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How US and UK spies hacked into world's largest maker of SIM cards and stole encryption keys — How Spies Stole the Keys to the Encryption Castle — AMERICAN AND BRITISH spies hacked into the internal computer network of the largest manufacturer of SIM cards in the world …
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| Marco della Cava / USA Today: |
YouTube Kids for Android set to launch Feb. 23, features parental controls and a simplified UI — YouTube unveils new app for kids — SAN FRANCISCO - YouTube is repository of clips that range from exceedingly educational to suggestively explicit. So to make sure younger fans … | Robert McMillan / Wired: |
Lenovo's Response to Its Dangerous Adware Is Astonishingly Clueless — If you've bought a Lenovo laptop anytime since August, it may have shipped with a dangerous bit of adware known as Visual Discovery by Superfish. It's the kind of software add-on that computer makers are often paid to include with their hardware.| Shira Ovide / Wall Street Journal: |
Lenovo CTO Peter Hortensius says company is working on a tool to remove Superfish from PCs, claims security community are dealing with “theoretical concerns” — Lenovo CTO: We're Working to Wipe Superfish App Off of PCs — Lenovo is working quickly to wipe all traces of an app …
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| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Pebble teases new model, sources say thinner watch with color screen in the works — Pebble updated its website this morning to tease a new model of its popular smartwatch. The announcement is scheduled for 10 AM on Tuesday next week, but Pebble has not specified what exactly is launching.
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Yahoo Mobile Development Suite combines Flurry Analytics with ad and search tools for apps — New Yahoo Mobile Development Suite Seduces App Makers With Analytics, Search, Ads — Today at Yahoo's first mobile developer conference, the tech giant unveiled its new Yahoo Mobile Development Suite …
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Yahoo, SiliconBeat, BuzzFeed, GeekWire, Yahoo! Finance, PC World, VatorNews, PC Magazine, Inc.com, ITworld.com, Forbes, internetretailer.com, The Digital Letter, Los Angeles Times, Mercury News, The Technology Chronicles, The Register, InfoWorld, Wall Street Journal, ReadWrite, CNET, New York Times, 9to5Mac, The Next Web, VentureBeat and Marketing Land. Tweets: @joshconstine. Thanks:@joshconstine
| Mark Gurman / 9to5Mac: |
Apple considering dedicated Apple Watch stores as it sets up Paris booth — Apple Watch hands-on table from September Media Event — According to multiple reports out of France, Apple is constructing a dedicated display for the upcoming Apple Watch in some upscale Paris-based retail outlets.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple Initiates Repair Program for 2011-2013 MacBook Pros With Video Issues — Apple has launched a repair program to fix MacBook Pro machines sold between February 2011 and February 2013 that have problems with distorted video, no video, or unexpected system restarts.
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Apple, Cult of Mac, The Verge and Gotta Be Mobile
| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Revealed: The experts Apple hired to build an electric car — In the last few weeks we've heard about a poaching war between Apple and Tesla, a couple hires by Apple from the auto industry, and a whole lot of speculation followed by reports that Apple has a team of hundreds working on an electric vehicle.| Molly Hensley-Clancy / BuzzFeed: |
Education-technology startup Instructure raises $40M Series E round ahead of a looming IPO — The Education Company That Wants To Take Down Blackboard — Instructure CEO Josh Coates confirmed to BuzzFeed News that the company raised $40 million today. It will use the cash to expand into the corporate market.
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| Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg Business: |
Blackshades Co-Creator Yucel Pleads Guilty in Malware Probe — Don't Miss Out — (Bloomberg) — The co-creator of computer software that infected more than 500,000 computers with a program designed to remotely steal files and other data pleaded guilty to hacking.
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| Jared Newman / PC World: |
Sony's $160 Micro SDXC card, marketed as “Premium Sound” storage, costs 4X-5X similar cards, but can't improve sound quality — Sony's latest snake oil: Pricey ‘Premium Sound’ Micro SDXC cards — Need the perfect expandable storage solution for your $1,200 Walkman?
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| Quentin Hardy / New York Times: |
HP to sell line of Linux-based open-source networking switches manufactured by Taiwan's Accton Technology — HP Targets Cisco and Facebook With New Line of Open-Source Networking Gear — Hewlett-Packard said on Thursday that it would sell a new line of networking switches that are manufactured …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
With Launch Of “Topics,” Imgur Adds A New Way To Explore By Interests — After moving to a fully ad-supported model earlier this month, popular photo-sharing site Imgur is today introducing a new feature designed to make it easier for visitors to explore images that relate to subjects of interest to them.
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The Imgur Blog, VentureBeat, Ubergizmo, SlashGear and The Verge
| Euan Rocha / Reuters: |
BlackBerry 10 devices get 10.3.1 update that gives access to Amazon Appstore — BlackBerry updates software, offers access to Android apps — (Reuters) - BlackBerry rolled out a major software update on Thursday, allowing users of its entire suite of BlackBerry 10 devices such as the Z10 …
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