uk-hotdailynews: 2015-08-29 U.K. Technology

End of the affair for head of Ashley Madison: He's out of a job
Washington Post
Infidelity Web site Ashley Madison split with chief executive Noel Biderman on Friday, after hackers revealed the company that encouraged people to have illicit affairs wasn't very good at keeping its own customers' secrets. Biderman is the latest in a ...
Insight - Ashley Madison courted several buyers, landed none before attack   Reuters
Adultery website CEO steps down in wake of hacking scandal   MLive.com
'Just 3 in 10000 Ashley Madison women real'   Irish Examiner
Times of India
Toronto Star
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Expert Reviews

Honor unveils new wearable, lets users decide name
Expert Reviews
On top of the Honor 7, Honor has also announced its very first wearable. The only thing is that it doesn't actually have a name yet. Provisionally dubbed the Honor Band, the Huawei-owned company will be letting its fans decide its official moniker in ...
Huawei Honour 7 comes to Europe   Irish Examiner
Huawei Honor 7 now available in Europe   Press Examiner
Huawei eyes Europe foray   Fiji Times
Mobile Burn
Reuters
Alphr
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Wall Street Journal

Uber Hires Two Hackers to Work on Self-Driving Cars' Defenses
Wall Street Journal
Uber Technologies Inc. wants to make self-driving cars and naturally, it doesn't want people to hack them. The ride-hailing company confirmed on Friday that it had hired two well-known car hackers to help devise its own defenses. Security researchers ...

Uber Hires Two Engineers Who Showed Cars Could Be Hacked   New York Times
Uber Hires Security Researchers Who Hacked Moving Jeep   NBCNews.com
Uber Is Hiring The Two Hackers That Were Able To Hack The Jeep Cherokee   Tech Times
TechRadar
Mashable
Bloomberg
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Car Throttle

The New TVR Has Sold Out, Even Though It Doesn't Exist Yet
Car Throttle
See the car above? It isn't the new TVR, it's the old Sagaris. And the reason for us using this image? No one knows what the new Trevor - arriving in 2017 - will look like. Or how powerful it'll be. Or how much it'll cost. Despite that, 250 people have ...

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CTV News

Facebook milestone: 1 billion people logged onto social network on Monday
CTV News
NEW YORK -- A billion people logged in to Facebook on a single day this week, marking the first time that many members used the world's largest online social network in a 24-hour period. The number amounts to one-seventh of the Earth's population.
Contextualizing Facebook's 1 Billion Daily Users with 6 Graphs   Zacks.com
Zuckerberg cheers as 1000000000 suckers login to Facebook in 24 hours   Computerworld
Facebook hits one billion users in a single day: Mark Zuckerberg reveals one ...   Daily Mail
Forbes
ABC News
STLtoday.com
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Just Push Start

XCOM 2 Delayed, New Release Date Announced
NDTV
XCOM 2, the sequel to 2012's stellar XCOM: Enemy Unknown has been delayed. The game was due for a November release this year, however, Firaxis, the studio responsible for the game, has now announced a February 5, 2016 release date for this ...

'XCOM 2' delayed until February 2016   Engadget
XCOM 2 delayed until 2016   MCV
'XCOM 2' Pushed Back To 2016   Forbes
Destructoid
TheSixthAxis
Game Informer
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