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August 15, 2015, 11:15 PM
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ProPublica:
NSA spying relies on AT&T's “extreme willingness to help” tap Internet communications, say newly-disclosed Snowden documents  —  NSA Spying Relies on AT&T's ‘Extreme Willingness to Help’
New York Times:
Amazon tests how far to push white-collar workers to achieve its ever-expanding ambitions, creating a bruising, data-driven workplace  —  Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace  —  SEATTLE — On Monday mornings, fresh recruits line up for an orientation intended to catapult …
Roger Cheng / CNET:
Nextbit, led by Android and HTC vets, will launch its Android smartphone on September 1 priced at $300-$400  —  Google, HTC vets prep ‘friggin’ awesome' smartphone for Sept. 1 launch  —  Nextbit makes the bold claim that its smartphone will actually get better over time thanks to software tweaks.
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
Mozilla tests private browsing mode with tracking protection in pre-beta versions of Firefox  —  Mozilla Makes Private Browsing More Private In Firefox, Adds Tracking Protection  —  Mozilla is testing a new private browsing mode in Firefox that doesn't just keep no trace of your browsing habits …
Sam Machkovech / Ars Technica:
Google bans 8chan-hosted domains from search, displaying warning about child abuse content  —  8chan-hosted content disappears from Google searches  —  Domain-specific searches contain warning about “suspected child abuse content.”  —  Google appears to have taken an unprecedented step …
Alyson Shontell / Business Insider:
Sources: Comcast will partner with publishers like Vox, Buzzfeed, others to launch Watchable, a major online video platform to rival Facebook and YouTube  —  Comcast is about to launch a major video platform called Watchable to rival Facebook and Google  —  Comcast is preparing to launch …
Klint Finley / Wired:
Swiss researchers working to make two-factor authentication easier with Sound-Proof, which replaces numerical codes with digital signatures from ambient sound  —  The Noise Around You Could Strengthen Your Passwords  —  Last year after nude photos apparently stolen from various celebrities …
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
Kaspersky CEO: False positives affected us too, Reuters report does not contain ‘a shred of evidence’  —  Reuters published a story today claiming security firm Kaspersky Lab tried to damage rivals (including Microsoft, AVG, and Avast) by tricking their antivirus software programs …
Howard Mintz / Mercury News:
US Court of Appeals rejects Samsung's request for rehearing of patent case against Apple  —  Apple v. Samsung: court rejects Samsung's latest appeal  —  A federal appeals court Thursday refused to re-examine Samsung's appeal of a stinging 2012 jury verdict that found the tech giant violated Apple's iPhone patents.

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Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: David Ellison has picked HBO content chief Casey Bloys to oversee streaming operations following Paramount's acquisition of WBD

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg:
Sources: David Fincher won't renew his Netflix deal when it expires in 2027; he isn't leaving for a rival studio and could still make his next movie at Netflix

Andrea González-Ramírez / The Cut:
Q&A with two Cornell Daily Sun student journalists on breaking the news of a suit alleging seven students raped a woman, followed by a fiery editorial, and more

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Cody Toombs / Android Police:
Google Play Services v7.8 Completes Rollout, Adds New Mobile Vision API With Face Detection And Barcode Reader, Improves Cloud Messaging
Fred O'Connor / PCWorld:
Puerto Rico is out as Project Ara's first test market, but Google isn't nixing the program
Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac:
New iCloud.com feature lets users restore recently deleted files, contacts and calendars

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Mark Harris / Guardian:
Documents show Apple has talked with GoMentum Station, a high-security road testing facility for autonomous and connected vehicles
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