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Jungah Lee / Bloomberg Business:
Samsung names Koh Dong Jin president of mobile communications business, will take over day-to-day operations from J.K. Shin amid dwindling sales  —  Samsung Replaces Mobile-Unit Chief as Galaxy Phones Struggle  —  Electronics business heading for lowest profit in four years
Abhimanyu Ghoshal / The Next Web:
Chrome for Android's new Data Saver feature will not load images on sites until you tell it to, resulting in up to 70% data savings  —  Chrome for Android skips images on sites for up to 70% data savings  —  Google is updating the Data Saver feature in its Chrome browser for Android …
Chris Davies / SlashGear:
Nokia's OZO 360-degree virtual reality camera for professionals is available for pre-order today for $60K, to start shipping in Q1 2016  —  Nokia OZO is a $60,000 360-degree camera for VR pros  —  Nokia may not be the first name you'd associate with virtual reality, but the Finns are aiming …
Kashmir Hill / Fusion:
Tor's chief architect, Nick Mathewson, explains what happened with Carnegie Mellon attack and what Tor has done to fix it  —  The attack that broke the Dark Web—and how Tor plans to fix it  —  Law enforcement has been complaining for years about the Web “going dark,” …
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Zack Whittaker / ZDNet:
Court ruling reveals the scope of info FBI collects via NSLs for the first time, confirms it needs no warrant to get browsing, online shopping, location history  —  FBI's warrantless national security powers revealed for first time  —  The FBI can use national security letters (NSLs) …
Garett Sloane / Digiday:
Snapchat finally enables publishers to ‘deep link’ to their Discover content  —  Snapchat's enabling its publishing partners to promote their channels on Facebook and Twitter with links directly to their content, the company said today.  —  The media partners, which include Hearst, IGN …
Brian Fagioli / BetaNews:
Google to end support for Chrome on 32-bit Linux, Ubuntu Precise, and Debian 7 in early March 2016  —  Google killing Chrome for 32-bit Linux  —  If you live in the web browser, using a Linux-based operating system makes a lot of sense.  By combining say, Ubuntu and Google Chrome …
More: VentureBeat.  Thanks:@brianfagioli
Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
While networks benefit from TV show exposure on Hulu and other streaming services, producers worry widespread availability may hurt syndication value  —  Streaming Era Sets Off Battle Over TV Rights  —  Studios, networks, talent try to protect their interests in the emerging on-demand TV economy

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Gary Baum / The Hollywood Reporter:
A look at the first “case” brought before Objection, which aims to use AI to evaluate news stories, and a Q&A with Objection's founder; the site is now dark

Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
Gene Shalit, a longtime film critic for NBC's Today who was with the show from 1970 until his retirement in 2010, dies at 100

Aidan Ryan / The Boston Globe:
A look at an AI-reliant news site for 19 towns south of Boston, which uses public meeting transcripts and LLMs to produce stories and has 350 paid subscribers

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