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RT @newsyc20: Hackers Can Mess With Traffic Lights to Jam Roads and Reroute Cars ()

RT @newsyc20: Hackers Can Mess With Traffic Lights to Jam Roads and Reroute Cars ()

RT @Techmeme: AT&T Has Approached DirecTV About Possible Acquisition (Wall Street Journal)

RT @Techmeme: AT&T Has Approached DirecTV About Possible Acquisition (Wall Street Journal)

RT @TheNextWeb: Everything Facebook announced at F8 2014 in one handy list

RT @TheNextWeb: Everything Facebook announced at F8 2014 in one handy list

RT @mashable: Here's how Twitter's engagement growth has changed since 2012:

RT @gigaom: Sluggish market takes toll on Box IPO

RT @newsyc20: Replacing the PC ()

RT @newsyc20: Replacing the PC ()

Major U.S. technology companies have largely ended the practice of quietly complying with investigators’ demands for e-mail records and other online data, saying that users have a right to know in advance when their information is targeted for government seizure.

We have made the decision to issue a security update for Windows XP users. Windows XP is no longer supported by Microsoft, and we continue to encourage customers to migrate to a modern operating system, such as Windows 7 or 8.1. Additionally, customers are encouraged to upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer, IE 11.

Interestingly, the new MacBook Air turned in slower test results than the mid-2013 MacBook Air in our storage performance tests. (The mid-2013 MacBook Airs we have on hand are an 11-inch 1.3GHz model with 256GB of flash storage and a 13-inch 1.3GHz model with 128GB of storage.) Copying 6GB of files and folders took 28 seconds on last year’s 11-inch MacBook Air, but took nearly twice as long (54 seconds) on this year’s 11-inch model.

Sources familiar with Apple’s plans tell Code/red that Tim Cook will not use WWDC to unveil Apple’s mythical wearable device. Nor will he use it to show off a new Apple TV, or even preview the new software the company is developing for it. Which makes perfect sense, really. There’s little point in Apple unveiling a new OS in advance of a significant hardware update. As 9to5Mac’s Mark Gurman reported Thursday, the big announcements at this year’s WWDC are going to be OS X 10.10 and iOS 8 and, perhaps, the rumored Healthbook app, Apple’s coming foray into health and fitness tracking.

We ordered everything baby-related on Tor. I’ve used a lot of browser plugins and software on my career. A lot of people just asked if I downloaded an ad blocker. But I wasn’t worried about the ads; I was worried about the data collection that fuels the advertising. If I had an ad blocker, I wouldn’t be able to see what the internet knew about me. So we used a traceless browser for baby things. Everything else, I did on my normal browser. We got everything in cash that we could. We’d do research online, using Tor, and then go out and buy things in cash in person. For some purchases online, we made through Amazon, and we set up an Amazon account from a private email account and had it deliver to a local locker in Manhattan, so it wasn’t associated with our address. We stocked it with Amazon gift cards that we bought with cash. So we did those kinds of things to draw a distinction between our online lives and our offline lives.

As a result, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had to stop accepting flights into airspace managed by the L.A. Center, issuing a nationwide ground stop that lasted for about an hour and affected thousands of passengers.

RT @newsyc20: Target CEO resigns over data breach ()

RT @newsyc20: Target CEO resigns over data breach ()

RT @Techmeme: Amazon launches #AmazonCart, a new way to shop without leaving Twitter (@psawers)

RT @Techmeme: Amazon launches #AmazonCart, a new way to shop without leaving Twitter (@psawers)

RT @CNET: Nope, Apple won't be in tech's top 3 in 2020, says venture capitalist Fred Wilson

RT @MacObserver: Yahoo Reverses Stance, Won't Honor Browser Do Not Track Requests #yahoo #privacy #dnt

RT @mashabletech: The 'Secret' commenter who started a fake rumor about biometric earpods from Apple has come clean -

RT @CNET: Apple welcomes new retail chief Angela Ahrendts with $68M stock grant

RT @MacObserver: Recent @MacObserver: How Apple Improved TouchID in iOS 7.1.1

RT @sengineland: Google Now Cards Now Work Without An Internet Connection by @rustybrick

RT @MRiofrioPCW: Chromebooks get interesting with the @Lenovo N20p's touchscreen and 300-deg hinge @pcworld

RT @MRiofrioPCW: Chromebooks get interesting with the @Lenovo N20p's touchscreen and 300-deg hinge @pcworld