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Google Inc. formally became a subsidiary of Alphabet at the close of US markets on Friday — 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.
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| 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 … | 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.| 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 …
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| 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 …
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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.
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Sony further clarifies why Xperia Z5 Premium mostly runs at 1080p despite 4K display — The Sony Xperia Z5 Premium is the first handset in the world to include a 4K display, and as we told in our hands-on coverage, it's a real joy to behold. But despite boasting an unholy number of pixels … | 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 …
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| 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 — Patreon was warned of serious website flaw 5 days before it was hacked — Even worse: Thousands of other sites are making the same facepalm-worthy mistake.| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
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| Tim Carmody / The Verge: |
A look at multiple motivations behind Amazon's move to stop selling Apple TV, Nexus Player, and Chromecast devices — What's behind Amazon's baffling decision to ban Apple TV and Chromecast? — Amazon's decision to ban sales of Apple TV and Google's Chromecast and Nexus Player from its retail store … | 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 …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Cortana won't be available on the Xbox One until next year — Microsoft is currently testing a new Windows 10-powered dashboard for the Xbox One. While the update includes a number of new features, one of the big additions is Cortana integration. Microsoft has demonstrated how Cortana works …
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