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GigaOm  7 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  7 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  7 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  9 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  10 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  10 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  11 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  11 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  11 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  11 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.