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SEC filing reveals tick-tock story behind 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.
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Digital Trends, Bloomberg, Business Insider, Recode, Recode, ZDNet, Financial Times, TechCrunch, The Seattle Times, Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check and VentureBeat
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| Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed: |
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 way to find out.
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TechCrunch, The Daily Dot, CNET, PC Magazine, The Drum, TechnoBuffalo, Associated Press, Tech Times and Silicon Republic
Tweets: @abatalion, @mahaniok, @rts_rob and @anildash
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
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 …
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Wired, ZDNet, Neowin, Engadget, AndroidHeadlines.com, The Register, Bits, Please!, The Register, The Hill, Network World, Digital Journal, SC Magazine UK, The Hacker News, Softpedia News, SlashGear, Tech Times, AppleInsider, TechSpot and web.nvd.nist.gov
Tweets: @lowellheddings, @gmillard, @fsecure, @arstechnica, @doyouqa and @janole
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
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 that will apply … | John Paczkowski / BuzzFeed: |
Apple accuses Spotify of asking for “preferential treatment” after app rejection complaint, says Spotify is “publicly resorting to rumors and half-truths” — “We find it troubling that you ... are publicly resorting to rumors and half-truths about our service."
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Tweets: @jonathanmprince, @jonathanmprince and @neilcybart
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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.| Peter Maass / The Intercept: |
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: @theintercept, @blk_diasporas, @botherder, @fugueish and @maassp
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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 … | Nathaniel Popper / New York Times: |
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.| Jeff Bennett / Wall Street Journal: |
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 — Moves could help the car rental company unlock more revenue from its portfolio of older vehicles
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Hertz Newsroom, Bloomberg, CNET, Reuters, Fox Business, CNBC, Consumerist, The Verge, VatorNews, CNNMoney and USA Today. Tweets: @tonyperic
| Jim Swift / bomble.com: |
Senate tells staffers it will no longer issue Blackberry smartphones — This is the way the world ends. Not with a clickity keyboard, but with a swipe. — Senate staffers will no longer be issued official Blackberry smartphones. — The reign of the Blackberry lasted a good decade …
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Wall Street Journal, Ubergizmo, Tech Times, Recode, CrackBerry.com, Politico, SlashGear, The Verge, Engadget, Pocketnow, Neowin, Gizmodo and CNET. Tweets: @harrymccracken
| Mikhail Larionov / Messenger Platform News: |
Facebook announces 11K bots on Messenger, updates Messenger Platform with star ratings, quick reply buttons, more content types, and other features for bots — Since the launch of the Messenger Platform in April of this year, over 11,000 bots have launched.
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Facebook, Social Media Today, Gizmodo, TechnoBuffalo, Facebook Developers, Mashable, PCWorld, internetretailer.com, Softpedia News, Digital Trends, ZDNet, Tech Times, iPhone in Canada Blog, MacRumors, The Verge, TechCrunch, The Next Web, Android Central, Phandroid, Engadget, SlashGear, Forbes, Ubergizmo and Marketing Land
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