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Intel to buy Mobileye, maker of chip-based camera systems for semi-automated driving, for $15.3B at $63.54 a share, a 34% premium to its Friday closing price — Deal marks latest investment by a technology company in the future of self-driving cars — Intel Corp. on Monday said it struck …
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Marissa Mayer to get $23M severance package; Thomas McInerney, former CFO of Barry Diller's IAC, to take over as CEO of Altaba following Verizon deal close — Marissa Mayer, who is set to lose her job as Yahoo CEO following the closing of the Verizon acquisition of the internet company's operating businesses …
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Pandora debuts premium on-demand music streaming service for $10 per month; invites will start rolling out to existing users March 15 — Just over 15 months after Pandora acquired key assets from Rdio, and three months after it announced its plans, the company is ready to launch its full-fledged …
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| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Levi's Commuter Trucker Jacket, a connected smart jacket that uses Google's Project Jacquard touch sensitive textiles tech, will ship this fall for about $350 — A delayed product is better than no product — The connected denim smart jacket made in partnership between Levi's …
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Sources: Russian security services used infrastructure created by criminal hackers, like Evgeniy Bogachev's ZeuS botnet, to gather intelligence — To the F.B.I., Evgeniy M. Bogachev is the most wanted cybercriminal in the world. The bureau has announced a $3 million bounty for his capture …
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| Greg Bensinger / Wall Street Journal: |
Uber's union fight in Seattle continues as Teamsters seek access to driver contact info; Uber using podcasts, text messages to dissuade drivers from unionizing — Ride-hailing firm sends podcasts and messages through app to persuade drivers to remain as ‘partners’
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Report: AT&T has neglected lower-income neighborhoods in its broadband upgrades in Cleveland — “Digital redlining” leaves poor people with the slowest Internet, report says. — It's no secret that ISPs can make more money from network upgrades in wealthy neighborhoods than low-income ones … | Kim Zetter / The Intercept: |
RAND study: 200 privately discovered zero-day flaws lasted an average of 6.9 years before public disclosure — Photo illustration by The Intercept. JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images. — A new report from Rand Corp. may help shed light on the government's arsenal of malicious software …
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Analysis of 133K+ sites shows 37% of them use at least one JavaScript library with a known vulnerability, including 21 sites in the Alexa 100 — Researchers say tens of thousands of sites are using JavaScript libraries that are years old and contain publicly known vulnerabilities.| Caitlin McGarry / PCWorld: |
In SXSW interview Nick Denton talks about how Gawker's Hogan coverage could have been better and the importance of conversation-driven platforms to media — “Facebook makes me despise many of my friends and Twitter makes me hate the rest of the world," Gawker founder Nick Denton said.
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| Sean O'Neill / Skift: |
French house swapping platform GuestToGuest raises $35M, buys US-based rival HomeExchange — Selfie by a home-swap enthusiast. GuestToGuest looks to succeed where Couchsurfing has struggled. Ashley Schwartau — Skift Take: Let's hope that GuestToGuest's bet on home-swapping ends better …
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| M.G. Siegler / 500ish Words: |
Messenger Day's intrusive preview tiles, bad content, and annoying pop-ups have ruined Facebook Messenger — The opposite of an ode to Facebook ‘Messenger Day’ … I often find myself pointing to this quote from Dr. Ian Malcolm in Jurassic Park. It's just so succinctly perfect for so many things.
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