Hacking Team, which sells intrusion and surveillance tools to governments, breached; attackers release 400GB of internal documents, source code, and emails
Hacking Team hacked, attackers claim 400GB in dumped data — Firm made famous for helping governments spy on their citizens left exposed
Sources: Microsoft will finalize Windows 10 RTM build this week to send to OEMs ahead of July 29 launch
Microsoft to finalize Windows 10 this week — Microsoft is planning to finalize Windows 10 this week, ahead of its official launch later this month.
Google's Waze to test carpooling service in Israel; drivers limited to 2 rides a day, can charge for gas, car wear and tear, but not generate profit
Google Tests Carpooling Service for Commuters in Israel — Google has thrown its hat into the hotly contested ride-sharing ring …
Instagram is now storing photos in 1080x1080 resolution instead of 640x640, likely in preparation for a public upgrade soon
Instagram photos are now bigger — if you know where to look — Just over a week ago, I wrote plaintively about Instagram's archaic 640 x 640 resolution and the need …
Amazon Debuts Dedicated Mobile Apps For Its Dropbox Competitor, Cloud Drive
Amazon has quietly expanded its Cloud Drive service - a competitor to Dropbox, Google Drive and other online file hosting services - to mobile platforms, with the release of dedicated apps on iTunes, ...
Court overturns the second conviction of Goldman Sachs programmer Sergey Aleynikov charged with stealing high-frequency trading code
‘Flash Boys’ Programmer in Goldman Case Prevails Second Time … A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. programmer who took the firm's high-frequency trading code …
Dell Venue 10 7000 review: refined build quality, slick performance, make it one of the finest Android tablet-hybrids around
Dell Venue 10 7000 — The Dell Venue 10 7000 truly feels like a tablet-laptop hybrid. As a standalone tablet, its stylish build is elevated by an ergonomic quirk …
SEC investigating improper selling of private tech stocks including employee-owned shares
Regulators Probe Marketing of Hot Private Tech Shares — Trading of such shares has boomed in recent months — Securities regulators have launched a broad investigation into whether hedge funds …
A media platform based on blockchain will arrive soon, which unlike Reddit or Twitter can't be policed
The Decentral Authority — We've been big fans of Reddit since it was part of the first Y Combinator class ten years ago this summer. We've watched closely as it emerged as a community powered mostl...
New documents show XKEYSCORE, NSA's Google-like tool, collects more data than previously reported including web searches and router configuration information
XKEYSCORE: NSA's Google for the World's Private Communications — Illustrations by Blue Delliquanti and David Axe for The Intercept
The economics of inflight Wi-Fi: why prices and speeds vary so widely
The crazy economics of inflight Wi-Fi — It's summer time, and that means millions of Americans will soon make their way to airports across the country. An amenity featured on more and more flights ...
History of the original Xbox: a last minute switch from AMD to Intel, Red Ring of Death, more
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How the NSA's XKEYSCORE system for collecting and searching Internet data works
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Why YouTube's recommendation algorithm began prioritizing watch time instead of views in 2012
The ‘terrifying’ moment in 2012 when YouTube changed its entire philosophy — Although there wasn't any Roman-style backstabbing, YouTubers will remember the Ides of March 2012 as a traumatic day in ...
Far from the nuclear negotiations, a new tech-savvy Iranian generation takes shape
entrepreneurs, startups, youth, dynamism, optimism, forward-looking: http://www.politico.com/... @cmschroed
Apple Music Connect has a clunky uploading interface, lacks standard social networking features for artists
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22 Towns in Massachusetts Are Building Their Own Gigabit Fiber Network
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Some key differences between Facebook's and YouTube's revenue sharing plans for video creators
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Lyft can survive as #2 by differentiating from Uber on user experience and staying focused just on ride-sharing
Annie Lowrey / New York Magazine : Tweets: @ezraklein , @mdudas and @annielowrey Tweets: Ezra Klein / @ezraklein : Great @annielowrey #longread on the Lyft/Uber wars, and long-run, I think Icahn is r...
Netflix and Amazon seek to hook viewers early with high-quality content for kids
Greg Nichols / The California Sunday Magazine : Tweets: @chasnote and @lisard Tweets: Chas Edwards / @chasnote : Children 9 and younger watch 35 hrs of TV each week. No wonder Amazon and Netflix want...
Microsoft's ad business withered because it tried to beat Google in search, overspent on aQuantive, and had warring factions in its organization
Ricardo Bilton / Digiday : Tweets: @mattrosoff Tweets: Matt Rosoff / @mattrosoff : Excellent. https://t.co/o2fXFoLrB8
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