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[TECH] Microsoft hires former FTC figure for new privacy role

30 Sunday Apr 2017

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FTC, Microsoft, Personnel, Privacy, TC

 On Friday, Microsoft announced that it will create a new role for former Federal Trade Commissioner Julie Brill. Brill will take the lead on privacy, data protection and regulatory issues at Microsoft as the corporate vice president and deputy general counsel for its Privacy and Regulatory Affairs group. Read More
#Privacy #TC #Microsoft #FTC #Personnel
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[TECH] Data management startup Rubrik confirms $180M round at a $1.3B valuation

30 Sunday Apr 2017

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Backup, Cloud, Enterprise, Rubrik, TC

 Rubrik, a startup that provides data backup and recovery services for enterprises across both cloud and on-premises environments, has closed a $180 million round of funding that values the company at $1.3 billion. The news confirms a report we ran earlier this week noting that the company was raising between $150 million and $200 million. Read More
#Rubrik #TC #Backup #Cloud #Enterprise
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[TECH] Cloudera finishes up 20% in stock market debut

30 Sunday Apr 2017

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Cloudera, Finance, Fundings, IPO, TC

 After pricing its IPO at $15 per share, Cloudera, the enterprise big data company, closed the day up more than 20 percent, at $18.09. This also is above the range of $12 to $14 for which Cloudera was preparing. Read More
#Fundings&Exits #Cloudera #TC #IPO #Finance
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[TECH] Exploring Virtualities, a Utah VR arcade and theater startup taking over a dying mall

30 Sunday Apr 2017

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AugmentedReality, Entertainment, Virtualities, VirtualReality, VRTheater

 Virtualities founder Ryan Burningham has a new idea for abandoned retail spaces — VR. VR theaters and arcades like Virtualities are starting to pop up in warehouses and other empty spaces around the U.S., including Burningham’s startup, located in what used to be a Hot Topic on the second floor of the Gateway Mall on Salt Lake City’s west side. Read More
#Virtualities #AugmentedReality #VRTheater #Entertainment #VirtualReality
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[TECH] If you build a flying car, will they come?

27 Thursday Apr 2017

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Automotive, Cars, FlyingCar, TC, Transportation

 Flying cars have been a sci-fi promise for decades, and we’re hearing that they may be a reality soon. Maybe. But are consumers really waiting with bated breath for a flying car? Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle at the University of Michigan’s Sustainable Worldwide Transportation group surveyed 508 Americans to find out what people think of this sci-fi dream becoming reality. Read More
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[TECH] Google’s Sergey Brin said to be working on a zeppelin-like airship

27 Thursday Apr 2017

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Airship, Google, KittyHawk, TC, Transportation

 Google co-founder Sergey Brin has been known to enjoy ambitious flights of technological fancy, but this may be his flightiest: Bloomberg reports the enigmatic billionaire, who favors dark attire and once leapt out of an airplane wearing Google Glass to promote the launch of the wearable, is now working on a secret airship in a NASA hangar. Read More
#TC #KittyHawk #Airship #Transportation #Google
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[TECH] BrickerBot is a vigilante worm that destroys insecure IoT devices

27 Thursday Apr 2017

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Cyberwarfare, Hack, IoT, Mirai, TC

A hacker called The Janitor has created multiple versions of a program called BrickerBot, a system that searches out and bricks insecure IoT devices. A researcher named Pascal Geenens has followed the worm for a few weeks and has seen it pop up and essentially destroy infected webcams and other IoT devices. The devices all used a Linux package called BusyBox and had exposed telnet-based… Read More
#TC #Mirai #Hack #Cyberwarfare #IoT
https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/25/brickerbot-is-a-vigilante-worm-that-destroys-insecure-iot-devices/?ncid=rss

[TECH] Google is fixing up Chromecast’s ‘Cast a tab’ feature and you can try the new version now

27 Thursday Apr 2017

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Chrome, Chromecast, Gadgets, Google, TC

 I’ve been saying it for a few years now, but I really, really like the Chromecast — Google’s simple little dongle for streaming Netflix/Hulu/YouTube etc. from your devices to your TV with just a tap or two. It does what it’s supposed to do, does it well and doesn’t try to do anything more than that. Well… that’s not entirely true. Read More
#Chromecast #Gadgets #TC #Chrome #Google
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[TECH] Be the alien you want to see in the theaters with the new Alien: Covenant VR experience

27 Thursday Apr 2017

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21stCenturyFox, DreamscapeImmersive, OsterhoutDesignGroup, VirtualReality, Within

 As part of the media push surrounding the premiere of Alien: Covenant (set to debut May 19th), Twentieth Century Fox and its compatriots are offering up a VR teaser — Alien: Covenant In Utero.
This non-Nirvana-related short puts an audience inside the moment of birth for Alien’s eponymous aliens. The short (much like the album from which it does not take its name) is bloody… Read More
#OsterhoutDesignGroup #VirtualReality #21stCenturyFox #Within #DreamscapeImmersive
OsterhoutDesignGroup VirtualReality 21stCenturyFox Within DreamscapeImmersive

[TECH] ‘Scanner Sombre’ arms you with lidar for a gorgeous, creepy explore-’em-up

27 Thursday Apr 2017

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Games, Gaming, Lidar, ScannerSombre, TC

 Something about the polychromatic pointillism of lidar imagery has always intrigued me, but as a writer I can’t say I have many opportunities to use the technology. That’s why I’m excited about a lovely looking new game from the creators of Prison Architect in which you are exploring a pitch-black cave with nothing but lidar. Read More
#TC #ScannerSombre #Lidar #Games #Gaming
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