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Remember Yo? Of course you do. Well, the single-button, zero-character communication tool that hogged headlines for weeks has just announced Pete Cashmore and Betaworks have participated in its $1.5 million seed-stage round. Betaworks, a...
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Dell today announced it has started accepting Bitcoin for all items available on Dell.com (including Alienware products). The company says it is “piloting” the digital currency for consumer and small business shoppers in the US; presumab...
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VW to join Apple's CarPlay initiative, and new details on the iPhone 6's 13-megapixel camera.
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Google's only really dipping its toe in the fiber infrastucture racket at the moment, but plans are afoot to slowly expand the gigabit internet service elsewhere. According to a report from The Telegraph, the search giant is even looking...
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With subscription plans for music having taken hold in recent years, Amazon figured it might as well get in on the action and roll out a similar service for e-books. Earlier today, the online retailing giant announced Kindle Unlimited, a...
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Health and fitness emerged as the newest major platforms in the mobile industry during the second quarter of 2014. The flurry of activity illustrates how quickly the mobile-health industry is maturing beyond a concept into a market teemi...
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There’s nothing that rankles me like a chance to try out some cool new tech squandered – and that’s what happened at Google I/O this year. I managed to snag some face-on time with Google Cardboard, the surprise gi...
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This post originally appeared on the Buffer blog. There’s a saying you’ll often hear around Buffer’s content team: “There’s probably a plugin for that!” We’re often chasing new ways to work smarter, faster and more productively—and the s...
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After the success of her app Camera+, Lisa Bettany put the brakes on her high-paced urban lifestyle, moved back to Canada, and refocused on what she really loves: creating. The post Figure skater, photographer, now game developer, Lisa B...
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It's hard to beat the Italians when it comes to design, and thanks to new Maserati Quattroporte Ermenegildo Zegna Limited Edition, which features design from one of Europe's finest clothing designers, it has just gotten harder. The post ...
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As part of his promotion of his upcoming album, "Mandatory Fun," "Weird Al" Yankovic is releasing new videos all week. From "Tacky" to "Handy," we'll post them all here as they arrive, so stay tuned. The post Weird Al original ‘Spo...
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Going against the freemium gaming grain, Monument Valley, the sumptuously designed, premium priced iPad game which launched back in April and snagged its makers an Apple Design Award at this year’s WWDC, has now passed one mi...
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betaworks : Betaworks invests in Yo seed round, says app has 2K+ developers working with API, 2M+ installs — Yo ! — I am excited to announce that betaworks is participating in the seed round of Yo.&nb...
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Certainly one who practices what he preaches, Tim Cook told the Wall Street Journal this week that he does 80% of his work on an iPad. Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook says he does 80% of the work of running the world's most valuable compa...
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There are more vending machines per capita in Japan than in any other country in the world. And as of 2013, there are over 5 million of them. Soft drinks might make up half of those, but you can also pick up beer, sake, dried octopus, to...
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Jolla's phone is overpriced though, so its success in India is in jeopardy
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You would’ve been forgiven for thinking Google Alerts were a thing of the past, but back in January the internet giant gave the popular notifications service a significant lick of paint, representing its first notable upgrade in a while....
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Ginny Marvin / Marketing Land : At Last, Google Analytics App Comes To The iPhone — Google has released its official Google Analytics app for iPhone, now available for download in the app store. — The...
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After installing WiFi throughout the London underground and allowing free access during the 2012 Olympics and well beyond, Virgin Media eventually began charging for the service to recoup some of the investment. EE and Vodafone struck a ...
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With an abundance of music constantly in the palm of our hand, so too comes an abundance of portable Bluetooth speakers. The NudeAudio Super M is the latest to join the herd, and the most recent product out of the portable speaker ...
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An anonymous reader writes "Scientists may not be able to predict what life will be like 100 million years from now, but they may be able to make short-term forecasts for the next few months or years. And if they're making predictions ab...
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Peter Kafka / Re/code : Forbes sells majority stake to Hong Kong-based Integrated Whale Media Investments, company reportedly valued at $475M — Forbes Sells to Hong Kong Investment Group — Forbes Medi...
