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Microsoft to open source Chakra, the JavaScript heart of its Edge browser — Source will be available from January, and open to community contributions. — At JSConf in Florida today, Microsoft announced that it is open sourcing Chakra, the JavaScript engine used in its Edge and Internet Explorer browsers.
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| Yuliya Chernova / Wall Street Journal: |
Google Ventures says it participated in fewer seed-stage deals in 2015, continues to invest heavily in healthcare and life sciences — Google Ventures Dials Down Seed Deals, Urges Mature Startups to Go Public … Google Ventures has reduced its involvement in seed-stage startups …
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| Tom Simonite / MIT Technology Review: |
Censys is a free search engine powered by Google's infrastructure that helps security researchers find vulnerable devices on the Internet — A Search Engine for the Internet's Dirty Secrets — Google is helping to power a new search engine built on a daily scan of the whole Internet.| Scott Charlston / Verizon: |
Verizon bringing Wi-Fi Calling to Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge via software update starting Dec. 8, expects roll out to more Android and iOS devices early 2016 — Verizon's Advanced Calling to include Wi-Fi Calling beginning next week on some devices — Beginning December 8 … | Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Chrome 48 Beta brings custom buttons on notifications, casting from the web, more — With Chrome 47 currently rolling out to desktops and Android, Google has announced the Chrome 48 Beta and the new features that will come with it. Most are more developer-focused and geared towards Chrome for Android.| Ben Popper / The Verge: |
Airbnb's NYC data confirms that a fraction of hosts with multiple listings took home a disproportionate amount of the total revenue — Airbnb's worst problems are confirmed by its own data — Earlier this week, Airbnb released a massive dataset about its business in New York City.| Wall Street Journal: |
As Silicon Valley Bank surges on loans to tech startups, its exposure to risky loans also rises — Silicon Valley's Hometown Bank Booms, But Risks Are on Horizon — Despite rise in shaky loans, tight relationships with technology startups and venture capitalists fuel big profits for lender; a call from Marc Andreessen
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| Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat: |
Mozilla ends Tiles experiment for ads in Firefox, will shift focus to ‘content discovery’ — Mozilla is stopping its experimental offering of advertising in Firefox. The company announced its focus will instead shift to “content discovery” opportunities in its browser.| Joe Marshall / The Atlantic: |
Hollywood movies and TV shows are increasingly portraying realistic aspects of hacking and programming culture — Pop Culture Is Finally Getting Hacking Right … The idea of a drill-wielding hacker who runs a deep-web empire selling drugs to teens seems like a fantasy embodying the worst of digital technology.| Jamie Williams / Electronic Frontier Foundation: |
US Court of Appeals rules that violating employer's computer use policy is not a crime under Computer Fraud and Abuse Act — US Court: Breaking Your Employer's Computer Policy Isn't a Crime — The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued an opinion rejecting …
| Ian King / Bloomberg Business: |
Google, Microsoft, and Comcast say Verizon's LTE-U cellular tech will degrade consumer Wi-Fi — Tech Giants Say Verizon's New Cellular Tech Could Wreck Wi-Fi — Google, Microsoft, and Comcast are fighting a Verizon-led push into unlicensed spectrum. — U.S. wireless carriers send …
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| Andrea Peterson / Washington Post: |
Experts found critical flaws in systems behind Internet-connected doll Hello Barbie, which responded to kids' queries; ToyTalk has patched the major bugs — Hello (hackable) Barbie — Hello Barbie on display at the Mattel showroom at the North American International Toy Fair in New York.
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