White House announces sanctions and ejection of Russian intelligence operatives in response to political hacking
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration struck back at Russia on Thursday for its efforts to influence the 2016 election, ejecting 35 Russian intelligence operatives …
FBI-DHS joint report links two Russian intelligence hacking groups to hacks of Democratic Party organizations; experts say report is too little too late
Experts say report is too little too late and comes after several others from private sector detailing alleged exploits of groups Fancy Bear and Cozy Bear
How China built “iPhone City”, the world's largest iPhone factory, in Zhengzhou by giving Foxconn billions in perks, tax breaks, and subsidies
A hidden bounty of benefits for Foxconn's plant in Zhengzhou, the world's biggest iPhone factory, is central to the production of Apple's most profitable product.
How Russia has bolstered its cyberwarfare capabilities in recent years by working with outside firms and recruiting convicted hackers, scientists, college grads
MOSCOW — Aleksandr B. Vyarya thought his job was to defend people from cyberattacks until, he says, his government approached him with a request to do the opposite.
Jack Dorsey says Twitter is “thinking a lot” about an edit-tweet button, also considering bookmarks, better threading, and multiple interest-based timelines
He also wants to know what else you want him to build. — You've probably dreamed of directing Twitter's product strategy — well, here's your chance!
FBI-DHS report fails to make a hard case that Russia tampered with US elections, likely because the agencies want to protect methods for detecting hacks
US issued JAR billed itself as an indictment that would prove Russian involvement. — Talk about disappointments.
Ideas to fix Twitter: show you can ship new features, handle abuse transparently, revamp metrics, understand different user types, and embrace developers
Jack asked us for ideas on how to fix Twitter. A coherent plan for fixing Twitter would make millions of people happier …
Facebook buys detailed information from commercial data brokers about users' offline lives but does not disclose it since it is widely available
The site shows users how Facebook categorizes them. It doesn't reveal the data it is buying about their offline lives.
Uber and Lyft respond to Senator Al Franken's questions about discrimination by drivers, defend use of riders' real names and pictures in profiles
Uber and Lyft have responded to Senator Al Franken's questions regarding potential racial discrimination against passengers.
Source: Facebook is working on a system to find and remove videos with copyrighted music, is in preliminary licensing talks with major record labels
As Facebook continues to grapple with its role in proliferating “fake news” amidst the heated U.S. election this year …
AWS's subscription email service WorkMail adds support for IMAP clients, like Apple Mail and Mozilla Thunderbird
Public cloud market leader Amazon Web Services today announced an enhancement to its subscription-based WorkMail email and calendar service.
Meizu licences Qualcomm's patents, settles lawsuits in China, Germany, France, and US
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Tencent: WeChat had 768M daily active users in September, up 35% year-over-year
The popular messaging app has increased its daily users number by 35 percent in the last twelve months. — The usage of popular messaging app WeChat continues to expand, with the number …
A look at the vulnerability of the nuclear command-and-control system, which is endangered by obsolete hardware and software
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Amazon announces “Amazon Digital Day”, a sales holiday on December 30 with 1K+ digital deals on subscriptions, TV shows, music, movies, and more
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Language learning app Duolingo adds an optional social component, called Duolingo Language Clubs, with a news feed and competitions
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Sources: Snap Inc.'s IPO roadshow will compare the company to Facebook rather than Twitter and will feature CEO Evan Spiegel prominently as a product visionary
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Singapore will add iris scans as identifier for citizens and permanent residents starting January 1
Eileen Yu / ZDNet :
Oculus acquires The Eye Tribe, a 16-person startup that makes software and a $99 developer hardware kit for eye-tracking
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
HERE and Mobileye partner to create mapping services that can be used in self-driving cars, which require high-definition mapping data for navigation
Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch :
After a slow 2016 in which both startup investment and IPOs fell, VCs are preparing for a busier 2017, as Snap Inc. and more plan to go public
Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times :
Cloud Imperium Games announces Star Citizen and Squadron 42 will use Amazon's Lumberyard game engine
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat :
China's Great Firewall has fostered strong local firms, making it nearly impossible for US tech giants to succeed there, even if they comply with gov't rules
this is why I tell entrepreneurs not even to try
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