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White hat hackers “are in very high demand,” says PwC’s director of cyber investigation and…

Uber Tried To Hide Its Secret IPhone Fingerprinting From Apple
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Is Social Media Making Us Hate Each Other?
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Scientists Consider 'Cloud Brightening' To Preserve Australia's Great Barrier Reef
An anonymous reader quotes MIT Technology Review: A group of Australian marine scientists believe that…

Ask Slashdot: Do You Like Functional Programming?
An anonymous reader writes: Functional programming seems to be all the rage these days. Efforts…

Anbox Can Run Android Apps Natively On Linux (In A Container)
Slashdot user #1083, downwa, writes: Canonical engineer Simon Fels has publicly released an Alpha version…

Verizon.net 'Gets Out Of The Email Business'
“We have decided to close down our email business,” Verizon has announced — in a…

Steve Case On How To Get Funded Outside Tech Corridors
Long-time reader Esther Schindler writes: Innovation occurs outside the Bay Area, New York, Boston, and…

Can Geoengineering Drones Fight Global Warming?
MIT Technology Review reports: David Mitchell, a lanky, soft-spoken atmospheric physicist, believes frigid clouds in…