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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
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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.
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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 …
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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.
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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 … | Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft raises prices of Surface Hub 55-inch and 84-inch models by $2,000-$3,000 to $8,999 and $21,999, delays shipment date to Q1 — Microsoft to hike Surface Hub pricing ahead of early 2016 release — Microsoft is upping the prices of its Surface Hub videoconferencing systems by $2,000 …
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Stratos Sells To Ciright One To Avoid Collapse — Stratos isn't dead yet. The Michigan-based startup just signed an agreement with Ciright One LLC to take over the fledgling company. Under their agreement, Ciright One will manage and fulfill all outstanding consumer and commercial and Thiago Olson …
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Flywheel's TaxiOS, an Uber-like, no-surge-fee ride-hailing app for taxis, gets approval in California and launches, following its pilot program in San Francisco — Flywheel Launches Uber-Like Operating System For Taxi Cabs — Flywheel, the no-surge-fee taxi startup that hopes to challenge …
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Early build of final Oculus Rift hardware starts shipping to devs — Things might finally be really getting along for the company that rebooted the whole virtual reality hype. Perhaps taking advantage of the delay that HTC's and Valve's Vive VR headset will suffer in the next few months … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google Brings Its Interactive, 360-Degree “Spotlight Stories” To YouTube — Google is bringing its Spotlight Stories - immersive, 360-degree animated videos meant to introduce a new form of storytelling - to YouTube, the company announced this morning. The first story to arrive is a holiday film called …
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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 violationSponsor Posts
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