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Brazil Increases Drone Power as Spain Transfers UAV Tech to the South American Giant

Spain's National Institute of Aerospace Technology agreed to transfer drone technology to Brazil on Thursday, giving Brazil the opportunity to market the drones to South American countries interested in using the unmanned systems.

Twitter's Facelift: A Step Towards the Facebook Effect or Google+ Fail?

Twitter's CEO said he would do something about the less than user-friendly look of the social network, and it looks like the company is trying to make good on his promise: A new Facebook-looking Twitter profile page has leaked to Mashable.

Target Credit Card Breach's Origin? A Simple Phishing Email - Report

Human error: what a big mess it can make. New details in the credit card breach that hit Target stores over the holiday shopping season point to a phishing email sent to Target's refrigeration contractor as the staring point of the whole debacle.

Fox News Latino Stays Strong & Plans More Video, Bucking the Trend of Mainstream Media Closing Latino Outlets

Fox News Latino is one of the earliest Latino-specific brands for a mainstream media conglomerate to come into existence, and it remains one of the most steadily-growing, while other Latino brands created by mainstream media have faltered. In an effort to expand its reach and content, Fox News Latino will begin adding more videos to its offerings.

Puerto Rico Officially Joins LinkedIn To Combat STEM Brain Drain

While Latinos remain underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs and professions in the U.S., Puerto Rico is having a different sort of problem: U.S. recruiters are stealing away with Puerto Rican STEM graduates. But the island's government is trying to end the brain drain, using LinkedIn as a tool.

Google To Force Manufacturers To Keep Up With Android Updates? - Report

If recent anonymously sourced reports are to be believed, Google might begin forcing smartphone manufacturers to keep their Android systems up-to-date - otherwise Google will remove support for key Google apps.

U.S. Latinos Are "Ahead of the Digital Curve" - Nielsen Study

"Hispanics are ahead of the digital curve" according to a new report from Nielsen, which found that the average Latino is more likely to own a smartphone and frequently use cutting-edge digital media on the internet.

'The Day We Fight Back': Thousands Protest NSA Surveillance in Aaron Swartz's Memory

Reddit, Tumblr, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, the American Civil Liberties Union and more than 5,000 other internet-based companies and organizations have joined together to protest surveillance by the National Security Agency on Tuesday, Feb. 11.

NSA Onerously Linked With Drone Strike Program, According to a Report by Greenwald's New Venture

The National Security Agency is working with the Joint Special Operations Command's High Value Targeting task force to track targets using their cellphones and blow them away using drones, according to a new report.

Anticipation As FCC Prepares Next Net Neutrality Move

All eyes are on Federal Communications Commission Chariman Tom Wheeler, as he is expected to release his plan for how to respond to the court decision stripping, at least temporarily, the FCC's ability to enforce its Open Internet Rules (the commission's version of Net Neutrality).

Attack of the Clones: Court Orders AT&T's Aio Wireless To Drop Plum Color After T-Mobile Sues

T-Mobile and CEO John Legere have launched an all-out assault on the mobile wireless industry in the past year, with its industry-shaking "Uncarrier" initiatives and competitive pricing, but for Legere, AT&T has always been a special target. So Legere is probably pleased that T-Mobile has won a court decision prohibiting an AT&T subsidiary from using its color scheme.

Winter Olympics 2014: How a Meme and Cryptocurrency Got Jamaican Bobsledders to Sochi

Wow. Such story. Very excite. Many joyful: A good-natured, but nevertheless silly, internet campaign helped the Jamaican Bobsled team return to the Winter Olympics for the first time in over a decade. Here's how an internet meme, a cryptocurrency, and a love for the underdog combined to give Jamaica another chance at a real-life Cool Runnings.

Microsoft: Please Help Get Grandma Off Windows XP

Whether you like Windows 8.1 or not, Windows XP is officially dying soon. But the over a decade old operating system is still in use by a good number of people, so Microsoft is now asking savvy Windows users to help get some of the stragglers off the ancient operating system.

Latino Startup Alliance Announces Latino Startup of the Year Competition

The Latino Startup Alliance and Hispanicize have just announced a contest for Latinos in tech, awarding "Latino Startup of the Year" at the Hispanicize 2014 event to whomever wins the grand prize.

New Snapchat Hack Found by Researcher, So Snapchat Bans Researcher's Account

In recent months, young social media service, Snapchat, has been at the center of security scandals. Jaime Sanchez, a Spanish cyber security consultant for Telefónica, has just uncovered a new cyber security problem with Snapchat - one that can crash your iPhone.

California Lawmakers Push For Kill Switches to Curb Phone Theft: Who's Pushing Back?

California lawmakers are pushing legislation to reduce theft and increase data privacy for smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices by mandating that all mobile products sold in the state have a so-called "kill switch."

Obama's NSA Limitations Approved, But NSA Collection Already Lower Than Expected

Just as a court has approved of two of President Obama's reforms to limit the use of phone records by the National Security Agency, a report has come out showing that the NSA's phone record collection has actually already been somewhat limited - simply due to being overwhelmed by information.

HP Is Joining the Google Chromebox for Meetings Party

Just yesterday, Google announced its first foray into enterprise videoconferencing with the "Chromebox for meetings" set of hardware and software, based on the recently announced Asus Chromebox. Now HP has announced it's joining the Chrome OS videoconferencing wave this spring with its own Chromebox.

NBC's Sochi Hacking Report Misleading, Says Computer Expert From Report and Others

After NBC News aired a report warning visitors to the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics that it will be "open hunting season" for hackers, security experts - including the one shown in the report - are saying the report is overblown and misleading.

Twitter's Learning Curve Leads to Slow Growth, Scaring Investors

Twitter beat official Wall Street expectations with its first post-IPO quarterly earnings report, but many of the company's investors are selling anyway. The mixed-bag report contained some good news, but also included some stats that have driven away investors.

Google Announces 'Chromebox for Meetings': A Stab at Enterprise Teleconferencing

Earlier this week, Google announced the new Asus Chromebox - a Mac Mini-looking box running Google Chrome OS on Intel's new Haswell generation of chips. The new Chromebox came in three flavors, including an unusually beefed up Intel Core i7 variant with 4K video capability. Now we know Google's designs for the souped-up box: Google's entry into enterprise video conferencing.

іHACER! Launches New Website to Help Latinos in Miami Prepare for College

The Lumina Foundation for Education is partnering with dozens of organizations and educational institutions to launch a new website serving South Florida Latino students, called the Hispanic Access to College Education Project, or "¡HACER!".

CNN Shutters CNN Latino, Becoming the Second Mainstream Media Source in 2014 to End Its Latino-Focused News Division

CNN is shuttering its CNN Latino division, becoming the second mainstream media outlet to shutter its Latino-focused news subsidiary in as many months this year.

Panama Canal Expansion: Negotiations With Panama Break Down, Project in Danger of Collapsing

The Panama Canal, the 100-year-old waterway that changed commerce in the Western hemisphere, has been undergoing an expansion to allow bigger, modern shipping boats through the Central American country. But that expansion is reportedly now on the "brink of failure" after cost overruns have caused infighting between the contractors and Panama's government.

The Air Ducts! How Target's Hackers Broke Into the Network to Initiate the Credit Card Breach

Last week, it wasn't clear how the hackers who caused Target's massive credit card breach got into the company's payment system: it was just clear that credentials were stolen or hacked. In a report from Krebs on Security on Wednesday, the answer might have been found -- and it's stranger than you might guess.
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