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| Marco Arment / Marco.org: |
Marco Arment pulls ad-blocking app Peace, the top paid app for 36 hours, citing the unfairness of indiscriminate ad blocking — Just doesn't feel good — I've pulled Peace from the App Store. I'm sorry to all of my fans and customers who bought this on my name, expecting it to be supported for longer than two days.
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Google sends out invites for press event on September 29 at 9 AM PT, new Nexus devices and Chromecast expected; event will be livestreamed on YouTube — Nexus launch: Google promises “tasty new treats” at September 29 event — We're expecting the LG Nexus 5 and Huawei Nexus 6 to be announced at the event.| Stephen Hall / 9to5Google: |
Sources: Google to announce Chromecast Audio device to plug in to speakers September 29 — Exclusive: Chromecast Audio, codenamed ‘Hendrix,’ is a separate device & made to WiFi-enable your speakers — We told you earlier today about the 2nd generation Chromecast, scheduled to be launched later this month.
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Active malware campaign has hijacked thousands of WordPress sites in just 15 days, has spiked to over 5K new infections daily — Active malware campaign uses thousands of WordPress sites to infect visitors — 15-day-old campaign has spiked in past 48 hours, with >5,000 new infections daily.
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| Parm Mann / HEXUS.net: |
AMD Chief Architect of Microprocessor Cores Jim Keller departs company again after 3 years — Legendary CPU architect Jim Keller leaves AMD — AMD has experienced its fair share of high-profile departures this year, but today's exit is arguably the one that will resonate with the enthusiast community and AMD's most fervent fans.| Slate: |
Lebanon, New Hampshire library board votes to reinstate its Tor relay, after DHS contacted local police — How a Small New Hampshire Library Fought Government Fearmongering — Board meetings of the Lebanon Libraries in the small town of Lebanon, New Hampshire, don't normally include signs that read … | Kate Knibbs / Gizmodo: |
FBI uses retweets as evidence against people it claims are aiding terrorism or trying to join ISIS — The FBI Says Retweets Are Endorsements — Remember when people put that “RTs ≠ endorsements” disclaimer in their Twitter bios, like that would offer some form of protection from the being associated with what they retweeted?| Mark Harris / Guardian: |
Documents show Apple held discussions with California DMV for self-driving car; Project Titan gets an Engineering Program Manager — Apple meets California officials to discuss self-driving car — The meeting in California, which is developing regulations for driverless vehicles …
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| Harish Jonnalagadda / Android Central: |
Samsung's feature-laden S Health app is now available for all Android smartphones running Android 4.4 or above — Samsung's S Health is now available for all Android smartphones — Samsung's feature-laden fitness tracking app, S Health, is now available for all Android smartphones, regardless of the manufacturer.| Jacob Demmitt / GeekWire: |
AT&T sues former workers and California-based Swift Unlocks, alleging scheme to download malware to AT&T computers to unlock hundreds of thousands of phones — AT&T sues former workers, alleging secret scheme to unlock hundreds of thousands of phones
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard: |
The US Army, Navy, DARPA, others do not implement STARTTLS, a basic email encryption protocol — How the US Military Fails to Protect Its Soldiers' Emails — Many government agencies, including the US military, are leaving the emails of soldiers and government employees potentially …
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| Thomas Fox-Brewster / Forbes: |
Developers of popular iOS apps downloaded Xcode malware; WeChat among 39 apps known to be compromised, hundreds of millions of users affected — Apple's Bouncers Let Dangerous Malware Sneak Into App Store Via WeChat And China's Uber Rival — It's been a busy week for the Apple AAPL -0.88% iPhone security team.
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