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Lawmakers worry US OPM breaches endanger national security

FBI investigates St Louis Cardinals over Houston Astros hacking

From doughnuts to Dressgate: How real-time marketing helps brands stay relevant

How green is Amazon’s cloud?

Report gives Amazon a ‘D’ for energy efficiency; Google gets a ‘B’

Software applications have on average 24 vulnerabilities inherited from buggy components

Want an easily repaired smartphone? Fairphone 2 might be for you

The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Tuesday, June 16

Google recants, restores old UI to Chrome bookmarks manager

Even after outcry, hedges retreat by saying the previous manager was back 'for the time being'

Adobe ventures into stock photos, offers Creative Cloud integration

Privacy groups to quit US talks on facial recognition standards

Xbox One-to-PC game streaming launched Monday

Duqu 2.0 used digital certificates belonging to Foxconn

Inspiring viral video about organ donation shows why dog is man’s best friend

IBM commits to Apache Spark compute engine

Big Blue will embed Spark in its platforms and offer itas a service on its IBM Bluemix cloud. It will also an donate its IBM SystemML machine learning technology to the Spark open source ecosystem.

Office 365 and Google for Work adoption rates to grow rapidly

Many large businesses are hesitant to forsake their legacy systems for a fully cloud-based infrastructure, but the number of smaller organizations that will run all of their IT services in the cloud is expected to more than double within the next tw

Online password locker LastPass hacked

Self-driving cars? Get ready for self-driving data

Qualcomm may adapt LTE into a network anyone can deploy

Facebook releases a separate app for private photo sharing

MIT researchers find unemployed workers stay off their phones

Dell adds Pluribus, brings Linux-based OS to its data center switches

Dell has added Pluribus Networks to its lineup of disaggregation partners.

EU Council OKs contentious data privacy plan, pushing reform forward

Rackspace creates career path for tech execs who don’t want to manage people

Technical career path rewards people who’d rather manage technology than manage people

SpaceX wants you to build Elon Musk’s Hyperloop pod

SpaceX opens public competition to build high-speed passenger transportation prototype

Cisco vet to head SDN start-up

Larry Lang named CEO of virtual network developer PLUMgrid

Traction Watch: Talkdesk Lets Businesses Create a Call Center ‘In 5 Minutes’

Live customer service is making a comeback, but this time it is on-demand and real-time. Learn why DEMO Traction alum Talkdesk was able to raise $15 million.

Group asks FCC to make websites honor do-not-track requests

Facebook’s privacy problems in Belgium highlight weaknesses in EU legislation

Shocking study results: People actually think IT is doing a pretty OK job

You won’t believe how non-outraged people are about IT service…

GSM switch off good news for phone users, not for connected devices

Labor Dept. plans H-1B probe — one that could have an impact

The department will investigate IT offshoring at Southern California Edison

FAQ: How Microsoft will update Windows 10

It's a complicated process, different than past decades, but offers more options for some customers

Google promises power reduction in Chrome on the Mac

Tired of getting thumped by Safari about battery usage

The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Monday, June 15

Amazon now an open book on search warrants and subpoenas

Smartphone beacons power crowdsourced weather forecasts

Apple Music already subject to antitrust scrutiny

iPhone 7 rumor rollup: Apple gets funny, iOS 9 drops hints

With payroll in arrears, online antivirus seller shuts doors

Here’s how user feedback is shaping Windows 10

Aiming for SEC’s big data project, Sungard and Google bet on the cloud

Four things to watch for as net neutrality rules go into effect

Amazon boosts cloud offerings with souped-up virtual servers

A good start, but developers want more access to the Apple Watch

Report: Blackberry’s next devices could run Android

IRS unites tax industry to try to stem flood of fraud, identity theft

IRS, tax industry announce plans to battle identity theft, fraud

LTE subscriptions to surpass 1 billion this year

Twitter CEO Dick Costolo steps down

U.S. surveillance programs are killing the tech industry

Thanks to massive government surveillance, specifically the NSA’s national and international spy programs, the U.S. tech industry is likely to lose more than $35 billion from foreign customers by 2016.

Disney ABC TV cancels plans to outsource IT jobs

Company makes a change in IT direction