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October 3, 2015, 12:35 AM

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Mark Bergen / Re/code:

Google Inc. formally became a subsidiary of Alphabet at the close of US markets — O Is for Official: Google to Morph Into Alphabet Today — At the close of markets today, Google Inc. will formally become a subsidiary of Alphabet, the holding company comprised of Google's two co-founders, its chairman, legal boss and CFO.

Alistair Barr / Wall Street Journal:

Google's 'Don't Be Evil' Becomes Alphabet's ‘Do the Right Thing’ — “Don't be evil” is so 2004. — Alphabet Inc. posted a new code of conduct for its employees Friday, after Google completed its transformation into a holding company. There were few substantive changes in more than 20 documents filed …

More: Google, Engadget and Business Insider

Tweets: @jamesjoaquin, @mhbergen and @bharani

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Alistair Barr / Wall Street Journal:

Alphabet using Nest, with its own infrastructure, recruiters, marketing, and legal teams, as a model for its other projects to maintain efficiency of startups

More: 9to5Google and Business Insider. Tweets: @timfernholz

Re/code:

How Jack Dorsey evolved as a leader at Square, preparing him to save Twitter — Why Jack Dorsey Is Ready to Save Twitter — On a fall day in 2010, Jack Dorsey stepped before his staff at Square, his payments startup, to deliver a pep talk at its weekly all-hands meeting.

More: InvestorPlace, Fortune, International Business Times, Socialnomics, Tech Times, Inc.com and TheStreet.com

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Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet:

Microsoft acquires game-technology vendor Havok, known for its physics engine, from Intel for an undisclosed sum — Microsoft acquires Havok from Intel — Microsoft has acquired game-technology vendor Havok from Intel for an undisclosed amount. — Microsoft has acquired Havok …

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:

Hackers breach crowdfunding site Patreon, dump nearly 15 GB of stolen data online including site's source code, user email addresses, and hashed password data — Gigabytes of user data from hack of Patreon donations site dumped online — The inclusion of source code and databases suggest breach was extensive.

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:

Experts warned Patreon of major website flaw 5 days before breach: a development error also committed on thousands of other sites allows remote code execution

More: Detectify Labs. Tweets: @nicholaijaguar

Financial Times:

Apple buys UK-based speech technology start-up VocalIQ — Tim Bradshaw in San Francisco, Sally Davies and Murad Ahmed in London — Apple has acquired a UK-based start-up whose artificial-intelligence software helps computers and people speak to each other in a more natural dialogue, according to people familiar with the deal.

More: Business Weekly, VentureBeat, Engadget, Bloomberg Business, MacRumors, Business Insider, Pocket-lint, The Register, Daring Fireball, Tech Insider and iPhone Hacks

Tweets: @counternotions and @tim

Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:

Retail brokerage firm Scottrade says breach from late 2013 to early 2014 compromised up to 4.6M customers' contact information, including SSNs — Scottrade Breach Hits 4.6 Million Customers — Welcome to Day 2 of Cybersecurity (Breach) Awareness Month! Today's awareness lesson is brought …

More: scottrade.com, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Wired, SiliconANGLE, eWeek, CNBC, PCWorld, Satellite News, ValueWalk, Gizmodo, Consumerist, The Register, Lifehacker, CSO, ZDNet, Ars Technica, Fortune and SC Magazine. Tweets: @om

Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:

East Texas judge shuts down 168 patent cases filed by most prolific patent troll of 2014, eDekka — East Texas judge throws out 168 patent cases in one fell swoop — Judge's order puts the most litigious patent troll of 2014 out of business. — The most prolific patent troll of last year …

More: BBC, BGR, Techdirt and The Register

Jun Hongo / Wall Street Journal:

Japan officials and Robot Taxi say a pilot program for unmanned taxi service will launch with a small group of riders in 2016 — RoboCab: Driverless Taxi Experiment to Start in Japan — From the country where hotels are operated by robots and androids serve as clerks at department stores comes …

More: Engadget, Bloomberg Business, Quartz, Tech Insider, PC Magazine, IGN, KitGuru, Mashable, ValueWalk, TechnoBuffalo, Inhabitat, TrustedReviews, TechSpot, Ars Technica UK, Tech Times, Robotics Trends, Gizmodo UK and Ubergizmo. Tweets: @mhbergen

Derek Walter / Greenbot:

Motorola to drop Moto Assist, Migrate, and Connect in transition to Marshmallow — Motorola is dropping its signature software enhancements as part of the plan to update its phones to Android Marshmallow. — That means no more Motorola Assist, Migrate, and Connect add-ons bundled with your device.

More: The Official Motorola Blog, BGR, Android Central, Droid Life, Liliputing, Phandroid, Android Police, Redmond Pie, ZDNet, 9to5Google, Fone Arena, AndroidGuys, Computerworld, TechnoBuffalo, The Tech Portal, ExtremeTech, Pocketnow and SlashGear

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:

AT&T delays WiFi calling on iPhone pending FCC waiver, says Sprint and T-Mobile offered the feature, ignoring FCC's rules regarding deaf, hard-of-hearing users — AT&T says T-Mobile and Sprint Wi-Fi calling violates disability rules — AT&T says it can't offer Wi-Fi calling, while competitors “defy” FCC rules.

More: FierceWireless, The Verge, CNET, MacRumors, TmoNews, Consumerist, 9to5Mac, Engadget and HotHardware.com News

Jai Vijayan / darkREADING:

Researchers find curious Linux.WiFatch malware on tens of thousands of routers and IoT devices that appears to be securing infected systems — And Now A Malware Tool That Has Your Back — In an unusual development, white hat malware is being used to secure thousands of infected systems, not to attack them, Symantec says.

More: Symantec Connect, TechHive, The Verge, CNNMoney, BBC, Forbes, ZDNet, Hackaday, Data Center Knowledge, Inquirer, The Daily Dot, The Mary Sue, The Register and SecurityWeek. Tweets: @info_activism

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