Top US government officials meeting with Silicon Valley CEOs to discuss whether tech firms can do more to thwart terrorists online
Top U.S. Officials to Meet With Tech CEOs on Terror Concerns — Discussion to focus on whether social-media firms can do more to thwart terrorists
Motorola name to be slowly phased out, products to carry label “Moto by Lenovo” instead
Goodbye, Moto(rola). Iconic brand to be phased out — Motorola, where wireless got its start, will see its name disappear from its products. It'll soon be Moto by Lenovo.
Jide announces Remix OS 2.0, a fork of Android Lollipop that is designed to run on x86 PCs, alpha build will be available as a free download on January 12
The excellent Remix OS is bringing Android to every old x86 PC (and Mac) for free — When I first tested the Remix Mini at the end of last year, I was blown away.
ProPublica becomes first major news site on the dark web, running as a hidden service on the Tor network, offering stronger privacy than SSL to readers
ProPublica Launches the Dark Web's First Major News Site — The so-called dark web, for all its notoriety as a haven for criminals and drug dealers …
Google removes 13 apps from Play Store after researchers found they made unauthorized downloads and tried to gain root privileges
Malicious apps in Google Play made unauthorized downloads, sought root — Apps with as many as a million downloads removed following their discovery.
Google teams up with Lenovo on smartphone with Project Tango's augmented reality
Lenovo and Google announced a partnership today to create a new smartphone that makes use of a 3D augmented reality technology known as Project Tango. — Johnny Lee, a member of the Tango team at Goo...
Sprint set to join other major US carriers in killing two-year contracts for smartphones, according to leaked internal document
Sprint kills 2-year contracts for smartphones — Sprint has gone through with its plans to 2-year contracts for smartphones, according to an internal document sent to us by an anonymous tipster.
Mozilla reinstates support for SHA-1 certificates temporarily after some Firefox users experienced problems accessing HTTPS sites
Firefox ban on SHA-1 dropped after many locked out of HTTPS sites — Mozilla reinstates support for the vulnerable SHA-1 crypto on a temporary basis until …
German Publishers Still Upset That Google Sends Them Traffic Without Paying Them Too; File Lawsuit
from the your-honor,-how-dare-they-send-us- traffic dept — Oh boy. Remember VG Media? That's the consortium of German news publishers who were so damn angry that Google News sends …
Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Twitter submit evidence to UK legislative committee on Investigatory Powers Bill, warn of ramifications of spying if passed
Facebook, Microsoft, and Google say UK spying laws are ‘a step in the wrong direction’ — America's biggest tech companies …
YouTube CBO announces GoPro partnership, HDR video support during CES keynote
YouTube's chief business officer Robert Kyncl took the stage today at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to discuss the future of the video platform, its growth over recent years, and much mor...
Publishing and tech consulting firm IDG, which published Macworld, Computerworld, and PCWorld, retains Goldman Sachs to prepare for sale
Global publishing and consulting company in Framingham could be up for sale — Former IDG exec Colin Crawford reports that IDG has retained Goldman Sachs …
Time Warner Cable says up to 320K customers' email passwords may have been stolen, it's not yet sure how data was obtained
Intel's new Atom and Core M compute sticks get faster wireless, USB 3.0, and pricier
pricey Skylake Core M or less expensive Atom Jon Martindale / Digital Trends : Gigabyte debuts Skylake equipped Brix mini-PC at CES 2016 Brad Linder / Liliputing : Intel's new Compute Stick is a Core ...
Yellow Cab, San Francisco's largest taxi company, edges toward filing for bankruptcy due to challenges from tech rivals Uber and Lyft
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T-Mobile CEO John Legere responds to Binge On criticism, claims it's not throttling because the service doesn't slow down data or remove customer control
are you?’ Kate Knibbs / Gizmodo : T-Mobile CEO John Legere Goes on Curse-Filled Hate Rant Against Electronic Frontier Foundation Chris Morran / Consumerist : T-Mobile CEO John Legere To Critics Of Bin...
Apple says it has acquired Emotient, an AI startup that reads emotions by analyzing facial expressions, and was recently seeking a new round of financing
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Samsung announces partnership with Microsoft to develop Windows 10 IoT devices
and it's a big win for Microsoft (MSFT) Terry Myerson / Windows Blog : Renewed Partnership Delivers Samsung Galaxy TabPro S with Windows 10 Pradeep / Microsoft News : Microsoft partners with Samsung f...
Lily drone saw $34 million in pre-orders from 60,000 people
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Biz Stone's Q&A app Jelly pulls an ‘un-pivot,’ begins a closed beta
Hey-oh. Here's the tl;dr. We launched Jelly … Christina Warren / Mashable : You're not ready for that Jelly app that Twitter's co-founder is bringing back Kate Knibbs / Gizmodo : Twitter Founder Is “...
Chinese drone maker Ehang unveils human-carrying electric drone, which can carry up to 220 pounds, fly for 23 minutes at sea level, and reach 63mph
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Twitch cofounder Justin Kan on the genius of Snapchat: no like or follow counts means no social proof arms race, which encourages more sharing
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IBM announces Watson partnerships with Softbank Robotics, Whirlpool, Under Armour
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CES: Increasing number of third-party smart home products integrate with Amazon's Alexa
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