphile, @mdudas, @glennf and @pkafka

Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Land:

Google still surfaces news in search results in Spain after shutting down its News site — How Google News Lives On In Spain Despite Being Closed — Did Google News really close in Spain? If you consider Google News to be the ability to browse stories by topic, especially from a dedicated home page, yes.

More: 9to5Google, opptrends and WebProNews

Megan Geuss / Ars Technica:

Coin, Wocket, Plastc: The all-in-one cards trying to sprint ahead of Apple Pay — Right now the United States is entering a transition period when it comes to how we buy things. Magnetic stripe cards have become easy targets for massive fraud in the US, and major credit card issuers …

Steven Sinofsky / Re/code:

Steven Sinofsky predicts tablet resurgence, big enterprise challenges in 2015; sees 4K, beacons, payments, and more as technologies to watch — Forecast: Workplace Trends, Choices and Technologies for 2015 — What's in store for 2015 when it comes to technology advances in the workplace?

Darren Orf / Gizmodo:

Skype Translator hands-on: fairly accurate speech recognition, but translation needs work — Skype Translator Hands-On: Close But No Babel Fish — When Skype announced its real-time translation program back in May, most of us seized on the sci-fi-ness off it all—Star Trek's universal translator, Babel fish, etc.

More: opptrends and The Verge

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: @mattyglesias and @alex_block

Bill Schrier / GeekWire:

Seattle Police Department holds hackathon centered on tech for redacting videos recorded by officers from dashcams and body-worn cameras — Inside the Seattle Police hackathon: A substantial first step — The Seattle Police Department (SPD) held its first-ever hackathon on Friday.

More: MyNorthwest.com, The Seattle Times, KING-TV and Slashdot. Tweets: @underoak

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: TechSpot and FierceTelecom News

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:

Cable industry group explains why it's so afraid the FCC will regulate ISPs like utilities

More: Engadget

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: Politico, Techdirt, New York Times, Light Reading and The Verge

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