Analysis of BlackEnergy malware linked to Ukraine's power grid outages confirms it was cyber attack, but not state level involvement
Malware Found Inside Downed Ukrainian Power Plant Points to Cyberattack — On December 23, a Ukrainian power company announced that a section of the country had gone dark.
Nvidia announces Drive PX 2, a computer for self-driving cars that uses deep neural network called Drivenet capable of recognizing 120M+ objects
Nvidia Announces New Drive PX 2 ‘Supercomputer In A Lunchbox’ For Self-Driving Cars — Following last year's Drive CX …
All Ford 2017 cars with Sync 3 will include CarPlay and Android Auto out of the box, 2016 vehicles upgradeable later this year
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HP upgrades its Spectre X360 and Pavilion X2 laptops with larger screens
Bigger is better, right? — At least, that seems to be what HP believes, as the PC manufacturer announced at CES 2016 larger versions of both its Spectre X360 and Pavilion X2 products, due out in Feb...
Ford says it's working to integrate Amazon's Echo and Alexa and “internet of things” platform Wink with SYNC, linking cars to homes
Ford meets Amazon: Automaker to integrate Echo and Alexa with SYNC, linking cars to homes … Ford says it's working to connect its SYNC …
Parrot unveils Disco, a fixed-wing 50mph drone, capable of 45-minute flight on a single charge, coming later this year
Parrot's new Disco drone ditches quadcopter design for a fixed-wing aircraft — Over the past few years, the form factor of the consumer drone has become fairly standard.
Misfit's Ray is the slender, more fashionable cousin of its Shine fitness band
Misfit has announced its newest device, the Misfit Ray, at CES 2016. The thin, tubular tracker is the first device to come from Misfit since the company was acquired by Fossil last year …
EFF Confirms: T-Mobile's Binge On Optimization is Just Throttling, Applies Indiscriminately to All Video
Back in November, T-Mobile announced a new service for its mobile customers called Binge On, in which video streams from certain websites don't count against customers' data caps.1 …
Facebook's News Feed team on algorithms, relevancy scores, and the importance of giving users more control over their feeds
How Facebook's news feed algorithm works — A small team of engineers in Menlo Park. A panel of anonymous power users around the world. And, increasingly, you.
Fitbit's new fitness watch, Blaze, offers 5-day battery, improved heart rate tracking, touch LCD display, swappable bands, more available in March for $200
Fitbit's new wearable is a fitness watch called Blaze — How do you compete in a growing smartwatch market without making a smartwatch?
Bing Results & Ads Now Live On AOL Search
It was announced last year, but now it's official: “Bing powers AOL's web, mobile, and tablet search, providing paid search ads and algorithmic organic search results to AOL's properties worldwide.” ...
HTC and Under Armor's HealthBox combines smart scales, fitness and heart-rate trackers in a single $400 package
In an effort to get customers entirely absorbed into their ecoystem in one fell swoop, HTC and Under Armor have today announced HealthBox. Although it may sound like the brand-name …
Sources: Twitter considers 10K-character limit for “Beyond 140” feature slated for Q1, testing timeline that shows 140 characters with option to expand for more
Twitter Considering 10,000-Character Limit for Tweets — Longer tweets are coming soon to Twitter. Tweets: @ronin_jim and @joshdickson40 Tweets: James Clark / @ronin_jim : FFS Twitter! Just exclude l...
Activision acquires assets of Major League Gaming for $46M; CEO Robert Kotick says he wants to build “the ESPN of video games”
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Nokia's €15.6B public exchange offer for Alcatel-Lucent successful, French regulator says, companies to start merging operations on January 14
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Profile of John and Patrick Collison and their digital payments company, Stripe
How John And Patrick Collison Built Stripe Into The PayPal Of The Mobile Era — THE FIRST SIGNAL YOU PICK UP that John and Patrick Collison, who cofounded mobile payment phenomenon Stripe … Tweets: @...
Yahoo shuts down Yahoo Screen, moves video content to its digital magazines like Yahoo Music
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Fiat Chrysler will integrate CarPlay and Android Auto into its Uconnect infotainment system in some models this year
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Source: waterproof 5.1" Samsung Galaxy S7 and 5.5" S7 edge will come with microSD support, larger 3000 mAh, 3600 mAh batteries, and 12 megapixel f/1.7 cameras
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Judge orders Yahoo to face class-action suit accusing it of sending unsolicited text messages to 500k+ Sprint users, firm faces up to $1.5k/message in damages
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Oculus says Rift pre-orders start 8AM PST on January 6, price and ship date unknown
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Intel, Warner Bros. sue LegendSky, a Chinese maker of HDFury devices that allow users to pirate 4K streams by stripping HDCP encryption
Ernesto / TorrentFreak :
SEC filing shows Alphabet paid $380.2M to buy cloud software firm Bebop; founder Diane Green to donate shares worth about $148.6M to donor-advised fund
Jordan Novet / VentureBeat :
Toast raises $30M led by Bessemer Venture Partners for its Android-based point-of-sale system
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360fly Pushes Into Virtual Reality Sports And Gives A Sneak Peek At Its 360-Degree Camera Drone
The 360fly camera, a small, sturdy ball with panoramic views we first discovered at CES 2014, is back again and buddying up with sports brand BRG to bring us live or recorded, 360-degree …
Facebook has contingency measures to allow its apps to operate on Android phones without going through Google's app store
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Twitter invests in Muzik, maker of high-end wireless headphones; social network will be integrated directly into headphones, allowing users to share music
but Why? Bruce Houghton / hypebot : Twitter Invests In High End Headphone Maker Muzik Telecompaper : Twitter invests in connected headphones maker Kirsty Styles / The Next Web : Twitter takes another ...
Intel buys German drone maker Ascending Technologies
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Whirlpool integrates Amazon's Dash into its smart appliances
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