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New Snowden documents show scope of United States' cyber war plans: infiltrate and control or destroy enemy systems and networks — NSA Preps America for Future Battle — The NSA's mass surveillance is just the beginning. Documents from Edward Snowden show that the intelligence agency …
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Thanks:@cauchon| New York Times: |
N.S.A. Tapped Into North Korean Networks Before Sony Attack, Officials Say — WASHINGTON — The trail that led American officials to blame North Korea for the destructive cyberattack on Sony Pictures Entertainment in November winds back to 2010, when the National Security Agency scrambled …
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| Katie Marsal / AppleInsider: |
KGI: Apple likely to launch simple stylus to enhance upcoming 12.9-inch iPad user experience — Previous Comments — Stylus, eh? — Well... I guess people will probably quote Jobs' opinion about the merits of a stylus (he was against it). — But a few thoughts:
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| Marco Arment / Marco.org: |
Indie developer of podcast app Overcast details sales stats, reports $15.6K average monthly revenue — Overcast's 2014 sales numbers — Nobody ever wants to talk about money. — But current and prospective indie app developers could really use more information on the subject.
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Thanks:@daveschmierer| Ina Fried / Re/code: |
Uber Wants to Create 50,000 Jobs, Take 400,000 Cars Off the Road in Europe This Year — Uber chief Travis Kalanick said he wants to expand operations in Europe and, in the process, create 50,000 jobs and take 400,000 personal vehicles off the road. — Kalanick said the ride-sharing service …
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| Peter Sterne / Capital New York: |
Genius is beta testing a feature allowing users to annotate any web page — Genius tests ‘annotate everything everywhere’ feature — Genius, the Andreessen Horowitz-backed startup that made headlines earlier this week when it poached pop music critic Sasha Frere-Jones from The New Yorker … | Kevin C. Tofel / Gigaom: |
Microsoft begins wide rollout of Lumia Denim update that brings big improvements to camera app — Lumia Camera plays a starring role in Windows Phone Denim update — Microsoft has been sharing details on its Demim update, the next step up for Windows Phone, since September.
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| Raffi Khatchadourian / New Yorker: |
How Rana el Kaliouby and her company Affectiva developed software to sense emotions from video — We Know How You Feel — Computers are learning to read emotion, and the business world can't wait. Three years ago, archivists at A.T. & T. stumbled upon a rare fragment of computer history …
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| Brian Crecente / Polygon: |
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare was the top selling game of 2014 as industry sales grew just 1% — Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare top selling game of 2014, Destiny number three — It appears the only thing people like to do more in video games than run around shooting each other …
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| Amy Thomson / Bloomberg: |
Hutchison, owner of mobile operator Three, in talks to buy UK's O2 from Telefonica for $13.6B — Hutchison May Bid $13.6 Billion for U.K.'s O2, Sunday Times Says — Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. (13), the conglomerate controlled by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing, is in early talks to bid …
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AT&T demos LTE Broadcast technology to efficiently deliver video streams in crowded places — How AT&T will deliver TV (and more) over crowded LTE — During the first-ever College Football Playoff National Championship, AT&T showed off a working demo of a new version of its Long-Term Evolution network: LTE Broadcast.| Sebnem Arsu / New York Times: |
Turkey threatens to block Twitter unless Twitter blocks the account of a newspaper that circulated leaked documents — Turkey Threatens to Block Social Media Over Released Documents — ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish officials threatened to shut down Twitter in the country unless …
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