Prominent Bitcoin developer Mike Hearn says the crypto-currency is a failure because of community civil wars, a full block chain, and too much Chinese control
The resolution of the Bitcoin experiment — I've spent more than 5 years being a Bitcoin developer.
Foursquare's COO Jeff Glueck replaces Dennis Crowley as CEO as firm announces USV-led $45M Series E; valuation around half of prior $650M figure say sources
Foursquare Raises $45 Million, Cutting Its Valuation Nearly in Half — When Dennis Crowley helped found Foursquare in 2009 …
Google Play Store letting developers issue 500 free promo codes per quarter for paid apps and in-app purchases
Google Is Finally Rolling Out App Promo Codes In The Play Store — For years, many of us have been bemoaning the lack of promo codes for Android apps.
Netflix says it will block proxy and VPN access, used to bypass country restrictions, in the coming weeks citing content-licensing restrictions
Netflix Vows to Shut Down Proxy Users Who Bypass Country Restrictions — Netflix, which now offers streaming service in some 190 nations …
OpenSSH patches critical flaw that allows a malicious server to force clients to leak private keys
Bug that can leak crypto keys just fixed in widely used OpenSSH — Vulnerability allows malicious servers to read memory on connecting computers. — A critical bug that can leak secret …
Amazon's China subsidiary receives US approval to arrange ocean freight shipping for other companies
Introducing Ocean Freight by Amazon: Ecommerce Giant Has Registered to Provide Ocean Freight Services — Flexport has obtained information that Amazon China has registered to operate …
ESPN.com rolls out e-sports section, says its daily coverage will have the same rigor it has for other sports
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Xiaomi Confirms It Sold “Over 70M” Phones In 2015, Falling Short Of 80M Target
China's Xiaomi has finally revealed how many smartphones in sold last year. Kinda. The company said in a statement today that it sold “over 70 million” devices in 2015. That's a 15 percent jump …
Pew: Americans' attitudes toward privacy and sharing personal information vary widely, depending on the scenario, benefits offered, likelihood of spam, more
Do Americans Care About Privacy? It Depends, Because Privacy Is Personal... There have been plenty of premature obituaries …
Researcher: Apple only blacklisted programs exploiting the Gatekeeper vulnerability instead of fixing the underlying cause
How malware developers could bypass Mac's Gatekeeper without really trying — New researcher pokes holes in Apple's whack-a-mole approach for fixing Gatekeeper.
Bitcoin could fail, a risk factor identified in USV's investments, but the mining community will likely accept a fork this year to resolve the block size crisis
Bitcoin Is Dead, Long Live Bitcoin — I've been writing about the Bitcoin blocksize debate here at AVC …
iOS game Stolen! that let you virtually “own” Twitter users shuts down after harassment concerns, including letter by US Rep. Katherine Clark to Twitter
Buzzy Social App Stolen Shuts Down Amidst “Concerns” From Users — Amidst concerns over the gaming mechanics …
Uber fined $7.6M by California Public Utilities Commission for failing to meet data reporting requirements in 2014
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US Department of Transportation to develop “model” state policy for autonomous cars as Obama pledges $4B toward connected cars as part of 2017 budget
Chris Ziegler / The Verge :
Skype launches Slack integration in preview, allows teams to easily start calls from Slack
On the week of its 10 year anniversary … Karissa Bell / Mashable : You can now make Skype voice and video calls from Slack Emil Protalinski / VentureBeat : Skype launches Slack integration in preview ...
Intel beats Q4 estimates with revenues of $14.9B, but stock is down almost 5% in after hours trading
and the PC isn't one of them Pui-Wing Tam / New York Times : Daily Report: Why Intel's Earnings Shouldn't Be Ignored Lee Bell / Inquirer : Intel sees strong PC chip sales in Q4 despite mammoth market ...
German Federal Court of Justice rules Facebook's find-a-friend function is illegal, calls invitation emails an “unacceptable nuisance”
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White House memo to participants ahead of Silicon Valley summit proposed tech giants create tool to predict radicalization to counter terrorism
Kashmir Hill / Fusion :
Cybersecurity firm Raytheon Websense acquires Intel Security's firewall business Stonesoft, rebrands as Forcepoint
Asha Barbaschow / ZDNet :
Facebook hires a Bertelsmann business services unit to monitor and delete racist posts in Germany following public criticism
Harro ten Wolde / Reuters :
Dutch payments processor Adyen says it doubled revenues in 2015 to $350M, handled $50B in transactions, up from $25B in 2014
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat :
Study: 20 countries including China, Egypt, and Mexico have no government regulations requiring protection of their nuclear facilities against cyberattacks
David E. Sanger / New York Times :
Yahoo releases 13.5TB Webscope data set for machine learning researchers
Jordan Novet / VentureBeat :
Dating app Zoosk will lay off 40+ people, one-third of its staff, as it struggles to compete with Tinder
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
Financial planning software firm Anaplan raises $90M at a $1.09B valuation led by Premji Invest, looks ahead to IPO
Ron Miller / TechCrunch :
Some iPhone suppliers including TSMC, Largan Precision Co., and Catcher Technology Co. warn of lower revenues in first half of 2016 amid slowing iPhone sales
Eva Dou / Wall Street Journal :
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