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Group that hacked CIA director's email allegedly breach law enforcement portal containing arrest records and other sensitive data — CIA Email Hackers Return With Major Law Enforcement Breach — This time the group, which goes by the name Crackas With Attitude, says it gained access … | Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch: |
Google acquires Fly Labs, maker of video editing iOS apps, to join its Photos team — Google Acquires Fly Labs To Join Its Photos Team — Today, Google acquired Fly Labs to join its Google Photos team. The company aimed to help people edit videos and photos and it sported 3 million downloads over the past 18 months.
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Fly Labs, The Verge, VatorNews, Android Police, The Tech Portal, PCWorld, Android Beat, Phandroid, Tech Times, Android and Me, Pocket-lint, TechnoBuffalo, The Next Web, Engadget, Re/code, 9to5Google, Business Insider, Android Central and VentureBeat. Tweets: @dflieb. Thanks:@alex
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Yahoo Rolls Out A New, Flickr-Powered Image Search That Returns Your Own Photos — Yahoo announced today an upgrade to its image search engine which now includes a combination of web results as well as images from its photo-sharing site Flickr, including your own photos.| Sean Farrell / Guardian: |
TalkTalk says 156,959 customers were affected by attack, or about 4% of its customer base including 15,656 whose bank account numbers and sort codes were stolen — Nearly 157,000 had data breached in TalkTalk cyber-attack — Company says over 15,000 also had financial details hacked … | Joseph Menn / Reuters: |
NSA says it discloses 91% of vulnerabilities it finds, but sources say it often uses those vulnerabilities first — NSA says how often, not when, it discloses software flaws — The U.S. National Security Agency, seeking to rebut accusations that it hoards information about vulnerabilities …
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PageFair anti-ad-blocking service was hacked a week ago, temporarily pushing malware to visitors of over 500 sites including the Economist — A prominent ad-blocker-blocker served malware to Economist readers — One of the web's most prominent ad-blocking tools has been serving malware to Economist readers.
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Inside PageFair, Economist, Mashable, Ars Technica, AdExchanger, Securosis Highlights, The Register, Quartz, Talking New Media, SC Magazine UK, Digiday, Nelson's Weblog, Threatpost, Independent.ie, ZDNet and Refinery29
Tweets: @dangillmor, @malwrhunterteam, @pinboard, @pagefair and @pagefair
See also Mediagazer| Garett Sloane / Digiday: |
Sources: Instagram is testing ads that use 3D Touch and Apple Pay — Instagram's testing new ads that drive sales — Instagram doesn't want to be just a platform for pretty brand photos. It wants to prove it can drive sales, developing new ads that showcase a variety of product offerings … | Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
FCC rejects petition to require services like Google, Facebook, YouTube, Pandora, Netflix, and LinkedIn to honor “Do Not Track” requests — Websites can keep ignoring “Do Not Track” requests after FCC ruling — Petition to impose Do Not Track requirements rejected by commission.
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Square sets IPO price range at $11-13 per share, at a valuation up to $4.19B, well below its last private round — Square sets IPO price range, would be valued below last private round — Payments company Square this morning filed paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission …
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Tweets: @levie, @benkepes and @sarahfrier
| Xiomara Blanco / CNET: |
Samsung Galaxy View review: 18.4-inch tablet is interesting as a TV alternative, but build feels cheap, hard to recommend at $600 — Samsung Galaxy View review: Biggest Samsung tablet ever, smallest TV in your house — While visiting a friend in her charmingly cozy studio apartment full …
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The Verge, Laptop Mag and Gizmodo
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Gamergate film based on Zoe Quinn's memoir in the works from Amy Pascal's production company — Amy Pascal Wins Zoe Quinn's Gamergate Memoir ‘Crash Override’ — EXCLUSIVE: Amy Pascal's Pascal Pictures has won a bidding battle for Crash Override: How To Save The Internet From Itself …
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The Wrap, VentureBeat, Engadget, The Verge, GamesIndustry.biz, GamePolitics, Polygon, Re/code and Refinery29
Tweets: @thequinnspiracy, @patrickklepek, @samfbiddle and @mikeisaac
See also Mediagazer| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Motorola Droid Turbo 2 review: truly shatterproof display, battery life of 36-40 hours, but low light camera results are inconsistent, and price is high at $624 — Motorola Droid Turbo 2 review — I'm biking through Brooklyn when the Droid Turbo 2 slips from my hand and smacks the pavement.Sponsor Posts
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