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Hacker leaks stolen “Orange Is the New Black” season 5 episodes after Netflix failed to pay ransom; Netflix says a production vendor was compromised — An anonymous hacker has carried through on a threat to release “Orange Is the New Black” season five episodes online …
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Turkey blocks Wikipedia under law designed to protect national security — Users trying to access online encyclopaedia via Turkish internet providers receive ‘connection timed out’ error message … Turkey has blocked Wikipedia, the country's telecommunications watchdog has said …
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Check Point researchers detail Dok, OS X malware that uses a signed Apple developer certificate to bypass Gatekeeper — Don't be scared but be aware, there's a new malware in town and it wants your Mac. — Check Point Technologies has released detailed information about a a new malware attack that is directed at Mac users.| TechCrunch: |
Former NSA director Michael Hayden explains why the spy agency will stop collecting Americans' emails about foreign targets — Earlier today, the NSA announced its intentions to limit a surveillance technique that had a nasty side effect of sweeping up communications to and from Americans.| Charlie Savage / New York Times: |
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| Sam Levin / The Guardian: |
Sexism, racism, and bullying are driving people out of tech, a study by Kapor Center and Harris Poll finds — A first-of-its-kind report analyzed the reasons why tech workers leave their jobs, and found a common thread of sexual harassment, bullying and stereotyping
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Sales of ebooks in US dropped 18.7% during the first nine months of 2016 and in UK dropped 17% for all of 2016, according to data from publisher associations — Coloring books help adults de-stress — Are physical books the new vinyl? — New data suggest that the reading public …
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| Jason Schreier / Kotaku: |
With the announcement of the new $150 2DS XL launching July 28, Nintendo finally abandons the 3D gimmick — Few video game systems have had as strange a journey as Nintendo's 3DS. The spunky portable console flopped, got a massive price cut, gradually built up a spectacular library of games …
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| Vlad Savov / The Verge: |
ARM's first image signal processor is intended for automotive applications but also promises to broaden access to cutting-edge image processing for phone OEMs — If you want to show the common link between iPhones, iPads, Samsung Galaxy devices, and Google Pixels, you'll find …
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| Dan Rys / Billboard: |
Musical.ly, the app that lets users create 15-second music videos, partners with Apple Music, integrating Apple's music catalog and launching cross-promotions — Over the past year, few new apps have captured the attention of the music industry — and teenagers across the globe … | Yik Yak Blog: |
Yik Yak founders confirm they are shutting down the app, and a few staffers will join Square in Atlanta — We started Yik Yak in 2013 because we wanted to help you connect with the people right around you on campus, whether you knew them or not. And from the University of North Florida couple who met … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon will stop accepting apps to “Underground Actually Free” program, which offered paid Android apps for free, on May 31, shut it down at the end of 2019 — Late on Friday, Amazon announced it will be shutting down its “Underground Actually Free” program … | Lora Kolodny / TechCrunch: |
Troubled drone software maker 3D Robotics says it has raised $53M in Series D round, including new equity funding and conversion of debt equity — An early player in drone-tech, 3D Robotics, Inc. on Thursday announced that it has raised $53 million in a Series D round of funding …
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