The Third Circuit once again chastises the agency for not considering how local media consolidation will affect women and minorities. …read more Source:: CNet

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Update browser ASAP after Google gurus spot miscreants abusing bug to hijack PCs Microsoft today issued a rare emergency security update for Internet Explorer to address a critical flaw in the browser that’s being exploited right now in the wild.… …read more Source:: Register

Both Sony and Microsoft on Monday committed to making their future video game consoles better for the planet. The two console makers laid out their plans alongside the UN Climate Summit as part of the Playing for the Planet Alliance. From a report: Microsoft will start a pilot program to create 825,000 carbon neutral Xbox…

Dog lovers can quit lording it over us now. …read more Source:: CNet

The company is rumored to be working on Alexa-powered wireless earbuds. …read more Source:: CNet

Before Silicon Valley became the idea center of the internet, it was a group of factory towns, the blinking heart of “clean” manufacturing, the hallmark of the Information Age. A report adds: Silicon Valley was a major industrial center for much of the 20th century. Semiconductors and microprocessors rolled out of factories scattered all over…

Microsoft has issued a patch for an Internet Explorer remote code execution flaw that is being actively exploited in the wild. …read more Source:: Threatpost

Judge blasts Big Blue for trying to wriggle out of revealing Operation Baccarat blueprints IBM was ordered late on Friday to produce communications from CEO Ginni Rometty and other executives related to Operation Baccarat, the IT giant’s alleged company-wide-plan to replace older workers with younger ones.… …read more Source:: TheRegister

The owner of the New York Stock Exchange launched its long-delayed market for bitcoin futures Sunday, a high-profile bet that consumers, businesses and Wall Street will embrace cryptocurrencies. From a report: Trading in the new bitcoin futures began just after 8 p.m. EDT [Editor’s note: the link may be paywalled; alternative source], with the first…