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Sources: US Cyber Command launched an offensive cyber strike on Thursday that disabled Iranian computer systems used to control rocket and missile launches — President Trump approved an offensive cyber-strike that disabled Iranian computer systems used to control rocket and missile launches …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
PayPal COO Bill Ready, who joined the company in 2013 when it acquired Braintree, is leaving the company at the end of 2019 — PayPal Chief Operating Officer Bill Ready is leaving the company at the end of the year, PayPal announced via a statement issued on Thursday.| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google was never really serious about tablets, with years of scattershot reboots; its decision to stop making tablets was rational but could be shortsighted — Google's getting out of the tablet hardware business, canceling two different tablets it was building and reassigning those employees to other projects.
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Less than a day after breaching $10K, Bitcoin climbs to $11K+, as the unveiling of Libra and increased institutional support spur hopes of mainstream adoption — The world's most popular cryptocurrency gets a boost from Facebook's plan to launch Libra — Bitcoin rose over $10,000 …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
NASA says it was hacked in April 2018 via an unauthorized Raspberry Pi on the network; hackers had access for nearly a year, stealing Mars mission-related data — NASA described the hackers as an “advanced persistent threat,” a term generally used for nation-state hacking groups.
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| Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg: |
Magic Leap sues Chi Xu, a former employee who founded the China-based AR startup Nreal, for alleged IP theft — - The startup says the former employee stole its AR secrets — Alleged technology theft a sore point in U.S.-China relations — Magic Leap Inc., a U.S. startup that makes …
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| Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal: |
How COPPA came about 20 years ago, making 13 years the internet's age of adulthood, as a bipartisan COPPA 2.0 bill seeks to raise the age to 16 — The inside story of COPPA, a law from the early days of e-commerce that is shaping a generation and creating a parental minefield
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
iRobot has acquired Root Robotics, which makes a $199 educational robot that can be programmed to draw, respond to touch and sound, play music, and more — Bedford, Massachusetts-based iRobot, the robotics company perhaps best known for its iconic Roomba autonomous home vacuum cleaners … | Todd Bishop / GeekWire: |
Airbus partners with Microsoft to sell custom apps for HoloLens to aerospace companies, starting with an app for airline maintenance workers and cabin crews — After four years using Microsoft's HoloLens internally, aerospace giant Airbus is partnering with the tech company …
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| Erica Pandey / Axios: |
As Amazon and others offer ever speedier delivery, the climate benefits of e-commerce disappear due to reduced fuel efficiencies and increased warehouse space — With its acceleration of Prime shipping from two days to one, Amazon established a new normal.
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| Danny Crichton / TechCrunch: |
Livepeer, a decentralized marketplace for encoding providers and developers who need video-streaming services, based on Ethereum network, raises $8M Series A — Video is the core entertainment medium of the web. Platforms like YouTube, Twitch, Netflix and more deliver millions of hours … | Sarah Dai / South China Morning Post: |
Didi begins opening its ride-hailing platform to rivals, starting with a pilot project in Chengdu, allowing users to hail cars dispatched by competitor Miaozou — Chengdu, capital of southwest Sichuan province, has been used to trial a pilot project since late May Didi is battling new competition … Sponsor Posts
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