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Florida court says a suspect can be made to reveal his iPhone passcode to investigators — A court in Florida has said a suspected voyeur can be made to reveal his iPhone passcode to investigators. — The defendant was arrested after a woman out shopping saw a man crouch down and aim …
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| Matt Day / The Seattle Times: |
Current and former employees recount the birth of cloud computing efforts at Microsoft and how the company came to embrace cloud computing as a business — From suffering through a decade of product delays, missed opportunities and lackluster stock performance, Microsoft found a rebirth of sorts through cloud computing.Thanks:@anectolts
| Jay Greene / Wall Street Journal: |
Nadella's Microsoft turns itself around, changing its insular culture by acquiring more companies, and incorporating new leaders from those companies — After years of missteps, the software giant is among the few titans of the 1990s to figure out the new world of mobile technology and cloud computing
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California Attorney General insists Uber should immediately stop testing self-driving vehicles on public roads, or she'll seek injunctive relief — The California Department of Motor Vehicles sent Uber a notice asking it to terminate its pilot self-driving car service in San Francisco last week … | Andrew J . Hawkins / The Verge: |
Uber refuses to apply for autonomous vehicle testing permit, asks DMV to clarify how self-driving Ubers in SF are different from Teslas with autopilot — Your move, California — Uber is sticking to its guns in refusing to apply for a $150 permit that the California Department of Motor Vehicles …
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| Sidney Fussell / Gizmodo: |
Analysis shows limitations of self-reported diversity data from six major tech companies and how the data conceals some details vital for measuring progress — The tech industry doesn't just have a diversity problem. It has a results problem. Major tech companies pour millions of dollars … | Ben Silbermann / Pinterest Blog: |
| Joe Mullin / Ars Technica: |
Two lawyers behind Prenda Law, a copyright troll law firm, were arrested and indicted for running a multimillion-dollar extortion scheme — Lawyers who turned porn lawsuits into big business now face criminal charges. — The two lawyers said to be the masterminds behind Prenda Law …
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| Matthew Martin / Bloomberg: |
Saudi Telecom Co. to buy 10% stake in Middle Eastern ride-hailing app Careem for $100M — Saudi Telecom will take a 10 percent stake in Careem — Investment will make Careem the Mideast's latest Tech Unicorn — Government controlled Saudi Telecom Co. will invest $100 million …
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| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
Lynda.com notifies 9.5M users about breach containing contact and courses viewed info, resets about 55K passwords whose hash was stored in the breached database — Online learning company Lynda.com, a subsidiary of LinkedIn, which is now officially a subsidiary of Microsoft … | Steve Kovach / Business Insider: |
Behind Pebble's demise: competition from Apple, difficulty paying suppliers, the fizzled Intel deal, and a disappointing collaboration with watchmaker Citizen — For a moment, it looked like the story would have a happy ending. — As struggling smartwatch maker Pebble discussed selling itself to Fitbit … | Turkey Blocks: |
Tor access with the default configuration now widely restricted in Turkey as government cracks down on VPN use — The Turkey Blocks internet censorship watchdog has identified and verified that restrictions on the Tor anonymity network and Tor Browser are now in effect throughout Turkey.| Rob Price / Business Insider: |
Google Maps now shows when locations are wheelchair-friendly, thanks to a group of employees who worked on it in their “20% time” — Google Maps is now wheelchair-friendly. — The wildly popular map app will now tell you whether locations are suitable for people with access needs …
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