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GigaOm  4 hours ago:

Apple amends Siri’s response to suicide with more direct approach -

Apple's made some changes to Siri's programming if the mention of suicide comes up -- she's now much more proactive in getting the user help.
GigaOm  5 hours ago:

When your mother-in-law is endorsing you on LinkedIn, it’s time to question endorsements -

In September, LinkedIn launched a new feature called endorsements, that allows people to validate certain skills you have on your profile.
GigaOm  5 hours ago:

SpaceCurve raises $10M to make sense of our streams of location data -

SpaceCurve has raised another $10 million for its database technology designed to make sense of massive amounts of data from sensors, social media, mobile devices and other streaming sources.
GigaOm  6 hours ago:

Google files free speech challenge to FISA gag orders, renews criticism of Guardian -

Google has sued to shine more light on the secret court that approves controversial national security letters -- the petition also represents part of the ongoing PR strategy of tech companies caught up in a surveillance scandal.
GigaOm  7 hours ago:

Researchers mimic bone to 3D print fracture-resistant material -

Eventually, their technique could be applied to print bones for medical use, plane components and even buildings.
GigaOm  8 hours ago:

NASA vows to track every asteroid near Earth as soon as it figures out how -

An ambitious new plan calls for the deflection of the most dangerous near-Earth objects and research into how to move an asteroid into the moon's orbit.
GigaOm  8 hours ago:

Netflix and Amazon step up battle for kids’ eyeballs over summer vacation -

Netflix and Amazon both want to be the company that captures your kid's screen time this summer.
GigaOm  8 hours ago:

It’s official: Everyone loves the CMO. But should they? -

With IT giants including IBM now actively targeting CMOs as primary buyers of IT solutions, you have to wonder if this really a great idea.
GigaOm  8 hours ago:

Cloudera names new CEO; Mike Olson now chairman and chief strategy officer -

Cloudera CEO Mike Olson is now chief strategy officer and chairman of the board, while former Arcsight CEO Tom Reilly will take over the Hadoop pioneer's leadership role.
GigaOm  8 hours ago:

Why designers make awesome entrepreneurs [video] -

The Designer Fund is looking for the next wave of talented designers to work with design-forward web companies, and we sat down with the directors and learned why they're not looking for the next skinny jeans.