Hackers remotely gain partial control of a Jeep Cherokee on the highway using vulnerability found in thousands of Chrysler cars, SUVs, and trucks
Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway—With Me in It — I was driving 70 mph on the edge of downtown St. Louis when the exploit began to take hold.
Twitter just removed your homepage wallpaper, and people are furious
If Twitter.com is looking a little different right now, it's not just you. — The company has removed wallpapers from users' home and notifications timelines on Twitter.com Monday, Twitter confirmed ...
Toshiba Executives Resign Over $1.2 Billion Accounting Scandal
Bloomberg Business : … Toshiba Corp. President Hisao Tanaka and two other executives quit to take responsibility for a $1.2 billion accounting scandal that caused the company to restate earnings for ...
Group of big Silicon Valley firms, including Facebook, Google, Dell, HP, and eBay, filed amicus brief siding with Samsung in Apple patent case
Silicon Valley's Biggest Companies Take Samsung's Side in Apple Patent Fight — A group of Silicon Valley's biggest companies including Facebook …
Analysts expect iPhone sales to propel Apple's Q3 results with 49-50M shipped, company to post earnings of $1.80/share on $49.26B revenue
Strong iPhone Sales Expected to Propel Apple's Results, Anticipation Surrounds the Watch — As Apple prepares to release its June quarter results …
Apple hires former Fiat Chrysler SVP Doug Betts who led global quality
Apple Hires Auto Industry Manufacturing Veteran — Hiring of Doug Betts may be signal that efforts to develop electric car may be gaining ground — Apple Inc. has hired one of the auto industry's ve...
Apple Watch review: best wearable ever, but hard to recommend this first generation version
The Apple Watch Review — Prior to the launch of the Apple Watch, there had been rumors that Apple would make a watch for quite some time. In a broader sense, the wearables industry has become …
Chrysler fixes remote control vulnerability with software update that must be installed manually
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Qualcomm to Conduct Strategic Review, May Consider Breakup
Chip maker may also look at returning more cash to shareholders after activist investor presses for change — Qualcomm Inc. is expected to conduct a sweeping strategic review that will look at the po...
Qualcomm reportedly prepares to announce layoffs of thousands of employees, over 10% of its 30K-strong workforce, during earnings report on Wednesday
The open web can't flourish if vendors don't work towards closing the rendering performance gap between desktop and mobile web browsers
The mobile web sucks — I hate browsing the web on my phone. — I do it all the time, of course — we all do. Just looking at the stats for The Verge …
Ashley Madison had a serious data management problem and the data breach is entirely its fault
Ashley Madison's data breach is everyone's problem — Late last night, the 37 million users of the adultery-themed dating site Ashley Madison got some very bad news.
GoPro introduces stock video licensing service, starting with 600 videos priced at $1K each and up
Brands Are About to Find Out How Powerful GoPro Videos Can Be — Spellbinding scenes captured by adventure seekers and even wildlife made GoPro the hottest video camera around.
Inside Spotify's Hunt for the Perfect Playlist
What kind of music do you listen to? Your answer is probably something like, “Oh, a little bit of everything.” Or maybe, “Anything but country and metal.” (And polka. Everybody hates polka.) The ...
Profile of Omid Kordestani, Google's chief business officer, who has the absolute trust of Larry Page
‘The Soul of Google’: What the Return of Omid Kordestani Says About the Mountain View Monolith — It is no exaggeration to say that Omid Kordestani may be the most likable person in Silicon Valley.
Medallia raises $150M round led by Sequoia Capital, at a valuation of more than $1B
Medallia's Valuation Tops $1 Billion in Latest Round … Medallia Inc., which helps large companies understand what their customers really think of them, has broken into the ranks of venture-backed comp...
As Kubernetes Hits 1.0, Google Donates Technology To Newly Formed Cloud Native Computing Foundation
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Drones interfere with wildfire-fighting efforts in Los Angeles
California wildfires 11 photos — Smoke from a wildfire rises above Interstate 15 on the Cajon Pass, on July 15 near San Bernardino. — Hide Caption 7 of 11 — The scorched remains of a truck destr...
