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Researchers demo new exploit, HEIST, that lets hackers steal sensitive data like SSNs and e-mail addresses from HTTPS pages without a MITM position — Approach exploits how HTTPS responses are delivered over transmission control protocol. — The HTTPS cryptographic scheme protecting millions … | Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Speedtest Market Report: US average broadband speeds increase 42% YoY to 54.97 Mbps, exceeding 50 Mbps for first time ever, uploads up 51% YoY to 18.88 Mbps — Speedtest has released its mid-year broadband speeds report, and there's actually quite a bit of good news in there.| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Touchscreen intercom Nucleus debuts with Alexa integration, video call capability, remote access via iOS and Android apps, on sale today for $249 — Most people have smartphones and tablets (sometimes, in multiples) these days and don't actually need an intercom.| Michael Virtanen / Associated Press: |
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Sources: mobile marketplace OfferUp to raise $120M at a $1.2B valuation in round led by Warburg Pincus — OfferUp valuation to jump on investment from Warburg Pincus as new apps score among smartphone users — An arms race is heating up to replace Craigslist, the dominant force in online classifieds the past two decades.| Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: |
Apple says 27% of new hires in US last year were underrepresented minorities, up 6% since 2013, wage gap closed for females and minorities; progress still slow — Cupertino, Calif — Faculty and students from historically black colleges crowded onto Apple's campus this week … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
VIPKID raises $100M Series C from Jack Ma's Yunfeng, Sequoia, and others for its platform helping to link Chinese kids with native speakers to learn English — As interest and investment continue to pour into the online education market, startups building platforms with a lot of traction are reaping the rewards.| Reuters: |
Sources: talks between Uber and Didi started in May; Didi's $7.3B round with $1B from Apple reinforced Uber's belief it will be too difficult to win in China — Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) $1 billion investment in car-hailing app Didi Chuxing in May helped accelerate Uber's decision to agree a halt … | Ken Yeung / VentureBeat: |
Formlabs raises $35 million for its 3D printing system and teams with Autodesk — Formlabs announced that it has raised a $35 million Series B round of funding that will be used to grow its 3D printing platform. The company's latest investment comes from new investor Foundry Group … | Dave Teare / AgileBits Blog: |
1Password debuts $2.99/month personal subscription for its hosted password sync service, previously just for teams and families — Today is a very exciting day in the world of passwords! We have not one, not two, but three(!) incredible things to announce:| Gordon Mah Ung / PCWorld: |
Intel recalls Basis Peak fitness watches due to overheating in its continuous heart monitor that poses a burn hazard, will turn off Basis Peak service Dec. 31 — The serious recall leaves Intel's wearables strategy up in the air. — Executive Editor, PCWorld| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Wal-Mart is in talks to buy online retailer Jet.com; one source says Jet.com could be valued at up to $3B in private markets — Jet.com launched one year ago and raised more than $500 million — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is in talks to buy online discount retailer Jet.com Inc. …
Subquadratic: the LLM built for 12M-token reasoning — SubQ can reason across entire codebases and document sets in one pass with no RAG workarounds. Read how SubQ 1.1 Small holds near-perfect retrieval out to 12M tokens.
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Zoho Notebook: The free iPad note-taking app every student needs — If you're a student with an iPad, you already have one of the best note-taking devices in your hands. The question is, does your app actually do it justice?
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.
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