Sources: Google and Ford will create a joint venture to build self-driving vehicles
Google Pairs With Ford To Build Self-Driving Cars — Justin Hyde and Sharon Carty, Yahoo Autos — Google and Ford will create a joint venture to build self-driving vehicles with Google's technology ...
Apple calls on UK government to scale back investigatory powers bill, says it would “weaken security for hundreds of millions of law-abiding customers”
Apple calls on UK government to scale back snooper's charter — Tech company makes rare foray into British politics …
Experts' findings suggest NSA is at least indirectly responsible for Juniper backdoor because of the weakness NSA embedded in the Dual_EC encryption algorithm
Researchers Solve Juniper Backdoor Mystery; Signs Point to NSA — Security researchers believe they have finally solved …
Microsoft temporarily disables “Hey Cortana” feature on Android in US due to voice search conflict with “Ok Google” feature
Microsoft disables ‘Hey Cortana’ feature on Android due to voice search conflict — Earlier this month, Microsoft launched Cortana for Android and iOS in the U.S. and China.
Database of official Hello Kitty community with info on 3.3M accounts, unsalted SHA-1 password hashes, found online
Database leak exposes 3.3 million Hello Kitty fans — Database storing 3.3 million sanriotown.com accounts found online — A database for sanriotown.com …
How hackers piggybacked on an existing backdoor in Juniper's ScreenOS software to create a backdoor of their own
On the Juniper backdoor — You might have heard that a few days ago, Juniper Systems announced the discovery of “unauthorized code” in the ScreenOS software that underlies the NetScreen line of devic...
FAA's drone registration site is now live: registrations are valid for 3 years, free for next 30 days or $5 afterwards
The FAA's Drone Registration Site Is Now Up And Running — As promised, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) launched its drone registry today.
Facebook Starts Rolling Out Support For Apple's Live Photos
It's been just under 3 months since Apple debuted “Live Photos” with the iPhone 6s and, slowly but surely, big third parties are finding ways to integrate them. Tumblr picked them up just days ago......
Oracle settles with the FTC after leaving insecure, older versions of Java SE installed on users' computers
Oracle settles with the FTC over ‘deceptive’ Java security promises — Once finalized, the order could impose a civil penalty of $16,000 per violation
Microsoft buys Talko, another startup founded by Ray Ozzie, will use its tech in Skype; Ozzie will not return to Microsoft
Microsoft Buys Another Ray Ozzie Company — Every decade or so Microsoft seems to feel the need to buy a Ray Ozzie company. This time it's Talko …
Early build of final Oculus Rift hardware starts shipping to devs
Things might finally be really getting along for the company that rebooted the whole virtual reality hype. Perhaps taking advantage of the delay that HTC's and Valve's Vive VR headset will suffer in ...
Apple executives talk product development, encryption, taxation, labor, and more in wide-ranging 60 Minutes interview
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Lyft plans to raise as much as $1B in new funds, Delaware state filing shows
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NetApp acquires flash storage vendor SolidFire for $870M
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Toshiba predicts $4.5bn loss, plans to fire 7,000 employees
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SoundCloud settles lawsuit with PRS for Music, which manages rights for Adele, other UK artists, signs licensing agreement to use their music on the service
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Product Hunt's Ryan Hoover responds to app developer's criticism that called for more transparency about how products get promoted to its front page
Let's continue to build Product Hunt, together — Last week was difficult. — A Medium article was published, criticizing Product Hunt. Tweets: @stevesi , @stevesi , @daveambrose , @lanewood , @josh...
Kik invests in its platform, buys Blynk, a fashion startup behind popular Kik bot
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Vivendi Buys Majority Stake In Winamp, Shoutcast Owner Radionomy
Janko Roettgers / Variety :
Gusto, formerly ZenPayroll, raises $50M ‘opportunistic round,’ boasts 25,000 customers
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