Facebook's David Marcus on how humans work alongside AI automation to power Facebook M and whether such a service can scale  —  Time To Meet The Wizard: Facebook's Messenger Head Pulls Back The Curtain On “M”  —  Facebook's David Marcus says M is already a lot more than just people pretending to be robots.

Google App Streaming: A Big Move In Building “The Web Of Apps”  —  A world where you can search through and move between apps as easily as with the web?  Google's new app streaming service may usher this in.  —  Google App Streaming became a reality today, and with it …

LivingSocial's growth-at-all-costs strategy serves as a lesson for today's unicorns as the firm struggles to retain staff and pivots away from daily deals  —  LivingSocial, Once a Unicorn, Is Losing Its Magic  —  WASHINGTON — The first thing you see when walking into the headquarters …

Comcast says Stream TV, its IP cable service, doesn't count against data caps because it isn't offered over the Internet, but over its cable television network  —  Comcast May Have Found a Major Net Neutrality Loophole  —  Comcast may have found a major loophole in the Federal Communication …

Rdio, while a good product, wasn't differentiated enough from Spotify, and ultimately failed from poor marketing, say former employees  —  Why Rdio died  —  It's easy to forget now, but the first modern music streaming service to arrive in America was Rdio.

The Mac App Store, hindered by stringent requirements and lack of features like TestFlight, appears forgotten by Apple  —  The Mac App Store: Not gone, but certainly forgotten  —  Mac developers have been frustrated with many limitations of the store for years, and it certainly doesn't seem …

EFF and Visualizing Impact launch Onlinecensorship.org to collect reports on content takedowns by Facebook, Twitter, and other social media services  —  Onlinecensorship.org Tracks Content Takedowns by Facebook, Twitter, and Other Social Media Sites  —  New Project Will Gather Users' Stories of Censorship from Around the World

TrueCrypt is safer than previously reported, detailed analysis concludes  —  Fraunhofer Institute gives clean bill of health to crypto tool used by millions.  —  The TrueCrypt whole-disk encryption tool used by millions of privacy and security enthusiasts is safer than some studies have suggested …

Malicious Android apps force adware on users by hijacking the Android Accessibility Service and can be extremely difficult to uninstall  —  Android adware can install itself even when users explicitly reject it  —  Hard-to-uninstall apps can also hijack Android Accessibility Service.

Amazon Studios Launches Amazon Storywriter, Free Cloud Software For Screenwriters  —  In an effort to expand its original video content, including movies and TV series, Amazon announced this morning the launch of a free, cloud-based screenwriting software program called Amazon Storywriter.

Sony Xperia Z5 Premium review: 4K resolution display is indiscernible over other high end phones, not worth high price  —  Sony Xperia Z5 Premium review: Astonishing resolution results in an astonishing price  —  Sony's Xperia Z5 premium is the flagship phone Sony has owed us for a long time.