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Sources: Clinton campaign computer network hacked in addition to Democratic National Committee and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee — The computer network used by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's campaign was hacked as part of a broad cyber attack …
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| Bruce Schneier / Schneier on Security: |
Recent hacks indicate US election systems and voting machines could be targeted too; government must take urgent steps to secure them, and consider retaliation — Russia was behind the hacks into the Democratic National Committee's computer network that led to the release of thousands …
| Sam Thielman / Guardian: |
Clinton campaign: DNC's data analytics program we used was breached; no evidence hackers accessed internal systems — FBI investigating intrusion, the third Democratic target in broad cyber-attack, as Clinton camp says there's no evidence its internal systems were compromised| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Filing: Microsoft to layoff 2,850 from mobile and sales divisions as it completes Nokia cuts, which started in 2015 — MIcrosoft is cutting 2,850 more jobs beyond the 1,850 that the company announced would be eliminated earlier this year. The new cuts will hit phone hardware and sales.
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| Hayley Tsukayama / Washington Post: |
Instagram will soon let users filter comments on their posts, turn off comments on individual posts, or turn off comments on their posts entirely — Instagram is taking an unusual step to deal with the complicated ethics of online commenting. It's giving users the ability to make the choice …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Big data integrator Talend closes up 41% in Nasdaq debut, raising $94.5M in an IPO — French-American big data startup Talend made its debut as a public company today with a pop. After pricing its shares at $18 last night (above the expected range of $15-$17), the company began trading …
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| Jonathan Zdziarski / Zdziarski's Blog of Things: |
Deleted WhatsApp messages leave behind forensic artifacts that could be reconstructed by someone with access to your device or iCloud backups — Sorry, folks, while experts are saying the encryption checks out in WhatsApp, it looks like the latest version of the app tested leaves forensic trace … | Nat Levy / GeekWire: |
Amazon reaches new high of 268,900 employees — skyrocketing 47% in just one year — Amazon said it added approximately 23,700 employees worldwide in the second quarter, bringing its total employment to 268,900. — Amazon's headcount has grown by a staggering amount over the last few years.
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Thanks:@taylor_soper| Bloomberg: |
IRS delivers a notice of deficiency for $3B-$5B to Facebook, claims Facebook undervalued assets transferred to Irish subsidiary in 2010 — IRS issues notice for 2010 tax year over operations transfer — Facebook plans to challenge notice in federal tax court| Kevin McLaughlin / The Information: |
Source: private equity firms including KKR, Apollo Global Management, Carlyle Group contemplate buyout of Hewlett Packard Enterprise; deal would be worth $40B+ — Several private equity firms including KKR, Apollo Global Management and Carlyle Group are sniffing around Hewlett Packard Enterprise … | Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Sony posts $205M profit as downsized mobile business stops bleeding cash — Sony posted a slim ¥21.2 billion ($205 million) profit for its Q1 2016. That's down on the ¥82.4 billion profit it carded this time last year, but in general the quarter was a mixed bag of positives … | Mary Catherine O'Connor / IOT Journal: |
Density raises $4M series A as it unveils new people-counter device and service — San Francisco startup Density has unveiled a new iteration of its anonymous foot-traffic counting sensor technology, which it is offering to retailers and others through a subscription service.
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Alphabet beats expectations with net profit of $4.88B, up 24% YoY, on revenue of $21.5B, up 21% YoY — Google parent Alphabet Inc. rode strong advertising demand to a 24% increase in profits, as it continues to capture users and advertisers shifting to mobile.
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