Security experts say Burr-Feinstein draft encryption bill is flawed and dangerous
The Senate's Draft Encryption Bill Is ‘Ludicrous, Dangerous, Technically Illiterate’ — As Apple battled the FBI for the last two months over the agency's demands that Apple help crack its own encryp...
John Chen says BlackBerry will release two mid-range Android smartphones this year, one of them with physical keyboard, admits Priv was too expensive
BlackBerry switches focus back on mid-range smartphone market — BlackBerry has switched its focus back to the mid-range smartphone market …
Google releases stable version of Android Studio 2.0, which includes Instant Run, new emulator, Cloud Test Lab integration, and more
Android Studio 2.0 — Android Studio 2.0 is the fastest way to build high quality, performant apps for the Android platform, including phones and tablets …
Japan government to test system this summer allowing foreign tourists to verify identity and make purchases using only fingerprints
Fingerprints to be tested as ‘currency’ — Starting this summer, the government will test a system in which foreign tourists will be able to verify …
Personal sharing shifts from Facebook to more intimate audiences on Snapchat and Instagram
Facebook Wants You to Post More About Yourself — Staff said to call lack of intimate sharing ‘context collapse’ — Facebook tries prompting more personal types of posting
Facebook updates policy to let publishers post and tag paid-for content on verified pages
Facebook drops branded content restrictions for publishers — Facebook is letting publishers and other verified pages distribute branded-content for free, but it's unclear whether its labeling system...
Mark Zuckerberg briefly demoed a version of the Facebook app with redesigned sharing interface built to combat personal sharing decline
Mark Zuckerberg's latest Facebook beta pushes you to share more — Yesterday we heard that Facebook has a sharing problem, and now we know part of what Facebook is doing to address it.
In a letter to the court, DoJ says it still needs Apple's help to crack iPhone in Brooklyn case
Now the battle between Apple and the government turns on a Brooklyn iPhone — Although the Justice Department withdrew its request for Apple to help it hack into an iPhone used …
WordPress.com enables HTTPS with Let's Encrypt for new hosted sites with custom domains, will soon expand support to 1M+ sites currently using custom domains
HTTPS Everywhere: Encryption for All WordPress.com Sites — Today we are excited to announce free HTTPS for all custom domains hosted on WordPress.com.
Researchers show how variations in the way the same face emoji is depicted on different platforms can lead to miscommunication
Investigating the Potential for Miscommunication Using Emoji — Hey emoji users: Did you know that when you send your friend on your Nexus, they might see on their iPhone?
BMW leads $11.7M Series A in RideCell, launches car-sharing service ReachNow in Seattle in partnership with the startup
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Yahoo Gives Bidders Another Week, Moving Deadline to April 18
Friday, April 8 Chris Crum / WebProNews : Yahoo Said To Be Giving Interested Parties Longer For Opening Bids Bloomberg : Sources: Verizon plans to make bid for Yahoo's core business; Google is also co...
Twitter appoints Pepsi CFO Hugh Johnston and LastMinute.com co-founder Martha Lane Fox to its board, replacing Peter Currie and Peter Chernin
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Researchers: hard-to-detect malicious Firefox add-ons can hijack very popular add-ons like NoScript and Firebug to execute malicious code and steal data
NoScript and other popular Firefox add-ons open millions to new attack — Unlike many browsers, Firefox doesn't always isolate an add-on's functions.
Appeals court overturns injunction against MPAA-backed Mississippi AG's Google investigation as premature, says Google can fight AG's actions in state court
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White House proposes legislation to create $3.1B revolving fund for upgrading outdated federal IT systems
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FCC chairman seeks new regulations to increase competition in the market for “special access” broadband for businesses
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City report: 26% of San Francisco homes on Airbnb violate city's 90 day annual limit on unhosted rentals; most hosts have yet to register
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An analysis of the top 121 US undergraduate computer science programs found that none of the top 10 require students take a cybersecurity course
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Slack shares its platform product roadmap, highlights app discovery, interactivity, and developer experience as major themes, suggests app ideas
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How a cashless society enables more financial surveillance and censorship through choke points run by corporate intermediaries
How a Cashless Society Could Embolden Big Brother — In 2014, Cass Sunstein—one-time “regulatory czar” for the Obama administration—wrote an op-ed advocating … Tweets: @restlessdesign , @ryantate , @...
Facebook says it's working on new ways to police shady retailers advertising “overwhelmingly unsatisfactory” products on Facebook
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How tech companies are using poets, novelists, playwrights, and TV writers to engineer the personalities of AI virtual assistants
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