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Alistair Barr / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Google has been working on new messaging app for over a year that supports chatbots and uses AI to answer questions and perform other tasks  —  Google Plans New, Smarter Messaging App  —  Users will be able to text friends or a chatbot that will scour the Web and other sources to answer a question
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google begins testing login system that uses phone notifications for authentication instead of passwords  —  Google Begins Testing Password-Free Logins  —  Google confirmed this morning it's now testing a new way to sign into your Google account without having to type in a password.
Kim Zetter / Wired:
Experts' findings suggest NSA is at least indirectly responsible for Juniper backdoor because of the weakness NSA embedded in the Dual_EC encryption algorithm  —  Researchers Solve Juniper Backdoor Mystery; Signs Point to NSA  —  Security researchers believe they have finally solved …
Matthew Green / A Few Thoughts …:
How hackers piggybacked on an existing backdoor in Juniper's ScreenOS software to create a backdoor of their own  —  On the Juniper backdoor  —  You might have heard that a few days ago, Juniper Systems announced the discovery of “unauthorized code” in the ScreenOS software that underlies the NetScreen line of devices.
Alex Hern / Guardian:
Microsoft to detect and remove adware that uses man-in-the-middle techniques, like Superfish, beginning in March, will only allow adware as browser plugins  —  New Microsoft adware rules could stop another Superfish security scare  —  From March, adware on Windows will have to be easily removable …
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Foursquare is raising $20M-$40M at about a $250M valuation, down from $650M two years ago  —  Foursquare's Value Will Be Cut by More Than Half in a New Funding Round  —  Foursquare is close to finalizing a funding round that will value the company at about $250 million …
More: TechCrunch and Reuters.  Tweets: @caseynewton
Katherine Noyes / PCWorld:
Oracle settles with the FTC after leaving insecure, older versions of Java SE installed on users' computers  —  Oracle settles with the FTC over ‘deceptive’ Java security promises  —  Once finalized, the order could impose a civil penalty of $16,000 per violation

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From Mediagazer

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

Neel Dhanesha / Nieman Lab:
Q&A with Ian Coss, host of GBH's Big Dig podcast, on his multi-city live event tour in partnership with local NPR stations, the use of GBH archives, and more

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Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:
FAA's drone registration site is now live: registrations are valid for 3 years, free for next 30 days or $5 afterwards
Yahoo:
Sources: Google and Ford will create a joint venture to build self-driving vehicles
Alex Hern / Guardian:
Apple calls on UK government to scale back investigatory powers bill, says it would “weaken security for hundreds of millions of law-abiding customers”
Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat:
Microsoft temporarily disables “Hey Cortana” feature on Android in US due to voice search conflict with “Ok Google” feature
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