Researcher uses exploits to extract disk encryption keys from Android devices with Qualcomm chips; publicly-available attack code works on unpatched devices
Unlike Apple's iOS, Android is vulnerable to several key-extraction techniques. — Privacy advocates take note …
SEC filing reveals a play-by-play account of how LinkedIn shopped itself to Salesforce, Google, and Microsoft, which prevailed thanks to its all-cash bid
How the $26 billion deal went down. — Most Securities and Exchange Commission filings are dry affairs.
Google makes its expanded ad tracking opt-in, launches new ‘My Activity’ site
By default, ads shown on Google sites are tailored based on previous searches, watched YouTube videos, and more Google-related history. Now, Google is rolling out (via Wired) a new opt-in setting tha...
First known fatality involving an autonomous vehicle opens the door for regulatory oversight
First known fatality involving autonomous vehicle opens a door that has largely been closed — Last October, Tesla Motors Inc. Chief Executive Elon Musk heralded the arrival …
Steam warns users against gambling site after YouTube stars, who often published promotional betting videos without disclosure, discovered to be owners
“We found this new site named CS:GO Lotto...” — Steam has begun warning users not to use a high-profile Counter-Strike …
How tech CEOs' Twitter accounts got hacked through pre-approved 3rd-party app access
It happened to Mark Zuckerberg. It happened to Sundar Pichai. It happened to Travis Kalanick. And it could happen to you, too. — Want to know how secure your Twitter account is? Here's an easy w...
Senate tells staffers it will no longer issue Blackberry smartphones
and BlackBerry is trying to ditch phones Adnan Farooqui / Ubergizmo : BlackBerry Denies Confirming End Of BlackBerry 10 Production Rob Attrell / MobileSyrup.com : BlackBerry devices are in very short ...
How a handful of Chinese companies that control a majority of the Bitcoin network are playing a central role in the community's civil wars
A delegation of American executives flew to Beijing in April for a secret meeting at the Grand Hyatt hotel, just blocks from Tiananmen Square.
Four years after Amazon acquired Kiva, a handful of startups look to fill the void by equipping warehouses with robots
In 2012 Jeff Bezos scooped up warehouse automation firm Kiva. Everyone else is still trying to catch up. — An Amazon warehouse is a flurry of activity.
Pitchbook: VC investment in Europe dropped to $2.8B in Q2 2016 from $4.3B in Q2 2015; UK fell 5% to $994M
Venture capital investment in European start-ups dropped by over a third in the second quarter, contributing to anxiety about the continent's technology sector that is expected to be buffeted by Brita...
Hertz signs deal to supply rental cars to Uber drivers in Los Angeles, expands existing agreement with Lyft to include drivers in Los Angeles and San Francisco
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Amazon's urban “Biosphere” buildings on track to open in 2018 as the company heads toward controlling 15% of Seattle's office space
Walk down Seventh Avenue in downtown Seattle and you can't miss them: three gigantic spheres resembling melted-together Milk Duds rising …
Former NSA hacker and author of memos leaked by Snowden including “I Hunt Sysadmins” talks about his work for the agency
he message arrived at night and consisted of three words: “Good evening sir!” — The sender was a hacker who had written a series of provocative memos at the National Security Agency. Tweets: @theint...
Xbox Play Anywhere, which delivers participating games to Xbox One and Windows 10 PCs with a single purchase, launches September 13
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Interview with Reid Hoffman on Paypal, SocialNet, and the meaning of life ahead of Microsoft-LinkedIn deal
Reid Hoffman was one of the first people to have the idea that the internet could be used to connect large numbers of like-minded people together, founding a short-lived social platform called SocialN...
Profile of Mario Queiroz, VP of product management at Google, and the man behind Google Home
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Alibaba unveils “IP Joint-Force System”, an online platform for helping brands identify and remove counterfeit goods from the company's marketplace
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Report: Tech firms accounted for 46% of US private-equity buyouts so far this year, the sector's highest level since at least 1995
Matt Jarzemsky / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @permiranews , @its_arun_ , @dimitrisirota and @skupor Tweets: Permira / @permiranews : .@WSJ discusses private equity's “new favorite industry: tech”, ...
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