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August 2, 2015, 12:10 PM

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Seth Fiegerman / Mashable:

Inside the failure of Google+, a very expensive attempt to unseat Facebook — Create a social network or risk everything. — That was the original pitch for Google's Facebook rival, Google+, a refrain hammered over and over by the social network's chief architect, Vic Gundotra, in meetings with the company's top brass.

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Rachel Thomas / Medium:

Why women are leaving tech, and what tech companies can do to increase hiring and retention of women — If you think women in tech is just a pipeline problem, you haven't been paying attention — According to the Harvard Business Review, 41% of women working in tech eventually end up leaving the field …

More: New York Times, Digital Trends and WMPoweruser

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Washington Post:

Former DNI Mike McConnell, DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff, and Deputy Secretary of Defense William Lynn back strong encryption in op-ed — Why the fear over ubiquitous data encryption is overblown — Clarification: Due to a production error, a version of this column was temporarily posted prematurely …

More: Wall Street Journal, Schneier on Security, Techdirt, Engadget and International Business Times

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Gensthaler O. / SamMobile:

Galaxy Note 5 specs leak: 5.66" Quad HD Super AMOLED display, octa-core Exynos 7420, 4GB of RAM; press renders of Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge+ also leak — Galaxy Note 5 (SM-N920) tech specs and S6 edge + leaked — We have a new leak on the upcoming Galaxy Note 5 from @evleaks.

Jason Del Rey / Re/code:

India's Snapdeal, an Amazon Competitor, Raises $500 Million From Alibaba, Foxconn and SoftBank — Alibaba finally has its ally in India, perhaps the world's hottest e-commerce market. — The Chinese e-commerce giant has invested in Snapdeal, an India-based e-commerce startup …

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:

New attack on Tor can deanonymize hidden services with surprising accuracy — Deanonymization requires luck but nonetheless shows limits of Tor privacy. — Computer scientists have devised an attack on the Tor privacy network that in certain cases allows them to deanonymize hidden service websites with 88 percent accuracy.

More: MIT News, ExtremeTech, ZDNet, BGR, Help Net Security, SearchSecurity, Security Affairs, Inverse, CSO and Motherboard

Jillian D'Onfro / Business Insider:

Facebook adds Lollapalooza festival content to Place Tips, the first event in Place Tips and first available outside the geographic location — Here's why you might be seeing Lollapalooza all over your Facebook today even though you're not there — Instead of wriggling your way through …

More: Wall Street Journal, The Wrap, The Verge, PCMag Australia Feed, Engadget, Digital Trends, PhoneArena and BetaNews

Michael Mimoso / Threatpost:

Security experts welcome US Commerce Department's decision to rewrite initial US Wassenaar proposal regarding regulation of cyberweapons — Unusual Re-Do of US Wassenaar Rules Applauded — In spite of self-congratulatory pats on the back from several corners of the security world …

More: Reuters, The Register, Engadget, The Verge and Help Net Security

Dante D'Orazio / The Verge:

Microsoft's HoloLens will ship to developers ‘within the next year’ — Microsoft will release “V1” of its HoloLens virtual reality headset sooner rather than later. CEO Satya Nadella said that the first developer version of the hologram-projecting device will come out “within the next year” …

More: BBC, Digital Trends, Engadget, Gdgt Arena, Neowin and Windows Central

Mariella Moon / Engadget:

Developer preview of Amazon's Alexa Voice Service now available, allowing manufacturers and hobbyists to integrate Alexa tech into their own devices — Amazon lets anyone put Alexa voice control in their devices — Amazon released the Alexa Appkit last month in hopes that developers …

More: Amazon Developer Services, Liliputing and ReadWrite

David E. Sanger / New York Times:

Anonymous Obama administration sources say US will retaliate against China for OPM hack and is weighing options that include breaching the Great Firewall — U.S. Decides to Retaliate Against China's Hacking — The Obama administration has determined that it must retaliate against China …

More: Zero Hedge, TechWorm, Washington Times, Los Angeles Times, International Business Times, hakspek.com, Engadget and The Verge

Tweets: @mikeemanuelfox, @dangillmor, @gaberivera and @thegrugq

New York Times:

Xiaoice, Microsoft's Chinese chatbot, has a sense of humor, good listening skills, and 20M registered users — For Sympathetic Ear, More Chinese Turn to Smartphone Program — She is known as Xiaoice, and millions of young Chinese pick up their smartphones every day to exchange messages with her …

More: Business Insider and Daily Mail. Tweets: @nytscience

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