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January 21, 2016, 1:50 PM

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Kurt Wagner / Re/code:

Facebook launches Sports Stadium, a hub for real-time chats, live scores, and more — Heads Up, ESPN: Facebook Built Its Own Game Hub for Live Sports Stats — Facebook has long argued that it's a great place to talk about live TV while watching live TV, including big-time sporting events.

Rich McCormick / The Verge:

Apple to create first European iOS Development Center in Italy, plans to expand this program to other countries — Apple to create first European iOS Development Center — Apple is opening a dedicated iOS app Development Center in Italy, the company announced today …

Wall Street Journal:

Sources: Foxconn offers $5.3B to take over Sharp, as Sharp reviews $2.56B offer from government-backed Innovation Network — Taiwan's Foxconn Offers $5.3 Billion to Take Over Sharp — Innovation Network Corp. of Japan also has competing offer for electronics maker

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:

iOS cookie theft bug that allowed hackers to impersonate users fixed by Apple after 2.5 years — iOS cookie theft bug allowed hackers to impersonate users — Apple fixes vulnerability 2.5 years after receiving private report. — Apple has squashed a bug in its iOS operating system …

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:

Docker Acquires Unikernel Systems As It Looks Beyond Containers — Docker today announced the acquisition of Unikernel Systems, a Cambridge, UK-based startup that aims to bring unikernels to the masses (or at least the masses of developers). — Docker plans to integrate support for unikernels …

More: Docker Blog, VentureBeat, SiliconANGLE, eWeek, InfoWorld and The Register

Hamza Shaban / BuzzFeed:

ACLU coordinates with lawmakers to help introduce 30 bills across 16 states to improve digital privacy — ACLU Takes Consumer Privacy Battle To The States — Lawmakers from 16 states and D.C. introduced 30 new privacy laws Wednesday as part of a bipartisan, state-led effort …

More: ACLU, ACLU, Engadget, Center for Democracy …, ACLU, PCWorld, The Hill, TechCrunch, CNNMoney, StateScoop, SC Magazine, The Verge, Ars Technica and International Business Times

Ginny Marvin / Search Engine Land:

Google blocked 780M bad ads in 2015, up 49% from 2014, 25K app accounts shut down — Google's 2015 “Bad Ads” Report: 780 Million Ads, 25K App Accounts Shut Down — In a semantic flip, Google has renamed what's been known as its annual “Bad Ads” report — a rundown of all the annoying …

More: Official Google Blog, Wall Street Journal, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, VentureBeat, WebProNews and Tech Times. See also Mediagazer

Ina Fried / Re/code:

Verizon beats Q4 expectations with earnings of $4.4B on revenue of $34.2B, adds 1.5M customers — Verizon Adds 1.5 Million Customers in Q4, Tops Earnings Esitmates — Verizon on Thursday posted slightly stronger-than-expected revenue and earnings as it added 1.5 million customers last quarter.

More: Verizon FiOS & Custom TV, ZDNet, DSLreports, Tech Trader Daily, The Verge, Bloomberg Business, Phandroid, iMore and Geeky Gadgets

Lucian Constantin / Greenbot:

Google patches Linux kernel privilege escalation flaw on Android, says number of Android devices affected is lower than initially reported — Google creates fix for zero-day kernel flaw, says effect on Android is greatly exaggerated — After being caught off guard by the disclosure …

More: Adrian Ludwig, The Next Web, Ubergizmo, The Register, Threatpost, MobileSyrup.com, access.redhat.com and Android Central

Ron Miller / TechCrunch:

IBM Confirms Acquisition Of UStream, Forms New Cloud Video Unit — IBM confirmed that it has acquired video conferencing service UStream this morning. With several cloud video acquisitions in tow, the company also announced it was forming a new cloud video services unit.

More: IBM, International Business Times, eWeek, Wall Street Journal, ZDNet, Re/code, Business Insider, VentureBeat, TechnoBuffalo, Forbes, TheStreet.com, Fortune, Engadget and SiliconANGLE. Tweets: @alex. See also Mediagazer

Douglas MacMillan / Wall Street Journal:

Uber says it's expanding full UberEats service, including dinner, and its dedicated UberEats app to 10 US cities in Q1, including NYC, LA, Chicago, and Austin — Uber to Ring the Dinner Bell in 10 U.S. Cities — Customers in Los Angeles, New York and elsewhere will be able to use dedicated UberEats app

Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg Business:

Cybersecurity firm ForeScout raises $76M round led by Wellington Management at a $1B valuation — ForeScout Raises Funding at a $1 Billion Valuation, Holds Off IPO — The cybersecurity company will wait on going public amid the recent market volatility.

More: TechCrunch, PE Hub Blog, bizjournals, Fortune and Wall Street Journal

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:

General Motors announces Maven, a new brand unifying its car-sharing services: City in Ann Arbor, Residential in Chicago, Peer-to-Peer in Germany and Campus — GM Unveils Maven, Its Big New Play In Car-Sharing Services — General Motors has taken the wraps off its latest move to put itself …

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