Previously unreleased Snowden documents confirm ShadowBrokers leak contains authentic NSA software that was used to attack systems in Pakistan and Lebanon
On Monday, a hacking group calling itself the “ShadowBrokers” announced an auction for what it claimed were “cyber weapons” made by the NSA.
Google to end support for Chrome apps on Windows, Mac, and Linux in early 2018, stop surfacing them in the Chrome Web Store in the second half of 2017
We have always believed in making the open, interoperable web as strong as possible. For a while there were certain experiences the web …
AT&T, Alphabet, Apple, Verizon, Comcast, others form “Robocall Strike Force” that will work with FCC to combat robocalls
The chief executive of AT&T (T.N) will announce Friday that 33 companies including the telecom giant, Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O), Apple Inc (AAPL.O) …
Sources: Lyft recently sought $9B for buyout after GM expressed interest in acquiring the company, but received no bids even after lowering its asking price
It failed to find another buyer after GM expressed interest in acquiring the company. — Lyft may have run out of options.
Facebook launches Lifestage, an app for high school students to create a profile with videos
“What if I figured out a way to take Facebook from 2004 and bring it to 2016? What if every field in your profile was a full video" asks Facebook's 19-year old product prodigy Michael Sayman.
Sources: Pandora nears licensing deals with major record companies for on-demand streaming; $10 per month would give subscribers unlimited access to tracks
The internet radio service is aiming to start offering new paid tiers as soon as next month — Pandora Media Inc. is aiming …
Windows 10 Anniversary Update breaks millions of webcams using MJPEG or H264 encoded streams; Microsoft engineer says fix is coming, likely in September update
On August 2nd, Microsoft released the Anniversary Update for Windows 10 and when the bits arrived on computers around the globe …
Researchers reveal how the NSA used BenignCertain exploit to remotely extract decryption keys from Cisco's PIX firewalls for a decade
Exploit against Cisco's PIX line of firewalls remotely extracted crypto keys. — In a revelation that shows how the National Security Agency was able …
Microsoft open sources PowerShell, brings it to Linux and OS X
Microsoft today announced that it is open sourcing PowerShell and bringing it to Linux and OS X. — PowerShell is Microsoft's command line shell for Windows power users, as well as an extensible scri...
Samsung to Close Milk Music on September 22
Samsung is finally pulling the plug on its Milk Music streaming service: The company started to notify users of Milk Music Friday that it will shut down the service on September 22. Samsung told exis...
Gawker.com announces it will shut down next week, after nearly 14 years of operation
Or was it Nick Denton? Hulk Hogan? Peter Thiel? New York Times : Farhad's and Mike's Week in Tech: Ride-Hailing News Owns the Road Will Oremus / Slate : Who's Left to Embarrass Silicon Valley Now Th...
Oracle says it is funding anti-Google research group The Google Transparency Project
Groups with words like “transparency” in their name are typically very open about how they operate. That's why the “Campaign for Accountability,” a non-profit hatched in Washington this spring …
Kalanick on self-driving cars as an existential threat, Uber's response to that threat, and how the number of human drivers will go up in the foreseeable future
Uber Will Make Sure of It Matt McFarland / CNNMoney : Uber has generated thousands of jobs since launching in 2009. Alan Boyle / GeekWire : Otto and Volvo deals help Uber power ahead on autonomous veh...
Twitter rolls out quality filter setting to all, letting users filter “lower-quality content” from notifications, but it may not stop targeted non-spam abuse
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California district court rejects Uber's proposed $100M settlement with drivers as neither fair nor adequate
Atlassian's HipChat desktop apps get group video chat and screen sharing
Matt Weinberger / Business Insider :
Smart thermostat startup ecobee raises $35M from Amazon's Alexa Fund, Thomvest, and Relay Ventures
Nat Levy / GeekWire :
Dropbox CFO Vanessa Wittman leaving due to health reasons, her deputy Ajay Vashee will take over on September 1
Kara Swisher / Recode :
Vevo is seeking to raise up to $500M, hired Goldman Sachs for help
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CellSavers raises $15M Series A to expand its on-demand mobile device repair service
Kia Kokalitcheva / Fortune :
Inside Google's push in Indonesia, a key market for start of its Next One Billion Project
“We can't say go to hell to Google or to technology. But we also cannot allow them to do everything they want to do." BuzzFeed News' Sheera Frenkel reports from Jakarta. — Reporting From Tweets: @...
As not enough drivers opt in, Lyft “pauses” its Carpool service and reassigns engineers to other projects
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