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Chrome beta now automatically pauses less important Flash content to boost performance and battery life — Google today detailed a very interesting initiative in partnership with Adobe: The two have been working to make Flash content more power-efficient in Chrome.| New York Times: |
NSA documents: Justice Department authorized expansion of NSA surveillance to enable search of US Internet traffic for evidence of hacking originating abroad — Hunting for Hackers, N.S.A. Secretly Expands Internet Spying at U.S. Border — WASHINGTON — Without public notice or debate …
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US suspects Chinese hackers have stolen records of about 4M current and former government employees, FBI probe underway — U.S. Suspects Hackers in China Breached About 4 Million People's Records, Officials Say — Described as one of the largest thefts of government data ever seen
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| Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal: |
Comcast Has Agreed To Acquire Ad Tech Firm Visible World — Cable giant Comcast Corp. has agreed to acquire the TV ad-targeting firm Visible World, according to a person familiar with the matter. — The deal, if completed, could put the cable giant into a stronger position …
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Yahoo shutting down Maps at end of month, Pipes in September, APIs for GeoPlanet and PlaceSpotter in Q3, and some regional media properties over next few weeks — Yahoo announces plans to kill off Maps, Pipes, GeoPlanet and PlaceSpotter APIs, and some regional sites
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| Jackie Dove / The Next Web: |
Apple now dominates consumer digital video viewing, says new Adobe report — In the run-up to Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference, Adobe Digital Index, the company's marketing arm, has concluded that Apple is currently the dominant player in consumer digital video consumption, and that the trend is likely to continue.
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Facebook Messenger removes always-on location sharing feature, replaces it with one-time sharing via pin drop; head of product teases future location features — Facebook Messenger Ditches Constant Mapping To Lay Groundwork For More Location Features — Facebook is removing the confusing … | Aloysius Low / CNET: |
Microdia unveils 512GB microSD card, will cost around $1,000, available in July — Microdia crams 512GB into a microSD card, out in July — Meant for professional photographers with an unquenchable desire for storage space, this microSD card will cost upwards of $1,000.
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| Nathan Ingraham / The Verge: |
Airbnb launches Price Tips tool that uses machine learning to help hosts choose pricing that will increase rentals — Airbnb is using machine learning to help hosts make as much money as possible — If you go on vacation, regardless of whether you're staying at a hotel or renting …
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| Sean Hollister / Gizmodo: |
Steam Machines from Alienware and Syber, Steam Controller, and Steam Link available for pre-order to be shipped October 16; general release on November 10 — Today's the Day You Can Pay for a Steam Machine — Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo will do their damnest to sell you on PlayStation, Xbox, and Wii.
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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Uber invites journalists to join cheering employees at a quasi-political rally celebrating its 5th anniversary — Uber's 5th birthday party was pure theater, and here's our review — Travis Kalanick was choking up. On stage at Uber's birthday party, looking out on an audience that included drivers …
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| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
Facebook Lite Is A Stripped Down Android App For The Developing World — Facebook can be painfully slow on weak network connections or prohibitively expensive on stingy data plans that are common in India, Africa, and Southeast Asia. So today, Facebook is launching a bare-bones …
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| Chelsey Dulaney / Wall Street Journal: |
SunGard Data Systems Files for $100M IPO — Private-equity owners to keep majority voting power in software developer — Software developer SunGard Data Systems Inc. has filed for an initial public offering, about a decade after a group of private-equity firms acquired it in an $11 billion deal … Sponsor Posts
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