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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
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| Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times: |
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.
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| David E. Sanger / New York Times: |
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 …
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| Anil Dash: |
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 …
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| Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
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!
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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.
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Thanks:@ravichandrans25| David Barboza / New York Times: |
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.
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Thanks:@ravichandrans25| Jordan Novet / VentureBeat: |
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.
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| Eric Schlosser / New Yorker: |
A look at the vulnerability of the nuclear command-and-control system, which is endangered by obsolete hardware and software — Harsh political rhetoric, combined with the vulnerability of the nuclear command-and-control system, has made the risk of global catastrophe greater than ever.
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| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Meizu licences Qualcomm's patents, settles lawsuits in China, Germany, France, and US — Qualcomm Inc. said China's Meizu Technology Co. has agreed to pay licensing fees to settle legal battles in China and three other countries, demonstrating the U.S. company can defend its intellectual property …
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| Darrell Etherington / 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 — More companies working on autonomous driving have decided to work together to pursue their goals; Nokia mapping spin-out Here is working with Mobileye …
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| Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times: |
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 — SAN FRANCISCO — Investors who once poured money into the nation's start-ups with abandon began to tighten their belts this year.
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