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UK cybercrime unit and FBI arrest 18-year-old man in UK for “swatting” offenses and DDoS attacks on Playstation Network and Xbox Live — Man arrested for ‘swatting’ and denial of service offences — SEROCU, has worked closely with the FBI on the operation which focused …
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Hacker's List matches professional hackers with those needing their service for $100 - $5,000 — Need Some Espionage Done? Hackers Are for Hire Online — A man in Sweden says he will pay up to $2,000 to anyone who can break into his landlord's website.| Marguerite Reardon / CNET: |
Q&A with Tom Wheeler on net neutrality, legal challenges, Obama's role, and being the butt of late-night TV jokes — Net Fix: FCC chief on solving the Open Internet puzzle (Q&A) — With a vote looming on new rules for Internet access, Tom Wheeler talks candidly with CNET News about legal challenges … | Amy Schatz / Re/code: |
In letter to FCC, Sprint says “light touch application of Title II” regulation would not harm investment in data networks, delighting net neutrality supporters — On Second Thought, Getting Treated Like Old Phone Lines Isn't So Bad, Sprint Says
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Founding partners of Teehan+Lax, the design firm behind Medium, join Facebook — Teehan+Lax shutting down as partners join Facebook — A new era begins for the Toronto design community as the founding partners of Teehan+Lax announced this morning they are shutting down the company to join Facebook.| Andrew Webster / The Verge: |
As Xbox One leads December console sales in US, Microsoft drops price to $349 again — The Xbox One costs $349 again — Leading up to the holidays, Microsoft “temporarily” dropped the price of the Xbox One by $50 to $349 — a moved that proved successful, after the console managed to outsell the PS4 in November.| New York Times: |
EU regulator says Amazon's deal with Luxembourg could amount to unfair subsidy, violate EU law — Amazon's Tax Deal With Luxembourg May Break Rules, E.U. Regulator Says — BRUSSELS — The European Union's antitrust office on Friday released a preliminary finding that a tax deal between Amazon …
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Newly uncovered US cybersecurity report finds encryption vital to protect private data and is at odds with David Cameron's proposal — Secret US cybersecurity report: encryption vital to protect private data — Newly uncovered Snowden document contrasts with British PM's vow to crack down on encrypted messaging after Paris attacks
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Techdirt, Graham Cluley, PandoDaily, Boing Boing, Ars Technica and The Hill. Tweets: @dangoodin001
| Derrick Harris / Gigaom: |
Facebook open sources deep learning tools; head of AI research pledges to “start building things in the open” — Facebook open sources tools for bigger, faster deep learning models — Facebook on Friday open sourced a handful of software libraries that it claims will help users build bigger …
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Parallels Access 2.5 released, adds file manager, computer-to-computer remote access — Starting today, Parallels is shipping version 2.5 of the Parallels Access remote access and control app. Parallels Access has been a favorite of TUAW bloggers, featuring precise remote control …
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Apple planning 5 new Chinese retail store openings by Feb, hiring for 15 new locations — Apple is committed to its promise of expanding its retail presence in China from 15 to 40 stores within two years. Apple retail chief Angela Ahrendts told Chinese website Xinhua that the iPhone maker … | Jason Koebler / Motherboard: |
Mt. Gox CEO Denies Silk Road Involvement: ‘I Am Not Dread Pirate Roberts’ — Mark Karpeles, the CEO of Mt. Gox—which was once the world's most popular Bitcoin exchange—has denied any involvement in Silk Road and has told Motherboard that he's not Dread Pirate Roberts, the man who allegedly ran the site.| Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: |
Google Knowledge Graph Now Showing Social Profiles For Brands — In November, Google began adding links to other social networks, outside of just Google+, within the knowledge graph box - but only for personalities such as famous actors, political figures and bands.| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Timeline news app launches to give the historical context behind the day's headlines — Timeline Launches News App To Give You The Context Behind The Day's Headlines — One big complaint about current news coverage is that there's not enough context — an article or TV report might tell … Sponsor Posts
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