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Cloudflare discloses 2013 National Security Letter, joins CREDO and EFF to challenge the constitutionality of the FBI's NSLs and their accompanying gag orders — For more than a decade, CEOs of major tech companies have opened innocuous envelopes to find letters from the FBI inside …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft announces Windows 10 Creators Update will include a Game Mode option to maximize gaming performance — Microsoft has started officially testing a new Game Mode feature in Windows 10. Traces of the new option were found back in December, but the most recent test build of Windows 10 … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Andy Rubin's new startup, Essential, is working on a suite of consumer hardware products; source says the company aims to launch a smartphone this year — Android's creator is building a high-end smartphone to be the centerpiece of a series of AI-infused consumer gadgets. — by
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BGR, Softpedia News, Tech Times, International Business Times, TechnoBuffalo, Droid Life, Digital Trends, Android Central, CNET, AppleInsider, Liliputing, Android Police, PhoneDog.com, 9to5Google, Engadget, Business Insider, Cult of Mac, The Verge, iPhone Hacks, Silicon Valley Business …, and Recode
Tweets: @markgurman, @charlesarthur, @charlesarthur, @greengart, and @amir
| Moxie Marlinspike / Open Whisper Systems: |
Contrary to Guardian's report, Signal Protocol contains no “backdoor”; WhatsApp's encryption implementation is appropriate given the company's scale — Today, the Guardian published a story falsely claiming that WhatsApp's end to end encryption contains a “backdoor.” — Background
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Tweets: @fugueish, @licuende, @fredericjacobs, @filosottile, @zeynep, @zeynep, and @fredericjacobs
| Barb Darrow / Fortune: |
Microsoft buys Maluuba, a Canadian AI startup focused on natural language processing — Microsoft is buying Maluuba, a Canadian startup focused on giving software a better understanding of human language. This natural language processing technology is a key underpinning of artificial intelligence (AI.)
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Tweets: @benbajarin and @fxshaw
| Ryan Mac / Forbes: |
San Francisco District Attorney sues failed camera drone maker Lily, alleging the company intentionally lied to potential customers with its viral launch video — On Dec. 20, Lily Robotics was up against a wall. It was five days before Christmas, and dozens of eager customers who had spent … | Jason Del Rey / Recode: |
Walmart streamlines retail, web teams internal memos show; e-commerce CTO to oversee tech teams at retail stores, US CMO to lead Walmart.com & Jet.com marketing — Can the brick-and-mortar retailer become a tech company? — If Walmart is going to better compete with Amazon …
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| Brooks Barnes / New York Times: |
Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton stepping down; he will become chairman of the board of Snap, where he was an early investor — LOS ANGELES — The chief executive of Sony's underperforming entertainment division, Michael Lynton, announced Friday that he would step down to focus … | Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Outgoing FCC chair Tom Wheeler uses his final public speech to make a case for maintaining net neutrality — The outgoing head of the Federal Communications Commission, Tom Wheeler, used his final public speech to make a closing argument for maintaining net neutrality, the signature achievement of his time at the agency.
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Wired, Ars Technica, Yahoo! Finance, Hollywood Reporter, Tech Times, Engadget, YouTube, Gizmodo, and MacDailyNews. Tweets: @backlon. See also Mediagazer
| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Users say AT&T's DirecTV Now streaming service is plagued with errors and nearly unusable — DirecTV Now has been plagued with errors in the month and a half since the streaming service was launched by AT&T. Subscribers have complained of being unable to watch shows, frequent interruptions …
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Gizmodo, Variety, BGR, and DSLreports
Tweets: @directvnowhelp, @silversharehold, and @cubs2008
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
After failing to get 10K bitcoins for stolen NSA exploits, Shadow Brokers post farewell message, dump a cache of Windows hacking tools online — With 8 days before inauguration of Donald Trump, leak is sure to inflame US officials. — Shadow Brokers, the mysterious group … | Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Proposed Virginia Broadband Deployment Act would favor private ISPs by restricting municipal broadband deployment — Bill would ban muni networks where private ISPs offer 10Mbps download speeds. — Virginia lawmakers are considering a bill called the “Virginia Broadband Deployment Act …
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Bearing Drift and The Roanoke Times
| Deirdre Bosa / CNBC: |
Lyft, international partners will prompt users to install local apps while abroad, not allowing direct payment; source says firm is planning global expansion — In the ride-sharing battle of David vs Goliath, smaller, nimbler David may be gaining ground. Number two U.S. ride-hailing company … | Avery Hartmans / Business Insider: |
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Tweets: @alex, @theinformation, @theinformation, @theinformation, and @amir
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