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Apple vs. Google company structure, as seen through patents

FlowingData » Visualization by Nathan Yau

For Co.Design, Periscopic compared patent ownership between Apple and Google, which ends up providing a good idea of company structure.

Medical Devices Are the Next Security Nightmare

Wired Top Stories by Lily Hay Newman

More internet-connected medical devices flood into healthcare industry every day, but we’re not moving fast enough to defend them.

How Google Street View Images Reveal the Demographic Makeup of the U.S.

 MIT Technology Review

A deep-learning machine has learned to tease apart the income and education levels of an area just by looking at Google Street View images.

Chatbots and Social Media: New Research

Social Media Examiner by Michelle Krasniak

Are you considering including chatbots in your marketing and customer support? Wondering how consumers are responding to chatbots? In this article, you’ll discover new research that shares consumer reactions to chatbots and the issues businesses should address before integrating chatbots. #1: Millennials Are the Biggest Group of Early Chatbot Adopters According to a recent study

Bitcoin hits record high, worth more than ounce of gold for first time

Boing Boing by Carla Sinclair

Bitcoin reached a new high at $1,271 per bitcoin yesterday, and for the first time surpassed the price of gold per ounce, which was worth $1,235 by the end of last night. A year ago, one bitcoin was valued at $421, so it’s nearly tripled in 12 months, while gold’s price was about the same last year as it is today.

What one video game developer organization is doing to combat Trump’s immigration ban

Mashable! by Tina Amini

The International Game Developers Association was one of the first in the games industry to speak out against Trump’s immigration ban. It’s no surprise they’ve taken their protest of the ban a step further to actually help developers in the seven affected countries get visas to come work in the US.

The incredible growth of the internet over the past five years – explained in detail

 The Next Web by Simon Kemp

It’s been five years since I published the first in We Are Social’s series of Global Digital reports, so I thought it might be interesting to see how much things have changed in that time.

The world’s most wanted hacker is basically a nerdy supervillain

Mashable! by Marcus Gilmer

On Sunday, the New York Times published a story on Evgeniy M. Bogachev, described as “the most wanted cybercriminal in the world,” full of details about the hacker’s crimes, plots, some incredible tidbits and a photo to end all amazing FBI photos.

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#Cyberculture agenda: Obama pardons Chelsea Manning and Stuxnet leak source James Cartwright while Snowden never filed paperwork requesting a pardon…

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Obama just freed whistleblower Chelsea Manning

The Next Web by Bryan Clark

 

President Obama just effectively freed Chelsea Manning from the 32 remaining years in her jail sentence, according to the New York Times. While it’s not a presidential pardon, the commutation of Manning’s sentence will see her go free in just five months.

Chelsea Manning to go free!

Boing Boing by David Pescovitz

 

President Obama commuted whistleblower Chelsea Manning’s remaining prison sentence. She will go free on May 17 of this year as opposed to 2045, the duration of her full sentence. From the New York Times:

Obama pardons Stuxnet leak source James Cartwright

The Social Software Weblog

Chelsea Manning isn’t the only source of online leaks to get a new lease on life. President Obama has pardoned General James Cartwright, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI when it investigated leaks that revealed details of Stuxnet, the US-backed…

Snowden never filed paperwork requesting a pardon

The Social Software Weblog

 

If you thought Obama might give Edward Snowden a similar reprieve to Chelsea Manning this week, think again. While the formed NSA-contractor turned whistleblower has explained why the president should grant him clemency, he hasn’t done anything beyon…

ISIS is now weaponizing consumer drones with bombs

The Next Web by Abhimanyu Ghoshal

 

With its hold over territories in Syria and the Northern Iraqi city of Mosul slipping steadily, terrorist group ISIS is finding itself forced to improvise in its battle against Iraqi Security Forces (ISF).

Spending on Social Advertising Is on the Rise (Report)

 All Facebook by Kimberlee Morrison

 

Growth across social networks was a defining feature throughout 2016. While the increase in mobile and media consumption made headlines, the underlying growth–spending on social advertising–will yield more change. A fourth-quarter report from data science and media technology provider 4C Insights examines the evolution in social advertising spending.

FACT: Dogs finally won the internet from cats at the same time Trump announced his presidential candidacy

 Boing Boing by Rob Beschizza

 

I had an unsettling realization and <href=”http://ift.tt/2iMpkH1 checked out. Is it just that we needed their warm, comforting companionship instead of the cooly cerebral presence of felines? Or are they in on it?

History of data visualization

FlowingData » Visualization by Nathan Yau

 

I have an affinity for new things designed as old things, so this brief history of data visualization by RJ Andrews hits the spot.

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