Techmeme: Investigation into SWIFT breach expands to 12 more banks; Symantec corroborates BAE's report that hackers used code similar to North Korean Sony hack (Peter Bright/Ars Technica)

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Steve Kovach / Tech Insider:

Sources: Jawbone has stopped making UP fitness trackers, sold the remaining inventory to a reseller at a discount to raise cash — Jawbone has stopped making its UP fitness trackers and sold its remaining inventory to a third-party reseller, sources familiar with the matter told Tech Insider.

More: The Verge, Android Authority, 9to5Mac, Ubergizmo, Mashable, Pocket-lint, Wearable Tech Insider, AppleInsider, ZDNet, iPhone Hacks and Pocketnow

Leena Rao / Fortune:

Sources: Jawbone is trying to sell its wireless speaker business, will focus on health and wearables — Fitness tracker maker Jawbone has put its speaker business up for sale, according to multiple sources. — The company has been pitching potential buyers for its Jambox wireless speaker business …

More: MacRumors, The Verge, Quartz, Engadget, Android Central and SlashGear

TechCrunch:

Facebook starts selling offsite ads targeting non-users too — Facebook's advertising network is already a colossal business — it helped the social network bring in over $5 billion in revenue in its most recent quarter alone — but it is about to take a step towards become …

Peter Bright / Ars Technica:

Investigation into SWIFT breach expands to 12 more banks; Symantec corroborates BAE's report that hackers used code similar to North Korean Sony hack — Symantec becomes the second firm to link the hack to the Sony Pictures attack. — The investigation into the attempted $1 billion electronic heist …

Abner Li / 9to5Google:

Google app on iOS gets faster load times, AMP articles in search, keyboard shortcuts, more — Faster load and search times are the highlight feature of an update to the Google app on iOS. Like on the mobile web and Android, AMP articles will now show up in search results.

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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard:

Hacker behind LinkedIn's 117M e-mail database claims to have 360M Myspace user emails with passwords — There's an oft-repeated adage in the world of cybersecurity: There are two types of companies, those that have been hacked, and those that don't yet know they have been hacked.

More: The Daily Dot, LeakedSource, Softpedia News, Consumerist, Ubergizmo, Xconomy, Silicon Republic, Fortune and Office of Inadequate Security

Tweets: @lorenzofb, @bcrypt, @motherboard and @lorenzofb

Nick Denton / Gawker:

Nick Denton challenges Peter Thiel to a public debate in open letter, says decade-long campaign by Thiel is out of proportion, asks about ultimate intent — Nearly a decade ago, after you had opened up to friends and colleagues, a gay writer for Gawker shared an item with the readers of Valleywag …

Kara Swisher / Recode:

As Facebook courts publishers, the company and some of its directors decline to comment on board member Peter Thiel's funding of lawsuit against Gawker

The Intercept:

Sen. Wyden: this year's annual intelligence authorization, just passed in Senate committee and not yet public, allows FBI warrantless access to email records — A provision snuck into the still-secret text of the Senate's annual intelligence authorization would give the FBI the ability …

More: Hit & Run, Techdirt and BGR

Tweets: @pashdown and @digiphile

Cade Metz / Wired:

Facebook and Microsoft partner to lay highest capacity transatlantic internet cable yet, connecting Virginia and Spain with a bandwidth of 160Tbps — Facebook and Microsoft are laying a massive Internet cable across the middle of the Atlantic. — Dubbed MAREA—Spanish for “tide” …

More: The Next Web, Computerworld, Microsoft, Light Reading, EnterpriseTech, Tech Times, Newser, Associated Press, International Business Times, TIME, Inquirer, The Register, Mashable, PR Newswire, BBC, Digital Trends, SiliconANGLE, Neowin, Gizmodo, InvestorPlace, Ars Technica, SiliconBeat, USA Today, Daily Mail, ZDNet, TechSpot, WinBeta, Quartz, Windows Central, Reuters, BetaNews, New York Magazine, Fortune, BetaNews, PC Magazine, Engadget and GeekWire. Tweets: @nancyscola. Thanks:@anectolts

Joe Mullin / Ars Technica:

Jury in Oracle suit unanimously finds Google's use of Java APIs in Android was fair use; Oracle vows to appeal — Oracle has spent many millions trying to get a chunk of Android, to no avail. — SAN FRANCISCO—Following a two-week trial, a jury has found that Google's Android operating system does …

Mike Masnick / Techdirt:

Big Win For Fair Use: Jury Says Google's Use Of Java API's Was Fair Use... On To The Appeal

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Barb Darrow / Fortune:

Intel buys computer vision company Itseez, co-founded by two former Intel researchers, in IoT and autonomous car push — Chip maker Intel, in its bid to expand from its core PC and server business to all manner of devices, is buying Itseez, a machine vision specialist co-founded by two former Intel techies.

More: Intel Newsroom, Business Cloud News, Headlines & Global News, EnterpriseTech, Inquirer, eWeek, Tech Times, VentureBeat, The Register, TechCrunch, FierceMobileIT News, bit-tech.net, SiliconANGLE, Wall Street Journal, ZDNet, Electronic Design, SlashGear and Reuters

Kyle Orland / Ars Technica:

Sources: Xbox compatible VR game slated for 2017 launch by a well-known European studio — New info lends credence to reports of new, VR-compatible console from Microsoft. — Ars can confirm that at least one major developer is currently planning to release a new virtual reality game …

More: WinBeta, Ubergizmo, Tech Times, Digital Trends, UploadVR, Windows Central, MSPoweruser, destructoid and Engadget

Evan Blass / VentureBeat:

ZTE launches 5.5-inch Google Daydream-ready Axon 7 for $450 alongside its first VR headset — ZTE has launched its second Axon-branded flagship, the Axon 7, alongside a compatible virtual reality headset, known as ZTE VR. The 5.5-inch, Android 6. Marshmallow-powered handset aims to deliver top …

More: Gizchina.com, The Verge, ZDNet, The Verge, The Next Web, Softpedia News, Android Authority, The Verge, Engadget, SlashGear, CNET, eWeek, Digital Trends, BGR, AndroidHeadlines.com, Liliputing, Phandroid and Mashable. Tweets: @vladsavov

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