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A new project called Dark Mail brings together two high-profile privacy advocates to take on the leakiest of all information: that pernicious metadata.
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Welcome, ladygeeks and gentlenerds, to the new era of gaming. The one where you get to watch, and comment, as other people livestream gameplay from next-gen consoles. Because games! They're fun!...
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Preventing unauthorized purchases on the App Store isn't difficult. Apple's system already requires separate authorization for App Store transactions and in-app purchases, provides a warning of the 15-minute purchase window when a paid a...
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Remember all those critics who said Google wasn’t serious about cloud? That it would shut services down as fast as it launched them? A series of launches, price cuts and investments have shut them right up.
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Steve Dent / Engadget : Google won't call games with in-app purchases free anymore (updated) — The European Commission has said that while Google addressed its concerns around games with in-app purchasing, Apple has ye...
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Amazon Prime takes center stage in the first Fire Phone commercial
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It has been a long wait, but the 2015 Mustang power statistics are finally out, and we can officially say the pony car has more punch than ever before. The biggest news: the 5.0-liter V8 powered Mustang will put out 435 horsepower. The p...
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Kara Swisher / Re/code : Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian Joins Y Combinator as Partner — Alexis Ohanian has joined Y Combinator as a partner. — I ran into the high-profile Internet entrepreneur at an...
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Ever wish there was a MagSafe charger for your phone? A new Kickstarter promises two accessories that could make magnetic charging possible.
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"History is your battlefield" is the tagline for this free-to-play adventure coming soon to iOS. Combining RPG, strategy, and card battle elements, this new Assassin's Creed title will offer a 'unique experience' for the player. The post...
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Google has its eyes set on the UK and wants to build a fiber-optic backend in the UK that could change the broadband landscape. The search giant has, for a long time, publicly said that it would not build a fiber infrastructure outside t...
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Intel has announced that Oracle's Exadata Database Machine X4-8, a data crunching powerhouse, will come with a new FPGA-infused Xeon processor. That means that the CPU can be optimised on the fly depending on the workload and resource re...
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Look, we're not gonna tell you how to spend your hard-earned money. If you want to spend two actual dollars enabling your Killzone: Shadow Fall character to fart -- yes, that kind of fart -- and "plank" (this) on PlayStation 4, go for it...
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According to two recent reports, Nvidia is not only prepping an Android-based microconsole, but also a Shield tablet. No word on when, or if, Nvidia will announce these devices. The post Nvidia reportedly prepping Android-based console, ...
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Transaction engine was designed to handle multiple Hbase updates while minimizing the possibility of errors.
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The iPhone is a useful tool to manage your work and play, but it isn't perfect when it comes to privacy. There are a handful of settings that privacy-conscious owners should change if they want to keep their data as safe as possible from...
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An anonymous reader writes: Yesterday, word came down that Microsoft was starting to lay off some 18,000 workers. As of June 5th, Microsoft reported a total employee headcount of 127,005, so they're cutting about 15% of their jobs. That'...
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Mark Hearn / 9to5Google : Rumored NVIDIA Shield tablet pictured in leaked press renders — Back in May, a device made by NVIDIA that looked like a game controller hit the FCC and sparked rumors of a follow up to the com...
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Demand in the U.S. for small slates are causing Lenovo to stop shipping them. Actually, check that. Demand for small Windows slates is the issue, which doesn't bode well for Microsoft or a Surface Mini if it actually does launch one.
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Virgin TV’s mobile-focused Anywhere service launched way back in 2012, and today the media company has announced that it’s now available for Kindle Fire users too. Virgin TV Anywhere is aimed squarely a TiVO customers, letting them watch...
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In response to concerns held by the European Commission, and a request from the EU regulatory body to offer changes around how apps that offer in-app purchases are sold, Google will cease calling apps that feature in-app transactio...
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Introduction and design TechRadar received its first look at Lenovo's ThinkPad 10 back in May, and we were intrigued. This full-fat Windows 8.1 tablet comes loaded with a 1920 x 1200 touch screen, Intel's new Atom Z3795 quad-core system ...
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The gesture, which is not uncommon in Korea, comes as Samsung's earnings guidance falls far below analyst estimates.
