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Thursday, December 18, 2014

Google last week announced an updated app for its minimalist Cardboard virtual-reality viewer, as well as software development kits for both Android and the Unity game engine. It also published new building specifications for those interested in making their own Cardboard viewers and announced that it's hiring more people to work on the project, with five new positions now open. More than half a million phone-based Cardboard viewers have been shipped, Google said. Cardboard apps, including games and concerts, are now available on Google Play.

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Google's Cardboard VR Kit Is Really No Joke

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Google last week announced an updated app for its minimalist Cardboard virtual-reality viewer, as well as software development kits for bo...

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

The now-notoriously controversial action comedy The Interview, which was expected to deliver profits of $90-$95 million for Sony, may have become a financial black hole. The movie's Thursday premiere in New York has been cancelled, and several movie theater chains have scrapped plans to screen it, following a hacker message referencing 9/11 and threatening physical attacks on theaters. Sony executives tacitly agreed to the cancellations but it's not clear whether they have axed the movie's Christmas debut.

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Terrorist Threats May Blow Up 'The Interview's' Box Office

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The now-notoriously controversial action comedy The Interview , which was expected to deliver profits of $90-$95 million for Sony, may hav...

US officials say they believe that North Korea’s government was involved in the large-scale hack of Sony servers, which led to the leak of troves of Sony data from emails to unreleased projects, according to the NYT. Read More

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US Officials Believe North Korea Was Involved In Sony Hacks

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US officials say they believe that North Korea’s government was involved in the large-scale hack of Sony servers, which led to the leak of t...

Microsoft on Monday announced the first phase of its Skype Translator preview program, which initially will facilitate conversations between English and Spanish speakers. The translator will convert spoken words both ways. It also will translate instant messages in 40 languages. Translations occur in near-real time. Participants must run Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 Technical Preview on a desktop or tablet. Children in two schools -- one in Mexico City and one in Tacoma, Washington -- have tried out Skype Translator.

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Skype Begins Dismantling the Language Barrier

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Microsoft on Monday announced the first phase of its Skype Translator preview program, which initially will facilitate conversations betwe...

Snapchat co-founder and CEO Evan Spiegel released a powerful statement today on privacy, a day after the latest batch of emails released in the massive Sony Pictures hack exposed the inbox of Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton. Since Lynton serves on Snapchat’s board of directors, his inbox included a good deal of candid conversations with Spiegel and others about Snapchat’s… Read More

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Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel On Email Hacks: “Our Work Has Been Violated And Exposed”

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Snapchat co-founder and CEO Evan Spiegel released a powerful statement today on privacy, a day after the latest batch of emails released in ...

A group of some 150 companies last week moved closer to eliminating the bane of many an online user: the password. The FIDO Alliance, which counts among its members Microsoft, PayPal, Google, Bank of America, Visa and MasterCard, released version 1.0 of its open specifications for strong authentication on the Internet without the use of passwords. Release of the specifications opens the door for those who want to authenticate their users securely without the use of usernames and passwords.

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