Beats Wins in Case Alleging Double Dealing Before Apple Sale A judge has dismissed the key claims in a lawsuit alleging that headphone maker Beats Electronics duped one of its early partners before negotiating its $3 billion sale to Apple two years ago. The summary judgment issued late Monday by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge William Fahey resolves the heart ... Read More »
Dropbox Confirms 2012 Breach Bigger Than Previously Known HIGHLIGHTS Dropbox in August asked users to reset their passwords Dropbox acknowledged a 2012 data breach compromising 69 million accounts However, the company says Dropbox accounts have not been misused Dropbox confirmed Wednesday that a data breach discovered and disclosed in 2012 was bigger than previously known and according to one report ... Read More »
SpaceX Rocket Explodes on Launchpad With Facebook’s Internet Satellite on Board HIGHLIGHTS The explosion destroyed the Israeli communications satellite Mark Zuckerberg disapointed over SpaceX’s launch failure The accident is the second of its kind since SpaceX was founded in 2002 An unmanned SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket exploded on the launch pad during a test in Florida on Thursday, destroying a ... Read More »
YouTubers Are Accusing the Site of Rampant ‘Censorship’ HIGHLIGHTS YouTubers posted videos and tweets accusing YouTube of “censoring” them Part of YouTube’s efforts to be transparent in its dealing with creators It demonetizes videos that concern controversial or sensitive subjects YouTube is the third-largest website on Earth, a behemoth viewed by millions each day. It’s also “over” — or on ... Read More »
TPG Said to Be Among Possible Bidders for Intel Security Unit McAfee HIGHLIGHTS Deal could value McAfee at as much as $3 billion Intel is also talking to other potential bidders Intel’s strategy to focus on its more profitable data-center business TPG is among potential bidders for Intel Corp.’s computer-security unit McAfee, people with knowledge of the matter said. The ... Read More »
Romanian Hacker ‘Guccifer’ Sentenced to 52 Months in US Prison HIGHLIGHTS Lazar breached Clinton’s private server at her home in New York He is believed to have hacked into email accounts of about 100 victims Victims include prominent political figures A Romanian hacker nicknamed “Guccifer” who helped expose the existence of a private email domain Hillary Clinton used when she ... Read More »
MirrorLink Car Smartphone Network Has Vulnerabilities, Claim Researchers A system of rules that allow vehicles to communicate with smartphones may be vulnerable to hacking, a new study suggests. Many of today’s automobiles leave the factory with secret passengers: prototype software features that are disabled but that can be unlocked by clever drivers, researchers said. In what is believed to be ... Read More »
Facebook Live Gets Touted 2-Person Broadcasting Feature HIGHLIGHTS It is only available to US users for now Only verified pages will be able to use this feature Users must have an iOS device for this feature to work At the annual VidCon conference in June, the social giant had announced that it will roll out a bunch of new capabilities ... Read More »
HIGHLIGHTS Facebook won’t post phone numbers online or give them out to anyone WhatsApp will continue to bar traditional display ads from its service Facebook will employ the phone number to show targetted advertising Global messaging service WhatsApp says it will start sharing the phone numbers of its users with Facebook, its parent company. That means WhatsApp users could soon ... Read More »
Facebook Changes ‘Trending’ Feature to Rely Less on Human Editors HIGHLIGHTS The update is Facebook’s attempt to stress its neutrality The Trending feature shows users the most-talked about stories and topics Facebook said it would no longer rely on editors for the feature Facebook changed its popular “Trending” feature, which shows users the most-talked about topics of the day, to ... Read More »
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