Hyatt notifies customers it found malware on its payment processing systems
Hyatt Notifies Customers Of Malware Activity — CUSTOMERS ENCOURAGED TO REVIEW PAYMENT CARD ACCOUNT STATEMENTS CLOSELY — Hyatt Hotels Corporation (NYSE: H) today announced that it recently identifi...
Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed bin Talal's Kingdom Holding Co. buys 2.3% of Lyft for $247.7M, boosting Lyft's valuation to $4.92B
Saudi Prince Alwaleed's Firm Leads $247.7 Million Investment in Lyft — Ridesharing service Lyft is getting a boost from Saudi Arabia's Prince Alwaleed bin Talal.
FanDuel & DraftKings Are “Illegal Gambling”, Says Illinois A.G.
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Samsung announces the Galaxy A9 with 6-inch 1080p display, 4,000 mAh battery, 13 mpx camera with OIS, available in China later this month
Samsung announces the Galaxy A9 with a 4,000 mAh battery — As we reported earlier today, Samsung has announced the Galaxy A9 in China today during its Galaxy A Party 2016 event.
DraftKings and FanDuel sue to keep operating in Illinois
Fantasy sports companies including Boston's DraftKings Inc. went to court in Illinois on Thursday in a bid to keep operating there after the state's attorney general said their cash-prize games were i...
How employee stock took the biggest hit when Good Technology, once valued at $1.1B, passed on a $825M offer and later sold to BlackBerry for $425M
When a Unicorn Start-Up Stumbles, Its Employees Get Hurt — On Sept. 4, employees of Good Technology, a mobile security start-up in Sunnyvale …
China's anti-terror law, requiring tech companies hand over encryption keys and other sensitive data, is back in parliament and likely to pass soon
China Defends Controversial Anti-Terror Law — China's draft anti-terror law — the bane of foreign tech firms — is moving closer to becoming reality.
Rising package volumes and costs have Amazon seeking alternative delivery routes, straining ties with UPS
Amazon Seeks to Ease Ties With UPS — Rising costs have Amazon seeking alternative delivery routes, straining relations with its longtime shipping ally
Fujitsu spins out its PC and mobile divisions
Much in the same way that Sony got rid of its PC division last year, Fujitsu has announced that it'll do the same in 2016. The outfit's leadership has revealed that its laptop and desktop firm will b...
Apple says Samsung owes $180M in supplemental damages and interest, after the $548M payout in patent dispute
Apple asks court to make Samsung pay $180 million more in patent dispute — Just over a week after Samsung paid Apple more than $548 million for infringing the patents and designs …
Disney-funded VR service, Littlstar, announces it's bringing 360-degree videos to Apple TV
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Windows 10 Mobile review: a better platform and OS than Windows Phone 8.1, but still feels quite buggy, and offers little for existing iOS and Android users
Windows 10 Mobile review: Windows on phones gets rebooted. Again. — This is the smartphone platform Microsoft has wanted to build for a long time.
Sources: Twilio has filed confidentially for an IPO; Okta and Coupa are interviewing potential underwriters
Nutanix, Okta, Twilio and Coupa Ready 2016 IPOs — Startups valued at more than $1 billion herald rebound in tech IPOs after a slow year — Four technology startups …
Asus To Integrate Adblock Plus Into Mobile Browser
David Murphy / PC Magazine :
Top-secret document from 2011 reveals that GCHQ, with cooperation of NSA, acquired the capability to exploit 13 models of Juniper firewalls
The Intercept :
Palantir adds another $200M to its financing round, now totaling $880M, updated SEC filing shows
Palantir Technologies raises $880 million from investors — Palantir Technologies, a big-data Silicon Valley company that helps government agencies track down terrorists and uncover financial fraud …
Judge at US International Trade Commission rules Nvidia infringed three Samsung patents
Bloomberg Business :
Judge dismisses case alleging Apple violated the Federal Wiretap Act by failing to deliver texts to customers who switched from iPhone to Android
Jim Edwards / Business Insider :
Salesforce buys quote-to-cash company SteelBrick for $360 million
Jordan Novet / VentureBeat :
Report: Alibaba to invest $1.25B for 27.7% of Chinese food delivery service Ele.me
Kazunori Takada / Reuters :
Evernote's Exits Continue As VPs Of Partnerships And Brand Both Move On
Jon Russell / TechCrunch :
Sources: mobile payments startup Jumio restates 2013 and 2014 financial results, offers warrants to investors to avoid lawsuits
Rolfe Winkler / Wall Street Journal :
US judge says PhantomAlert's copyright claim in its lawsuit with Waze is unfounded, will allow the company to file amended complaint by mid-January
Cyrus Farivar / Ars Technica :
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