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Next wave of ransomware could demand $millions
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New unicorns will rise from the ashes of 2016’s funding downturn
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U.S. iPhone users spent an average of $35 on apps last year, most of it on games
Rivals of Aether’s creator details his Smash Bros. inspirations
Microsoft took action on 63% of ‘revenge porn’ requests
Sharp and Foxconn ready to sign $4 billion takeover agreement
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Uber recruiting engineers by randomly sending a coding game to play during rides
VR Sports, Ninja Trainer reveal VR’s potential for destruction
Verizon says security breach leads to customer data leak
Jay and Silent Bob’s Jason Mewes on crowdfunding and pot leaf throwing stars
Game developers weigh in on the openness of Microsoft’s Windows 10 platform
Microsoft exec apologizes for Tay chatbot’s racist tweets, says users ‘exploited a vulnerability’
Apple seeks delay in New York iPhone case until DOJ’s next move in San Bernardino
GameStop expects new PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and other hardware sales to drop 10% in 2016
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview for PCs and mobile with many bug fixes
OneRent raises $4M as it expands to disrupt online real estate biz
Google starts the Android Experiments I/O Challenge to attract more open-source projects
Microsoft starts shipping its Surface Hub displays to businesses
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GamesBeat weekly roundup: Fake NX controllers, and Sony targets mobile
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Crossing the Line: How tech firms are pushing to control the Internet
VPN stalwart AnchorFree brings Kaboom’s self-destructing messages to a new mobile keyboard app
The DeanBeat: At the Upload Collective, investors and entrepreneurs gather to evangelize VR
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Microsoft told potential Yahoo buyers it might back bids
June raises $22.5 million, delays shipping its smart oven until the holidays
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Uber’s using its profits from elsewhere to support ‘sustainable’ spending in China, says CEO
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Netflix plans to give users more control over data consumption amid video-throttling controversy
TravelerCar raises $5.6 million to expand peer-to-peer car sharing business
U.S. indicts 7 Iranians for hacking dozens of banks, New York dam
Inside the Tesla Gigafactory, Elon Musk’s secretive battery production facility
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