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Allister Heath / Telegraph:
Apple Watch will replace your car keys, says Tim Cook  —  Exclusive interview: The Apple chief executive reveals to Allister Heath how the revolutionary features in the company's smartwatch could forever alter our daily lives  —  Like millions of people, Tim Cook stopped wearing a watch a while back.
Matt Brian / Engadget:
Google won't ban adult content on Blogger after all  —  Well that was fast.  Google only declared that it would begin cracking down on adult content posted to Blogger a few days ago, but it's already decided it was a bit hasty in its decision.  After coming under fire over the introduction …
Bloomberg Business:
Ericsson Sues to Block Apple IPhone in U.S. Amid Patent Spat  —  (Bloomberg) — The licensing battle between Apple Inc. and Ericsson AB is escalating.  —  Ericsson, a pioneer in mobile phones that transformed itself into the world's largest maker of wireless networks, said Friday it's filing seven …
Miles Brignall / Guardian:
UK ISP TalkTalk suffers massive data breach, subscribers' information used in scams  —  Fraud threat to millions of TalkTalk customers  —  Major breach of data leaves one customer £2,800 out of pocket as TalkTalk and his bank, Santander, refuse to compensate him
Andrew Chung / Reuters:
Smartflash LLC sues Apple again over use of same patents in iPhone 6/6 Plus and iPad Air 2  —  Apple faces second suit from victorious patent firm  —  (Reuters) - Fresh off a $532.9 million jury win against Apple Inc (AAPL.O), a Texas company is again suing the tech giant …
Ariel Adams / aBlogtoWatch:
Swiss watchmakers Mondaine, Alpina, Frederique-Constant debut luxury smartwatches with embedded activity tracker based on modules by Jawbone-supplier MotionX  —  MMT ‘Horological Smartwatch’ Platform Finally Ties Switzerland To Silicon Valley  —  Ever since the smartwatch became a thing …
Juli Clover / MacRumors:
Apple Opens Up ‘iWork for iCloud’ to Everyone, No Apple Device Required  —  Following a short beta testing period, Apple's iCloud.com website has been updated to make its iWork suite of apps accessible to all users, even those without an Apple device.  —  As of today, anyone can sign …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Visa Announces Acquisition Of TrialPay To Expand Its Offers Platform  —  Visa announced today that it's planning to acquire Mountain View-based TrialPay, an e-commerce payment platform which sits in between payments and advertising, providing consumers with an alternative way to pay for items …
Brian P. Rubin / ReadWrite:
Pebble releases SDK v3.0 with software emulator for Pebble Time  —  Pebble: It's Time To Preview Our New App Development Tools  —  Thursday, Pebble released a preview of its software development kit for its new smartwatch platform and Pebble Time device.  —  With SDK 3., the company touts …
Paul Carsten / Reuters:
China censorship sweep deletes more than 60,000 Internet accounts  —  (Reuters) - Some of China's largest Internet companies deleted more than 60,000 online accounts because their names did not conform to regulations due to take effect on Sunday, the top Internet regulator said.
John Cook / GeekWire:
PopCap Games co-founder emerges with virtual reality startup Pluto VR  —  As the co-founder of PopCap Games, John Vechey helped create some of the most compelling and beloved games for PCs, consoles and mobile devices.  Now, the 37-year-old Seattle entrepreneur sees the same opportunity …
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Verizon mocks FCC ruling with Morse code response dated 1934, despite using Title II to its benefit  —  Verizon issues furious response to FCC, in Morse code, dated 1934  —  Verizon wants 1st Amendment right to edit the Web, but rules from 1934 are too old.

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CBS News:
A US federal judge allows the Pentagon to fire three Stars and Stripes journalists, ruling the government likely did not violate their First Amendment rights

Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
SCOTUS rules via an emergency order that political parties are entitled to the same low-cost TV ad rates as candidates, giving an advantage to Republicans

New York Times:
Sources: the Pentagon has subjected roughly 50 military officers and civilian employees on the Joint Staff to polygraph tests over leaks to journalists

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