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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.
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BGR, Business Insider, Wired.co.uk and Guardian
Tweets: @anonyops, @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.| 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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Oracle, Gigaom, Computerworld, TechCrunch, AdExchanger, Xconomy, Gigaom, Wall Street Journal, Business Insider, Mashable and silicontap.com
Tweets: @ajs and @joshconstine
| 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?
Tweets: @boxhq
| 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.
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Google+, TechCrunch, The Verge, The Next Web, Droid Life, SlashGear and Android Central
| 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 … | 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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Guardian, english.yonhapnews.co.kr, CNET, Inquirer, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Mashable, Gizmodo, The Next Web, The State of Security and Neowin. Tweets: @reverseics
| Max Fisher / Vox: |
North Korea's internet appears to be under mass cyber attack — Internet connectivity between North Korea and the outside world, though never robust to begin with, is currently suffering one of its worst outages in recent memory, suggesting that the country may be enduring a mass cyber attack …
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North Korea Tech, Bloomberg, Gizmodo, Business Insider, The Verge, Computerworld, Lawfare, The Register and The Hill
Tweets: @smartypants60 and @jeffersonobama
See also Mediagazer| John Ribeiro / PC World: |
Google expands Android One program from India to Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal — Google Android One phones to sell in three more Asian countries — Google's low-cost Android One smartphones will be selling in the coming weeks in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal, three small but fast-growing markets …
| 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 … | 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 … | 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 … Sponsor Posts
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