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SEC filing reveals tick-tock story behind how LinkedIn shopped itself to Salesforce, Google, and Microsoft, which prevailed thanks to its all-cash bid — How the $26 billion deal went down. — Most Securities and Exchange Commission filings are dry affairs.
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researcher uses exploits to extract disk encryption keys from Android devices with Qualcomm chips; publicly-available attack code works on unpatched devices — Unlike Apple's iOS, Android is vulnerable to several key-extraction techniques. — Privacy advocates take note …
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Tweets: @lowellheddings, @gmillard, @fsecure, @arstechnica, @doyouqa and @janole
| Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed: |
How tech CEOs' Twitter accounts got hacked through pre-approved 3rd-party app access — It happened to Mark Zuckerberg. It happened to Sundar Pichai. It happened to Travis Kalanick. And it could happen to you, too. — Want to know how secure your Twitter account is? Here's an easy way to find out.
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google makes its expanded ad tracking opt-in, launches new ‘My Activity’ site — By default, ads shown on Google sites are tailored based on previous searches, watched YouTube videos, and more Google-related history. Now, Google is rolling out (via Wired) a new opt-in setting that will apply … | John Paczkowski / BuzzFeed: |
Apple accuses Spotify of asking for “preferential treatment” after app rejection complaint, says Spotify is “publicly resorting to rumors and half-truths” — “We find it troubling that you ... are publicly resorting to rumors and half-truths about our service."
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First known fatality involving an autonomous vehicle opens the door for regulatory oversight — First known fatality involving autonomous vehicle opens a door that has largely been closed — Last October, Tesla Motors Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk heralded the arrival … | Jeff Bennett / Wall Street Journal: |
Hertz signs deal to supply rental cars to Uber drivers in Los Angeles, expands existing agreement with Lyft to include drivers in Los Angeles and San Francisco — Moves could help the car rental company unlock more revenue from its portfolio of older vehicles
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| Peter Maass / The Intercept: |
Former NSA hacker and author of memos leaked by Snowden including “I Hunt Sysadmins” talks about his work for the agency — he message arrived at night and consisted of three words: “Good evening sir!” — The sender was a hacker who had written a series of provocative memos at the National Security Agency.
Tweets: @theintercept, @blk_diasporas, @botherder, @fugueish and @maassp
| Nathaniel Popper / New York Times: |
How a handful of Chinese companies that control a majority of the Bitcoin network are playing a central role in the community's civil wars — A delegation of American executives flew to Beijing in April for a secret meeting at the Grand Hyatt hotel, just blocks from Tiananmen Square.| Jim Swift / bomble.com: |
Senate tells staffers it will no longer issue Blackberry smartphones — This is the way the world ends. Not with a clickity keyboard, but with a swipe. — Senate staffers will no longer be issued official Blackberry smartphones. — The reign of the Blackberry lasted a good decade …
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| Mikhail Larionov / Messenger Platform News: |
Facebook announces 11K bots on Messenger, updates Messenger Platform with star ratings, quick reply buttons, more content types, and other features for bots — Since the launch of the Messenger Platform in April of this year, over 11,000 bots have launched.
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Tweets: @sub8u, @chrismessina and @benedictevans
| David Ruddock / Android Police: |
Sources: larger HTC Nexus will have 5.5-inch QHD AMOLED display, 4GB of RAM, 3450mAh battery, 12MP rear and 8MP front camera, quad-core Qualcomm CPU — You know about Google's smaller new Nexus phone, Sailfish, but what about Marlin? Everyone's keen to know what the bigger … Sponsor Posts
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