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December 22, 2014, 1:20 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: BGR, 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, Deadline, VentureBeat, Gizmodo, Neowin and Gizmodo UK

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, Bloomberg, Android Authority, Associated Press, Reuters, The Verge, Reuters, Mediaite, Reuters, NBC News, The Hill, TechCrunch, Feld Thoughts, 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.

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Steven Sinofsky / Re/code:

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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 …

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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 …

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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

Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:

Google announces its self-driving car is now fully functional — Google today announced it has completed the first build of its self-driving vehicle prototype. This is the first fully-functional self-driving car from the company. — It's one thing to modify an existing car to give it self-driving capabilities.

More: Google+, The Next Web, SlashGear and Android Central

Reuters:

Uber's legality under scrutiny in Taiwan and Chinese mega city Chongqing — Uber business model faces legal scrutiny in Taiwan, Chinese mega city — (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc is under fire in Taiwan and the Chinese mainland mega city Chongqing over concerns that it and its drivers …

More: CNET, The Drum, Reuters, SiliconANGLE, Bloomberg, Tech in Asia and Fortune

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Google Adds Song Lyrics To Top Of Search Results, Points Searchers To Google Play — Google is now displaying music lyrics at the top of its search results pages when you search for “song name” plus “lyrics” on Google - a move that may reduce the number of visits to music lyrics sites …

More: Glenn Gabe, Search Engine Roundtable and WebProNews

Tweets: @theromit and @joshconstine

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 …

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: opptrends, 9to5Google and WebProNews

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