us-hotdailynews: 2015-09-22 U.S. Technology

NDTV

Everything you need to know about App Store malware
Mashable
While Apple's notoriously restrictive approach to apps has typically been thought to make malicious software on the platform next to impossible, security researchers recently identified dozens of apps containing malware in the App Store. See also ...
Apple refunding all purchases of best-selling ad blocker Peace   Fortune
Apple is giving refunds to everyone who bought top ad-blocker Peace   The Verge
Everyone who bought Peace gets their $3 back   Macworld
WXIX
Computerworld
CNN
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WIRED

Apple Better Be Ready for the Mad World of Car Regulations
WIRED
Apple, it seems, is serious about building an electric car, and it wants to have something on the market by 2019. According to The Wall Street Journal, the predicted car will be electric, and a later model will be fully autonomous. Developing a car ...
Report: Apple wants electric car by 2019   San Jose Mercury News
Here's Why You'll Be Driving Apple's Electric Car by 2019   Inc.com
Apple Speeds Up Electric-Car Work   Wall Street Journal

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It Took EPA Pressure to Get VW to Admit Fault
New York Times
Volkswagen executives told environmental regulators for more than a year that discrepancies between pollution tests on its diesel cars and the starkly higher levels out on the road were a technical error, not a deliberate attempt to deceive Washington ...
Volkswagen shares plunge on emissions scandal; US widens probe   Reuters
For 7 years, VW software thwarted pollution regulations   Miami Herald
VW rocked by emissions scandal as prosecutors come calling   STLtoday.com
Forbes
Bloomberg
The Detroit News
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PCWorld

France tells Google to remove 'Right to be forgotten' search results worldwide
PCWorld
France's privacy regulator has rejected Google's request that it just forget about a ruling extending the “right to be forgotten” to all Google's websites, not just those with European domain names. The decision requires Google to close a loophole that ...
Google snubbed in France over attempt to limit right-to-be-forgotten requests   CNET
France Rejects Google's Push to Limit 'Right to Be Forgotten'   PC Magazine
French regulator says Google must expand 'right to be forgotten' to all Google ...   The Verge
Washington Post
Reuters
TechCrunch
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Fortune

Skype says it's figured out why users were unable to make calls
Fortune
Skype has identified the reason for a glitch that prevented some users to make calls. Skype, the Microsoft-owned online calling service, said on Monday that it's found the reason for a glitch that prevented some users to make calls today. The company ...
Skype suffers widespread outage   The Australian
Microsoft internet call service Skype down worldwide for hours, blames ...   Herald Sun
Skype working to fix glitch stopping users from making calls   The Star Online
PC Magazine
CNET
ZDNet
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Forbes

How The 4chan Sale Returns The Controversial Forum To Its Anime Roots
Forbes
Christopher Poole. Credit: shareconference. Less than a year after stepping down as 4chan administrator, Christopher Poole is selling the controversial Internet forum to Hiroyuki Nishimura, founder of 2Channel, the Japanese anime forum that inspired ...
4chan Just Sold to the Founder of the Original 'Chan'   WIRED
Hellraising website 4chan under new ownership   Breitbart News
4chan Has Been Sold...To The Creator Of 2Channel   Kotaku
Ars Technica
SiliconANGLE (blog)
New York Times (blog)
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Google Wallet For iOS Becomes A Peer-To-Peer Payments App
TechCrunch
Earlier this month, Google launched Android Pay in a move that turned the company's existing Wallet app into a peer-to-peer payments service. That new app went live on Android when the new pay service launched on September 10, now today it has landed ...

Malicious Brain Test App Thwarts Google Play Android Security   eWeek
Google releases revamped Wallet for iPhones and iPads   Engadget
Developer Preview Of Now On Tap No Longer Working   Android Headlines - Android News
9 to 5 Mac (blog)
Huffington Post
Chip Chick
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Dropbox users can collaborate easily with the new teams feature
Mashable
The company is launching a new feature called Dropbox Teams, which makes it easier for people to use their personal accounts at work. The feature will be available to Basic and Pro users over the next week. See also: 10 Simple Google Calendar Tips and ...

Dropbox wants shadow IT to drive enterprise adoption   PCWorld
Dropbox Improves File Sharing With New Team Feature   Android Headlines - Android News
Dropbox Teams will offer a host of business features to free users   Engadget
Fortune
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'Monument Valley' creators to take on virtual reality in October
Mashable
The creators of the beautiful, haunting mobile puzzle game Monument Valley want to take players on another scenic trip — this time entirely in virtual reality. Creative agency Ustwo's next game, Land's End, will take players across picturesque ...
Too bad I won't be able to play Land's End   Destructoid
Ustwo Games To Release Land's End For Samsung Gear VR   Android Headlines - Android News
The 'Monument Valley' team has created a dream of a VR game   Engadget
CNET
Droid Life (press release) (blog)
TechCrunch
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Billions of people in developing world still without Internet access, new UN ...
UN News Centre
21 September 2015 – Broadband Internet is failing to reach billions of people living in the developing world, including 90 per cent of those living in the poorest nations, according to a new United Nations report that offers country-by-country data on ...
Obama administration declares broadband 'core utility' in report   The Hill
Billions of people in developing world have no access to Internet, UN report says   GlobalPost
The US is overhauling dozens of policies to promote high-speed internet access   The Verge
Reuters
The White House (blog)
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