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Lenovo has pulled all 10-inch and smaller Windows tablets from US shelves, citing a lack of demand. The world's largest Windows computer maker had two models on the market: the 8-inch, stylus-equipped Miix 2 and the ThinkPad 8. A spokesm...
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Xiaochang Li is the cofounder of Somaware, an eyes-free, ears-free, hands-free wearable navigation device. This post is part of the Lessons Learned series featuring NYU entrepreneurs’ first-hand accounts of challenges faced in starting a...
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A new study from Pediatrics says that kids who text a lot are more likely to sext and admit to being sexually active. The report found a few discrepancies in the data, which were most likely due to inaccurate statements from the teens. T...
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No one wants to have to deal with issues on their sparkly new smartphone, but these things happen. If you’re experiencing HTC One problems and you want some answers, we may just have them for you here. The post 16 problems you could have...
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Dave Lee / BBC : EU criticizes Apple for not offering “concrete and immediate solutions” to address in-app payment issues, says Google already taking steps — Apple scolded by Europe over in-app purchase pro...
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. companies, consumer advocates and citizens submitted more than 1 million comments to the Federal Communications Commission, drawing contentious divisions on the issue of net neutrality as the first deadline to...
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(Reuters) - NQ Mobile Inc, a Chinese mobile security software maker facing allegations of fraud from short-seller Muddy Waters Research Group, said it dismissed PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP as its independent auditor.
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(Reuters) - NQ Mobile Inc, a Chinese mobile security software maker facing allegations of fraud from short-seller Muddy Waters Research Group, said it dismissed PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP as its independent auditor.
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(Reuters) - The Vatican has become enmeshed in a struggle between Hewlett-Packard Co and Michael Lynch, the former CEO of the UK software company Autonomy Corp bought by HP in 2011 in a deal that led to a big loss for the U.S. technology...
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We seem to always ask for more on our high end smartphones, but LG brings it all with the G3 so there is really nothing preventing me from visiting my carrier store this weekend.
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A handful of tips to help you get the more out of the remote control fitted to Apple earphones, or EarPods as they are now called.
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"We are not chasing trends, we are not trying to be cool, we are just trying to be ourselves." My dear friend Erika Ferszt, Luxottica Group's Global Advertising, Media & Digital Director, spent some time with me in Cannes to talk about h...
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A Spanish court has ordered the lifting of blocks that were imposed on six file-sharing sites accused of copyright infringement.
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AP NewsBreak: Obama approves sonic cannons, reopening US Eastern Seaboard to oil exploration
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The start of search operations coincides with a series of Brazil-China technology agreements.
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Maps updated for first time since 2008.
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Three tiers that help clarify the degree of time and money that should be devoted to cloud services.
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The dramatic rise of mobile, opt-in video advertising has helped fuel revenue growth for the New York-based adtech firm Jun Group by 120% in 2013 and the company is on pace for that kind of growth this year as well, says CEO Mitchell Rei...
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New business rules for Bitcoin licenses show that New York financial regulator Benjamin Lawsky is trying to help -- not kill -- this promising, independent currency.
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Over the past ten months I have chaired and co-facilitated MIT's IDEAS China program--a ten month innovation journey for a group of 30 or so senior Chinese business leaders. This year the IDEAS China program enrolled executives of a majo...
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I had assigned myself the task of writing a post about what it is to be a "geek." It's obviously not the same as it was when I was in school, as geekhood no longer implies utter alienation from the mainstream, but being part of a kind of...
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With one in five Nokia staffers in the country now facing redundancy, politicians are calling on Microsoft to support outgoing workers.
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Ninetieth in a series. Welcome to this week's selection of the best apps and games that have been released in the past seven days for Windows 8. Several important applications were updated this week. The official Skype application for Wi...
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(Reuters) - Google Inc is the best placed of any company to benefit from the shift to mobile, increased local advertising and wearables, analysts said after the search giant posted its 18th straight quarter of 20 percent-plus revenue gro...
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Apple hits back at claim it has offered 'no concrete and immediate solutions' to problem of unauthorised spending Continue reading...
