Uber won't face limits on surge pricing under NYC Council legislation; Mayor de Blasio releases $2M study saying Uber isn't to blame for worsening congestion
Uber Won't Face Limits on Surge Pricing Under NYC Council Legislation — The package of bills regarding the taxi …
Google X now just “X”, will focus on taking on ambitious projects, turning them into viable businesses, then “graduating” them into standalone operations
Google X Has a New Logo and New Plan to Turn Moonshots Into Actual Businesses
Wikipedia launching $100m fund to secure long-term future as site turns 15
Online encyclopedia reaches its 15th birthday preparing for challenges ahead around funding, mobile access and the developing world — As Wikipedia turns 15, its operator The Wikimedia Foundation is ...
ShmooCon: LastPass design elements create perfect Phishing opportunity
“There's a cool hacker technique called right click, inspect element...” — Washington, D.C. - At ShmooCon on Saturday, Sean Cassidy, the CTO of Praesidio, demonstrated a clever attack against LastPa...
Apple to move iTunes Radio behind $10/month Apple Music paywall on January 29
iTunes Radio Will Soon Cost Money — Beats 1 is now the only free music product for Apple. — iTunes Radio, Apple's Pandora-style internet radio service, is going behind the $10 per month Apple Musi...
Windows Phone's Word Flow keyboard is coming to ‘other platforms’ starting with iOS
Piece by piece it looks like the Windows Phone experience is being ported to iOS and Android. Some Windows Insiders are being asked to participate in testing the Windows Phone Word Flow keyboard on i...
Microsoft updates support policy: new CPUs will require Windows 10, a list of preferred devices will support older Windows versions, but only for 18 months
Microsoft updates support policy: New CPUs will require Windows 10 — In a change to its longstanding support policy …
US Department of Transportation and 18 automakers say they'll share cybersecurity data and best practices, work with security researchers who expose flaws
Feds Prod Automakers to Play Nice With Hackers — The Department of Transportation and its automotive safety branch …
Federal civil lawsuit in California claims Twitter is responsible for ISIS tweets, raising questions about liability exemptions for online publishers
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Intel shares plunged 9% Friday amid worries about PC sales in China and its data center unit's lackluster growth
Intel Raises Tech Worries About Sales in China and the Cloud — Both areas have been big reasons for optimism about sales growth for many tech suppliers
NSA's new transparency report shows how the agency is implementing its new non-bulk phone metadata collection program under the USA Freedom Act
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Sources: Fab co-founder Bradford Shellhammer's shopping site, Bezar is running out of money just 10 months after launch
Fab Co-Founder's Shopping Site, Bezar, Is Running Out of Money — About 10 months after Bezar launched as a reincarnation of Fab.com, the shopping site appears close to going out of business.
Intuit sells Demandforce to Internet Brands
Demandforce was part of a trio of divisions Intuit included in divestiture plans back in August, along with Quicken and QuickBase. — Financial software giant Intuit has sold its Demandforce software...
Microsoft evangelist shares details on Hololens: will be totally wireless, have up to 5.5 hours battery life, can link to other devices to share an experience
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About 300 Hyatt hotels in 54 countries had their payment card systems infected with malware in breach announced last year
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US Supreme Court to hear Microsoft appeal over whether it should face class action suit arguing Xbox 360 had design defect that scratched discs
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Alphabet moves robotics division to X, hires ex-Nokia executive Hans Peter Brondmo to lead it
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Airbus to Join Forces With Uber for On-Demand Helicopter Service, CEO Says
European aerospace company looking to expand its audience for helicopters — MUNICH—Airbus Group SE will provide helicopters to Uber Technologies Inc. for its on-demand services, the European plane m...
US Supreme Court to consider whether US Patent and Trademark Office makes it too easy to successfully cancel patents under inter partes review
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Sources: China's JD.com invested $45M-$55M in shopping app startup Wish last year
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Sources: DoorDash and Sequoia now seeking to close funding round near prior valuation of $600M, after initially aiming for $1B
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