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Twitter tightens security after high-profile breaches

Twitter said Wednesday it was stepping up its security measures for the popular messaging service following a series of high-profile breaches by hackers hitting media organizations and others.

Wed 22 May 13 from Phys.org

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Google Acquires Airborne Wind Power Company Makani

Already a backer of the kite-based turbine designers, Google brings it fully under its wing

11 hours ago from IEEE Spectrum

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Google faces new federal antitrust probe: source

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators are in the early stages of an antitrust probe into whether Google Inc, the top player in Web display advertising, breaks antitrust law in how it handles ...

3 hours ago from Reuters Technology

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Kim Dotcom mulls suing tech giants for 'copyright breach'

Internet mogul Kim Dotcom said Thursday he was considering taking legal action against tech giants such as Twitter, Google and Facebook for infringing copyright on a security measure he invented.

18 hours ago from Phys.org

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Yahoo! buys startup specializing in online games

Yahoo! pressed on with its shopping spree on Thursday with the acquisition of a startup that powers games played on smartphones, tablets, consoles or personal computers.

7 hours ago from Phys.org

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Google uses computer vision and machine learning to index your photos

Tags are so 2008. Google doesn't want you to waste time tagging your photos, except for the people in them. The web giant wants to be able to recognize more abstract concepts like "sunset" ...

8 hours ago from Engadget

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GIF inventor Steve Wilhite says it should be pronounced 'jif'

The inventor of the Gif file has revealed that the world has been mispronouncing his creation.    

Wed 22 May 13 from The Independent

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Google Drive sports new view and scan enhancements

(Phys.org) —Google Drive has a new look and functions. The makeover in Google Drive features scanning and interface enhancements that put the user into "card" mode. The enhancements make it ...

6 hours ago from Phys.org

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Google launches Top Charts to show what the world is searching for

Google recently launched a new feature that’s part of Google Trends called Top Charts. As the name suggests, Top Charts is used to view a snapshot of the top searches across a plethora ...

13 hours ago from Techspot

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Report: Google mapping Waze takeover

Could the search giant be making a play to keep Facebook out of its domain? [Read more]    

2 hours ago from CNET

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