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Dashlane, Inc has released Dashlane 3.0 for Windows and Mac, a major new build of its secure password management tool. The new release is joined by Dashlane 2.7 for iOS, which has been updated to work with version 3. Version 3 sports a c...
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BEIJING (Reuters) - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, the Chinese e-commerce titan gearing up for a mammoth U.S. initial public offering, has reported a blackmail attempt by a media organization to police, the company said on its official micro...
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Everyone else on the Internet give up now, because Shakira has officially garnered over 100 million likes on her Facebook page. Jeff Elder at the Wall Street Journal covered the page's meteoric rise to become the first to hit 100 million...
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High-performance Fastpass technology reduces lag by more than an order of magnitude
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Continental's augmented reality head-up display shows drivers crucial info in a useful and novel way.
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For $9.99 a month, you can read and listen to books to your heart's content - provided your selection is available.
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From Microsoft's planned layoffs to the shuttering of Xbox Entertainment Studios, here's what you missed on Thursday.
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Unique habits can be used to prove users' identity but may also reveal if they are drunk, or have had sex, researchers say Continue reading...
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We're confused! Nothing new, you say? Well, read on my friends. Sitting in front of us are three "computers:" a tablet, a new ultrabook and a so-called convertible device that can be used as an ultrabook or tablet. An ultrabook, loosely ...
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We'd definitely swipe right for this. Conan O'Brien has heard a lot about Tinder around his office, so he got Dave Franco to join the dating app with him and check out what he's been missing. The two created hilarious fake profiles, atte...
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In an exclusive interview, former Yahoo engineer Nan Shi opens up about alleged sexual harassment.
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(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc on Friday unveiled a subscription service that allows customers to read as much as they choose from its library of more than 600,000 e-books.
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Read full story for latest details.
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Got a living room too far away from your router for your streaming devices? You need a wireless range extender with media bridge capability.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. consumer lawsuit accusing Google of monopolizing prime real estate on Android smartphones will help mobile rivals like Microsoft make their antitrust case with European regulators should damaging secrets ...
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Amazon already gives Prime customers access to a Kindle lending library, allowing the user to "borrow" books each month. But for some of the more voracious types, this may not provide enough material for a month's worth of entertainment....
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IBM goes full speed ahead in Gartner's Magic Quadrant report for Enterprise Backup Software and Integrated Appliances.
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Gartner recommends IT leaders assemble a portfolio of digital workplace tools and services to better manage and amplify the impact of the investments.
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IBM posted improved earnings for its second quarter of 2014 despite another quarter of down revenues – the company's ninth in a row.
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REVIEW: Samsung's flagship Galaxy Tab S is stuffed with software and maybe tacky to some. But it gets right all the things that matter most.
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Too many governments are "rubber-stamping" mass surveillance programmes, warns the United Nations human rights watchdog.
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Paralympic snowboarder and "Dancing With the Stars" finalist Amy Purdy tells how losing her legs at age 19 enabled her to achieve more than she ever dreamed.
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Humans seem to have gotten faster, better and stronger in almost every way. Yet as sports journalist David Epstein points out, many factors are at play when we shatter athletic records.
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Two days after a leaked Amazon website page detailed Kindle Unlimited, the retail giant has formally announced the new subscription service.
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Teladoc will offer its telehealth services through Castlight’s technology suite to enterprises that work with both Castlight and Teladoc.
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Black holes might end their lives by transforming into their exact opposite — 'white holes' that explosively pour all the material they ever swallowed into space, say two physicists. The suggestion, based on a speculative quantum theory ...
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New research suggests that 'government-grade' malware designed to operate undetected on computer systems is in the hands of cybercriminals who are integrating it into rootkits and ransomware.
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The world’s largest laser, a machine that appeared in a Star Trek movie, has attained a powerful result: It's squeezed diamond, the least compressible substance known, 50 million times harder than Earth's atmosphere presses down on us. T...
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Cybercrime experts disagree over whether new surveillance law will create new 'soft targets' for cyber-criminals Continue reading...
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STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A recovery in Ericsson's network equipment business pointed to strong results for the rest of the year, propelling its shares toward their biggest daily gain in more than three years.
