White House announces sanctions and ejection of Russian intelligence operatives in response to political hacking
David E. Sanger / New York Times :
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 Russia has bolstered its cyberwarfare capabilities in recent years by working with outside firms and recruiting convicted hackers, scientists, college grads
Trump, asked about sanctioning Russia for election
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 …
French law requiring companies to give workers a “right to disconnect” from work-related messages after work hours goes into effect on January 1
From 1 January, workers have ‘right to disconnect’ as France seeks to establish agreements that afford work flexibility but avoid burnout
North Korea's Chinese-made Woolim tablet is an Android device that tracks users and distributes propaganda, can access some pre-approved apps and websites
When you think of North Korea, the first thing that springs to mind is probably not a well-featured tablet PC.
Volvo integrates Skype for Business in its 90 series vehicles
What do you do when your love of driving conflicts with your deep and abiding love of conference calls? That's a question Volvo hopes it can finally answer, with the integration of Skype for Business...
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.
How China built “iPhone City”, the world's largest iPhone factory, in Zhengzhou by giving Foxconn billions in perks, tax breaks, and subsidies
David Barboza of The New York Times … Tiernan Ray / Tech Trader Daily : Tech Today: Mobiley's HERE Deal, Apple-Foxconn Perks, the Non-Amazonians Dave Mark / The Loop : How China built iPhone City, and...
Nielsen: 2016's top mobile apps by monthly uniques are Facebook up 14% YoY to 146M, Messenger up 28% to 129M, YouTube up 20% to 113M; Amazon rose 43% to 65M
Mobile applications from Facebook and Google dominated the new list of the year's top apps released today by Nielsen.
Uber and Lyft respond to Senator Al Franken's questions about discrimination by drivers, defend use of riders' real names and pictures in profiles
Megan Rose Dickey / TechCrunch :
Meizu licences Qualcomm's patents, settles lawsuits in China, Germany, France, and US
Ian King / Bloomberg :
A look at Messenger and Instagram features from 2016 that mimic Snapchat, such as Stories and ephemeral messaging, as Facebook tries to curb Snapchat's growth
Facebook's Snapchat envy isn't new. — Facebook is worried about Snapchat. Big time. — Mark Zuckerberg …
Source: Facebook is working on a system to find and remove videos with copyrighted music, is in preliminary licensing talks with major record labels
Facebook wants to be the social media platform … Charlotte Freitag / Yahoo : Facebook Will Begin Cracking Down on Music Rights Infringement Anna Gaca / SPIN : Facebook Is Preparing to Crack Down on Co...
Review of appeals court decisions from 2016 that benefited software patent holders and set the bar for software patents after Supreme Court's Alice decision
It's harder, but not impossible, for owners of software patents to win cases. — In 2014, the US Supreme Court dealt a major blow to software patents.
A look at the vulnerability of the nuclear command-and-control system, which is endangered by obsolete hardware and software
Eric Schlosser / New Yorker :
Tencent: WeChat had 768M daily active users in September, up 35% year-over-year
Cyrus Lee / ZDNet :
After years of rejecting the “media company” label, Twitter is hiring Periscope editors, broadcasting news alerts, and airing premium live video
If you're wondering whether Twitter views itself as a media company or not, take a look at its careers page. Tweets: @trengriffin , @kantrowitz , @peterhimler , @eileenmcarey , @johnpaczkowski , @jayf...
AWS's subscription email service WorkMail adds support for IMAP clients, like Apple Mail and Mozilla Thunderbird
Jordan Novet / VentureBeat :
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 :
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