Google Inc. formally became a subsidiary of Alphabet at the close of US markets on Friday
O Is for Official: Google to Morph Into Alphabet Today — At the close of markets today, Google Inc. will formally become a subsidiary of Alphabet, the holding company comprised of Google's two co-fo...
New gaskets and seals make iPhone 6s and 6s Plus less prone to liquid damage than predecessors
Is the New iPhone Waterproof? We Opened It Up (Again) to Find Out — On Friday, we tore down Apple's two newest iPhones and found something new lurking (quite literally) just below the surface.
Retail brokerage firm Scottrade says breach from late 2013 to early 2014 compromised up to 4.6M customers' contact information, including SSNs
Scottrade Breach Hits 4.6 Million Customers — Welcome to Day 2 of Cybersecurity (Breach) Awareness Month! Today's awareness lesson is brought …
Japan officials and Robot Taxi say a pilot program for unmanned taxi service will launch with a small group of riders in 2016
RoboCab: Driverless Taxi Experiment to Start in Japan — From the country where hotels are operated by robots and androids serve as clerks at department stores comes …
Microsoft acquires game-technology vendor Havok, known for its physics engine, from Intel for an undisclosed sum
Microsoft acquires Havok from Intel — Microsoft has acquired game-technology vendor Havok from Intel for an undisclosed amount. — Microsoft has acquired Havok …
Google's 'Don't Be Evil' Becomes Alphabet's ‘Do the Right Thing’
“Don't be evil” is so 2004. — Alphabet Inc. posted a new code of conduct for its employees Friday, after Google completed its transformation into a holding company. There were few substantive chang...
How Jack Dorsey evolved as a leader at Square, preparing him to save Twitter
Why Jack Dorsey Is Ready to Save Twitter — On a fall day in 2010, Jack Dorsey stepped before his staff at Square, his payments startup, to deliver a pep talk at its weekly all-hands meeting.
Apple buys UK-based speech technology start-up VocalIQ
Tim Bradshaw in San Francisco, Sally Davies and Murad Ahmed in London — Apple has acquired a UK-based start-up whose artificial-intelligence software helps computers and people speak to each other i...
Sony further clarifies why Xperia Z5 Premium mostly runs at 1080p despite 4K display
The Sony Xperia Z5 Premium is the first handset in the world to include a 4K display, and as we told in our hands-on coverage, it's a real joy to behold. But despite boasting an unholy number of pixe...
East Texas judge shuts down 168 patent cases filed by most prolific patent troll of 2014, eDekka
East Texas judge throws out 168 patent cases in one fell swoop — Judge's order puts the most litigious patent troll of 2014 out of business. — The most prolific patent troll of last year …
Cortana won't be available on the Xbox One until next year
Microsoft is currently testing a new Windows 10-powered dashboard for the Xbox One. While the update includes a number of new features, one of the big additions is Cortana integration. Microsoft has...
Motorola to drop Moto Assist, Migrate, and Connect in transition to Marshmallow
We believe your phone should look … Jason Hahn / Digital Trends : Motorola shares Android 6.0 upgrade plans, snubs 2014 Moto X and 2015 Moto E owners Brad Reed / BGR : Android fans have yet another re...
A look at multiple motivations behind Amazon's move to stop selling Apple TV, Nexus Player, and Chromecast devices
What's behind Amazon's baffling decision to ban Apple TV and Chromecast? — Amazon's decision to ban sales of Apple TV and Google's Chromecast and Nexus Player from its retail store …
US court sentences Russian hacker to four and a half years for operating a Citadel botnet of 7K computers to steal banking information
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Researchers find curious Linux.WiFatch malware on tens of thousands of routers and IoT devices that appears to be securing infected systems
who would build malware that fixes security issues on machines it compromises? http://www.darkreading.com/... Tactical Tech / @info_activism : In an unusual development white hat malware is being used...
Sprint to cut about $2.5B in costs over next six months, CFO says cuts are critical for network growth
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Experts warned Patreon of major website flaw 5 days before breach: a development error also committed on thousands of other sites allows remote code execution
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica :
AT&T testing wireless broadband network tech to serve rural areas at speeds of 15-25 Mbps
Mike Dano / FierceWireless :
AT&T delays WiFi calling on iPhone pending FCC waiver, says Sprint and T-Mobile offered the feature, ignoring FCC's rules regarding deaf, hard-of-hearing users
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica :
ASUS signs patent licensing deal with Microsoft, will pre-install Office suite on its Android devices
Surfacing in news earlier today … Tweets: Dr. Roy Schestowitz / @schestowitz : Blackmailing companies, using patents, into bundling Microsoft spyware with non-standards (lock-in) is extortion. http://...
Tumblr now allows users to hide their blogs from the web, making them accessible only via dashboard and native mobile apps
Casey Newton / The Verge :
Adblock extension for Chrome and Safari sold to unidentified buyer, joins Adblock Plus' Acceptable Ads program
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