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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 …
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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
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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 …
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| 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.| 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.
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| Philip Bump / Washington Post: |
Tracking the 20 most popular web sites since 1996: only AOL, Yahoo, and Google have been #1 — From Lycos to Ask Jeeves to Facebook: Tracking the 20 most popular web sites every year since 1996 — Our goal is not to confuse or alarm you, but we must, as agents of the news media, speak the truth.
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| 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 …
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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.
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| Caleb Garling / Matter: |
After TaskRabbit's abrupt pivot this summer, workers and employers remain angry and frustrated — Hunting Task Wabbits — Everybody's crazy mad with TaskRabbit—but the startup that launched the sharing economy really doesn't want to talk about its troubles. — Animations by Justin Cassano
Tweets: @readmatter and @benbrooksny
| 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 …
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FV-5 camera app takes advantage of Android Lollipop to allow Nexus 5 and 6 to shoot RAW photos — How Android 5.0 lets you get raw for better photos — Programmers have begun unlocking a new feature in Google's new Lollipop mobile OS: the ability to shoot photos in raw format, which adds new flexibility in image quality.
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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.
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