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Security experts say Burr-Feinstein draft encryption bill is flawed and dangerous — The Senate's Draft Encryption Bill Is ‘Ludicrous, Dangerous, Technically Illiterate’ — As Apple battled the FBI for the last two months over the agency's demands that Apple help crack its own encryption …
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In a letter to the court, DoJ says it still needs Apple's help to crack iPhone in Brooklyn case — The government still wants Apple to help it crack an iPhone in New York — Although the Justice Department withdrew its request for Apple to help it hack into an iPhone used …
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Facebook updates policy to let publishers post and tag paid-for content on verified pages — Facebook drops branded content restrictions for publishers — Facebook is letting publishers and other verified pages distribute branded-content for free, but it's unclear whether its labeling system is...
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On iOS, Microsoft releases Hub Keyboard app with Office 365 integration and a Translator app that works offline — Microsoft Hub Keyboard and Translator apps hit iOS — iOS users have a pair of new Microsoft apps that they can check out that have landed on Apple devices a few months after they debuted on Android.| Chris Ziegler / The Verge: |
BMW launches ReachNow car-sharing service in Seattle — BMW has launched a new car-sharing service in Seattle called ReachNow that uses a fleet of BMW 3 Series sedans, i3s, and Mini Coopers. It's a little like Daimler's Car2Go — which is available in Austin, New York City … | Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
How tech companies are using poets, novelists, playwrights, and TV writers to engineer the personalities of AI virtual assistants — SAN FRANCISCO — Until recently, Robyn Ewing was a writer in Hollywood, developing TV scripts and pitching pilots to film studios.
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Yahoo Gives Bidders Another Week, Moving Deadline to April 18 — Yahoo has moved the deadline for its bids out another week to April 18, according to sources close to the situation and the blabby bankers they talk to. — The process to sell Yahoo has been churning on as a variety … | Barry / WordPress.com News: |
WordPress.com enables HTTPS with Let's Encrypt for new hosted sites with custom domains, will soon expand support to 1M+ sites currently using custom domains — HTTPS Everywhere: Encryption for All WordPress.com Sites — Today we are excited to announce free HTTPS for all custom domains hosted on WordPress.com.| Peter Kafka / Re/code: |
Twitter appoints Pepsi CFO Hugh Johnston and LastMinute.com co-founder Martha Lane Fox to its board, replacing Peter Currie and Peter Chernin — Twitter Swaps Out Two Board Members — It took longer than Twitter wanted, but the company has named two new board members …
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| Jonathan Cheng / Wall Street Journal: |
Samsung making aggressive play for emerging markets by lowering prices, adding high-end features to its low and mid tier phones — Samsung Makes Aggressive Play for Emerging Markets — Smartphone maker lowers prices, adds high-end features to budget models
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| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Open Whisper Systems' Signal Desktop messaging system now available to all, no longer invite-only — Now's your chance to try Signal's desktop Chrome app — The desktop version of Edward Snowden's favored end-to-end messaging system, Signal, is now available to anyone who wants to check it out.
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Amazon names Andy Jassy CEO of Amazon Web Services, Jeff Wilke CEO of Worldwide Consumer; Jeff Bezos remains CEO of entire company — Amazon now has three CEOs: Tech powerhouse promotes Andy Jassy and Jeff Wilke to CEO roles of respective divisions — Amazon.com is changing the titles … Sponsor Posts
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