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Hacking Team, which sells intrusion and surveillance tools to governments, breached; attackers release 400GB of internal documents, source code, and emails — Hacking Team hacked, attackers claim 400GB in dumped data — Firm made famous for helping governments spy on their citizens left exposed| Wall Street Journal: |
SEC investigating improper selling of private tech stocks including employee-owned shares — Regulators Probe Marketing of Hot Private Tech Shares — Trading of such shares has boomed in recent months — Securities regulators have launched a broad investigation into whether hedge funds …
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
Instagram is now storing photos in 1080x1080 resolution instead of 640x640, likely in preparation for a public upgrade soon — Instagram photos are now bigger — if you know where to look — Just over a week ago, I wrote plaintively about Instagram's archaic 640 x 640 resolution and the need …
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The Next Web, Wired.co.uk and Ubergizmo
| Kevin Fitchard / Fortune: |
The economics of inflight Wi-Fi: why prices and speeds vary so widely — The crazy economics of inflight Wi-Fi — It's summer time, and that means millions of Americans will soon make their way to airports across the country. An amenity featured on more and more flights these days …
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| Fred Wilson / AVC: |
A media platform based on blockchain will arrive soon, which unlike Reddit or Twitter can't be policed — The Decentral Authority — We've been big fans of Reddit since it was part of the first Y Combinator class ten years ago this summer. We've watched closely as it emerged as a community powered mostly by its users.
| Xiomara Blanco / CNET: |
Dell Venue 10 7000 review: refined build quality, slick performance, make it one of the finest Android tablet-hybrids around — Dell Venue 10 7000 — The Dell Venue 10 7000 truly feels like a tablet-laptop hybrid. As a standalone tablet, its stylish build is elevated by an ergonomic quirk …
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CRN, Computerworld, Digital Trends, AndroidHeadlines.com and AnandTech
| Jillian D'Onfro / Business Insider: |
Why YouTube's recommendation algorithm began prioritizing watch time instead of views in 2012 — The ‘terrifying’ moment in 2012 when YouTube changed its entire philosophy — Although there wasn't any Roman-style backstabbing, YouTubers will remember the Ides of March 2012 as a traumatic day in the company's history.| Christopher White / Neowin: |
History of the original Xbox: a last minute switch from AMD to Intel, Red Ring of Death, more — The history of Xbox as told by the leaders of the company — There's no question that the Xbox has a sordid past. From the Duke controller to the RRoD, things haven't always gone smoothly for Microsoft's gaming console.
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IGN, GamePolitics blogs, WinBeta, TechnoBuffalo, destructoid, VG247 and Ars Technica UK
| Christopher Schroeder / Politico: |
Far from the nuclear negotiations, a new tech-savvy Iranian generation takes shape — Far from the nuclear negotiations, a new tech-savvy Iranian generation takes shape. — Getty. — There wasn't much exceptional about my recent lunch out with a couple dozen young, aspiring entrepreneurs.| Orr Hirschauge / Wall Street Journal: |
Google's Waze to test carpooling service in Israel; drivers limited to 2 rides a day, can charge for gas, car wear and tear, but not generate profit — Google Pilots Carpooling Service for Commuters in Israel — Google Inc. has thrown its hat into the hotly contested ride-sharing ring …
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Tech.eu, Marketing Land, Haaretz, The Verge, Business Insider, 9to5Google, Reuters, Engadget, VentureBeat and The Next Web
| The Intercept: |
New documents show XKEYSCORE, NSA's Google-like tool, collects more data than previously reported including web searches and router configuration information — XKEYSCORE: NSA's Google for the World's Private Communications — Illustrations by Blue Delliquanti and David Axe for The Intercept
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Silicon Republic, TechSpot, CoinTelegraph.Com News, Business Insider, Engadget and CNET
Tweets: @the_intercept, @just_security, @ggreenwald, @emptywheel, @rj_gallagher and @attackerman
| Ricardo Bilton / Digiday: |
Microsoft's ad business withered because it tried to beat Google in search, overspent on aQuantive, and had warring factions in its organization — Autopsy: Why Microsoft's ad business withered — On Tuesday, Microsoft said that it was handing over its ad sales business to AOL …
Tweets: @mattrosoff
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