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SoftBank has agreed to acquire British chip designer ARM Holdings for $32 billion in cash. The purchase will give Japan’s multinational telecommunications and Internet corporation a slice of virtually every mobile computing gadget on the planet and fut… Continue reading SoftBank To Buy British Chip Designer ARM For $32 Billion
Andrew J . Hawkins, writing for The Verge: Ergo, the secretive, CIA-linked firm that was paid by Uber to investigate the plaintiff in one of the ride-hail startup’s many lawsuits, has now admitted to lying and illegally recording phone calls during its… Continue reading Uber’s Investigators Admit To Lying While Digging Up Dirt On Legal Foes
Everytime an app gets insanely popular, vicious minds try to capitalize on the momentum — and history suggests, Android is their most-targetted platform. So it wasn’t really a big surprise when security researchers at Eset announced on Friday that at … Continue reading Fake Pokemon Go App On Google Play Infects Phones With Screenlocker
An anonymous reader shares a Reuters report: Facebook has said about one-third of its workers are female, while black employees accounted for 3% of its US senior leadership, both numbers only slightly higher than a year earlier. The data released by th… Continue reading Facebook Makes Little Progress in Race and Gender Diversity
An anonymous reader writes: A new report published by the European Union Intellectual Property Office identifies a wide range of ‘business models’ that are used by pirate sites. The organization, which announced a new collaboration with Europol this we… Continue reading ‘Tor and Bitcoin Hinder Anti-Piracy Efforts’
The Obama Administration has announced a new funding initiative to ensure the United States maintains its leadership in the mobile technology space. For this, it will spend over $400 million on large-scale test platforms led by National Science Foundat… Continue reading White House Pledges $400M To Back Speedier 5G Wireless Networks
Jon Brodkin, reporting for Ars Technica: Comcast’s Internet Essentials program that provides $10-per-month Internet service to low-income families has been expanded to make about 1.3 million additional households eligible. Comcast created Internet Esse… Continue reading Comcast Expands $10 Low-Income Internet Plan
Despite Microsoft’s aggressive efforts to get everyone to upgrade to Windows 10 by mid-2018, the company says it is unlikely to meet its self-imposed deadline. In a statement to ZDNet, the company said: Windows 10 is off to the hottest start in history… Continue reading Microsoft: Windows 10 Won’t Hit 1 Billion Devices By Mid-2018
The sleeper hit success title Pokemon Go is preventing many people in China from sleeping properly. Although the game isn’t officially available in the world’s largest smartphone market, some people fear it could become a Trojan horse for “offensive ac… Continue reading In China, Fears That Pokemon Go May Aid Locating Military Bases
Canonical announced on Friday that Ubuntu forums have been hacked. The company adds that data such as IP address, username, and email address of over two million users have been compromised. BetaNews reports: Keep in mind, this does not mean that the o… Continue reading Ubuntu Linux Forums Hacked — IP Address, Username, Email of 2M Accounts Compromised