Hacking Team goes to war against former employees, suspects some helped hackers
As surveillance startup's sales grew, so did internal strife at Hacking Team. — Italian prosecutors have begun a criminal investigation of six former employees of the embattled company Hacking Team ...
YouTube stars post only one-fifth of their videos on Facebook, which lacks an established ad revenue sharing model
YouTube Stars Keep Facebook at Arm's Length For Now — Nearly a year ago, Facebook started reaching out to YouTube stars and multichannel networks, encouraging …
‘Shark Tank’ Gets a Tech Infusion This Season, With Guest Judges Ashton Kutcher, Troy Carter and Chris Sacca
The punchline: I am going to be a Guest Shark … Erin Griffith / Fortune : Meet the new Shark Tank sharks Alex Konrad / Forbes : Ashton Kutcher, Troy Carter And Chris Sacca Test Investing Chops On New ...
Verizon Reports Q2 Revenue Of $32.2 Billion, EPS Ahead Of Analyst Estimates
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IBM beats Q2 earnings estimates at $3.84/share, but misses on revenue at $20.81B; shares down more than 5% in after-hours trading
PayPal Holdings Inc. PYPL, +6.43% rallied … Alex Konrad / Forbes : IBM Earnings Disappoint Again In Mixed Q2 As Turnaround Remains An Uphill Slog Tiernan Ray / Tech Trader Daily : IBM Off 4%: Q2 Rev ...
Microsoft releases emergency patch for Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, RT, Server 2008 and later; vulnerability also affects Windows 10 Preview
update now Cale Guthrie Weissman / Business Insider : Microsoft issued an emergency fix for a vulnerability that let hackers ‘take complete control’ of affected computers Gareth Halfacree / bit-tech.n...
Google Calls Proposed U.S. Wassenaar Rules ‘Not Feasible’
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Nike's popular running app can now access Spotify's huge music library
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Airbnb expands Business Travel program worldwide, adds dashboard
And Airbnb Wants Its Share Napier Lopez / The Next Web : Airbnb gets serious about business travelers with new booking tools for companies Rich McCormick / The Verge : Airbnb expands business travel p...
Google+ Photos being discontinued August 1st following standalone Photos service debut
In May … Angela Moscaritolo / PC Magazine : Google Killing Off Google+ Photos Greg Finn / Marketing Land : Google+ Photos Drops The +, Transitioning Users To Google Photos On August 1st Greg Kumparak ...
Twitter Organizes Its Disjointed Online Safety Initiatives With The Launch Of Its “Safety Center”
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Prismatic pivots from offering consumer-facing news aggregation to B2B services for publishers, developers, and hedge funds
Prismatic Pivots To B2B, Packaging Its Content Interest Graph Into APIs For Different Verticals — The market for news reading apps got a little more crowded earlier … Tweets: @rafat . See also Media...
YouTube signs most of its partners for paid service but no shows from major TV networks yet
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Evernote hires former Google Glass executive Chris O'Neill as new CEO, Phil Libin to remain as executive chairman
I saw the news that Phil Libin … Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch : Chris O'Neill Named CEO, Phil Libin Executive Chairman In Evernote Executive Shuffle Canada NewsWire Group : Chris O'Neill named new Countr...
Grooveshark co-founder Josh Greenberg, 28, found dead at home; no evidence of foul play, injuries or drugs found
Anthony Clark / Local News from The Gainesville Sun :
Y Combinator launches YC Fellowship providing $12K grants, advice to very early startups
Ten years ago, Paul Graham said there could … Shane Dingman / Globe and Mail : Waterloo tech startups absent from Y Combinator's roster Jordan Novet / VentureBeat : Y Combinator launches the YC Fellow...
Maker Studios is shutting down pioneering online video site Blip on Aug. 20
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Sources: Micron told Tsinghua Unigroup its $23B bid is unrealistic because US authorities would block it
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