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Researcher says can hack GM’s OnStar app, open vehicle, start engine

July 30, 2015 creative app-inside, encinitas, general-motors, mobile-phone, mountain, request-search, said-it-now, saying-hackers, unlock-cars

By Jim Finkle and Bernie Woodall BOSTON/DETROIT (Reuters) – A researcher is advising drivers not to use a mobile app for General Motors Co's OnStar vehicle communications system, saying hackers can exploit a security flaw in the product to unlock cars and start engines remotely. “White-hat” hacker Samy Kamkar posted a video on Thursday saying he had figured out a way to “locate, unlock and remote-start” vehicles by intercepting communications between the OnStar RemoteLink mobile app and the OnStar service.

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Facebook says drone ready for real-world testing later this year

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By Yasmeen Abutaleb MENLO PARK, Calif. (Reuters) – Facebook Inc announced on Thursday it has completed building its first full-scale drone, which has the wingspan of a Boeing 737 and will provide Internet access to the most remote parts of the world. The plane will weigh about 880 pounds (400 kg), said Yael Maguire, the company's engineering director of connectivity

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FBI understaffed to tackle cyber threats, says watchdog

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The FBI is struggling to attract computer scientists to its cybersecurity program mainly due to low pay, a report by the U.S. Department of Justice showed, highlighting weaknesses in a flagship initiative to tackle growing cyber threats. As of January 2015, The Federal Bureau of Investigation had only hired 52 of the 134 computer scientists it was authorized to employ under the Justice Department's Next Generation Cyber Initiative launched in 2012, the report showed

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Growth in hiring business drives LinkedIn revenue beat

February 6, 2015 publisher 369-3-million, chinese, hiring-business, michael-conroy, mountain, mountain-view, north, quarter-ended

LinkedIn's hiring business has been thriving, clocking revenue growth of nearly 50 percent in each of the last three quarters, helped by rapid expansion in international markets such as China. “In the fourth-quarter, more than 75 percent of new members came to LinkedIn from outside the United States,” Chief Executive Jeff Weiner said on a post-earnings call. The company added 3,000 new customers to its hiring business in the quarter, Chief Financial Officer Steve Sordello said.

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Google partners with auto suppliers on self-driving car

January 14, 2015 admin biggest, chris-urmson, mountain, mountain-view, remiss-not, top-automakers, white, world

By Paul Lienert and Joe White DETROIT (Reuters) – Internet company Google Inc has begun discussions with most of the world's top automakers and has assembled a team of traditional and nontraditional suppliers to speed up efforts to bring self-driving cars to market by 2020, a top Google executive said on Wednesday.

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Norway’s Kuddle plans to raise $7.4 million through crowdfunding

January 14, 2015 admin 28-7-million, biggest, country-manager, further-growth, growth, instagram, mountain, norwegian, silicon-valley, top-automakers, white, world

OSLO (Reuters) – Kuddle, a picture sharing app for children, will launch a crowdfunding initiative on Thursday aimed at raising $7.35 million to pay for further growth of its service, Chief Executive Ole Vidar Hestaas said on Wednesday. The Norwegian firm, which bills itself as a child friendly rival to Facebook’s Instagram, is in the process of hiring 40 to 50 people in its newly established Silicon Valley office and has recently hired a country manager for Brazil.

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EU starts in-depth inquiry into online music licensing venture

January 14, 2015 admin britain, instagram, mountain, music, online-joint, sets-as-seen, tonsattares, viagem, wednesday

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission said on Wednesday it had opened an in-depth investigation into the planned creation of an online joint venture by three organizations which collect rights for music. The joint venture would be between Britain's PRS for Music Limited (PRSfM), Sweden's Foreningen Svenska Tonsattares Internationella Musikbyra (STIM) and Germany's Gesellschaft für musikalische Auffuehrungs- und mechanische Vervielfaeltigungsrechte (GEMA). ..

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Minister says spy agencies don’t have enough powers to protect UK

January 14, 2015 publisher capabilities, communications, country, innocent-lives, instagram, mountain, music, online-joint, people, protect-itself, secretary, sets-as-seen, tonsattares, viagem, wednesday

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain's failure to pass a law forcing communications firms to collect and store online data is endangering lives and weakening the country's ability to protect itself, Theresa May, the interior minister, warned on Wednesday. “Every day that passes without the proposals in the communications data bill, the capabilities of the people who keep us safe diminishes and …

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UK online grocer Ocado confident about 2015 prospects

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LONDON (Reuters) – British online grocer Ocado outperformed its traditional supermarket rivals over Christmas and said it was confident about prospects in 2015 despite an escalating price war. The firm, whose range includes products supplied by upmarket grocer Waitrose , said on Wednesday sales growth in December continued at the rate it achieved in the final quarter of its 2013-14 financial year