Group that hacked CIA director's email allegedly breach law enforcement portal containing arrest records and other sensitive data
CIA Email Hackers Return With Major Law Enforcement Breach — This time the group, which goes by the name Crackas With Attitude, says it gained access …
Verizon confirms the BlackBerry Priv is coming soon to their network
Although the BlackBerry Priv became officially available for purchase today on AT&T, it doesn't mean they'll be the sole carrier to offer the device. Timed exclusives are common with big-name handset...
Chronos, a small disc that adheres to the back of any watch, tracks fitness and provides notifications via vibrations and LEDs, for sale in Spring 2016 for $129
Turn Any Watch Into a Smartwatch With the Chronos Disc — A little metal disc that fits on the watch you're already wearing.
Apple defeats US class action lawsuit filed by company's retail workers over lost wages due to bag searches
Apple defeats U.S. class action lawsuit over bag searches — Apple Inc (AAPL.O) defeated a U.S. class action lawsuit brought by Apple retail workers over bag search practices …
PlayStation Vue to add ESPN, ABC, Disney channels to streaming TV lineup
Sony's PlayStation-based subscription service, available in seven US cities, will soon include ESPN, Disney and ABC local channels, complete with cloud DVR controls, on-demand offerings and simultaneo...
A visit to Amazon Books reveals Amazon's new retail bookstore is no better than traditional bookstores
My 2.5 Star Trip to Amazon's Bizarre New Bookstore — A former indie bookseller visits the retailer's brick and mortar store — Amazon's new brick and mortar bookstore is wildly banal.
Google acquires Fly Labs, maker of video editing iOS apps, to join its Photos team
Google Acquires Fly Labs To Join Its Photos Team — Today, Google acquired Fly Labs to join its Google Photos team. The company aimed to help people edit videos and photos and it sported 3 million d...
Yahoo Rolls Out A New, Flickr-Powered Image Search That Returns Your Own Photos
Yahoo announced today an upgrade to its image search engine which now includes a combination of web results as well as images from its photo-sharing site Flickr, including your own photos.
TalkTalk says 156,959 customers were affected by attack, or about 4% of its customer base including 15,656 whose bank account numbers and sort codes were stolen
Nearly 157,000 had data breached in TalkTalk cyber-attack — Company says over 15,000 also had financial details hacked …
NSA says it discloses 91% of vulnerabilities it finds, but sources say it often uses those vulnerabilities first
NSA says how often, not when, it discloses software flaws — The U.S. National Security Agency, seeking to rebut accusations that it hoards information about vulnerabilities …
Motorola Droid Turbo 2 review: truly shatterproof display, battery life of 36-40 hours, but low light camera results are inconsistent, and price is high at $624
Which is the best value? [Video] Natt Garun / The Next Web : We tried to break Motorola's ‘shatterproof’ Droid Turbo 2 (with minimal luck) Joanna Stern / Wall Street Journal : Droid Turbo 2 Tested: Th...
Alibaba reaches deal to buy online video service Youku Tudou, valuing the company at about $4.4B
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Samsung Galaxy View review: 18.4-inch tablet is interesting as a TV alternative, but build feels cheap, hard to recommend at $600
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Gamergate film based on Zoe Quinn's memoir in the works from Amy Pascal's production company
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Five senators introduce the Consumer Review Freedom Act to ban non-disparagement “gag” clauses that intimidate customers from leaving negative reviews
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Snapchat says it now has 6B daily video views, up from 4B in September, and 2B in May
Snapchat triples video traffic as it closes the gap with Facebook — Snapchat is closing the gap with Facebook in the social networks' battle for scale in video. The number of videos viewed …
FCC rejects petition to require services like Google, Facebook, YouTube, Pandora, Netflix, and LinkedIn to honor “Do Not Track” requests
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Sources: Instagram is testing ads that use 3D Touch and Apple Pay
Instagram experimenting with 3D Touch ads and Apple Pay Chris Davies / SlashGear : Instagram: No, we're not testing 3D Touch adverts Eric Slivka / MacRumors : Wegmans Shoppers Club Card Showing Up in ...
How hackers stole 8.1M user records by breaching two gambling payment processors, Moneybookers and Neteller, in 2009 and 2010
How Hackers Breached Two Gambling Payment Providers To Harvest ‘Millions’ Of Records — In 2009 and 2010 two separate attacks hit widely-used online gambling payments processors Moneybookers and Nete...
PageFair anti-ad-blocking service was hacked a week ago, temporarily pushing malware to visitors of over 500 sites including the Economist
On Oct. 31, 2015, one of economist.com's vendors, PageFair, was hacked. Nelson Minar / Nelson's Weblog : PageFair serves malware on the Economist Dan Goodin / Ars Technica : Hackers use anti-adblockin...
Sources: Verizon weighs $10B sale of enterprise assets, which include the business formerly known as MCI and Terremark, its data center unit
E-commerce startup Gumroad lays off most of its staff after failing to realize rapid growth, says it will stay in business
Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch : Tweets: @amyhoy Tweets: Amy Hoy / @amyhoy : if you use gumroad... be wary, i can't imagine they can run it effectively with ~3 people http://techcrunch.com/...
Famo.us lays off some of its staff after raising $31M and failing to create a business model around its open source Javascript rendering engine
Josh Constine / TechCrunch : Tweets: @pinboard , @mrdoob and @mitsuhiko . Thanks: @joshconstine Tweets: @pinboard : This article describes such a masterpiece of douchebaggery that I can't even find a...
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