AOL is shutting down Instant Messenger (AIM) on December 15 after 20 years
The pioneering chat app that taught us to text is pulling the plug. On December 15th, AOL Instant Messenger will shut down after running since 1997. AIM dominated online chat in North America at the...
Apple reveals new emoji coming in iOS 11.1, including a giraffe, a zebra, a hedgehog, a scarf, a trenchcoat, a baseball cap, and gloves
Apple has shown off more emoji characters coming to iOS in the future 11.1 update. The characters are part of Unicode 10, which added 56 new emoji …
Sources: White House Chief of Staff John Kelly's personal cellphone was compromised, potentially as long ago as December
White House tech support discovered the suspected breach after Kelly turned his phone in to tech support staff this summer. — White House officials believe that chief …
Sources: hackers stole NSA data on US offensive and defensive cyber capabilities from a contractor's laptop in 2015, likely via Kaspersky software
This Time with Kaspersky's Help Associated Press : Report: Russian hackers target secrets taken by NSA worker Steven Musil / CNET : Russian hackers reportedly stole NSA cyber secrets in 2015 Gareth Ha...
Researchers: Apple granted Uber now-removed “entitlement” that let app record iPhone screen, even in background; Uber says it was to improve Watch performance
To improve functionality between Uber's app and the Apple Watch, Apple allowed Uber to use a powerful tool that could record …
Sources: early drafts of Facebook's April 27 report on election manipulation included references to Russia that were cut at the urging of legal and policy teams
The drafting of the report sparked internal debate over how much information to disclose about Russian influence campaigns on the social network
Apple updates High Sierra with fix for APFS Disk Utility flaw that revealed password instead of hint and Keychain vulnerability that let apps dump passwords
Apple today released a supplemental update to macOS High Sierra 10.13, the first update to the macOS High Sierra operating system …
Apple's decision to not let users fully disable Wi-Fi and Bluetooth via settings in iOS 11's Control Center is bad UI design and compromises user security
Turning off your Bluetooth and Wi-Fi radios when you're not using them is good security practice (not to mention good for your battery usage).
Analysis of six Russia-linked Facebook pages, including Blacktivists and Secured Borders, shows ~19M interactions with users
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Analysis: what we know and do not know about Kaspersky Lab's alleged involvement in NSA contractor's laptop hack
The Wall Street Journal just published an incendiary article that says hackers working for the Russian government stole confidential material from an NSA contractor's home computer.
Apple's general counsel Bruce Sewell will retire later this year, will be replaced by Katherine Adams, former general counsel of Honeywell
Apple today announced that Katherine Adams will join Apple as General Counsel and Senior Vice President of Legal and Global Security this year.
Google Fiber will launch in San Antonio and Louisville without the traditional TV add-on; company says change does not apply to existing markets
Late last year, Google Fiber halted future deployment and in July lost its latest CEO after only five months.
Filing: Jessica Alba's Honest Company is raising $75M at a valuation below $1B, 57% lower than Series D
The Honest Company, the all-natural home goods company co-founded by Jessica Alba, is raising $75 million in new venture capital funding at a much lower valuation than the last time around …
Facebook quietly launches betas of Workplace Chat apps with screen share for Mac and Windows
TechCrunch has discovered that Facebook has stealthily launched official desktop PC and Mac chat apps with screen sharing — two features users have been begging for.
CEO of bitcoin mining firms GAW Miners and ZenMiner, Josh Garza, ordered to pay $9.8M to SEC after pleading guilty to fraud in July
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Coffee Lake review: Intel finally offers six-core processors on its mainstream platform, giving wide range of decent performance per dollar options
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On Slashdot's 20th anniversary, cofounder Rob Malda reflects on the site's early days
I registered the domain name ‘Slashdot.org’ 20 years ago today. I really had no idea. — Jeff chipped in a few bucks for the fees. Kathleen told me the name was stupid. I thought “That's kinda the...
Microsoft announces Edge for Android and iOS in beta and relaunches Arrow Launcher for Android as Microsoft Launcher in public preview
Apple, ZTE and Microsoft Matthew Hughes / The Next Web : Microsoft Edge actually belongs on Android and iOS Tweets: @stevesi : While we weren't paying attention, being a “browser” went from battle of ...
Mattel says it's canceling its AI-powered Aristotle smart hub for kids after privacy and childhood development concerns
Hayley Tsukayama / Washington Post :
Now-deleted Microsoft Store listing said Harmon Kardon Cortana-powered speaker will cost $200 with six months of free Skype calls, on sale October 22
Surur / MSPoweruser :
Airbnb to launch pilot program that lets travelers book a WeWork spot when renting a room
Olivia Zaleski / Bloomberg :
Data-center operator Switch prices IPO above range at $17, raises $531M+ at a valuation of about $4.2B
Jeremy C. Owens / MarketWatch :
Losing the 3.5mm jack pushes consumers into the Bluetooth audio market, where choices are limited and proprietary, like Apple's handful of W1 chip products
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UK filing shows that Google's DeepMind lost £123.5M on £40.2M in revenue in 2016
Mike Murphy / Quartz :
Chip makers are adding greater smarts to cameras, spurring new generation of machines that not only capture images, but interpret and act on what they see
Ted Greenwald / Wall Street Journal :
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