American companies respond to new NSA hacking claims
Several American tech companies have responded to a report published in Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine detailing how NSA agents exploit vulnerabilities in their hardware and software.
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Exclusive: Twitter working on “edit” feature for tweets
Twitter is working on a new feature that would allow users to edit tweets once they are published, three sources close to the project have confirmed to The Desk.
Bloomberg, WSJ, Reuters cut journalism jobs in 2013
Dow Jones, Thomson Reuters and Bloomberg LP have slashed newsroom jobs throughout the year. And if things don’t change, expect more jobs to be lost in 2014.
BART radio dispatches reveal communication errors on day of fatal strike
Train operators and a central dispatcher had trouble communicating with each other the day two Bay Area Rapid Transit employees were fatally struck by an oncoming train two weeks ago, new audio recordings reveal.
ABC’s Sacramento, California bureau to close after 10 years
KABC-TV will be closing its Sacramento, California news bureau after 10 years, one of the last-remaining out-of-market news bureaus to operate.
Why Al Jazeera is ending its U.S. stream, and how you can keep watching
Al Jazeera America confirmed via a spokesperson on Friday that the online stream for its English-language international service will be blocked in the United States upon the launch of the company’s domestic news channel.
Syrian Electronic Army targets Reuters corporate account
The Syrian Electronic Army is claiming responsibility for an attack on the Twitter account of Reuters’ parent company Thomson Reuters.
Report: Fake Asiana names sent to KTVU weren’t meant for air
An email sent by a local aviation expert to KTVU containing fake names of four pilots aboard Asiana Airlines Flight 214 was an “internal joke” that wasn’t supposed to air, a new report revealed on Friday.
Former KTVU, KGO helicopter pilot arrested for flying without license
A helicopter pilot who once flew news choppers for several San Francisco television stations was arrested Tuesday for allegedly providing false information to federal aviation officials.
YouTube restores some videos depicting KTVU gaffe
YouTube has restored at least two videos depicting an erroneous report delivered by San Francisco-based FOX affiliate KTVU-TV that had been the subject of scrutiny and comment in the recent weeks.
